Yarışmalar-Competitions

This competition is aimed at:
• Promoting and strengthening the development of the Zona Rental Plaza Venezuela as one of the most important urban complexes of the city of Caracas by creating the necessary conditions for the harmonization of working, cultural and recreational activities.

• Developing original and creative architectonic, landscaping and town planning ideas and proposals that suit the requirements of the Master Plan for the Design and Urban Development of the Zona Rental, as well as the local regulations, and to contribute finding a better concept for the project of the Grand Central Square.

The development of the concept shall be of the highest standards, taking into consideration the climatic and physical conditions of the local environment, ensuring the harmony among the different spaces and buildings of the urban complex, while establishing the guidelines for the integration and renewal of the adjoining urban areas.

Type of competition
This is an open one-phase competition that has been conceived as an exercise to elicit the best design ideas that should be taken into consideration when making the final project for the construction of a large-scale public square, which will be part of the urban complex Zona Rental Plaza Venezuela marrying productive and service activities with leisure and recreational ones. The entries submitted will be kept anonymous.

Timetable
Launching of the competition June 3, 2004
Deadline for the reception of registrations August 13, 2004
Deadline for the reception of questions September 3, 2004
Deadline for the sending of replies September 20, 2004
Deadline for the reception of entries (by courier or personally) October 15, 2004
Jury meetings and deliberations October 25-28, 2004
Verdict October 29, 2004
Starting date for the exhibition of entries October 29, 2004
Publication of the competition catalogue Yet to be set

Eligibility
This competition is open to architects worldwide. They must be members of a professional association in their country and hold a professional qualification giving them full right to practice their profession in their respective countries. They must also be able to show experience in their profession and comply with the registration procedures established in these competition conditions.

Either individuals or teams may participate in the competition. The teams can consist of professionals and technicians from other disciplines, such as landscaping, town planning, plastic arts and transport engineering. The team leader must be an architect, who will be the one to register and represent the team.

Members of the Technical Committee, of the Advisory Committee, of the Jury, employees and members of the Board of Directors of the FFAB, UCV authorities and advisors from these institutions (either firm employees or freelancers) are excluded from the competition, as well as their blood relatives.

Anonymity
All designs shall be submitted anonymously. This anonymity shall be maintained during the whole competition process. In order to do this, each competitor will choose two letters of the alphabet and five digits (1 cm high) and place them on all plans and documents constituting or accompanying their entry. There should be no other identifying signs. All packaging will be destroyed on the reception of entries. The Technical Committee willmask the identification codes, replacing them with a serial number that will only be in the hands of the jury. The register of ID codes and serial numbers, along with the envelopes containing the competitors’ identities will be put away in a safe place before a notary until the end of the jury’s deliberations when the prizes have to be awarded.

Registration
Those interested in taking part in the competition will be able to register in the following seventy one days after the date when the competition is opened according to the public announcement.

Applications shall be accompanied by the following information:The competitors’ names and surnames, nationalities, addresses, telephone numbers, fax
numbers and e-mail addresses. Besides, the team leader shall submit a copy of the registered professional qualification and a proof of payment of the membership fees to the Venezuelan Association of Architects ¯in the case of Venezuelan architects ¯ and a copy of the authenticated professional qualification and the lice nce to practice their profession in their own countries .in the case of foreign architects.

The registration fee is US$ 150 and should be paid by bank deposit to the order  of Fundación Fondo Andrés Bello, current account n° 01050026511026356644 of BANCO MERCANTIL, at the official exchange rate of the day of registration, or —in the case of participants living abroad— by bank deposit to the order of Fundación Fondo Andrés Bello, savings account n° 8302470920 (ABA n° 067010509) of the COMMERCEBANK (SWIFT code MNBMUS33A), 220 Alhambra Circle, Coral Gables, Miami-Florida, USA.

All bank taxes, as well as postage and packing expenses will be paid by the participants. Neither these charges nor the registration fee will be reimbursed.
The furnishing of the conditions of the competition is conditional on the payment of the registration fee. To apply for registration, it is necessary to send a copy of the proof of payment of the registration fee made by the individual participant or team leader, whose name should appear in that proof.

All documents must be sent by courier or fax to:
Fundación Fondo Andrés Bello para el Desarrollo Científico de la UCV
Address: Torre Centro Solano Plaza, piso 3, oficina 3-A, calle La Iglesia, Sabana Grande,
Caracas 1050, Venezuela.
Telephone numbers: (+58) (212) 761 6515 / (+58) (212) 761 4750
Fax number: (+58) (212) 761 4486
E-mail: [email protected]
Person in charge: Architect Román Herrera
Only those applications for registration that comply with all the requirements will be processed.
The deadline for the reception of registrations is August 13, 2004.

Jury
There is an international jury composed of the following five members:
Rodrigo Pérez de Arce, architect (Chile)
Manuel de Solá-Morales, architect (Spain)
John Godfrey Stoddart, landscape architect (Venezuela)
Jimmy Alcock, architect (Venezuela)
Daniel Bermúdez, architect, (Colombia, FPAA representative)

Deputy jury member:
Fernando Gonzalo, architect (Venezuela)
A résumé of each of the jury members is available on the Foundation’s Web site.
In their first session, the jury will elect a chairman from among the members, who will act as the jury coordinator and will take on the responsibility of elaborating the verdict in written form. The jury will decide on whether entries can be accepted or not, after the Technical Committee has submitted a report on each entry. The deputy jury member must attend all meetings of the titular jury members and shall take part in them, but will not have the right to vote. In case of permanent absence of one of the titular jury members, the deputy juror will immediately replace them. The jury shall duly explain the reasons for their verdict. By accepting to be part of the jury, its members
acknowledge and accept the competition programme, terms and regulations.

Prizes
1 st prize: US$ 20,000
2 nd prize: US$ 12,000
3 rd prize: US$ 5,000
The jury may award honorary distinctions (no money involved).

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