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"The BBVA has recently come across, "Buzzards Bay Business District" piece of the 1966 Bourne Master Plan.. Anyone wanting a copy, call the BBVA office
at -1-508-564-9043."

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BUZZARDS BAY DESIGN COMPETITION: BRIDGE - PARK

SPONSOR:
Buzzards Bay Village Association, Inc
536 Mac Arthur Boulevard, Bourne, MA 02532
PH: 508-564-9043 FAX: 508-563-7519

BRIDGE / PARK Buzzards Bay Main Street meets the Cape Cod Canal

Type: Single phase: Planning/Landscape/Architecture/Environmental Design
Materials available: Saturday, January 15th 2005
Registration: Starts: Saturday, January 15th Deadline: Tuesday, April 19th 2005
Submission Deadline: Tuesday, April 19th 2005, 5:00 PM EST
Open to: Students/Professionals/Artists
Entry Fee: $50.00 for students, $100.00 for professionals and others both USA and foreign.
Awards: $20,000 in prizes. $10,000, 1st place; $5,000, 2nd place; $3,000 3rd place; and
two $1000 Honorable Mentions
Jury: Walter Hood, Landscape Architect, University of California, Berkeley

Vincent James, Architect, VJAA

Toshiko Mori, Architect, Toshiko Mori Architect,

Chair Department of Architecture, Harvard Design School

Gregg Pasquarelli, Architect, SHOP Architects

Mack Scogin, Architect, Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects

Ken Smith, Landscape Architect, KSLA

Winners announced: Friday, 29th of April 2005

Competition Advisors: Wendy Evans Joseph Architecture
David E. Kapell (Mr. Kapell is mayor of the Village of Greenport, New York)

The Buzzards Bay Village Association is pleased to announce a single-phase, open International Design Competition seeking innovative proposals for up to a 20-acre park with extensive frontage on both Cape Cod Canal and Main Street, Buzzards Bay. The main objective is to create an intergenerational recreation area and cultural amenity for the use of local residents while encouraging downtown economic redevelopment. The Cape Cod Canal railroad bridge, operated by the US Army Corps of Engineers is the most exciting architectural feature of Buzzards Bay and welcomes both land and waterborne visitors. Now we envision a dynamic park project to engage the vibrancy of this historic area of Massachusetts.

Participants are encouraged to look beyond the site boundaries at how the project can relate to the adjacent waterfront, commercial and residential areas.

The Competition is sponsored by The Buzzards Bay Village Association (BBVA), a proactive group of business owners and operators, town officials and residents. The Association’s primary mission is the development of a strategy for reinvigorating Main Street and creating a village center where families can gather, interact and recreate. The Cape Cod Canal serves over 3 million annually. The Association, in partnership with property owners the Town of Bourne, the State of Massachusetts and the United States Army Corps of Engineers desires to build the winning design for an anticipated construction budget of $5 - 6 million. Proposals should address the village’s needs in a feasible manner suitable for implementation.

The Competition is anticipated to generate rich and diverse designs that address the following criteria:

· Innovative ideas for recreation and other public uses for BRIDGE/PARK

· Emphasize ecology and conservation, especially in the flood plain along the waterfront

· Generate new concepts in harmony with the day-to-day life of residents while attracting tourism

· Consider the relationship of the site to the adjacent Massachusetts Maritime Academy

· Reflect Cape Cod ambience, quality of life, water resources and open space

· The need for enhanced connections between the site, the Main Street business district and residential areas to the north of the by-pass
· We encourage competitors to provide the most forward thinking, compelling and speculative solutions. All inventive programmatic ideas will be considered.

Entries should show the project's design and approach to village area including a site plan and other drawings as required to portray intent. Submissions consist of two 30” by 40” boards.

For more information or to register, contact:
http://www.buzzardsbayvillageassociation.org

“To date we have raised over $151,400 to underwrite the Main Street/Buzzards Bay international design competition. We are proud to list member and community investors.
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