A – CHALLENGES OF THE COMPETITION

“ Arraiolos Castle – an open international ideas design competition of recover ” - is an open design competition that intends to obtain the five (5) best proposals that will be invited afterwards to make a more developed study.

There are two different levels for the proposals:

1)Inside the castle walls

A – to promote the rehab of the castle walls;

B – to arrange all the facilities to the tourist visitors of Arraiolos ( bar and public toilet facilities);

C – to create a ‘sheep area’ – in order to create a full interaction with the future ‘Carpet Museum’.

2)The conections of the Castle and the urban center

A – to promote the existence of new cultural equipments:
Carpet Museum
Dórdio Gomes Cultural house
Center of Sacred Art

B – to establish an evident connection from the urban center to the top of the hill – Castle – with significant paths and evident routes;

C – to think the parking area

B – COMPETITORS

The competition is open to all Portuguese registered architects with approved university/college education, and all foreign architects and landscape architects that meet the educational requirements, according with Directive 2005/36/EC of 7th September 2005 / Chapter III.

Portuguese is the official language of the competition.

C – JURY PANEL

Entries will be judged by the folowing jury:

-Jury leader nominated by Arraiolos City Council;

- One architect nominated by Arraiolos City Council;

- One member nominated by ‘Instituto de Gestao do Patrimonio Arquitectónico e Arqueológico, - I.P.’

-One landscape architect nominated by Portuguese Association of Landscape Architects;

- One architect nominated by ‘Ordem dos Arquitectos’ (OA) – Portuguese Architect’s Guild.

D – HOW TO REGISTER

Registration and digital attachments can be ordered by mail, fax or e-mail to the hereunder address, AFTER, PREVIOUSLY, FILLING REGISTRATION FORM. Request this form by mail fax or e-mail to:

Architects Guild (OA-SRS)
Concursos (Competitions)
Travessa do Carvalho, 23-1º
1249-003 Lisbon - PORTUGAL

Tel:  +351 21 324 11 64 | Fax: + 351 21 324 11 65 | E-mail :

First step of REGISTRATION – after ordering the process, fill REGISTRATION FORM and send it to the above mentioned address.

-By filling and signing Registration Form (A) - you request the purchase of the competition pack with all the digital information;

Name, address, telephone and e-mail contacts of the applicant should be clearly identifiable.

REGISTRATION FEE:  the total cost of this order is 10€ (ten euros)+ 20% TVA + mail charges.

E – ENQUIERIES / COMPETITION ADDRESS

Questions regarding the competition can be sent to the jury panel by mail or e-mail to:

Câmara Municipal Arraiolos (Arraiolos City Council)
Praça Lima e Brito,27
7040-027 Arraiolos
PORTUGAL

E-mail: | http://www.cm-arraiolos.pt

All questions, with answers from the jury will be sent by mail, in Portuguese, to the address given on the Registration Form (A).

F – DELIVERY

Submissions must be delivered to the competition address given in ‘E’.
The deadline for the delivery of entries is defined in ‘G’ – COMPETITION TIMETABLE.

Submissions sent by mail:
It is not the date stamped on the Entries that is valid.
Entries, sent by mail, must be delivered to the ‘Competition address’ till the established deadline.

G - COMPETITION TIMETABLE

The competition timetable, which may be subject to change, is as follows:

Site visit…………………………………………….  07 and 08 / 08 / 2008
Questions deadline………………………………..  till 12 / 08 / 2008
Registration deadline……………………………..  31 /10 / 2008
Submission deadline……………………………..  31 / 10 / 2008 (17h00)
Public opening of submissions ………………… 03 / 11 / 2008

H – AWARDS / PRIZE MONEY

The jury has at his disposal a total amount of 26 500,00 € (twenty six thousand five hundred euros) for prizes. This total amount is distributed in:

1st prize ..............….. 10 000,00 € (ten thousand euros)
2nd prize....................  7 500,00 € (seven thousand five hundred euros)
3rd prize....................  5 000,00 € (five thousand euros)
4th prize……………… 2 500,00 € (two thousand five hundred euros)
5th prize……………… 1 500,00 € ( one thousand five hundred euros)

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