Held annually since 1998, Arquine’s International Architecture Competition seeks to explore issues of importance and relevance to society, creating a space for dialogue between both national and international architects.
For the 18th edition of its international competition, Arquine has launched an open competition to design a Pavilion for MEXTRÓPOLI, an annual International Architecture and Latin American City festival. The installation will be located in Mexico City’s historic center, and should be a public space where key themes relating to the city can be discussed. The pavilion should also have a flexible design, as it ultimately will be repurposed as an information center for a part of the city that needs it.
More information about the competition after the break.
Arquine is transforming the spirit of its annual competition in order to create a buildable and recyclable project. An architectural event in itself, this edition of the contest aims to build a pavilion that can generate its own discourse. The proposal should be innovative and sustainable, and provide a space for interaction between architecture and citizenship. The MEXTROPOLI Pavilion will become a public space where discussions about fundamental issues relating to the city will take place.
Contestants must design a structure that adheres to the requirements set by the rules of the competition in terms of costs and characteristics. The MEXTROPOLI Pavilion will become a traveling device that each year will serve as the benchmark of the Architecture and City Festival.
BASES
Objectives
- To launch an international call for ideas for the development and construction of a recyclable and reusable Pavilion that fulfills the requirements established in the competition rules
- To construct the MEXTRÓPOLI Pavilion; to make it into the space of reference for each edition of the festival, where each year it will support the festival’s themes of reflection and discussion when it comes to architecture and the city.
The Contestants
The competition is open to architects and architecture students from all over the world. Teams, collective and individual participants are welcome. The groups may incorporate professionals or students from other disciplines as long as the team leader or representative is an architect or architecture student. No registry of confirmation from the participant’s college is necessary. Under no circumstance are members of one team allowed to participate with a different team.
Participation is not open to:
- Members of the Jury or Arquine staff.
- Anyone with close ties to Jury members, including spouses or any person maintaining a stable friendly, familiar or professional relationship with members of the Jury.
Registration
To participate in the competition you must register in-between October 5, 2015 and December 28, 2015.
There will be no extension to the registration deadline.
Remember that if you submitted your entry fee through a deposit or wire transfer you will be required to send an e-mail, with a copy of the receipt, to concurso@arquine.com in order to get back your confirmation and the information necessary to access the system.
The registration fee is per team, not per participant.
Information and Inquiries
The question and answers period has a duration of 15 calendar days.
Contestants may submit written questions and doubts to concurso@arquine.com. The e-mail account used for registration must be used for this purpose, as e-mails from a different account will not be answered.
All doubts and questions shall be answered within a 7 calendar day-period. A complete and anonymous FAQ section will be made available to all participants. The complete list of FAQ as well as these stipulations and rules shall also be given to the jurors.
The complete FAQ list will be posted on Arquine’s website on the stipulated date in the calendar.
Any consideration and decision derived from the answers given to the questions submitted will instantly become part of the rules and regulations of the competition and all participants are bound to abide by them.
The list of questions will be published on Arquine's website on the date indicated on the calendar.
Documentation Needed
Digital image (digital board) of the entirety of your project. This Board must contain all the necessary information to explain and understand the proposal.
It is essential that the image submitted at least contain the following:
• General plans and layouts of the project, including floor plans and sections, scaled adequately to ensure reading and comprehension of the plans.
• Diagrams, views, sketches, renderings, or any other form of visual representation that will help explain the project.
• A 250 word-long (max) descriptive text. Any text or description can only be delivered in either Spanish or English.
The image or board must comply with the following format: rectangular in shape, 60cm high by 90cm long (i.e. horizontal display), 72 dpi, and only .JPG will be accepted. The file must be no larger than 5MB in order to facilitate uploads and downloads. Remember that the file name must be the same as the user code you will be given upon registration.
No other format or delivery style will be accepted.
Prizes
First Place:
Construction of the proposal as the MEXTROPOLI 2016 Pavilion*
• $100,000.00 MXN
• Round trip ticket from anywhere in the world to Mexico City in order to attend the Festival of Architecture and City MEXTROPOLI 2016 • VIP entrance to the festival for all team members
• A collection of 10 of Arquine’s books
Second Place:
• $60,000.00 MXN
• VIP entrance to the festival for all team members • A collection of 10 of Arquine’s books
Third Place:
• $30,000.00 MXN
• VIP entrance to the festival for all team members • A collection of 10 of Arquine’s books.
Honorable Mentions:
• The jury is allowed to give out mentions to the projects they feel deserve recognition.
• VIP entrance to the festival for all team members • A collection of 10 of Arquine’s books.
*The winning team will to supervise the development of the construction as well as provide Arquine the final design plans.
Jury Members
- Paco Pérez Valencia
- Frida Escobedo
- Michel Rojkind
- Fermín Espinosa
*Subject to change.
Competition Timeline
- September 7, 2015 Announcement
- October 5, 2015 Registration process stars
- October 16, 2015 Start of consultation period
- November 2, 2015 End of consultation period
- November 9, 2015 FAQ publication
- December 28, 2015 Registration process end
- January 4, 2016 Proposals deadline
- January 8, 2016 Jury’s verdict
- January 11, 2016 Announcement of results
- January 15, 2016 Beginning of the executive development of the project
- February 5, 2016 Executive Project delivery
- February 8, 2016 Beginning of the construction
- March 4, 2016 Installation of the pavilion
- March 5, 2015 Inauguration
- May 7, 2015 Pavilion’s relocation, launching of the publication, traveling exhibition.
More information is available on the official competition site.
Title
Convocatoria abierta: Concurso No. 18 de Arquine, Pabellón MEXTROPOLI 2016Web Site
Organizers
Start of Registration Process
05/10/2015 09:00Registration Deadline
December 28, 2015 11:59 PMAddress
Federal District, Mexico