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16 things to know abt Amaravati Design competition
 
1. Three international architect firms — Roger Stirk Harbour and partners (UK), Vasthu Shilpa (India), Maki and Associates (Japan) — vied in the design competition
 
2. A six-member jury appointed by the State government has selected Maki and Associates as architects for the Capital city
 
3. A high-level technical panel headed by American born Indian architect, Christopher Charless Benninger had held several rounds of discussions with the three competitors in the last three days and went through micro-level information provided by the planners
 
4. The jury of Benninger spent nearly 40 hours to examine the plans and proposals of three top planners and finally approved the designs by the Japan firm
 
5. Jury, which studied the architecture designs in the competition, include top city planners - Kesava Varma, Ravindranath and Vastu consultant Rajiv Sethi
 
6. Maki and Associates would design Secretariat, Legislature Complex, High Court, Raj Bhavan and other important buildings
 
7. CBN is of the view that involving Japan in Amaravati projects will boast its image on the global platform as latest hotspot for investment
 
8. The State government had already initiated talks with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for funding of Amaravati Metro Train Project
 
9. Designs and proposals of the selected firm would be put on public domain for a discussion. CBN’s government would take suggestions and opinions from all quarters on the design plan
 
10. The positive aspects of designs prepared by other two architects would also be integrated in the government complex
 
11. The structural designs prepared by the internationally recognized Japan firm will be replicated in the construction of Assembly, Raj Bhavan and High Court in the proposed government complex in Amaravati
 
12. The iconic structures will come up in about 800 acres along the banks of river Krishna.
 
13. An iconic bridge, Kuchipudi bridge, which would reflect Telugu pride and culture, and would remind Kuchipudi dance to the visitors would be built by a Chinese firm
 
14. Established in 1965, Maki and Associates has designed several famous buildings such as United Nations Consolidated Building (New York), Tower 4 of World Trade Centre Redevelopment (New York), Media Corp (Singapore), Bihar Museum (India) and Shenzen Sea World Cultural Arts Centre (China). PTI DBV KRK ABK SDM
 
15. The brief for the competition was to design spaces that are eco-friendly, imbibes green and blue concept and most of all, act as vital geographic and economic gateways to their respective markets
 
16. Once the temporary secretariat works are completed within the stipulated three months, CBN’s Government will focus on the construction of the capital city buildings, including iconic buildings
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World renowned Japanese architecture and planning company Maki and Associates bagged the contract of designing the two iconic structures, Assembly and High Court, at proposed new capital Amaravati.

Chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu announced this Friday after watching presentations from three companies- Richard Rogers (England) and DV Joshi Architects (India) and Maki and Associates (Japan), which submitted their plans. The important component is that the two iconic buildings -state Assembly and High Court will be designed by the Japanese company.Announcing this Naidu said today was a historic day.

According to chief minister Maki & Associates’ design was recommended by the jury of six renowned architects as well. ” We want to construct a best capital, that should become one among the top ten cities in the world. The capital will be eco friendly and embodies the green and blue concept. It should be a people’s capital. We conducted a competition among to elicit best design from companies of international repute and finally we have got some wonderful designs,” the CM said.

 

Lauding the sacrifice of the farmers of capital region, who offered 34,000 acres of land for the capital construction, Naidu said the design would be placed before public for their critical appreciation. ” The designs of two important buildings in the capital city are with us now. They are good. But let us place them before public for discussion. We want to elicit opinions from engineering colleges, premium institutes like IITs. We will integrate all the suggestion we receive from them into the plans of Maki’s firm,” the CM said.

Stating that other two designs also had their own positive aspects, Chief Minister said they would be integrated into the final plans and services of those two firms would also be availed. “Even though we want three iconic buildings to come up in Amaravati, Assembly, High Court and Secretariat – we have not taken any decision on the Secretariat yet. The design for the first two has been finalised now,” he said.

“ The structures,” he said , ” will embody the elements of Andhra culture.” An iconic bridge ‘Kuchipudi’ will come up connecting the two parts of the city on the two banks of Krishna. The task has been entrusted with a Chinese firm,” Naidu said. Talking about the historic significance of the day, the CM said, Friday was the birthday and coronation day of Kakatiya Queen Rani Rudrama Devi, 755 years ago. Later, the Chief Minister presented mementos to the Architects and jury members and thanked them for their cooperation.

Maki & Associates

The company was set up in 1965 by Fumihiko Maki, a former professor and Pritzker Prize winner. He is known for his studies in the use of new materials and fusion of the cultures of East and West. Since early 70s Maki & Associates started projects outside Japan. Some of the important works of the company are: Swire House, Japan (1970), Novartis Pharma Tsukuba Research Centre (1993) Steinberg Hall at Washington University in St. Louis Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, Isar Büro Park Office Complex in Munich, Germany, Sam Fox Arts Center at Washington University in St. Louis, Republic Polytechnic in Singapore (2007). Currently the firms overseas works include Tower 4 of the World Trade Center Redevelopment, New York (2013), Media Corp, Singapore (2015), Bihar Museum, India (2015), Shenzen Sea World Cultural Arts Center, China (2015), United Nations Consolidation Building, New York (2016), and Block 20-02 Office Tower, Beirut (2017).

 

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