BDM Architekci has won contest for design of GUM complex

BDM Architekci has won the architectural contest organized by GUM (Central Office of Measures) for preparing the concept of the Świętokrzyskie Laboratory Campus in Kielce. Second prize was awarded to the project presented by the Eova Studio/Archigroup consortium.
Plans pertain to the development of a property with an area of 11 ha on the slope of Góra Hałasa Hill, at the junction of Wrzosowa and Jerzego Popiełuszki streets in Kielce. A research-office complex with a usable area of 36,600 sqm is going to be built there. The value of the investment has been established for 6.2 mln PLN, of construction works - 120 mln PLN, and of equipment - 80 mln PLN. The schedule assumes the putting to use of the center by 2023. ■