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COMPETITION
AMPHIBIOUS 'Designs for Amphibious living' is a project that is being implemented in the context of The Art of Creative Water. The project is being organized by Kunstgebouw and Bureau Hans Venhuizen and has been commissioned by the Province of South Holland. 'Amphibious living' aims towards living with the water, a development where, among other elements, landscape values, soil conditions, developments in domestic construction technology and infrastructure reinforce each other. 'Designs for Amphibious living' consists of a design competition (December 1999 - March 2000), a development phase (April 2000 - September 2000) and an exhibition (October 2000). The design competition recognizes three categories, two for professionals and students of architecture, urban planning and landscape architecture and one for amateurs and high-schoolstudents. They will be invited to develop ideas for a for a better combination of living, water, landscape and environment. In the second part of the project the most suitable ideas to emerge from the competition will be developed by implementation teams for a variety of construction locations in the Province of South Holland. These teams will consist of participants in the competition and will be under the supervision of experts. The winners of the competition will be announced in April 2000 in the Van Nelle plant in Rotterdam, and the results then presented on Internet and in October 2000 during an exhibition in Kinderdijk. In short Name of Competition: Designs for Amphibious living Organization and initiative: Kunstgebouw (Foundation Art and Culture South Holland) Application: by application form on this website Latest application date: 1 March 2000 Submission address competition entries: P.O. Box 28031, 3003 KA Rotterdam, NL Latest submission date: 1 April 2000 (postmark) Announcement prize winners: 28 April 2000, Van Nelle plant Rotterdam Information: info@amfibischwonen.nl Contact person: Maureen Timmermans (Bureau Hans Venhuizen) Categories 1 and 2: architecture and urbanism professionals Participants: anyone who is in some way or another professionally active in urban planning Participation fee: 100 NLG (45 euro) Payment: to account ABN-AMRO 442082002 reference 'Amfibisch Wonen' Payments may also be made here and abroad by credit card Prizes category 1: first prize 10.000 NLG (4500 euro), second prize 5.000 NLG (2250 euro) Prizes category 2: first prize 10.000 NLG (4500 euro), second prize 5.000 NLG (2250 euro) For categories 1 and 2 together a maximum of three honourable mentions will be assigned. In such cases no financial reward will be made. Category 3: Participants: anyone irrespective of knowledge or professional competence who is interested in the competition Participation fee: none Prizes category 3: five prizes of 1.000 NLG (450 euro) Extra prize: the 'Willem Bos Bokaal [Cup]' will be awarded to one of the five winners. This extra prize involves no financial reward. BACKGROUND Reverse and control A large part of The Netherlands continues to be an excellent reflection of the centuries-long struggle against the water reclaiming the hard won drained land. That has led to a defensive attitude towards water. In the past the engineer's skills were deployed chiefly in 'reversing and controlling' water, and due to that creating and maintaing a distinct boundary between land and sea. Through developments in technologies water began more and more to be seen as a friend, rather than as a dangerous enemy. Water is for the human body a basic necessity. The realization that water is also a basic necessity for the Dutch landscape is increasingly entering the awareness of more administrators, managers, designers and residents of The Netherlands. That has in recent years resulted in a major reversal in thinking and one that will be important for the landscape. This new attitude is generating a need for new ideas and concepts for dealing with water as friend at all levels in urban planning. The art of settlement In 1998 Hans Venhuizen organized the project 'The art of settling' in Gouda. In this project the role of water in urban planning was central. Gouda is the marshiest construction location in The Netherlands however in the city itself this is barely discernible. The new spillover districts for example resemble strongly those of Apeldoorn-Noord or Eindhoven-West: places where marshiness plays no part whatsoever. It appearas if the people of Gouda do their utmost best to hide the nature of their location, and in so doing to fail to take advantage of it. A study has been made in the context of 'The art of settlement' into the possibilities for urban and domestic construction within the political, landscape, technical and economic constraints of Gouda in the 'Green Heart'. The study was carried out by Carel Weeber, Jaap Huisman and Jan van Grunsven, and resulted in the proposal for an 'amphibious neighbourhood'. Amphibious, because the central thought is no longer from the land, or the water, but aims to develop strategies that can be applied to both land AND water. It evolved addressing wet and dry areas, areas where the boundary between water and land is hard to establish either due to landscape or to time. One specific example is a polder where the soil is marshy and the ditches shallow. Or water meadows, river estuaries or other locations that are wet or prone to flooding. Amphibious Living The term 'amphibious living' has not appeared