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theme
Sub-urban challenge, urban intensity and housing diversity
Organising
countries
Belgique/België/Belgien
Deutschland
Eesti
Ellás
España
France
Hrvatska
Italia
Latvia
Nederland
Norge
Österreich
Portugal
Schweiz / Suisse / Svizzera / Svizra
Slovenija
Suomi-Finland
Sverige
Associated
countries
Ceska Republika
Magyarország
Rules
1. EUROPAN 7, a European federation for architectural competitions
- 1.1 Definition
- 1.2 Objectives
- 1.3 EUROPAN 7 organisers and associateds
2. How to enter the competition
- 2.1 Eligibility
- 2.2 Rules for participating in the competition
- 2.3 Competition documents issued to competitors
- 2.4 Elements to be submitted by the competitors
- 2.5 General provisions
2.6 Timetable
3. Judging
and results
- 3.1 Judging
- 3.2 Short-listed projects and Europe-wide comparative analysis
- 3.3 Results and prizes
4. European events and publications
- 4.1 Events
- 4.2 Publications
Rules
1 EUROPAN 7, a European federation for architectural competitions
1.1 Definition
EUROPAN
7 is a European federation of national organisations, which manages
architectural competitions followed by building or study projects,
launched simultaneously by several countries on a given theme and
with common objectives. The present rules apply to all the competitions
of the seventh session of EUROPAN.
The nature
of the competitions
The open competitions are calls for ideas, are public, and on a European
scale.
The competitions are anonymous.
The theme of the seventh session, EUROPAN 7, is: “Sub-urban challenge,
housing intensity and diversity”.
A number
of urban sites, each within an urban programme context, is proposed
for the competitions.
Individual competitors or teams of competitors must choose, from among
these sites, the one(s) upon which they submit their project(s).
In each country, a national jury judges the entries on the sites located
in that country. The jury meets in two distinct sessions.
On a European level, a research committee analyses thematically and
comparatively the designated sites and the projects selected by each
national jury on the basis of their ideas.
The national EUROPAN structure of each country, in association with
town authorities and developers who have proposed sites, assists the
prize-winning teams to undertake studies and/or the process of implementation
born out of the ideas expressed in their projects.
1.2 Objectives
In a
spirit of open dialogue and co-operation within a broader Europe,
EUROPAN aims to generate more in-depth knowledge of, and reflection
on, housing issues and urban planning, and to promote exchanges on
this subject among the different countries of Europe.
The goal
of EUROPAN is to help young architects in Europe to develop and promote
their ideas in Europe and further afield.
EUROPAN
aims to help towns and developers who propose sites to find innovative
architectural and urban solutions to the problems they face.
EUROPAN
is, therefore, designed to promote the building in participating countries
of experimental projects and the undertaking of urban studies involving
housing, and the implementation of innovative urban processes.
All towns
are facing the phenomenon of urban sprawl, splitting, and fragmentation.
The increasing use of the car, the development of suburban shopping
centres, the increase in the number of leisure complexes, and the
extension of business/industrial parks, seem to be leading inexorably
to a “dispersed town” urban model. We are seeing the emergence
of new policies for these recently developed areas, aimed at reorganising
them through revival of the traditional planning ethos of European
towns, and by associating this with the challenges of urban sustainability.
The need for a progressive transformation of the contemporary town
can be met thanks to the existence of land development opportunities,
and the emergence of a desire for spatial innovation that has been
generated by changes in lifestyles. Individual autonomy is increasing,
as is the diversity of social interactions within the same family,
professional mobility, and the speed of communications; all of which
lead to a more spread-out town. On the other hand, there is a strong
demand for a neighbourhood social life which needs to be rebuilt on
new foundations. Architects will have to answer the question of how
to change the dispersed town and give it a new set of values.
EUROPAN 7 proposes to tackle this issue at the interface between the
urban planning level and the architectural level.
How can the dispersed and high speed town be transformed into a sustainable,
ecological and urban city rooted in the new social and cultural needs
that are currently emerging? How can the creation of new residential
districts, with innovative typologies and complex programme briefs,
be fashioned into a strategic suburban tool?
1.3 EUROPAN
7 organisers and associateds
1.3.1 Organisers
National
organising structures
A national structure (comprising representatives of administrations
or supervisory authorities, municipalities, public and private developers,
architects and the organisations which represent them, and cultural
personalities) is responsible for organising the competition in each
country.
This national structure has the legal status of a not-for-profit association.
The role
of the national structure is to supervise its national competition
and to promote the ideas of the prize-winning architects with a view
to their practical implementation.
Each national structure has a national secretariat*.
Organising
countries
The 17 organising countries of the 17 simultaneous architectural competitions
of EUROPAN 7 are:
Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland.
