The motive for this Call for Competition for the Architectural and Urban Solution of the Part of Savski Square behind the Old Railway Station Building in Belgrade (hereinafter: the Competition) is the initiative of the company Belgrade Waterfront LLC to develop this part of Savski Square, considering that the Competition for Savski Square Area and the Square at the Corner of Karadjordjeva and Travnička Streets, Savski Venac Urban Municipality (in 2019) was conducted for the part of Savski Square in front of the Old Railway Station Building to the streets Savska, Nemanjina and Karadjordjeva, based on which project documentation was produced and the square was reconstructed.

Obligation to announce Competition is defined by the guidelines for implementation of the Spatial Plan for the Special Purpose Area of Development of Part of Riverside Area of the City of Belgrade – the Riverside Area of the River Sava for the Belgrade Waterfront Project (Official Gazette of RS, Nos. 7/15, 48/22 and 86/25) (hereinafter: the SPSPA BW).

According to the SPSPA BW, it is planned to relocate the Main Railway Station and the Main Bus Station from their existing locations and this initiated a significant transformation of the spatial unit Savski Square is belonging to. In addition, repurposing of the Old Railway Station Building into the Historical Museum of Serbia and repurposing of the Old Post Office Building into the Archeological Museum of Serbia are planned.

The objective of the Competition is, in accordance with the Competition Brief, potentials and restrictions of the site concerned, to select the best architectural and urban solution for landscaping of the part of Savski Square between the Old Railway Station Building (Historical Museum of Serbia) and the planned street SAO 6 (Luke Ćelovića Trebinjca), defined in compliance with the SPSPA BW with implemented solution of Savski Trg Metro Station. In this way this important area at which railway station platforms were located in the previous period would be developed and made again available to and attractive for different groups of users.

This urban and architectural competition is an open, international, poll-based, one-stage, anonymous competition based on which the best solution for the urban and architectural design and landscaping of the part of Savski Square will be selected.