before in urban planning. But the concepts from which the term originates are as old as the culture of settlement itself. It is a way of thinking that we with the breathtaking technical possibilities now available to us had almost forgotten: the optimization and expression of the character of a specific location where its limiting circumstances are retained. In times when technology was not yet so advanced people who wanted to settle in a particular area were faced with the necessity of dealing with the limiting circumstances of the nature of location. This resulted in fascinating cities, hewn from rocks, bravely surviving the desert or supremely adapting to the hazard of flood. The special circumstances of each location can be immediately discerned from the built structure. Sustained living with water The main feature of Holland's landscape is the struggle between land and water and the vague demarcations resulting from it. Marshiness and the potential for flooding are important features of Dutch landscape, and intelligent forms of settlement should therefore be optimally tailored to it. Amphibious living is a term for all forms of settlement that optimize the vague demarcation between water and land and express it's character. It is not a question of living beside water, or living on water; it is not about illustrative use of water, but rather living wíth water. Amphibious living is furthermore not simply restricted to domestic construction , but embraces the entire spectrum of urban planning, from domestic construction to urban development, using innovative procedures and extending to entire landscapes. Amphibious living aims towards living with the water, a development in which, among other features, landscape values, soil conditions, developments in the technology of domestic construction and infrastructure reinforce each other. Durability is an important fact. In the field of construction permanence of materials is now an optimum. But durability is not restricted to materials alone. It is particularly directed to ideas and concepts for the establishment of landscaping and settlement. COMPETITION PROGRAMME Introduction A considerable section of the 'Green Heart' is situated within the borders of the Province of South Holland. Besides protecting the Green Heart and taking the scenic qualities into account when building this province has yet one more feature that influences urban planning to a significant extent. The soil base is in many places so marshy as to make infrastructure and domestic construction very expensive. Making the soil base suitable for construction often involves piling 15 metre deep after a thick sand layer has been laid on the top soil. Many landscape values are lost with this blanket of sand. Kunstgebouw has initiated a competition to generate ideas for the development of amphibious living. A second objective is, by utilizing the opportunity presented by the limitations of a poor or watery soil base, to reveal a fantastic landscape where living, working, landscape and environment can reinforce each other. It is hoped that the competition will produce a wide spectrum of innovative proposals for building in soggy, marshy areas or in those places prone to flooding. Locations This competition addresses two types of amphibious areas: (1) 'original' amphibious areas such as river estuaries, water meadows, seas, lakes and swamps, and (2) 'culture-historical' amphibious areas such as reclamation projects, polders, excavations and peat fields. The participant is free to choose the venue of his/her entry in an imaginary, but in all cases amphibious location, the specific limitations of which he/she must define. One proviso is that the boundary between water and land must be difficult to define in landscape or in time. An existing location may be chosen that meets the definition of amphibious location, but this location must then be rendered unrecognizable. The objective is to generate ideas for amphibious locations that can be genericaly applied at several locations. Entries for which the location is recognizable will not be included in the adjudication. categories The competition will be divided into three categories. The amphibious themes specified hereunder will apply to all three categories: sensitivity to the qualities of an existing amphibious landscape employment of recyclable, degradable locally appropriate or removable materials environmentally friendly/ecological combination of the natural environment and living dwellings that can function autonomously and that adapt optimally to the environment Category 1: Landscape/urbanism Assignment The requirement is for ideas for amphibious settlements in the landscape which reinforce the value of the landscape. The scope of the settlement is indeterminate and may extend from estuary developments to innovative procedures for infrastructure and water management. Aspects that may be addressed: neutral energy and closed circuits innovative water purification, grey-water circuit methods of ground preparation to address optimally the amphibious circumstances culture-historical elements of amphibious areas that have developed, making allowance for the elements of the 'new nature'. Category 2: Urbanism/architecture Assignment The assignment contains two compulsory elements: 1- ideas for an amphibious residential neighbourhood of ca. 5 hectare, in which the settlement is adapted to a soggy soil quality and where no ground improvement is required for construction. A density of 25 to 35 dwellings per hectare with as limited an infrastructure as possible. One which has a floating construction which can be installed as lightly as possible. Limitation of mobility and/or the stimulation of environmentally-friendly transport systems are a specifically importent elements of the assignment. 