Europan 8/European Competitions for New Architecture

Europan 8 European Competitions for New Architecture
son başvuru tarihi:	26.09.2005	teslim tarihi:	26.09.2005
Registration deadline:		Submission deadline:

Rules
Objectives
In a spirit of open dialogue and cooperation within a broader Europe, EUROPAN
aims to generate more in-depth knowledge of, and reflection on, housing issues and urban planning, and to promote exchanges on this subject among the different countries of Europe.

The goal of EUROPAN is to help young architects in Europe to develop and
promote their ideas in Europe and further afield.

EUROPAN aims to help towns and developers who propose sites to find innovative architectural and urban solutions to the problems they face.

EUROPAN is, therefore, intended to promote in participating countries the building of experimental projects and the undertaking of urban studies involving housing, and the implementation of innovative urban processes.

Eligibility
-Competitors
EUROPAN 8 is open to any young architect or team of young architects from Europe, in association, or not, with young professionals in other disciplines as stipulated in article 2.1.2.

All architects must be qualified and/or authorised to practise the profession of architect in accordance with competition rules in force in the participating countries*.

All candidates, whatever their profession, must be under 40 years old on the closing date for submission of projects.

-Formation of teams
Considering the urban and architectural scales of the competition, and the complexity of parameters to make use of, EUROPAN highly recommends the formation of combined teams including young professionals from different designing disciplines: architecture, town planning, landscaping, the arts, engineering, etc. provided that the representative team leader is an architect.

Associates
Teams may thus include associates who are architects or members of other professions.

At the limit date for entries, all associates must appear in the electronic form of participation of the team under the heading « associate ». For each associate, a copy of the national identity card and diploma must be joined to the entry.

Associates are considered as co-authors of the project and are mentioned as such in both national and European publications and exhibitions.

Team leader
The team leader is designated from among the associates He must appear in the electronic form of participation. A copy of the national identity card and of diploma must be joined to the entry

He or she is the team’s sole representative for all contact with the national and European secretariats.

Contributors
Teams may include fellow workers, called “contributors”, who are of the same or of other disciplines.

Art the limit date for entries, such members must appear under the heading “contributors” in the electronic form of participation.

Non-eligibility
No competition organizers, members of technical committees, observers, or jury members are eligible to take part in any of the competitions.

No person may enter the competition in a country where he or she has any commitment to, or any professional activity under way with any of the parties responsible for the sites proposed; is working for the practice or professional structure of any member of the jury; has family ties with any competition organiser, technical committee member, jury member, or with any person having any commitment to or any professional activity under way with any of the parties responsible for the sites proposed

Elements to be submitted by the competitors
Components of the submission
The entry submitted by competitors or teams of competitors must comprise three A1-format panels, an A3-format bound in two copies a CD-ROM – on PDF
format in two copies : with the panels A1, the bound document, and every additional graphic elements and one A4-format sealed envelope.

Panels
Three A1 panels (594 mm x 840 mm) made up of graphic documents mounted on flat, stiff, light, strong backings. These must be laid out vertically and numbered 1 to 3.

The competitor’s self-chosen code number must be placed in a frame in the top
left-hand corner of each panel, in accordance with the provisions of article 2.4.2.
Thematic content of the panels:

- Panel 1 must explain the urban ideas developed in the project. in relation with the concerns of the town and the thematic orientations of the proposal. It must bear the title of the project, as chosen by the competitor or team of competitors, as well as the name of the site.

- Panels 2 & 3 must present the project as a whole, highlighting the architectural value of the project, and more particularly the relationship between the new operations and the existing traces of the site. This is to be done through three-dimensional representations of the project, by way 12 of a few significant features to explain the forms and options adopted in relation to the lifestyles proposed.

Scales used for graphic and presentation documents must be mentioned on all documents submitted. They must take the form of graphic scales.

Competitors may use any colour schemes they wish in their graphics. It is up to each competitor, or team of competitors, to ensure that the graphic presentation of his, her or the team’s project can easily be reproduced for publication and that the three panels can be readily duplicated.

Failure to comply with the above instructions on panel presentation may, at the discretion of the jury, lead to the disqualification of the competitor or team of competitors concerned. Under no circumstances will juries examine any additional documents or models.

CDRom
CDRom includes the 3 A1 panels, the bound document and every element required for a comprehensive understanding of the project. Each panel on PDF format resolution 300dpi A3 size with Mac and PC support. Two copies are to be sent.

The code number chosen by the competitor or team of competitors is located in a frame, as stipulated in article 2.4.2 (see the web site), and put on the CDRom.

On the CDRom must also appear the title of the project as well as the name of the selected city.

Bound document
The bound document must be in A3 format (420 mm x 297 mm). Two copies of these are to be sent:

The code number which has been chosen by the competitor or team of competitors must be shown in a frame located in the top left-hand corner of the cover, in accordance with the provisions of article 2.4.2. (see the web site)

The document cover must also bear the clearly legible title of the project, as well as the name of the site selected.

The document must comprise a maximum of ten pages:
- a brief summary of no more than one page summarizing the problems tackled,
and the conceptual approach to the project, must be written in English;
- one page for a reduced colour reproduction of panel 1;
- one page for a reduced colour reproduction of panel 2;
- one page for a reduced colour reproduction of panel 3;
- three pages, at most, explaining how the project addresses the problems raised by the EUROPAN 8 theme;
- one page, at most, about the programme chosen and its relationship to the
programmatic framework proposed on the site;
- one page, at most, indicating the surface areas of the different parts of the project, a brief economic feasibility study of the project, and the building process involved;
- one page, at most, about the technical and construction details, where
applicable;
- explanatory drawings may illustrate, or be attached to, the texts.

