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Paris, 11 January 2008
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 This ideas competition, in a single stage, is organised in the framework of the UIA Congress Turin 2008, illustrating the theme: transmitting architecture.The aim is to create a UIA information point in the city of Turin, a place, dedicated to urban democracy where people can meet, relax. To be designed as a public house for architecture, info point will be usable both day and night, when open and closed. Of a maximum surface of 100 M2, it will be built of recyclable eco-friendly materials and be equipped with communication technologies. Competition procedureThe competition is open to architects worldwide, who are less than 35 years of age at the time of registration. The entire procedure will be on-line on internet. All the competition documents, programme and regulations may be downloaded on the competition web site. Registration takes place at the same time as the electronic transmission of the project file, format pdf, at the same address: www.infopoint.uia2008torino.org The competition language is English.There is no registration fee. PrizesA total of 18 000 euro will be awarded as follows: first prize: 10 000 euro; second prize: 5000 euro; third prize: 3 000 euro The winning project will be realised in Turin for the UIA Congress. JuryLuca Molinari, architect, Italy; Maria Theodorou, architect, Greece; George Kunihiro, architect, Japan; Reuben Mutiso, architect, Kenya; Jennifer Lee, architect, USA; Representative of the Municipality of Turin; Representative of the Piedmont Region. Timetable |
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Web site activated: |
11 January 2008 |
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Opening of registration and simultaneous transmission of entries |
17 March 2008 |
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Closing of registration and simultaneous transmission of entries |
25 March 2008 |
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Jury |
28 March 2008 |
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Exhibition of entries in Turin |
30 June – 3 July 2008 |
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Prize giving ceremony, during the XXIII UIA World Congress Torino 2008 |
2 July 2008 |
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