2- ideas for a floating house that can also be located on land or a land-based house that can also float. Relocation must be a possibility within the land division proposed. The dwellings must fulfil the principles of Durability in Building (National Package Durability in Building for dwellings and urban construction: see: www.dubo-centrum.nl) Aspects that may be addressed: 'light' land-division types and light infrastructure, accessibility, maximum 1 parking place per dwelling and facilities for waste removal optimum differentiation between living and working the dwellings must be capable of construction within the budget levels for social housing up to and including medium standard dwellings suitability of the dwelling for individual occupation and (small) family units as an alternative to the nuclear family house the dwelling must be amenable to a multiple standardized production (technological) innovations in the areas of energy, materials, 'foundations' anchoring, waste processing Category 3: Living and working with water Assignment The requirement is for inspirational ideas for living and working with water, in a manner of speaking from estuary developments to innovative procedures, from floating waste containers to water landscapes and from amphibious playgrounds to transport solutions. But the contributor may, taking his/her own (unsatisfactory) situation as starting point, realize long-cherished dreams or publish to the world his/her own solutions to water problems. COMPETITION RULES Names and addresses The competition 'Designs for Amphibious Living' is an initiative of Kunstgebouw. Acting on its behalf as contact person is: Maureen Timmermans (Bureau Hans Venhuizen), P.O. Box 28031, 3003 KA Rotterdam, NL, e-mail: info@amfibischwonen.nl Objective Kunstgebouw is launching a competition for ideas for the development of amphibious living. A second objective is, based on the opportunities that are provided by the limitations of a poor or watery soil base, to reveal a fantastic landscape where living, working, landscape and environment can in harmony reinforce each other. Participants The competition is a public ideas competition in three categories: categories 1 and 2 are open to professionals, students and anyone who is professionally active in any way whatsoever in the area of urban planning category 3 for anyone who irrespective of knowledge or professional competence is interested in the competition. Excluded from participation are the jury members and their offices/agencies, as are those who have been involved in any way with the preparation of the competition. Time schedule for the competition The competition will operate according to the time schedule below December 1999 Announcement design competition 15 February 2000 Closing of the period for submitting questions in writing 1 March 2000 Latest date for answering written questions 1 March 2000 Closingdate of application for participation 1 April 2000 Closingdate for submissions April 2000 Verdict by the jury 28 April 2000 Announcement of the prize winners during a symposium in the Van Nelle plant, Rotterdam May 2000 Start sequel project 'Implementation teams' October 2000 Exhibition of competition, sequel project and presentation of the publication Information in the meantime Questions relating to the competition programme may be submitted, solely via the question book on the website of the competition, prior to 15 February 2000. Click on Interact The questions will be answered before 1 March 2000. After the round of questions all the questions will be put with the appropriate answers and published via the question book and in this way made available to all participants. This question book document will from that moment on be deemed to be an appendix of the competition programme and will be equally binding. Consultation with the organization outside this procedure is not permitted. What the participants may do, however, is exchange information via the discussion platform on the website. Application Participation is by application via the e-mail folder on the website http://www.amfibischwonen.nl/ For categories 1 and 2 an application fee of 100 NLG (45 euro) is compulsory. These participants should pay the application fee of 100 NLG (45 euro) to account number ABN-AMRO 442082002 reference 'Amfibisch Wonen'. Payments may also be made here and abroad by credit card, in which case the credit card number, expiry date, name and address details and signature of the cardholder should be faxed to fax number +31 (0)10 4762690. (see e-mail folder) After the organizer has received the application and (for categories 1 and 2) the payment the entry form and entry number will be sent. Click her for application and payment procedure for categories 1 and 2 (professionals) http://www.amfibischwonen.nl/h-4-formulier-prof-e.html participation for category 3 is free Click her for application for category 3(amateurs) http://www.amfibischwonen.nl/h-4-formulier-ama-e.html After the organizer has received the application the entry form and entry number will be sent. Submissions Category 1: Landscape/urban design Submissions in category 1 should comprise: at most 7 x A4 (images)prints providing a