The national
structure of each organising country, signatory to the Charter, undertakes
to organise an architectural competition on the same theme, applying
the same rules, and obeying the same timetable as the other organising
countries.
Associated
countries
The Associated countries of EUROPAN 7 are:
Czech Republic, Hungary
The national
structure of each associated country signatory to the Charter, undertakes
to propose at least one site. It sets up a associatedship with the
other associated countries, and participates in the competition on
the same theme, with the same rules and following the same timetable
as the organising countries.
The EUROPAN
structure of each associated country undertakes to draw up the site
file, and ensure its distribution to participants upon request. The
associated countries undertake to organise, in co-operation with the
other associated countries, the judgement of the projects entered.
The EUROPAN
Association
A European EUROPAN Association provides a federative structure for
the different national structures.
Its General
Assembly is made up of four representatives from each of the national
structures established in the organising countries, of representatives
of the associated countries, and of honorary members.
Its role is to determine common EUROPAN policy lines, competition
rules, and the programme of European events.
Its executive
committee is made up of one representative from each of the organising
countries and one consultative representative from the associated
countries.
A research committee, made up of European experts, is responsible
for formulating proposals on the theme, undertaking a comparative
analysis of the sites and results, and contributing to strategic thinking
on urban development in European towns.
The Association
has a general secretariat which organises the Associationís
work and co-ordinates the activities of the national secretariats,
of the Executive Committee and the General Assembly. The European
general secretariat, in co-ordination with the national secretariats,
is responsible for the practical organisation of European events and
competitions and for ensuring compliance with agreed procedures.
The Associationís president is Mrs Yvette Jaggi, President
of ProHelvetia
1.3.2 Towns and urban developers
The theme
of EUROPAN 7 involves bringing towns and urban developers in the organising
countries together, and putting into place a close, collaborative
process between them. The towns and developers concerned have been
approached by each national structure to propose urban sites which
meet the requirements of the EUROPAN 7 competitions.
Through
the winning projects themselves and the debate they prompt, such collaboration
provides these EUROPAN associateds with an opportunity for the kind
of forthright reflection that is essential to the future development
of the sites they propose. It also permits them to enlist the services
of the prize-winning teams, whatever their nationality, in the planning
and building of their urban and architectural projects, and/or studies.
*See
annex for details of each country.
2. How
to enter the competition
2.1 Eligibility
2.1.1 Competitors
EUROPAN
7 is open to any young architect or team of young architects from
Europe, in association, or not, with young professionals in other
disciplines as stipulated in article 2.1.2.
All architects
must be qualified and/or authorised to practise the profession of
architect in accordance with competition rules in force in the participating
countries*.
All candidates,
whatever their profession, must be under 40 years old on the closing
date for submission of projects.
2.1.2 Formation of teams
EUROPAN
recommends the formation of teams combining the skills of young professionals
in different design disciplines: architecture, town planning, landscaping,
the arts, engineering, etc.
Teams may thus be formed freely, provided that the team leader is
an architect.
Associates
Teams may include associates who are architects or members of other
professions.
All associates must register by Friday 2 May 2003, at the latest.
When the team submits its project, all associates must appear in the
team identification file under the heading “associate”.
Associates are considered as co-authors of the project and are mentioned
as such in both national and European publications and exhibitions.
Team
leader
The team leader is designated from among the associates at the moment
of registration: the person so designated may not be changed under
any condition.
He or she must be an architect.
He or she is the teamís sole representative for all contact
with the national and European secretariats.
Contributors
Teams may include fellow workers, called “contributors”,
who are architects or members of other professions.
When the team submits its project, such members may appear under the
heading “contributors” on the teamís identification
file.
Contributors are not considered as co-authors of the project.
Changes
to the teams
A registered team may add or withdraw members. It must make its decision
known by modifying the teams identification file on the internet site
no later than 2 May 2003. On the other hand, the team leader may not
be modified.
Under no circumstances may a team leader and his or her associates
take part in several teams. This will be checked at the European level.
Teams may include members from various countries, in keeping with
the EUROPAN spirit of contributing to cultural exchanges at a European
level.
2.1.3 Non-eligibility
No competition
organisers, members of technical committees, observers, or jury members
are eligible to take part in any of the competitions.
No person may enter the competition in a country where he or she:
has any commitment to, or any professional activity under way with,
any of the parties responsible for the sites proposed;
is working for the practice, or the team, of any member of the jury;
has family ties with any competition organiser, technical committee
member, jury member, or with any person having any commitment to or
any professional activity under way with any of the parties responsible
for the sites proposed.
2.2 Participation in the competition
2.2.1 Participation procedure
The European
Web site will be used for participating:
www.europan-europe.com
1ï
Site access
From 13 January 2003, each competitor or team of competitors will
have free access to the EUROPAN European Web site.
