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Winner of first prize in the international competition for Tirana’s Fountain Square, BIG’s winning proposal extends the landscape of Rinia Park beneath and around a new mixed-use development in the center of Tirana. The expanded park becomes a new public landscape for the city, integrating stormwater management, biodiversity and recreational functions into a continuous overall environment. A closed-loop system collects, stores and reuses rainwater for irrigation, flood mitigation and creating a cooler microclimate throughout the park.
Awarded first place in the international competition for Tirana Fountain Plaza, BIG’s proposal expands the landscape of Rinia Park beneath and around a new mixed-use development in the heart of Tirana. The expanded park becomes a new public landscape for the city, combining rainwater management, biodiversity, and recreation within a single continuous environment. A closed-loop system captures, stores, and reuses rainwater to support irrigation, mitigate flooding, and create a cooler microclimate throughout the park.
▼The winning proposal in the urban context of Tirana © ENGRAM
▼The park landscape beneath the umbrella-like canopy © BIG
Offices, residences, hotels and cultural facilities are elevated above the ground, freeing up space for expanded public realm below. The project transforms a privately run site into a new cultural and mixed-use destination, introducing gardens, plazas, water features and gathering spaces, retaining the historic fountain while connecting the park to the Lana River.
Offices, residences, hotel spaces, and cultural amenities are lifted above the ground plane, freeing up space for an expanded public realm below. The project transforms a privately operated site into a new cultural and mixed-use destination, introducing gardens, plazas, water features, and gathering spaces that connect the park to the Lana River while preserving the historic fountain.
▼Aerial view of the sunken landscape garden, aerial view of the sunken landscape garden © BIG
▼Landscape stairs with planting, landscape stairs with planting © BIG
▼The ground-level plaza and greenery, the ground-level plaza and greenery © BIG
▼The lifted cluster of canopy columns © ENGRAM
▼street view looking up at the canopy © ENGRAM
▼The water courtyard beneath the lifted volume © BIG
▼The library interior, the library interior © BIG
The design, selected from a shortlist that included Cobe, Barozzi Veiga, IAUC and JDSA, integrates architecture, landscape and water management into a single urban public experience.
Selected from a shortlist including Cobe, Barozzi Veiga, IAUC, and JDSA, the design brings architecture, landscape, and water management together as a single civic experience.
▼Detail of the perforated disc canopy, detail of the perforated disc canopy © ENGRAM
Project name: Tirana Fountain Plaza
Location: Tirana, Albania
Architectural Design: BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group
Competition: First Prize (International Competition)
Shortlist: Cobe, Barozzi Veiga, IAUC, JDSA
Rendering: BIG, ENGRAM (as noted in the picture)
Project: Tirana Fountain Plaza
Location: Tirana, Albania
Architects: BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group
Competition: First prize, international competition
Shortlist: Cobe, Barozzi Veiga, IAUC, JDSA
Renders: BIG, ENGRAM (as listed on attached images)
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