clear insight of the proposal, of which at least: an illustration with an impression/overview, that even in thumpnail shows the proposal; an illustration of the method of tailoring and adapting the landscape; an illustration of the urban development aspects; at most 1 x A4 text with a maximum of 750 words with a general description of the submission in which the specific limitations of the location chosen are stipulated and including a motto/name of no more than 20 symbols (a space shall be deemed to be a symbol); a summary of the text not exceeding 50 words; a diskette (see under 'Diskette'), 1,3 mb maximum. Category 2: Urban design/architecture Submissions in category 2 should comprise: at most 7 x A4 (images)prints providing a clear insight into the proposal, of which at least: an illustration with an impression/overview, (that even in thumpnail shows the proposal); in which the method of tailoring or adapting the landscape in the urban development context is depicted, and which includes plan/cross-section projections of the dwelling; an illustration of the urban development aspects; at most 1 x A4 text with a maximum of 750 words with a general description of the submission in which the specific limitations of the location chosen are stipulated and including a motto/name of no more than 20 symbols (a space shall be deemed to be a symbol); a summary of the text not exceeding 50 words; a diskette (see under 'Diskette'), 1,3 mb maximum. Depending on the proposal it may be worth providing (collage) that offers insight into ground preparation,access, infrastructure, land division, water purification and permanence. Category 3: Living and working with water Submissions in category 3 should comprise: at the most 3 x A4 (colour) prints/drawings/photo collages providing a clear insight into the proposal; at most 1 x A4 text with a maximum of 750 words with a general description of the submission in which the specific limitations of the location chosen are stipulated and including a motto/name of no more than 20 symbols (a space shall be deemed to be a symbol); a summary of the text not exceeding 50 words; a diskette (see under diskette) At the 3 x A4 (colour) prints/drawings/photo collages providing a clear insight into the proposal could be worth considering: an illustration with an impression/overview of the proposal, that even in postage stamp format reflects the details; method of tailoring or adapting to the landscape architectonic proposal Diskette The submissions will be presented on the website of Amphibious Living after the presentation of prizes on 28 April. The maximum number of submissions qualifying for presentation is 150. In the case of more submissions the jury will decide which ones are to be placed: The participants in category 1 and 2 should for this purpose include a diskette (1.3 MB) stipulating: - motto/name - text of 750 words - summary of the text - illustration with impression/overview - urban development aspects (category 1 only) - plan and cross-section of the dwelling (category 2 only) all specified above, plus - other illustrations necessary for the explanation of the proposal (at most two) The illustration with impression/overview will be published in postage stamp format next to motto/name. Final Instructions for digital transmission of the submissions for professionals for the creation of an html page: see this website from januari Participants in category 3 should include a diskette (1,3 MB) with on it, obliged: text of at most 750 words a brief summary of the text of at the most 50 words. and desirable: motto/name of at most 20 symbols a maximum of three other representations providing a clear insight into the proposal by which could be worth considering: -an illustration with an impression/overview of the proposal, that even in postage stamp format reflects the details; - method of tailoring or adapting to the landscape - architectonic proposal Instructions for digital transmission of the submissions for amateurs and students will follow in januari How to send For all categories: - material that has not been asked for will not be included in the adjudication; - all documents must be submitted in single copy; - no variants to the proposal may be submitted. Submissions in all categories must remain anonymous. When applying the participants will receive a code. Participants may add to that code a motto or name. This motto should comprise a maximum of 20 letter or number symbols (spaces count too). The code and any motto/name must appear on all documentation pertaining to the submission and packaging thereof. The true details of the participant may not be visible on the packaging and must be recorded only on the name letter that constitutes part of the participation package. One single application entitles to submission of one subject in one category only. The handwriting of the designer may not appear on the packaging, nor any symbol or seal or the like that would cause the origin of the design to be surmised. The submission must be accompanied by two letters The name letter (constitutes part of the participation package that will be sent) on which only the code and the motto/name may be stipulated. This name letter must also include: - name and address of the person making the submission. In the case of a joint design the principal designer must be stipulated. - a statement that the design is the intellectual property of the designer. An address letter (constitutes part of the participation package) with inside