The rules of the Europan 7 competition, articles on the competition
theme and presentations of the sites provided by the 19 organising
and associated countries will be posted on the site.
The sites will be described in presentation files showing the various
urban proposals available to the candidates in the organising and
asociated countries.
The documents will be in English and French.
2ï
Registration file
Each team leader must
t complete an electronic form posted on the Web site. A registration
number will be provided in return.
3•
Complete site folder
In order to receive a full site folder, each team leader must make
a payment of 100 € to be received at the latest by Friday 2 May
2003.
This payment is to be made using the internet site, by telepayment.
Given
their different economic environment, competitors residing in a Central
European country benefit from an exceptional lower fee of 50 €or
equivalent.
After
electronic verification of payment, a password is sent to the team
leader which enables consultation of the complete site folder on internet.
This includes detailed written documents on the town, the site, its
context, and the developers' intentions, as well as plans, photographs,
and all visual documents necessary for design work.
This complete site folder can be downloaded in a lightweight file
format, and document by document in the pdf format necessary for entries.
It is
possible to obtain the complete site folder in a CD-ROM from the national
secretariat concerned, adressing a spécifique request trough
the internet site .
4•
Supplementary complete site folder.
Any supplementary complete site folder requested will be charged at
the rate of 50€ per folder, and can be obtained by following
the same preocedure as the demand for the initial site.
5•
Complete team file.
After electronic verification of payment, a login code is also sent
to the team leader which will enable access to the complete team file.
This
complete file enables the validation of the registration of the team
leader as well as the other team associates.
This
file may not be modified after Friday 2 May 2003, except for changes
of address, telephone, fax, or e-mail.
This
file must be included in printed form in the sealed envelope.
6. Number
of entries in the competition
Each team leader and/or team is allowed to make entries on up to two
sites, provided the latter are in different countries.
2.2.2 Replies to questions asked
Sites
Countries will organise, on each competition site, meetings between
competitors or teams of competitors and the towns and/or developers,
in order that the latter can answer questions and provide competitors
with a more detailed picture of the problems related to the site concerned.
An internet
discussion forum will be set up for each site, under FAQ way. This
will be interactive between 13 January 2003 and 2 May 2003.
For each
site, the forum will be run by the national secretariat responsible
for the site. Reports of meetings organised on each site will also
be published.
Rules
Additional information about the competition rules may be obtained
from the European Web site or directly from the EUROPAN European secretariat
and the national secretariats.
2.3 Elements available to competitors
2.3.1 Web site: site description files
This
document is written in English and French.
Classified
by theme, the description files include the following information
for each site:
Illustrative
documents
- 1 aerial photo of the town,
- 1 semi-aerial photo of the site,
- 2 to 3 photos (minimum) taken at ground level, showing the siteís
characteristic elements (topography, natural features, existing architecture),
- scale plan of the territory or the town with linear scale,
- scale plan of the urban area of the site with linear scale,
- scale plan of the site with linear scale.
Written
information
- analysis of the urban context: role of the town in regional policies,
role of the urban area around the site in the townís policies,
role of the site in the policy for the surrounding area;
- description of the site: state of the land (topography, parcelling,
roadways, vegetation, etc.), state of existing buildings, list of
constructions and natural features to be conserved or otherwise;
- programmatic framework: spaces to be constructed and/or regenerated,
with hypotheses of functions and surfaces, objectives for the public
spaces, objectives for the roadways;
- relationship of the site to the EUROPAN 7 theme;
- nature of land ownership and undertakings provided for.
This
web site is designed to provide competitors or teams of competitors
with a basis on which to select the site(s) for which they wish to
submit a project.
2.3.2 Full site folders
By the
internet site, competitors who have paid their registration fee will
be able to download a full set of documents pertaining to the sites,
or to request from the national secretariat concerned, a complete
site folder in CD-ROM form.
This
document is in English and possibly in the language of the site.
Each complete site folder includes all the elements necessary for
competitors, or teams of competitors, to design their projects for
the site(s) of their choice, namely:
Town:
- 1 aerial photo of the town;
- plan of the area (urban geography) on a scale of between 1/25 000
and 1/50 000;
- plan of the town (conurbation) on a scale of between 1/10 000 and
1/20 000;
- detailed analysis of the urban context: role of the town in regional
policies, role of the area around the site in the townís policies,
role of the site in the policy of the surrounding area, with an in-depth
development of the townís planning aims for the site.
