Kotor Football Stadium, Montenegro

The open and free competition seeks “practical and recognized” proposals for a new home for FC Bokelj which currently occupies a spacious 19,997m2 site in the Škaljari neighborhood in the center of the coastal settlement of Kotor.

The project will provide a new stadium for the club with a capacity of 2,500 to 3,000 people which includes a private entrance for players and staff, a media area, retail facilities, bus parking and VIP transport.

According to the summary: “The Bokelj club celebrates this year its centenary. The decision of the municipality of Kotor, which owns the club, is to develop project documents for the construction of the new main stadium for this sports club, with the expectation that improving working conditions will help in the development of the club and football infrastructure in couture.

The aim of the competition is to select the best conceptual architecture design for the FC Bokelj stadium in the Škaljari district of Kotor. The conceptual design is expected to propose a recognizable functional solution that will be the basis for the preparation of technical documentation in the next phases of this project.

Located in the secluded Bay of Kotor, Kotor is a small coastal town of about 13,000 inhabitants that has become a major tourist destination in recent decades. Local highlights include the Venetian fortifications of Kotor, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The latest contest comes a year after the city of Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, launched an open competition International competition to upgrade Golootočkih žrtava Square. In 2020, the city It launched a separate competition to divert the banks of the Moraza River In a safe, convenient and sustainable new entertainment district with better connections to the surrounding historic city.

Proposals for a new football stadium – which will replace the club’s current 1,000-capacity stadium – must be “in harmony with the structures of the immediate environment” and provide for at least 35 per cent of the green space within the development scheme. The materials must also be durable with respect to local air pollution and summer heat.

The judges will include architects Veljko Radulović, Miljana Zicović, Kronoslav Ivanishin, Senka Lazarević and Momir Đorevas, General Secretary of the Football Association of Montenegro. The overall winner, who will be announced on March 16, will receive a prize of €15,000, while a second prize of €7,000 and a third prize of €5,000 will also be awarded.