a correspondence address, not being the address of the person making the submission. The address letter serves the purpose of where necessary contacting the person making the submission without violating anonymity. The jury shall be authorized to open all the name letters after their verdict has been given and to publish the names of the persons making submissions at the exhibition and in the catalogue. The organization will send to all participants the name letter and address envelope with a reply envelope. Amphibious Living Interactive: From December until 15 Febrary participants may ask questions about participation, the programma, locations, etcetrea. These questions will be answered 1 March 2000 at the latest. Answers will be published on this website. Click her to go to the questions book http://www.amfibischwonen.nl/guestbook/guestbook.html. (this part of the site is bi-lingual, don't hesitate to ask your question in english. Answers will be given in both Dutch and English) Participants may also discuss among each other, exchange ideas, ask specific questions local architect may help you with, offer links to websites relating to the competition etcetera. Click here to go to the discussionplatform http://www.amfibischwonen.nl/cgi-bin/amfibi_bulletin/index.cgi (this part also is bi-lingual, but most dutch participants will be able to read english questions and answer them) Judging: Jury The submissions will be judged by a jury consisting of the following members: Winy Maas (architect, MVRDV) Jan Dirk Hoekstra (H+N+S landscape architects) Bart Lootsma (publicist/architecture historian) Jan van Grunsven (visual artist) Hans Heemrood (director Nationaal DuBoCentrum, chairman of the jury) <...> (water philosopher) <...> (project development corporation). In the event of unavoidable absence by one of the jury members a reserve member with the same qualification as the absent member will be called in. The jury is independent of the participants and renders independent adjudication.. Assessment criteria The submissions will be assessed on the basis of the criteria below: Category 1: Landscape/urban development the degree to which the proposal excels in the stimulation of innovative thought with respect to the tailoring of amfibious living to a soggy landscape; the degree to which the proposal contributes to a reinforcement of a weak landscape quality or actually succeeds in reinforcing it; the degree of 'livability' as a result of the presence of water: ebb/flood, winter/summer, much/little rain; the degree to which the settlement is tuned to the management of water. Category 2: Urbanism/architecture the degree to which optimum and innovative use is made of 'light' land division and accessibility, such as not resorting to soil improvement and for example 'floating' infrastructure. design of an amphibious house; the degree to which the house can form an alternative for the regular one-family house, with respect to price and quality ratio and the image of the amphibious dwelling; the suitability of the dwelling for multiplication and standardisation; the degree to which the principles Durability in Construction have been adopted in the design of the dwelling. Category 3: Living and working with water the degree to which there is evidence of 'innovative amphibious thinking'. the degree to which original solutions have been found for day-to-day problems. the degree to which the presence of water can still be experienced: ebb/flood, winter/summer, much/little rain. the manner in which allowance is made for the environment. the environmentally friendly solutions that are presented. Assessment procedure a-assessment phase Upon receipt the submissions will be assessed in weeks 14 and 15 against the criteria stipulated in the competition programme and the accompanying appendices. All submissions will also be assessed against the competition rules stipulated in this competition programme. Submissions that do not meet these conditions will not be included in the adjudication. The decision on this will be taken in consultation with the management of the foundation organizing it. All results of the assessment will be presented to the jury. The assessment will be carried out by a qualified engineer specialized in building on and around water and a representative of the organizer. Assessment criteria The anonymity of the person submitting must be observed The location must be incapable of being identified o The presence of the compulsory illustrations The presence of the diskette (cat 1 and 2) That no variants to the proposal have been submitted b-adjudication phase Adjudication will be in week 15 and 16. The jury will adjudicate how the submissions respond to the assignment, and will produce an analysis of the submissions on the basis of the individual assessment criteria. Then the jury will on the basis of an integrated assessment stipulate which submissions qualify for prizes, providing an order of precedence. Organizer and participants shall submit unconditionally to the verdict of the jury. During the symposium on 28 April 2000 the verdict of the jury will be announced. After the professional jury decision there will be for high-schoolstudents an opportunity for the public to judge. The public jury, that is accessible to all, will assess the students' work projects via internet. Jury report The jury's report will be available in the middle of May 2000. The jury's report will be in writing and public and will be featured ultimately in the