Site:
- at least 1 semi-aerial photo of the site, at least ;
- 10 photos (minimum) taken at ground level showing the siteís
characteristic elements (topography, natural features, existing architecture);
- plan of the siteís urban location (topography), on a scale
of between 1/2 000 and 1/5 000;
- plan of the site (parcelling, constructions, natural elements etc.)
on a scale of between 1/1 000 and 1/500;
- characteristic elements (existing buildings, gradients, etc);
- a detailed description of the site: state of the land (topography,
parcelling, roadways, vegetation, etc.), state of existing buildings,
list of constructions and natural features to be conserved, or not,
with a detailed in-depth development on the reflections of the client
on the characteristic elements.
Programme:
- programmatic framework: spaces to be constructed and/or regenerated,
with functions and surfaces, objectives for the public spaces, objectives
for the roadways, with detailed explanations on the choice of different
elements of the clients programmes;
- relationship of the site with the theme of EUROPAN 7, with an account
of the precise example that this site provides in researching the
idea inherent in the theme of EUROPAN 7.
The choice
of site determines the country to which the entry must be returned
and in which it will be judged.
2.4 Elements to be submitted by the competitors
2.4.1 Components of the submission
The entries
submitted by competitors or teams of competitors must comprise three
A1-format panels, two copies of an A3-format bound document, (the
first copy of this document is for the national jury, the second is
for the Europe-wide comparative analysis by the research committee)
and one A4-format sealed envelope.
Panels
Three A1 panels (594 mm x 840 mm) made up of graphic documents mounted
on flat, stiff, light, strong backings. These must be laid out vertically
and numbered 1 to 3.
The competitorís self-chosen code number must be placed in
a frame in the top left-hand corner of each panel, in accordance with
the provisions of article 2.4.2.
Thematic content of the panels:
- Panel 1 must explain the ideas developed in the project. It situates
the project in relation to the general issues at stake for the session,
in relation to the concerns of the town, and the thematic orientations
of the proposal. It must bear the title of the project, as chosen
by the competitor or team of competitors, as well as the name of the
site. Use should be made of graphic tools that will represent, in
a clear and well-balanced way, the conceptual dimensions of the project.
- Panels 2 & 3 must present the project as a whole, highlighting
the architectural value of the project, and more particularly the
relationship between the new operations and the existing traces of
the site. This is to be done through three-dimensional representations
of the project, by way of a few significant features to explain the
forms and options adopted in relation to the lifestyles proposed.
Scales
used for graphic and presentation documents must be mentioned on all
documents submitted. They must take the form of graphic scales.
Competitors may use any colour schemes they wish in their graphics.
It is up to each competitor, or team of competitors, to ensure that
the graphic presentation of his, her or the teamís project
can easily be reproduced for publication and that the three panels
can be readily duplicated.
Failure
to comply with the above instructions on panel presentation may, at
the discretion of the jury, lead to the disqualification of the competitor
or team of competitors concerned. Under no circumstances will juries
examine any additional documents or models.
Bound
document
The bound document must be in A3 format (420 mm x 297 mm). Two copies
of these are to be sent: the first copy is for the national jury,
the second is for the Europe-wide comparative analysis by the research
committee.
The code
number which has been chosen by the competitor or team of competitors
must be shown in a frame located in the top left-hand corner of the
cover in accordance with the provisions of article 2.4.2.
The document cover must also bear the clearly legible title of the
project, as well as the name of the site selected.
The document
must comprise in a maximum of ten pages:
- a brief summary of no more than one page summarising the problems
tackled, and the conceptual approach to the project, must be written
in English;
- one page for a reduced colour reproduction of panel 1;
- one page for a reduced colour reproduction of panel 2;
- one page for a reduced colour reproduction of panel 3;
- three pages, at most, explaining how the project addresses the problems
raised by the EUROPAN 7 theme;
- one page, at most, on the programme chosen and its relationship
to the programmatic framework proposed on the site;
- one page, at most, indicating the surface areas of the different
parts of the project, a brief economic feasibility study of the project,
and the building process involved;
- one page, at most, on the technical and construction details, where
applicable;
- explanatory drawings may illustrate, or be attached to, the texts.
Sealed
envelope
Documents disclosing the competitorís identity and proof that
the proposal meets all the qualification requirements, must be placed
in an A4 (210 mm x 297 mm) envelope.
Please note that teams sending an envelope that does not include all
the documents listed in paragraphs 1 to 3 will be disqualified.
The competitorís code number must therefore be shown on the
envelope. No other writing should appear on the envelope.
The envelope
must contain :
1.The ID forms identifying the competitor or team of competitors,
using the form posted on the Web site. It must indicate:
- the competitor’s (or team’s) code number in the top left-hand
corner;
- the surname of the team leader, followed by first name, date of
birth, nationality, place and date of issue of architectural diploma
and/or authorisation to practice the profession of architect, a full
address, a telephone number, and if possible, a fax number, and/or
an e-mail address;
- under the heading “team members”: the surnames of each
architect and/or member of another profession followed by their first
names, professions, dates of birth, and nationalities,
- under the heading “contributors”, the surnames of each
of the other people who have contributed to the project, followed
by their first names, nationalities and occupations,
- a signed declaration of authorship and agreement to abide by the
regulations governing the competition.
