The Cuban Square Architecture Competition 2022, Vedado Design contest, Old Havana
The Cuban Square Architecture Competition 2022 News
9 July 2022
TerraViva Competitions Announces the The Cuban Square Architecture Competition
Location: Plaza de la Revolución, Vedado district, west side of Old Havana, Cuba

The Cuban Square Architecture Competition, Havana, Cuba
The Cuban Square: Architecture Competition | Located in the Vedado district towards the west side of Old Havana, Plaza de la Revolución is not only one of the largest public squares in the world ? 72.000 square meters ? but also a place of great historical relevance. The square has been the stage of several of the main events of the Cuban Revolution and the place where up to a million people have congregated at once during civic gatherings. This immense concrete surface that was once a lively place, has neither been able to evolve in time, nor been capable of reinventing itself to host possible new urban programs. Laying inert and unused most of the time, the square has become a sort of ?public void? where tourists just step by to take the classic picture with Che Guevara?s mural on the background, to then go back to the beach.
The goal of this competition is to explore the potentialities of Plaza de la Revolución, in order to come up with a design proposal capable of giving it a new life. How could it be transformed into a place for community life and social interaction" What kind of intervention might turn t...