publication that appears with the project. The jury report will contain a general interpretation of the assessment criteria adopted and the progress of the adjudication and in which round the designs not qualifying for prizes were eliminated. For those submissions that went on to the final adjudication round the report will include for each design an overview of the results of the adjudication against the criteria provided. The jury report will moreover include an evaluation of the results of the competition and recommendations to the organizer. Prizes Prizes category 1: first prize 10.000 NLG (4500 euro), second prize 5.000 NLG (2250 euro) Prizes category 2: first prize 10.000 NLG (4500 euro), second prize 5.000 NLG (2250 euro) In categories 1 and 2 together a maximum of three honourable mentions will be assigned for which there is no financial prize. Prizes category 3: five prizes of 1.000 NLG (450 euro). An extra prize: the 'Willem Bos Bokaal [Cup]', will be awarded to one of the five winners. This extra prize involves no financial reward. The organizer will pay out the prize money in full at the latest on 1 September 2000. Exhibition and Results: (not yet active) From 28 April 2000 an online exhibitione of entries to the competition will be shown here. Also the results and winners will be published here. Sequel to the competition: Kunstgebouw undertakes to disseminate the results of the design competition widely in order to engender more awareness of the phenomenon 'amphibious living'. implementation The questions in the various categories are set in such a way that the solutions can be employed in several areas where the circumstances sketched apply. The competition embraces all levels of urban planning and in this way will provide a broad spectrum of methods of approach in an innovative fashion to the factor of water in urban planning. The competition is not a goal in itself, the material submitted being ta medium. The way the question is asked will provide suitable material for implementation at several locations, where the proposals can be specifically adapted to the particular location. In the 'Implementation project', that is to start when the competition ends, three teams will assemble concrete plan proposals from the results of the competition. These teams will consist of a core of two persons, an 'implementation manager' (who is knowledgeable in urban planning) and a 'concept manager' (who is qualified to preserve the qualities of a proposal during the process of translation from idea to plan). The core teams will search for locations suitable for 'amphibious development' and cultivate contacts with the administrators responsible. They will then examine competition submissions for proposals that might be suitable for the location in mind. They will then, for the development of further plans, augment their teams with the authors of these proposals. This does not mean that the proposals need be from the prize-winning submissions. The managers from each team are obliged to select at least one submission from category 3. To ensure that ideas submitted by persons in this category can 'adequately perform', they will be supported by professionals in the teams. Exhibition The results of the development phase will be executed in a model and displayed during an exhibition in Kinderdijk in October 2000, where the concept amphibious living will be revealed. Also displayed will be the models and digital designs made by students from the secondary and further education systems on the same subject within the educational project Island and Living and Working with water. Publication The project will be completed with a publication in which: - a history of amphibious living - presentation of the competition entries (prize winners) - jury report - presentation of the plans prepared by the implementation teams - review of the entire project, structure, intention, result Colopho: Organization Organizer: Kunstgebouw, Foundation for Art and Culture South Holland Broekmolenweg 16 2289 BE Rijswijk T. 015 215 45 15 Connie Eggink (department major projects). Designs for Amphibious Living will be held in the context of the project 'The Art of Creative Water' Project supervision: Bureau Hans Venhuizen P.O. Box 28031 3003 KA Rotterdam NL T. +31 (0)10 2444 655 F. +31 (0)10 4762 690 Project Assistant: Maureen Timmermans Original concept: Hans Venhuizen developed in the context of the project 'The art of the settlement', Gouda 1998 o Original initiative for the design competition: Foundation for Amphibious Living (February 1999) Chairman: Sjaak de Keijzer Treasurer: Wim de Bruijne Secretary: Hans Venhuizen Project Leader High-SchoolStudents: Willem Broer, Kunstgebouw, t: +31(0)15 215 45 15, e-mail: willemb@kunstgebouw.nl Publication: NAI Publishers Text editing: Pieta Koopman, Kunstgebouw, in conjunction with Carree Communicatie, Rotterdam Translations: A1 Translators Publicity: Pieta Koopman, Kunstgebouw, in conjunction with Carree Communicatie, Rotterdam Internet: Archined, David Lingerak, Piet Vollaard Graphic Design website and printing: Martijn Engelbregt, Amsterdam Research into the history of amphibious living: MDL architects, Rotterdam Paul Meurs, Utrecht Advisors: National DuBo Centre Mr H. Heemrood. Mr. J. Warners, Councillor Culture and Permanence, Municipality of Gouda. Mr. H. Lenderink, ex-Councillor Urban Planning, Municipality of Gouda. Paul Berends, Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management Sim Vissers, Kasteel Groeneveld. Harry