2. Copy of the diploma and/ or licence of the architect in charge
and associated architects.
3. Copy of the ID cards of all the competitors proving that they are
less than 40 years old, whatever profession they are in.
Computer
Images
For potential publishing, the competitor or team of competitors may
forward, in addition to the required entry file (3 panels, 2 bound
documents and 1 sealed envelope) electronic images on his project
(the three panels and separated images of each drawing and/or image)
with a 300dpi resolution in A3 format on a CD-ROM in Mac and PC format.
Two copies must be provided (one for the national secretariat and
one for the European secretariat).
2.4.2 Anonymity
For each
project submitted (maximum 2), the competitor or team of competitors
must choose a separate code made up of:
- two letters from the Roman alphabet,
- followed by three digits.
This code, to the exclusion of any other mention, must appear on all
documents and wrappings entered in the competition, on each panel,
on the bound documents, and on the sealed envelope containing the
identification sheet of the competitor, or team of competitors.
On each document, the code must be written in a horizontal frame 25
mm high and 100 mm wide, in the top left hand corner of the document.
Failure to adhere to these instructions regarding code numbers may,
if the jury so decides, lead to disqualification.
In the event that the competitor or team of competitors enters two
projects, on two different sites in two different countries, he, she,
or the team must choose two different codes.
2.4.3 Language
Projects
must be in the language of the country in which they are entered,
or in English.
2.4.4 Submission of entries
The deadline
for submission of entries is on Monday 2 June 2003.
The national
secretariat for submission is that of the country of the site chosen
by the competitor or team of competitors, except for associated countries.
In this case, the secretariat for submission is that specified in
the annex.
Please Note: If a competitor or team of competitors submits two entries;
those two entries must be on two different sites in two different
countries. They will thus have to be sent to two different national
secretariats.
Either,
entries may be handed in directly to the office of the national secretariat;
until the said secretariat closes on the day of 2 June 2003.
or, entries
may be sent by post or messenger service. Whatever means of transport
is chosen, entries must bear a postmark or the date stamp of the delivery
service as proof of sending within the required deadline. No entries
sent after the 2 June 2003, will be eligible. Entries must be sent
carriage paid, the national secretariats are unable to disburse any
expenses whatsoever.
In each
national secretariat, one person, who is neither participating in
the appraisal of the projects nor on the jury, is qualified to accept
entries handed in, and nominative entries received by post or messenger
service.
2.4.5 Reception of entries sent by post or messenger service
In the
case of documents sent by post or messenger service, the date limit
for receipt at the office of each national secretariat is set on 30
June 2003.
This
date limit for receipt in no way replaces the date limit for submission.
Any entry sent by post or messenger service after the date limit of
2 June 2003 will be declared invalid. Any entry sent before the closing
date but received after the receiving date limit of 30 June 2003 will
be declared invalid.
2.4.6 Customs duties
For competitors
entering projects for sites in countries other than their own, the
national secretariats will not undertake payment of customs duties.
In order
to avoid rejection of their entries, these competitors must find out
from the transport service what steps they must take to make sure
that all costs connected with international transport are covered
by themselves: customs duties, declared value and insurance entailing
extra customs duties, etc.
2.5 General
provisions
2.5.1 Insurance
Carriage
of entries:
No compensation for loss or damage of projects sent to national secretariats
is payable by the organisers.
Competitors are free to insure all documents sent, but if they do
so they must pay the cost of the insurance and any customs duty this
may entail.
Throughout
the competition:
No compensation for loss or damage is payable by the organisers*.
2.5.2 Ownership
All material
received by the organisers becomes the property of the organisers.
The artistic property rights of each project are the exclusive property
of the author(s) thereof.
2.5.3 Exhibition and publication rights
All projects
entered may be consulted, either in the form of one or more of the
competition panels or in slide or digitised image form, during the
national event held to present the competition results in the country
in which they are judged.
All prize-winning projects and special mentions will be presented
at the national event held to present competition results in the country
in which they were judged. Only prize-winning projects are exhibited
at the EUROPAN 7 international exhibition.
The organisers
reserve the right to publish and exhibit, as they see fit, all entries
received by them.
Each national secretariat will publish a quality publication presenting
at least the prize-winning projects in its national competition.
The European secretariat publishes a catalogue of the prize-winning
projects of all the competitions in the session.
Projects are published under the name(s) of their author(s), (team
leader and team members).
2.5.4 Disputes
Any dispute
shall be heard by the executive committee of the EUROPAN European
Association which is empowered to arbitrate.
