Miami 2009 Urban Competition - Pier Museum

For this competition the project in question, located at the end of Fifth Avenue leading to South Beach, in the Miami Beach Area, is a “Pier-Museum” which, pointing out to sea, will stand as a “horizontal monument” to all the immigrants who have arrived on these shores in search of a better future.
To this end, this 100 meter long structure will point out to sea off Miami Beach and will house a museum in which the personal effects, souvenirs and photos belonging to the new generation of immigrants will be exhibited - those who came to the city of Miami from the 1950’s to the 1980’s in search of their own personal American Dream.

To this end, this “Pier-Museum” will not only function as an architectural landmark, but will also serve as a space commemorating the new urban dynamic of the city,the global multiculturalism which defines the beginning of the 21st century. The museum will possess a basic lay-out that will occupy an area of approximately 2.000 m2 and include the following spaces: Entrance Hall, Temporary Exhibition Room, Permanent Exhibition Room, Storage Facilities, Restrooms, Maintenance Facility, Security, Offices and Cafeteria.

The “Pier-Museum” should be a readily identifiable object, able to impose its presence within the existing urban profile and landscape of the beach area. However, competitors may choose to present proposals of a totally experimental nature which incorporate ideas as diametrically opposed as the subordination of the architecture in the context of the urban profile and landscape and the creation of a new model which might serve to redefine the idea of a “monument” in the context of the architectural debate regarding the paradisiacal and the cosmopolitan.

Prizes
First Prize
- The winning project will be presented to the government of the city of Miami in an exhibition at the University of Miami.
- Two air tickets to Miami to attend the prize-giving ceremony and the exhibition of the winning projects.
- 3.000 Dollars travel costs paid in cash in Miami.
- Accommodation for three nights for two people in Miami.
- Conference with the winning architect at the University of Miami.
- 200 copies of the exclusive Arquitectum publication “Miami 2009” which will include all the competition’s winning projects (including the honorable mentions) as well as a summary of the careers and biography of each member of the teams.

Second Prize
- 1.000 Dollars
- 100 copies of the exclusive Arquitectum publication “Miami 2009” which will include all the competition’s winning projects (including the honorable mentions) as well as a summary of the careers and biography of each member of the teams.

Third Prize
- 50 copies of the exclusive Arquitectum publication “Miami 2009” which will include all the competition’s winning projects (including the honorable mentions) as well as a summary of the careers and biography of each member of the teams.

9 Honorable Mentions
Each honorable mention will receive 15 copies of the exclusive Arquitectum publication “Miami 2009” which will include all the competition’s winning projects (including the honorable mentions) as well as a summary of the careers and biography of each member of the teams.

Registration Fees
Special Registration: 100 Dollars
Earlybird Registration: 150 Dollars
Late Registration: 200 Dollars

Competition Schedule
23 December 2008: Announcement of Competition
03 January 2009: Start of Competition
03 January - 02 February 2009: Special Registration
03 February - 02 March 2009: Earlybird Registration
03 - 31 March 2009: Late Registration
31 March 2009: Last Day for Questions
20 April 2009: Proposal Submissions Deadline
21 April - 20 May 2009: Jury Evaluations
30 May 2009: Winners Announced
July 2009: Miami Exhibition

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