Harsema, Grafisch Atelier Wageningen. The competition programme was checked by: Steunpunt Ontwerpwedstrijden (support point design competitions), Architectuur Lokaal Amphibious Living is part of the 'Art of Creative Water' and is organized by Kunstgebouw and Bureau Hans Venhuizen acting on the commission of the Province of South Holland. The project has been made possible by the joint efforts of EZH, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Zuid-Holland, Johan Matser Projectontwikkeling BV., Van Wijnen West BV.en Koninklijke Volker Wessels Stevin, Projectontwikkelingsbureau voor bouwnijverheid bv. Responsibilities, rights, General Terms and Conditions etc. The questions and all the rules applying during this competition are specified in the faforementioned competition programme. This competition programme shall be binding on the organizer and the members of the jury. The participants acknowledge by the fact of their submissions their acceptance of these rules. The competition programme has been devised in conformity with the model competition programme for a contest as described in Kompas and stipulated in the 'Covenant for Competitions in the fields of architecture, urban development and landscape architecture'. Publicity and exhibition Participants, jury members or persons other than the project leader are not permitted to make public matters that relate substantively to the submissions or the competition as such prior to the decision of the organizer being published. The submissions will be exhibited on the website of Amphibious Living after the prizes are awarded on 28 April. The number of submissions to be placed shall not exceed 150. When there are more submissions the jury shall decide which submissions are to be placed. This website and the prize winners too will be presented during the presentation of the complete project in Kinderdijk. Copyright The submissions shall remain the intellectual property of the entrants. Application, insurance, property and return of the documents submitted The organizer shall be entitled to use the documentation submitted for the exhibition, the publications and the publicity involved in the context of this design competition for a period of a maximum of one year from publication of the result, without being due any form of remuneration in respect thereof. The material submitted shall remain property of the organizer and shall not be insured. Disputes Should disputes arise - even those that are regarded by one of the parties as such - between organizer, participants and jury members as a result of the competition, they shall be referred to arbitration in conformity with the Rules of Arbitration of the Stichting Arbitrage Instituut Bouwkunst [Foundation for the Arbitration Institute for the Construction Industry], as they were three months prior to the day on which entries should have been submitted. Final provision The terms and conditions stipulated in this competition programme shall apply to this competition. Contact: Design competition Amphibious Living Organisation: Kunstgebouw (i.o.v. Provincie Zuid-Holland) Postadres: Postbus 28031 3003 KA Rotterdam NL Tel: (31)10 2444 655 Fax: (31)10 476 26 90 Contactperson: Maureen Timmermans (Bureau Hans Venhuizen) Website: www.amfibischwonen.nl Application: only by the form on this website http://www.amfibischwonen.nl/h-4-main-e.html Informatie: info@amfibischwonen.nl Sponsors: De Kunst van Scheppend Water, Zuid-Holland Cultuurprovincie 2000, is een initiatief van de Provincie Zuid-Holland en wordt financieel mede mogelijk gemaakt door de Provincie Zuid-Holland, EZH en het Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Zuid-Holland. Dit cultuurevenement wordt uitgevoerd onder de verantwoordelijkheid van Kunstgebouw, stichting Kunst en Cultuur Zuid-Holland. Creative Water: The Art of Creative Water Amphibious Living is part of the project The Art of Creative Water, that is a sequel to the successful projects Culture Cities (1994-1998) and Culture Region (1999). The Province of South Holland will in 2000 be 'Cultural Province'. Kunstgebouw, foundation Art and Culture South Holland, has been commissioned to develop a programme for three locations with an influence that extends throughout the entire province. South Holland owes its very existence to the art of water management. It reflects in an admirable fashion the centuries-old struggle against the water. The rivers and the estuary form the key natural connections and the water in the soil influences the production. Areas have been selected for 2000 where the phenomenon of water will play an important role. The main objective is the promotion of cultural participation. The Art of Creative Water will be held from April through October 2000 and will consist of three main events. The project will open on 27 April with the theatre production PENS that will appear in an old flower bulb shed in Sassenheim. This production by Judith de Rijke addresses life and work in the Bulb Region. The second event is the South-Holland Water Days, a broadly based public event with cultural and recreational activities that will run at various places throughout the province on 7, 8 and 9 July. Amphibious living is the point of departure for an innovative-cultural programme, with a design competition and exhibition. This exhibition in Kinderdijk in October 2000 will also be the close of The Art of Creative Water. Website: http://www.amfibischwonen.nl/ |
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