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| THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN: STONE LANDSCAPES/DIGITAL LANDSCAPES Museum of Stone Culture and the Prun Quarries Nature Reserve, Verona/Italy |
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| USA Institute 2001 XVIma Edizione International Competition Architecture/Urban Design/Landscape Design Direttore: Livio Dimitriu/USA; Co-Direttore: Vincenzo Pavan/Italia Special Award: US $ 3,000 Study Grants with USAI: US $ 20,000 USA Institute, International Center for Research and Advancement of Architecture and Urbanism, under the auspices of Veronafiere, the Veneto Regional Government, and Verona Provice Government, organizes an international competition on the topic of Prun Stone Quarries underground and above ground landscape and a new museum on this subject. The USA Institute international design competition is open to architects, designers and architecture students. The competition provides an international dialogue among various schools of thought and participants at diferent levels of experience through concrete proposals on topics related to the specific problems in the Veneto Region. The design competition offers ideas and solutions for real problems characteristic of the cities and regions that host it. The topic of the competition involves the adaptive reuse of centuries old and now abandoned stone quarries that now dot the hills and mountains around Verona. The Prun Quarries form a grandiose complex of excavated spaces overlooking the Prun Village in the Upper Valpolicella. These man made caves testify to an extraordinary "architecture without architects" resulting from the extraction of stone in these mountains. The traditional mode of quarrying Lessinia Stone (Prun Stone) generated cavelike spaces carved out of the side of the mountains. The great gaping holes in the calcarous landscape are filled with fantasmagorical forests of man made irregularly shaped columns that support strangely shaped stone ceilings. The Negrar City Hall has jurisdiction over the site that includes the abandoned quarries, and intends to reuse them in the context of a Nature Reserve, while adding educational, art, and performance functional components. The projected Stone Culture Museum will form the center piece of this project. The Museum includes spaces dedicated to seminars, research, and temporary exhibitions concerning "land art," and will be integrated with a system of nature trails connecting the quarries with the surrounding above ground landscape. A significant aspect of the project involves the integration of the abandoned stone quarries with a nature reserve dedicated to the flora and fauna of the Lessinia Region. The abandoned stone quarries offer an extraordinary potential for musical, multimedia, light, and virtual reality performances. The museum becomes the place where the culture of the materials and tradition of the place meets and innexorably blends the natural landscape with the underground manmade landscape, and with the digital landscape of the future. The museum is the place where the natural meets the artificial. Jury/Awards/Exhibition The proceedings of the International Jury that will take place on September 28, during the International Marmomacc Industrial Fair in Verona. The public is invited to attend the critique session. All the projects submited will be on exhibition for one week. The average number of visitors for this annual event is 60,000. The Awards Ceremony will take place on September 29 at the Fair of Verona, Italy. The invited members of the jury include the architects: Claudio D'AMATO, Bari School of Architecture - Livio DIMITRIU, Pratt Institute/N.Y., Parson's School of Design/N.Y., Director/USA Institute - Marino FOLIN, President School of Architecture Venice Seok-Chul KIM, Archiban Architects & Associates, Seoul/South Korea - Jurij KOBE, Ljublijana School of Architecture / Slovenia - Vincenzo PAVAN, Verona, Co-Director/USA Institute - Pierre von MEISS, Lausanne Polytechnic/Switzerland - Luis CONCEICAO, President/Univesita Modern School of Architecture/Portugal - The President of the Verona Roll of Architects and the directors of related instititutions are also invited. Project requirements A maximum of three unmounted plates, detached, dimensions 60x90 cm. The presentation may include a text of maximum 250 words, with all drawings and photographs in black &white Eligibility and awards This competition, while particularly focused on young architects participation, is open to: a) architects in the professional category without age limit; b) non-professional category: students of architecture, urban and landscape design, and the alied professions. Projects may be individual or team effort. The first award in the professional category will receive a cash award of US $3,000 at the discretion of the jury. Study grants for a maximum of US $20,000 with future editions of USA Institute seminars and competitions will be awarded to the winners in the non-professional and student category. Schedule and fees A competition registration fee of US $150 must accompany the registration form. July 15: Last day to receive registration form and fee paid. The competition dossier will be mailed to all fuIly registered participants immediately. September 15: Final date for arrival of projects in Verona/Italy. Delivery of projects must be only by courier or by hand, customs cleared by the sender. September 28: International Jury date in Verona/Italy. No communications regarding any aspect of the competition will be accepted by the organizers at any timeafter the participants receive the competition dossiers. The competion submissions will not be returned to the participants. The entries become the property of USA Institute, which reserves the rights of publication and mass media dissemination of the visual and written material involved. Sponsors/acknowledgements Veronafiere, Veneto Regional Government, Verona Province Government, Verona City Hall, Negrar City Hall, Ordine degli Architetti di Verona, Cariverona Foundation, University of Venice Architecture Institute, Milan Polytechnic/School of Architecture, Chapman University/USA, Pratt Institute/USA, Parsons School of Design/USA, University of New Mexico at Albuquerque/USA, University of Texas at Austin/USA, Université de Montreal/Canada, Seoul National University/South Korea, In-je School of Architecture/South Korea, Yeung-jin Junior College/South Korea, Nihon University/Japan, Kanto Gakuin University/Japan, University of Ljubljana/Slovenia, University of Athens/Greece, Lausanne Polytechnic/Switzerland, University of Architecture and Urbanism Ion Mincu/Romania, Octogon Magazine/NY, Marmor Magazine/Italy, Controspazio Magazine/Italy, Dialogue Magazine/Taiwan, Area Magazine/Italy, USA Books/NY, Universalia Publishers/NY, American Institute of Architects/Continuing Education Application form and information USA Institute Italy c/o Arch.Vincenzo Pavan Lungadige Rubele, 6 37121 Verona, ITALIA tel: 045 596597 fax: 045 8010773 pavan.archit@tiscalinet.it http://www.usainstitute.org |
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