Cultural-Art and Museum Complex “Mystetskii Arsenal” in Kiev, Ukraine

Cultural-Art and Museum Complex “Mystetskii Arsenal” in Kiev, Ukraine

March 6, 2008 – Application deadline

April 14 to May 22, 2008 – Working period phase 1

June 27 to August 29, 2008 – Working period phase 2

Sponsor: The Ukraine State Department of Affairs, represented through the State Enterprise “Mystetskii Arsenal”

Type: International, Open, RfQ, 2-stage

Location: Kiev, Ukraine

Languages: English and Ukrainian

Timetable:

March 6, 2008 – Application deadline

April 14 to May 22, 2008 – Working period phase 1

June 27 to August 29, 2008 – Working period phase 2

Eligibility: Licensed architects

Jury:

– Igor Tarasyuk, Head of State Department of Affairs

– Vasyl Vovkun, Minister of Culture and Tourism

– Ivan Vasyunyk, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine

– Yuriy Bogutsky, Deputy Head of the Secretariat of the President of Ukraine

– Igor Didkovsky, Director general of State Enterprise Cultural-Art and Museum Complex “Mystetskyj Arsenal”

– Igor Shpara, President of Ukrainian Union of Architects

– Vasyl Prysyazhnyuk, Main Architect of Kyiv

– Prof. Rebecca Chestnutt, Architect, Berlin/Germany

– Philippe Chaix, Architect, Paris/France

– Prof. Marcel Meili, Architect, Zurich/Switzerland

– Prof. Dr. Vladimir Slapeta, Architect, Brno/Prague/Czech Republic

– Prof. Guenther Vogt, Zurich/Switzerland

– To be announced, Architect, International

Alternate juror:

Prof. Gernot Schulz, Architect, Cologne/Germany

Awards:

The overall sum of prizes is EUR 170,000, each participant of phase 2 will receive an additional fee of EUR 40,000.

The competition:

The Ukraine State Department of Affairs, represented through the State Enterprise “Mystetskyj Arsenal” invites to a competition on the establishment of an approx. 10 ha culture complex in Kyiv, Ukraine bordering the prominent area of the historic cave monestary Pershersk Lavra, which is listed as UNESCO world heritage.

Coordinator of the competition is [phase eins]. (Germany)

The first phase of the competition comprises the development of a master plan with consideration of the historic Arsenal building protected rampart foundations.

The task of the second phase comprises the design of several new buldings for this culture complex, amongst others the Museum for Modern Art, the Center of Ukrainian Music including concert halls and the International Center for Cinema and Screen Arts.

For additional Information:

For details (eligibility requirements, further deadlines, jury, site plan, photos of surroundings) and direct access to the online application form, please consult the competition homepage at:

www.phase1.de/mystetskyj-arsenal