Two Nursery Schools Design Competition

Two Nursery Schools Design Competition

Open, one-stage, anonymous

City of Prato

24 April 2008 – Registration Deadline and Submission deadline

Sponsor: City of Prato

Type: Open, one-stage, anonymous

Language: Italian

Eligibility: Registered Architects

Entry fee: none

Awards:

Winning prize: €10.000,00

2nd Place: €5.000,00

3rd Place: €2.500,00

three Special mention: €1.000 each

Timetable:

24 April 2008 – Registration Deadline and Submission deadline

Design Challenge: The competition’s goal is to generate two distinct preliminary proposals for the construction of two new nursery schools (each housing six classes) and the organization of the outdoor spaces and the green areas for recreation on the school grounds. The first plot is located in the Galcetello zone, in via Marie Curie, and the other in the Ponzano zone, in viale Montegrappa. See the drawings for further details.

Jury:

Herman Hertzberger, Architect; President of Jury

Paolo Bartalini as member named by the City Administration

Marco Meozzi, as architect named by the Order of Architects,

Designers, Landscape and Conservation Architects for the Province

of Prato

Mario Daneri as engineer named by the Order of Engineers for the

Province of Prato

Fabrizio Gallanti

Luca Molinari, in charge of architecture publications for Skira Ed

Entries

a) report, max. 4 pages, that illustrates the criteria that led to the main design decisions.

b) technical report, max 2 pages.

c) Exhibition of the idea in a graphics format, in two boards UNI A0 format.

d) rough calculation, maximum 2 pages, of the management expenses and cost of the work subdivided into the main categories of the works

Competition Website:

http://www.comune.prato.it/gocivic/