Sealed envelope
Documents disclosing the competitor’s identity and proof that the proposal meets all the qualification requirements, must be placed in an A4 (210 mm x 297 mm) envelope.

Please note that teams sending an envelope that does not include all the
documents listed in paragraphs 1 to 4 will be disqualified.

The competitor’s code number must therefore be shown on the envelope. No
other writing should appear on the envelope.

1.The ID forms identifying the competitor or team of competitors, using the form
posted on the Web site, to be printed et completed.

2. A signed declaration of authorship and agreement to abide by the regulations governing the competition, to be printed and signed.

3. Photocopy of the diploma and/ or licence of the architect in charge and
associated architects.

4. Photocopy of the ID cards of all the competitors proving that they are less
than 40 years old, whatever profession they are in.

Participation in the competition
Participation procedure
The European Web site will be used for participating:
www.Europan-europe.com

Site access
From 7 March 2005, each competitor or team of competitors will have free
access to the EUROPAN European Web site.

The rules of the EUROPAN 8 competition, presentations of the topic and of the sites, classified according to thematic families, will be posted on the site.

The sites will be described on the Web site in presentation downloadable and printable files and synthesis book showing the various urban proposals available
to the candidates.

Registration file of the team’s representative
Each team leader must complete an electronic form posted on the Web site. For that he or she must make a payment of 100 € by telepayment which gives right to a complete file of site.

For the national competitors from one of the former communist block countries and resident there (Albania, Byelorussia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldavia, Poland, Czech Republic, Yugoslav Republic, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine), a participation fee of 50 Euros entitling full access to a complete site file will be asked for If the payment is validated, the team’s representative receives a payment ticket.

Then he receives a login and password enabling access to its comlete team’s form, to the download of the site he selected and to a personal site’s zone.

This file may not be modified after Monday 26 September 2005 except for changes of address, telephone, fax, or e-mail.

This file must be included in printed form in the sealed envelope with photocopies of the identity cards and diplomas of the team leader and the associates.

Complete file of site
The login a nd the password enable to the team leader consultation of a complete site file on Website.

This includes detailed written documents on the town, the site, its context, and the developers' intentions, as well as plans, photographs, and all visual documents necessary for design work.

This complete site folder can be downloaded in a lightweight file format, and document by document in the PDF format necessary for entries.

It is possible to obtain the complete site folder in a CD-ROM from the national secretariat concerned, addressing a specific request trough the internet site.

A 15 days time at the latest is to planned between the request and the reception. The language of this document is English (and possibly the language of the site )

Supplementary complete site folder can be requested. It will be charged at the
rate of 50 € per folder.

Number of entries in the competition
Each team leader and/or team is allowed to make entries on several sites,
provided they are in different countries.

Timetable
Launch
Launch date of the competition (consultation of Web site including theme, rules, presentation of sites proposed for the session): Monday 7 March 2005

Questions
Closing dates for questions about the sites: 07 May 2005
Closing date for answers about the sites on the Internet: 21 May 2005

On-sites Visits
The dates of the visits organized with the local and national officials on each site will appear in the Web site on the page of each site.

A National report on the sites is published on the Web three weeks maximum
after the last visit on sites

Questions about the rules
Closing date for questions about the rules: 18 June 2005
Closing date for answers about the rules on the Internet: 25 June 2005

Entries
Closing date for submission of entries: Monday 26 September 2005.
Closing date for receipt of entries sent by express delivery services or by post:
Monday 17 October 2005.

Selection
Short-listing of entries by the national juries: November – December 2005European comparative analysis committee for short-listed ideas projects followed by the Towns and Juries Forum on the basis of this comparative European analysis, followed by the final selection of the proposals by national juries: January 2006

Results
Announcement of results: Monday 13 February 2006
International presentation of results: June 2006

Evaluation criteria
Before beginning its work, the jury has made available to it the recommendations made by the European Association.

First, the jury must review the projects that do not comply with the instructions and decide to disqualify or not, the candidate(s) concerned. Under no circumstances may the jury examine any extra documents not provided for in these rules.

- Their conceptual content,
- Their contribution in terms of innovation in relation to the general problematic of EUROPAN, to European urbanity, and to the themes by families of sites.

During the second judging session, the jury examines the entries in terms of the following criteria:
- The relationship between site and concept ;
- The relevance of their programme to the general brief for the site they address;
- Their potential for integration into a complex urban process
- Their architectural qualities;
- The relevance of solutions proposed in relation to the social issues raised;
- The innovative aspects of the spaces proposed;
- The consideration given to the relationship between housing and other
functions;
- Their social and economic validity;
- Their technical qualities.

The jury draws up and publishes a report which provides a résumé of the discussions and explains the criteria of choice of the winning entries.

Results and prizes
Announcement of results
Each jury notifies its decision immediately to its national structure which forwards it to the European secretariat.

After verification by the European secretariat that entries have complied with the
competition rules, and any re-classifications which may prove necessary, the results of all competitions are made public simultaneously by the national structures and the European Association.

Prizes awarded to the winners
The winners will receive prize money amounting to the equivalent of 12,000 € (including tax) in the currency of the country in which the site is located (at the exchange rate on the date of payment of prize money).

The organisers undertake to abide by the decisions of the national juries and to pay the prize money within 90 days of the announcement of results.

Prizes awarded to the runners-up
Runners-up receive prize money amounting to the equivalent of 6 000 € (including tax) in the currency of the country in which the site is located (at the exchange rate on the date of payment of prize money).

The organisers undertake to abide by the decisions of the national juries and to pay the prize money within 90 days of the announcement of results.

Promotion of prize-winning projects
The organizers undertake to publicize all prize-winning entries both nationally and throughout Europe by way of exhibitions, meetings and publications (paper documents, CDRom, Internet, etc)