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Yarışma Özeti(Summary):
USA Institute, International Center for Research and Advancement of Architecture and Urbanism, under the auspices of Veronafiere, the Veneto Regional Government, and Verona Provice Government, organizes an international competition on the topic of Prun Stone Quarries underground and above ground landscape and a new museum on this subject.

Tip (Type):
iki kategori (two category)

Kimler katılabilir (Open to):
open to architects, designers and architecture students

Katılım ücreti (Entry Fee):
US$150

Ödüller (Awards):
The first award in the professional category will receive a cash award of US $3,000 at the discretion of the jury. Study grants for a maximum of US $20,000 with future editions of USA Institute seminars and competitions will be awarded to the winners in the non-professional and student category.

Juri (Jury):
The invited members of the jury include the architects: Claudio D'AMATO,
Bari School of Architecture - Livio DIMITRIU, Pratt Institute/N.Y.,
Parson's School of Design/N.Y., Director/USA Institute - Marino FOLIN,
President School of Architecture Venice Seok-Chul KIM, Archiban Architects
& Associates, Seoul/South Korea - Jurij KOBE, Ljublijana School of
Architecture / Slovenia - Vincenzo PAVAN, Verona, Co-Director/USA Institute- Pierre von MEISS, Lausanne Polytechnic/Switzerland - Luis CONCEICAO,
President/Univesita Modern School of Architecture/Portugal - The President
of the Verona Roll of Architects and the directors of related
instititutions are also invited.

İletişim Bilgileri (Contact):
Urban Studies and Architecture Institute
Mailing Adress: USA Institute/Continuing Education:
Ten West Fifteenth Street Suite 1126, NYC, NY 10011-6826, USA
Tel: 212-727-2157 Fax: 212-727-2159

E-mail: [email protected]
Web address: http://www.usainstitute.org

USA Institute 2001 XVIma Edizione
International Competition
Architecture/Urban Design/Landscape Design
Direttore: Livio Dimitriu/USA; Co-Direttore: Vincenzo Pavan/Italia

Special Award: US $ 3,000
Study Grants with USAI: US $ 20,000

USA Institute, International Center for Research and Advancement of
Architecture and Urbanism, under the auspices of Veronafiere, the Veneto
Regional Government, and Verona Provice Government, organizes an
international competition on the topic of Prun Stone Quarries underground
and above ground landscape and a new museum on this subject.

The USA Institute international design competition is open to architects,
designers and architecture students. The competition provides an
international dialogue among various schools of thought and participants at
diferent levels of experience through concrete proposals on topics related
to the specific problems in the Veneto Region. The design competition
offers ideas and solutions for real problems characteristic of the cities
and regions that host it.

The topic of the competition involves the adaptive reuse of centuries old
and now abandoned stone quarries that now dot the hills and mountains
around Verona.

The Prun Quarries form a grandiose complex of excavated spaces overlooking
the Prun Village in the Upper Valpolicella. These man made caves testify to
an extraordinary "architecture without architects" resulting from the
extraction of stone in these mountains. The traditional mode of quarrying
Lessinia Stone (Prun Stone) generated cavelike spaces carved out of the
side of the mountains. The great gaping holes in the calcarous landscape
are filled with fantasmagorical forests of man made irregularly shaped
columns that support strangely shaped stone ceilings.

The Negrar City Hall has jurisdiction over the site that includes the
abandoned quarries, and intends to reuse them in the context of a Nature
Reserve, while adding educational, art, and performance functional
components. The projected Stone Culture Museum will form the center piece
of this project. The Museum includes spaces dedicated to seminars,
research, and temporary exhibitions concerning "land art," and will be
integrated with a system of nature trails connecting the quarries with the
surrounding above ground landscape. A significant aspect of the project
involves the integration of the abandoned stone quarries with a nature
reserve dedicated to the flora and fauna of the Lessinia Region.

The abandoned stone quarries offer an extraordinary potential for musical,
multimedia, light, and virtual reality performances. The museum becomes the
place where the culture of the materials and tradition of the place meets
and innexorably blends the natural landscape with the underground manmade
landscape, and with the digital landscape of the future. The museum is the
place where the natural meets the artificial.

Jury/Awards/Exhibition

The proceedings of the International Jury that will take place on September
28, during the International Marmomacc Industrial Fair in Verona. The
public is invited to attend the critique session. All the projects submited
will be on exhibition for one week. The average number of visitors for this
annual event is 60,000.

The Awards Ceremony will take place on September 29 at the Fair of Verona,
Italy.

The invited members of the jury include the architects: Claudio D'AMATO,
Bari School of Architecture - Livio DIMITRIU, Pratt Institute/N.Y.,
Parson's School of Design/N.Y., Director/USA Institute - Marino FOLIN,
President School of Architecture Venice Seok-Chul KIM, Archiban Architects
& Associates, Seoul/South Korea - Jurij KOBE, Ljublijana School of
Architecture / Slovenia - Vincenzo PAVAN, Verona, Co-Director/USA Institute
- Pierre von MEISS, Lausanne Polytechnic/Switzerland - Luis CONCEICAO,
President/Univesita Modern School of Architecture/Portugal - The President
of the Verona Roll of Architects and the directors of related
instititutions are also invited.

Project requirements

A maximum of three unmounted plates, detached, dimensions 60x90 cm. The
presentation may include a text of maximum 250 words, with all drawings and
photographs in black &white

Eligibility and awards

This competition, while particularly focused on young architects
participation, is open to: a) architects in the professional category
without age limit; b) non-professional category: students of architecture,
urban and landscape design, and the alied professions. Projects may be
individual or team effort. The first award in the professional category
will receive a cash award of US $3,000 at the discretion of the jury. Study
grants for a maximum of US $20,000 with future editions of USA Institute
seminars and competitions will be awarded to the winners in the
non-professional and student category.

Schedule and fees

A competition registration fee of US $150 must accompany the registration
form.

July 15: Last day to receive registration form and fee paid. The
competition dossier will be mailed to all fuIly registered participants
immediately.

September 15: Final date for arrival of projects in Verona/Italy. Delivery
of projects must be only by courier or by hand, customs cleared by the sender.

September 28: International Jury date in Verona/Italy.
No communications regarding any aspect of the competition will be accepted
by the organizers at any timeafter the participants receive the competition
dossiers.

The competion submissions will not be returned to the participants. The
entries become the property of USA Institute, which reserves the rights of
publication and mass media dissemination of the visual and written material
involved.

Sponsors/acknowledgements

Veronafiere, Veneto Regional Government, Verona Province Government, Verona
City Hall, Negrar City Hall, Ordine degli Architetti di Verona, Cariverona
Foundation, University of Venice Architecture Institute, Milan
Polytechnic/School of Architecture, Chapman University/USA, Pratt
Institute/USA, Parsons School of Design/USA, University of New Mexico at
Albuquerque/USA, University of Texas at Austin/USA, Université de
Montreal/Canada, Seoul National University/South Korea, In-je School of
Architecture/South Korea, Yeung-jin Junior College/South Korea, Nihon
University/Japan, Kanto Gakuin University/Japan, University of
Ljubljana/Slovenia, University of Athens/Greece, Lausanne
Polytechnic/Switzerland, University of Architecture and Urbanism Ion
Mincu/Romania, Octogon Magazine/NY, Marmor Magazine/Italy, Controspazio
Magazine/Italy, Dialogue Magazine/Taiwan, Area Magazine/Italy, USA
Books/NY, Universalia Publishers/NY, American Institute of
Architects/Continuing Education