Status: Past

Ramses Square, a site of important historical and urban value, needed much development in order to meet modern urban and traffic conditions. To achieve this goal, the Egyptian Government decided to launch an international planning & urban design competition in order to find the best solution for the square in the light of the comprehensive planning vision for Cairo city centre. 

This international project competition was organised by the Polish Minister of Culture and Heritage and the Museum of Polish History. It called for the creation of a Museum of Polish History in the city of Warsaw. 

This competition was endorsed by the Association of Architects of Poland and benefitted from the approval and supervision of the International Union of Architects (UIA).

The city of Maribor was the European Capital of Culture in 2012 (“Evropska prestolnica kulture”, henceforth EPK). This nomination was considered as the opportunity for Maribor to show its cultural pulse and cultural development. In the context of preparations for the year 2012, the Municipality of Maribor prepared a spatial development project in the Drava River area of the city. 

The intention was to develop an outline scheme for the central stage of the European Capital of Culture and for urban regeneration in the city over the following twenty years.