News
June 3, 2009
Moore Square Redesign Jury Advisor Named
Raleigh landscape architect Rodney Swink has been named jury advisor for the Moore Square Redesign Competition.
Registration will begin in August for a juried conceptual design competition program to redesign Moore Square Park in Downtown Raleigh. The City Council voted unanimously on June 2 to approve the program.
The following are the responsibilities of the jury advisor:
- Ensure integrity of the process (that it is apolitical, jury and competitors communicate through the jury advisor, submissions are identified through a registration number and remain anonymous until the winners are announced);
- Serve as intermediary between the jury, competitors and the sponsor, which in this case is the City of Raleigh;
- Discuss the submissions with the jury; and,
- Answer questions posed by competitors.
Mr. Swink is formerly the director of the North Carolina Office of Urban Development. A Distinguished Alumnus and guest Lecturer at the North Carolina State University College of Design, Mr. Swink has served on national American Society of Landscape Architects’ (ASLA) competition juries. The recipient of the prestigious Robert E. Stipe Award for his work preserving North Carolina’s architectural and landscape heritage, Mr. Swink is a former president of the ASLA.
The juried conceptual design competition will be held to select the winning design concept. The competition will be open to planning, design and engineering professionals and college students who majored in these fields. The entry fee will be $100 for professionals and $50 for college students. A five-member jury will be impaneled to review design concepts and select the first-place, second-place and third-place designers. The jury also will award honorable mention recognition. Prizes will be given to the top three finishers, with first place receiving $6,000; second place, $4,000; and third place, $2,000. The winning designer will assemble a design team and participate in the master planning process for Moore Square. The master plan team will hone the winning design concept into a design project.
Registration will start Aug. 3 to participate in the juried conceptual design competition program. The deadline to register will be Sept. 10. The last day to submit design proposals will be Sept. 29. The winning designs will be announced at the Raleigh Wide Open 4 celebration on Oct. 24. They will be on public display in a downtown location and posted on the City of Raleigh’s website at www.raleighnc.gov. Citizens will be given an opportunity to comment on the winning designs.
The juried conceptual design competition program will be held following an open call for ideas to redesign Moore Square. The City of Raleigh is having two sessions to accept ideas from the general public --- June 17 at Marbles Kids Museum, 201 E. Hargett St., and June 27 at Chavis Community Center, 505 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. At the museum session, people can drop by anytime from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. For the session at Chavis Community Center, citizens can stop by anytime from noon to 4 p.m. A light lunch will be available.
Anyone will be able to submit design ideas at either session, including residents, students at local schools and universities, neighboring landowners, park advocates and environmental groups. Ideas gathered at the community open call sessions will be shared with those who enter the juried conceptual design competition program.
The ideas collected at the open call sessions will be summarized, mounted, and displayed in an exhibition in Downtown Raleigh and on the Internet. The results of the community open call for ideas will be summarized in a publication for distribution to City Council and made available to the public through the Internet, including the City’s website. A recognition ceremony is planned for the City Council’s evening meeting session on July 7.
The City of Raleigh hopes to approve a final design plan for Moore Square in early 2010. The State of North Carolina, which owns Moore Square, will have to agree to the final design before construction could begin.
For more information or to register for the community open call for ideas, click here or contact Trisha Hasch, project manager, in the City’s Planning Department at 807-8480.
Prepared by:
Jayne Kirkpatrick
Director
Public Affairs Department
For More Information Contact:
Trisha Hasch
Planner II
Planning Department
133 Fayetteville Street, Suite 100
Raleigh, NC 27602
919-807-8480
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