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Yarışma Özeti(Summary):
The Milan City Council announces an international design competition for a new information and cultural library (called BEIC: Biblioteca Europea di Informazione e Cultura, European Library of Information and Culture)

Tip (Type):
The international competition will comprise a pre-qualifying and a one-off, selected design phase via anonymous entry.

Kimler katılabilir (Open to):
Pre-qualification is open to all registered Italian and foreign architects and engineers and requires the submission of a detailed Curriculum Vitae and evidence of design work (as specified in the competition announcement).

Katılım ücreti (Entry Fee):

Ödüller (Awards):
Total prize money: DKK 650,000 with a minimum 1st prize of DKK 150,000.

Juri (Jury):
President: Antonio Padoa Schioppa (Lecturer, Università degli Studi di Milano)
Guido Canali (Architect, Parma/Italy)
Richard Burdett (Director of the City Programme, London School of Economics)
Giulia Missaglia (Manager, Urban Planning and Design Section, Milan City Council)
Marie-Françoise Bisbrouck (Directeur du Service Commun de la Documentation
de l'Université de Paris-Sorbonne)
Aurelio Galfetti (Director of the Academy of Architecture, Mendrisio, Switzerland)
Wim M. Renes (former Library Director of the city of The Hague, The Netherlands)
Roberto Cecchi (Director-General of Environmental and Architectural Heritage,
Ministry of Cultural Heritage)
Rafael Moneo (Architect, Madrid/Spain)
Representative of the National Council of Engineers (CNI)

Supplementary Members
Cino Zucchi (Architect, Milan/Italy)
Mauro Galantino (representative of the Milan Order of Architects)
Representative of the National Council of Engineers (CNI)

İletişim Bilgileri (Contact):
Ufficio Concorsi di Progettazione del Comune di Milano
Raffaella Poletti, Melissa Martinelli
Tel. 02/89013883 - 0335/7250295

E-mail: [email protected]
Web address: http://www.beic.it

The new library will be located in a prominent urban area of significant cultural importance to the City of Milan, the site of the former train station Porta Vittoria, over 20,000 sqm. It is envisaged as the focal point at the centre of a functional network providing not only link alls the Regional libraries, but will also provide the means for transmitting cultural information at a national and international level. It will become one of the most indispensable tools for the support and development of science and academic research, covering wide area of central-southern Europe and thus taking the name European Library of Information and Culture.
The works program provides for:
a) holdings of approximately
- 900,000 books
- 150,000 audiovisual items
- 3000 journals
in the open access shelves;
b) holdings of over 3,500,000 books or multimedia documents in a reserved collection;
c) seating for approximately 3500 users;
d) approximately 1000 seats in the auditorium, conference halls, classrooms
e) seating for approximately 600 in refreshment services
f) approximately 2700 square metres of integrated commercial activities.

The maximum cost for carrying out all works associated with this project is around LIT. 227,000,000,000 (=Euro 117,235,716.093)
The construction of the new European Information and Cultural Library (BEIC) is a joint project of the Milan City Council, the Region of Lombardy, the Province of Milan, and the Italian government.

The international competition will comprise a pre-qualifying and a one-off, selected design phase via anonymous entry. Pre-qualification is open to all registered Italian and foreign architects and engineers and requires the submission of a detailed Curriculum Vitae and evidence of design work (as specified in the competition announcement).
In the competition phase, up to ten candidates will be shortlisted to develop preliminary designs of the museum area. The winner of the competition will be awarded the contract for the final design.

Calendar
Pre-qualification: Closing date for submission of documentation - 28 May 2001.
Pre-qualification: Jury's selection process - 12,13,14 June 2001.
Competition Phase: Announcement of the 10 prequalification entrants selected
and the starting date for the design phase of the Competition - 19 June 2001.
Competition Phase: closing date for any queries and clarification of information
by the 10 selected entrants - 11 July 2001.
Competition Phase: replies to entrants' queries - by 31 July 2001.
Competition Phase: closing date for submission of competition phase submission and documentation - 16 October 2001.
Competition Phase: Jury's selection process - 6,7,8 November 2001.
Competition Phase: Proclamation of the winner - 13 November 2001