2.6 Timetable
Launch
Launch date of the competition (consultation of Web site including
theme, rules, presentation of sites proposed for the session) :
Monday 13 January 2003
Closing date for requesting complete site folders:
Friday 2 May 2003
Closing date for formation of teams
Friday 2 May 2003
Questions
Closing date for requests for further information:
Friday 25 April 2003
Closing date for answers to requests for further information on internet:
Friday 2 May 2003
Entries
Closing date for submission of entries:
Monday 2 June 2003.
Closing date for receipt of entries sent by express delivery services
or by post:
Monday 30 June 2003.
Selection
Short-listing of entries by the national juries:
July-September 2003
European comparative analysis committee for short-listed ideas projects
followed by the Towns and Juries Forum on the basis of this comparative
European analysis, followed by the final selection of the proposals
by national juries:
November 2003
Results
Announcement of results:
Monday 8 December 2003
International presentation of results:
April 2004
*See
annex for details of each country.
3. Judging
and results
3.1 Judging
3.1.1 Technical committee
In each
country, a technical committee is set up.
This committee does not have a decision-making role in judging the
entries.
The committee ensures that each entry complies with the rules.
It examines all the projects entered in its country in order to prepare
the work for the jury.
Its members are appointed by the national structures and the list
is communicated to the EUROPAN Association executive committee. The
technical committee may include representatives of the towns and national
experts.
3.1.2 Jury membership
In each
country, a jury is set up. Its members are appointed by the national
structure and approved by the EUROPAN Association executive committee.
The jury examines all entries which comply with the rules of the competition.
The juryís decision is final. Failure to comply with the regulations
may, at the discretion of the jury, lead to the disqualification of
the candidate(s) concerned. Under no circumstances will juries examine
any additional documents or models.
Each
jury consists of nine members who are in no way associated with the
sites and is made up as follows:
- one government representative or one from a supervisory authority;
- two client representatives, one of whom is, a representative of
a town not involved in the competition;
- four architects;
- two personalities.
At least three of these nine members must be foreigners, of which
at least two must be architects. These three members are selected
from a European list of experts submitted by the national structures
and the research committee, and approved by the EUROPAN executive
committee.
The national structure also appoints at least two substitute jury
members, of which at least one must be an architect.
In addition,
one foreign delegate appointed by the European secretariat will attend
the proceedings of each jury as an expert-observer. He or she may
be a member of the European research committee provided he or she
is of a different nationality to the country of the jury with which
he or she is working. He or she makes clear to the jury the thematic
elements of the competition and ensures that the common rules are
applied.
Jury
members may consult representatives of the towns participating in
the competition, but on no account may town representatives participate
when the jury is deliberating.
Membership
of the jury is made public when the competition is launched. Details
are found in the country annexes to these rules.
3.1.3 How the juries operate
Jury
decisions are final, in accordance with the EUROPAN rules.
The jury
meets in two distinct sessions at different times. During the first
session, it examines the conformity of the projects in relation to
the session themes, and shortlists a maximum of twenty per cent of
the projects entered, for the quality of their ideas. During the second
session, it examines the shortlisted projects in terms of their innovative
qualities and suitability to the context into which they are inserted,
and chooses the winners, runners-up, and highly commended.
At the
beginning of the first session, each jury appoints a chairman from
among its members and adopts its working method.
Entries are judged on the basis of how well they apply the criteria
defined in the EUROPAN 7 theme. Each entry is judged on its merits
alone and prize-winners are not chosen on the basis of any equal distribution
among the sites.
Following this deliberation procedure, the jury designates: the winning
projects, without classifying them in any order; and the runners-up,
in order.
If the
quality of projects permits, the jury may decide to replace any prize-winning
projects which could be disqualified subsequent to verification of
the validity of the participation in the competition by the European
secretariat.
In this case, it designates substitute entries and ranks them in order.
Should a winning entry be disqualified, it is replaced by the highest-ranking
runner-up. The highest-ranking substitute entry then moves to the
lowest rank among the runners-up. The same procedure is followed if
several winning projects are disqualified.
Should a runner-up entry be disqualified, it is replaced by the highest-ranking
substitute moving to the lowest rank among the runners-up, and so
on. The same procedure is followed if several runners-up are disqualified.
The ranking of runners-up and substitute entries is purely technical
and optional, and is not made public once the verifications are over.
The jury
may decide not to award all the prizes it is entitled to award. In
this case, the reasons for this decision will be made public.
The jury
may single out projects for special mention.
The authors of projects thus highly commended receive no prizes. These
projects are published and exhibited at the national level, but not
at the European level.
3.1.4 Evaluation criteria
Before
beginning its work, the jury has made available to it the recommendations
made by the European Association.
