National Pulse Memorial & Museum International Design Competition
Sponsor: onePULSE Foundation
Type: open, international, two-phase (RfQ)
Location: Orlando, Florida
Professional Adviser: Dovetail Design Strategists, LLC
www.dovetailstrategists.com
Eligibility: Open to architects across the globe. Architects will be required to form and lead a multi-disciplinary team to include urban design, landscape design and
exhibition design professionals. The inclusion of an artist is strongly encouraged.
Fees: None
Language: English and Spanish
Timetable:
25 March 2019 – Competition launch
30 April 2019 (15:00 EST) Stage I RFQ submissions due
Compensation: Up to six architect-led design teams will be selected to participate in Stage II
of the Design Competition and an honorarium of $50,000 will be paid to each
of the shortlisted teams who have met onePULSE’s Stage II requirements, payable upon selection of a winning team.
Design Challenge:
On June 12, 2016 the largest and deadliest act of violence affecting LGBTQ+ people, and one of the deadliest terrorist attacks by a single gunman in modern American history occurred at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. A total of 49 people’s lives were taken that night, 68 others were injured and hundreds were left permanently affected from the trauma.
In the aftermath, the Orlando community and the world came together to prove that love will overcome fear and hatred. Under this banner, the onePULSE Foundation, an educational nonprofit, was created to memorialize this tragedy and ensure that Pulse’s legacy of love, acceptance and hope will never be lost.
The National Pulse Memorial & Museum International Design Competition challenges architects to create an iconic Memorial & Museum, including a pedestrian pathway called Survivors Walk in Orlando, Florida on the site of the Pulse nightclub and nearby properties. The National Pulse Memorial will be a
sanctuary of hope and healing, the Pulse Museum will educate, enlighten, inspire reflection and start conversations that will change mindsets. Survivors Walk will trace the three-block journey many victims and survivors took the night of the tragedy to get to the Orlando Regional Medical Center.
Together these three distinct elements will be a tribute to all those affected, will engage and educate visitors from around the world, and will serve as a catalyst for positive change.
The Jury includes:
Mayra Alvear, Victim’s Liaison, Mother of Amanda Alvear, Task Force Advisory Council, onePULSE
Earl Crittenden, Chair, Board of Trustees onePULSE, GrayRobinson, P.A.
Yolande Daniels, Principal, studioSUMO
Mayor Jerry Demings, Orange County, Florida
Mayor Buddy Dyer, Orlando, Florida
Hilary Lewis, Board of Trustees onePULSE, Chief Curator & Creative Director, The Glass House
Teresa Jacobs, School Board Chair, Orange County Public Schools, former Orange County Mayor
George Kalogridis, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees onePULSE, President, Walt Disney World
Ricardo J. Negron-Almodovar, Survivor, Service Legal Coordinator, Latino Justice Southeast Office
Barbara Poma, Owner, Pulse Nightclub, Founder & CEO of onePULSE
Laurinda Spear, Principal, Arquitectonica
Sarah Whiting, Dean, Rice University School of Architecture, Principal WW Architecture
Susanna Sirefman, Competition Director and Jury Advisor, President, Dovetail Design Strategists
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