Yarışmalar-Competitions

The Bauhaus Dessau Foundation will be presenting the International Bauhaus Award for the third time on October 23rd, 2004. The Third International Bauhaus Award will be conferred for urbanite projects addressing new spatial relations of "Transit Spaces": transnational agglomerations without a city, "diasporic public spaces", and areas where informal economies intersect. The International Bauhaus Award is aimed at young designers and academics. Submission of teamwork is possible and desired. Closing date for entries is Friday, August 20th, 2004.

Subject matter
"Transit Spaces" is a metaphor for new urban spaces: forerunners of globalisation processes, and laboratories marked by a new extent of abrupt changes, uncertainties and insecurities. When cities become transit places, the urban space changes: flexibility and mobility become key qualities. A shift in the relation of space and society is the consequence. New spatial orders with a transnational range are being superimposed on the familiar territorial lines.
Concepts and realised projects submitted for the International Bauhaus Award should relate to new concepts of urbanity, and demonstrate visions for shaping the described processes and changes.

Conditions of entry
 Entrants must be born after October 23rd, 1964, and thus be younger than 40 at the time of the award ceremony. This relates to individuals and all members of a group.
 Only one piece of work may be submitted per entrant or group.
 Persons or groups who work for or at the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation at the time of the call for entries are excluded from participation.
 Co-authors must be named in the project description.

Criteria
 The relation of the contribution to the subject matter of the Third International Bauhaus Award must be readily apparent.
 The thematic relevance and the conceptual foundations of the contribution must be exemplary.
 Further criteria are the originality of the contribution as well as the quality of its form and content.
 The work submitted may not be more than two years old at the closing date for entries for the International Bauhaus Award.
 The work submitted can contain results that have already been published.

o If the work concerns an architectural, urban design, art or design project that has been built or realised, the date of the official completion or formal opening applies.
o If the work concerns a film or television production, the date of the first screening counts.
o If the work concerns an Internet production, the day that the project first went online counts.
o If the work has been published, the year in which it was first printed applies.
o If the work is a master's, doctoral or postdoctoral thesis, the date of submission applies.

Jury
The selection procedure for determining the winners of the International Bauhaus Award will consist of three stages: 1. Examination commission, 2. Jury of the first stage, 3. Jury of the second stage. The examination commission will establish whether the entries are complete and thematically relevant. The jury of the first stage will select a minimum of seven, a maximum of ten potential prize winners, who will be invited to the second stage with a public presentation of their work at the Bauhaus Dessau. Following this presentation, the jury of the second stage will choose the prize winners. Details of the selection procedure are contained in the rules and regulations of the International Bauhaus Award. The members of both juries will be announced during April 2004 and published via the Internet at www.bauhaus-dessau.de
Documents to be submitted

Those interested should submit the following documents and information media:
 One-page biography in English (groups: a one-page biography per group member) - 10 copies.
 One-page project description in English - 10 copies.
 Depending on the type of project: 1 CD-ROM or 1 DVD or 1 video (VHS or S-VHS) or 1 bound text or 1 publication.

o Plans and drawings will only be accepted in digital form.
o Projects on CD-ROM, e.g. PowerPoint presentations, must be presented in a manner that will enable the members of the jury to understand the content in a maximum of 15 minutes.
o Videos and DVDs may not be longer than 15 minutes.
o Projects on ZIP or diskettes will not be accepted.

 Academic and theoretical work must contain a summary of the work in English that should not exceed 10 pages along with the 1 page project description - single copy.
 Author's declaration including a declaration of consent from any co-authors - single copy.
 A declaration indicating that the entrant is willing and able to present his or her work in public in front of an international jury at the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, should he or she be included amongst the potential prize winners - single copy.
 A declaration of acceptance of the conditions set out in the Call for Entries and the Rules of Procedure of the third international Bauhaus Award - single copy.

Presentation of prizes
The prizes will be presented in a public ceremony at the Bauhaus Dessau on October 23rd, 2004. Prior to the final decision of the jury, the candidates nominated during the first stage will present their work in public. Details of the presentation will be announced on the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation web site.

Prizes
A First Prize, endowed with € 6000, a Second Prize, endowed with € 4000, and a Third Prize, endowed with € 2000, will be awarded.

Deadlines
All documents to be submitted must be sent to the following address by Friday, August 20th, 2004:
Bauhaus Dessau Foundation
International Bauhaus Award
P.O. Box 1405
D-06813 Dessau

Entries date-stamped later than August 20th or received after August 27th will not be considered and will be returned immediately. Submissions via e-mail or Internet are not acceptable. Following the preparation of the procedures by the examination commission, sessions of the jury of the first stage are scheduled for September 9th, 2004, to continue on September 10th, if necessary. Immediately after the minutes of the session are signed, participants of the second stage will be informed.

The jury for the second stage will meet on October 22nd and 23rd, 2004. The presentation of the short-listed entries, the announcement of the prize winners and the presentation of the prizes will take place on October 23rd, 2004 at the Bauhaus Dessau.

The decisions of the examination commission, the preliminary jury and the jury are incontestable. There is no recourse to the courts.

Web: http://www.bauhaus-dessau.de/en/projects.asp?p=award2004