First,
the jury must review the projects that do not comply with the instructions
and decide to disqualify or not, the candidate(s) concerned. Under
no circumstances may the jury examine any extra documents not provided
for in these rules.
During
the first judging session, the jury evaluates entries according to:
- their design concept,
- their contribution in terms of innovation in relation to the themes
and specific problems raised by the session.
During
the second judging session, the jury examines the entries in terms
of the following criteria:
- their relevance to the EUROPAN 7 theme;
- the relevance of their programme to the general brief for the site
they address;
- their potential for integration into a complex urban process
- their architectural qualities;
- the relevance of solutions proposed in relation to the social issues
raised;
- the innovative aspects of the housing proposed;
- the consideration given to the relationship between housing and
other functions;
- their social and economic validity;
- their technical qualities.
The jury
draws up and publishes a report which provides a rÈsumÈ
of the discussions and explains the criteria of choice of the winning
entries.
3.1.5 Disclosure of contestants’names
Neither
experts nor jury members are aware of competitors’names.
Only after the jury has reached its decisions does the chairman of
the jury open the sealed envelopes informs the jury members of the
names of the prize-winners and substitute entries.
In order to guarantee the anonymity of the entries, competitors may
not use their projects for any kind of communication before the jury
reaches its decision.
The competitor or team of competitors may not submit any project which
has already being published before the closing date of the competition.
They may not publish any drawings or designs entered in the competition
or reveal their identities before the jury reaches its decision. To
do so will lead to exclusion from the competition.
3.2 Shortlisted projects and comparative European analysis
3.2.1 Shortlisted projects
When
the first judging session has been completed, each jury makes known
to its national structure the short-listed projects in terms of their
ideas - a maximum of twenty per cent of projects entered.
The national
secretariat immediately communicates to the European secretariat the
bound document from the short-listed candidates.
These projects remain anonymous and are only identifiable by their
code.
3.2.2 European committee for the comparative analysis of ideas
Members
of the European research committee meet to acquaint themselves with
the anonymous projects that have been short-listed by the different
national juries.
With the assistance of a group of experts, they establish a thematic
classification of the projects by taking into account the problems
raised by the session and the ideas proposed. For this, they use a
comparative method.
Their role is to make clear the “thematic families” into
which the preselected projects fall and to constitute material for
European discussion for the site representatives and the members of
the juries. This is done in order to give the latter some points of
reference among the interesting ideas that emerge from the whole of
the EUROPAN 7 session.
In no
case can the European committee for comparative analysis of the ideas
make a judgment. It establishes a classification of projects. Its
role is purely thematic and comparative.
3.2.3
Towns and Juries Forum
A forum
bringing together the national juries and the site representatives
meets between the two national jury judging sessions, in order to
discuss the conclusions of the European committee for comparative
analysis of ideas.
The projects remain anonymous.
Its object is to give a common culture to the different associateds
of EUROPAN 7 that are participating in the evaluation of the session.
3.3 Results and prizes
3.3.1 Announcement of results
Each
jury notifies its decision immediately to its national structure which
forwards it to the European secretariat.
After verification by the European secretariat that entries have complied
with the competition rules, and any re-classifications which may prove
necessary, the results of all competitions are made public simultaneously
by the national structures and the European Association.
The results
are made public within ten days of the last jury meeting.
3.3.2 Prizes awarded to the winners
The winners
will receive prize money amounting to the equivalent of 12,000
€(including tax) in the currency of the country in which the
site is located (at the exchange rate on the date of payment of prize
money).
The organisers
undertake to abide by the decisions of the national juries and to
pay the prize money within 90 days of the announcement of results.
3.3.3 Prizes awarded to the runners-up
Runners-up
receive prize money amounting to the equivalent of 6 000 €(including
tax) in the currency of the country in which the site is located (at
the exchange rate on the date of payment of prize money).
The organisers
undertake to abide by the decisions of the national juries and to
pay the prize money within 90 days of the announcement of results.
3.3.4 Promotion of prize-winning projects
The organisers
undertake to publicise all prize-winning entries both nationally and
throughout Europe by way of exhibitions, meetings and publications
(paper documents, CDRom, Internet, etc)
3.3.5 Implementations
The European
Association and national structures guarantee to use all means necessary
to incite towns and/or planners who have proposed sites for the competition,
or the developers appointed by them, to entrust the prize-winning
teams with operational follow-through. By way of different contractual
forms, according to context, the prize-winning projects will be developed,
with their main characteristics preserved, together with the forces
professionally involved in the implementation of architecture and
urban design.
Implementations
comprises a range of possibilities, developed as a series of intermediate
steps: workshops, urban plans, building projects. If necessary, these
may take place on a site other than the competition site.
Prize-winners
must adhere to the rules governing the architectural profession as
practised in the country where they have been asked to implement a
project. A summary of the legislation of each participating country,
concerning the conditions of practice, is annexed to this document.
After the competitions, prize-winning teams must appoint one of their
members, who must be an architect, as the sole contact for all dealings
with towns and/or developers.
4. European
events and publications
4.1 Events
4.1.1 EUROPAN 7 launch
National
meetings:
To coincide
with the launching of the competitions, press conferences can be held
in each of the organising or associated countries, as well as, possibly,
meetings.
The purpose of these meetings is to provide opportunities for exchanges
and debate on the theme of EUROPAN 7 as well as the sites proposed
by the organising countries.
Supplementary
information meetings take place on each site between January and March
2003.
International
young architecture encounters
Cordoba, 14-15-16 February 2003
To coincide
with the launching of the competitions, a meeting is held bringing
together representatives from all those European towns which have
proposed urban sites for the competitions, members of the national
structures; experts and jury members for the 17 simultaneous competitions
for the seventh EUROPAN session, as well as young architects from
all the countries.
The purpose of this meeting is to provide an opportunity for exchanges
and debate on the theme of EUROPAN 7 and the sites proposed by the
organising and associated countries.
This meeting is also an opportunity for:
- workshops explaining the various approaches to the theme of the
session through the analysis of European urban and architectural experiences,
- national workshops during which the sites proposed will be presented
and discussed,
- conferences and visits based around the planning and architectural
policies of the city of Cordoba.
4.1.2 Towns and Juries Forum :
Graz, 15-16 November 2003
A workshop
bringing together the national juries, the site representatives, the
research committee and the EUROPAN 7 organisers is held between the
two judging sessions of the national juries.
Its role is to debate the most interesting ideas that have been submitted
during the session and short-listed by the national juries. The experts
and the research committee explain their comparative analysis of these
ideas. This comparative analysis provides the material for thematic
debate by the juries and those responsible for the sites and enables
highlighting of those ideas from the whole session worthy of note
because of their particular suitability on a Europe-wide scale.
4.1.3 National and European announcement of results: Monday 8 December
2003
After
verification at the European level the credentials of competitors
or teams of competitors, the European and national winners’lists
are released.
4.1.4 Events closing the EUROPAN 7 session.
National
events: January-March 2004
All competition
entries go on public display at national exhibitions of the competition
results during the three months following the announcement of the
results.
All entries may be seen on display panels or CD-ROMs.
At the
same time, meetings are organised, upon the initiative of the national
structures, between prize-winners and construction industry professionals,
municipal authorities and planners, in order to initiate the building
phase.
International
exhibition and results forum:
Athens, April 2004
To coincide
with the closing of the seventh EUROPAN session, an event is held
comprising both an international exhibition of the results and a forum-debate
on the prize-winning entries and their practical feasibility.
The international
exhibition shows all the prize-winning entries, with the models of
winning entries, and a presentation of the sites.
An itinerant version of this exhibition is available to all participating
countries.
The results
forum, conceived as a professional meeting ground, opens the debate
about the results.
In addition, workshops are organised with the EUROPAN national secretariats,
prize-winning teams, site representatives, and construction industry
professionals. Experts will carry out comparative studies of the winning
projects.
At the
same time, a presentation of implementations resulting from the previous
sessions is organised.
4.1.5 Implementations workshops for EUROPANs 3, 4, 5 & 6
During
the EUROPAN 7 session a workshop is organised bringing together the
prize-winning teams, the towns and site representatives, the clients
for EUROPAN 3, 4, 5 & 6 implementations that have been completed,
or are in progress.
Its aim is to obtain a comparative European analysis of the procedures
that lead from ideas competition to an operational phase, as well
as an evaluation of EUROPAN implementations.
4.2 Publication
4.2.1 Web sites
EUROPAN
European Web site:
At a European level, this Web site presents the competition sites,
the theme, the rules, the calendar of European events, the results
of the session and the implementations.
National
Web Sites
Linked to the European Web site, the Web sites created by EUROPAN
national structures provide answers to questions on the sites, the
results and the reports of the national jury, and the implementations
on a national scale.
4.2.2 European results catalogue
The European
secretariat co-ordinates the publication of a European catalogue of
results presenting all winning entries and runners-up with both a
thematic and a critical analysis.
Each
prize-winning team receives a copy.
The catalogue
may also be purchased from specialist bookshops in Europe, from the
national secretariats, and from the European secretariat.
4.2.3 Books of implementations
The European
secretariat co-ordinates, in associatedship with the concerned national
organisations and the prize-winning teams, European publications of
implementations, showing the winning projects and runners-up in the
previous sessions that have been implemented or are in progress.
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