TRIENNALE MILLENNIUM BCP UNIVERSITIES AWARD COMPETITION APPLICATION GUIDELINES OPENS 17 SEP 2012 CLOSES 18 FEB 2013 The site of the competition for university students is the new headquarters of the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, the Palácio Sinel de Cordes in Campo de Santa Clara, Lisbon. We invite students to put forward a programmatic intervention for this Palace that addresses the theme of Close, Closer. It can be an installation of great beauty, drama or simplicity, an idea or a text, a publishing programme or a radio station. A long-term element of infrastructure or a site-specific piece for the opening. Students will be given a budget to make their intervention and proposals from interdisciplinary teams are strongly encouraged.
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. General Competition Information 1.1 Organizer and scope of the competition 1.2 Objective 1.3 Eligibility 1.4 Criteria for Evaluation 1.5 Prizes 1.6 Jury 2. Technical Information 2.1 Site information 2.2 Budget 2.3 Limits to submission 2.4 Right of use and publication of entries 2.5 Entry fee 2.6 Language 2.7 Copyrights and Property Rights 3. Instructions/ Guidelines for submission 3.1 Submission of Entries 3.2 Required documents 3.3 Restrictions and exclusion 3.4 Confidentiality 3.5 Enquiries 3.6 Schedule
1. General Competition Information 1.1 Organizer and scope of the competition The third Lisbon Architecture Triennale, Close, Closer, is promoting a student competition for an intervention on its new headquarters at Sinel de Cordes Palace in Campo de Santa Clara, Lisbon. The Lisbon Architecture Triennale invites national and international students to participate in its third edition by holding a programmatic intervention at its Headquarters in Campo de Santa Clara. The competition brief is open and the intervention can take on many forms. It could be a lecture series, a practical, function-based alteration to the space, a long-term piece of infrastructure for the Triennale or a temporary site-specific proposal for Close, Closer. It can be an installation of great beauty, drama or simplicity. It can be an idea or a text, a publishing programme or a radio station. The winner(s) will be awarded a cash prize, as well as receive a budget to realize their vision and make their intervention happen. It must either take place between 12 September and 15 December 2013 (in the case of an event, temporary or one-off initiative) or be completed by 12 September, in the case of a long-term piece or construction. 1.2 Objective To find a dynamic and original contribution to the Triennale programme from the next generation; to recognise and support emerging talents around the world and to help graduates into active practice. 1.3 Eligibility The competition is open to students of all levels of higher education in all countries of the world. Applicants must be enrolled in a full time course in a recognised institution. 1.4 Criteria for Evaluation The jury considers the following as the most important points in the assessment of proposals: Originality Potential for impact Feasibility Strength of understanding and relationship to the Triennale's theme (please download the launch booklet here) 1.5 Prizes The winners will be selected by the chief curator Beatrice Galile, the curator team, Liam Young, Mariana Pestana and José Esparza, and two guest jury members nominated by the Triennale board. First prize - 1,500 (one-thousand five hundred Euros) Second prize - 500 (five hundred Euros) Third prize - 500 (five hundred Euros)
2. Technical Information 2.1 Site information 2.1.1 Building Sinel de Cordes Palace The Sinel de Cordes Palace, a palatial construction from the mid 18 th century, was built by the Sinel de Cordes family, originally from Flanders, who took up residence in Lisbon following the 1755 earthquake. In the mid 19 th century, the building was acquired by the 1 st Viscount Correia Godinho. At the start of the 20 th century, when it was home to the Italian Legation, a violent fire destroyed most of its interior, which would later be reconstructed. From the 1930s and until the last decade, the Palace functioned as an elementary school. Detailed palace history and architecture can be found on annex I. 2.1.2 Location The Sinel de Cordes palace is located at Campo de Santa Clara in Lisbon. http://goo.gl/maps/aqfna 2.1.3 Surroundings Campo de Santa Clara extends throughout a succession of squares and streets in an inclined area in one of Lisbon's hills. Around it lies the church of São Vicente de Fora and also the impressive Santa Engrácia church, widely known as the National Pantheon. Right next to the Triennale's headquarters there's the 18 th century Lavradio Palace, where the Military Supreme Court currently functions. In the centre of Campo de Santa Clara, the Boto Machado garden provides a green area and a viewpoint over the Tagus river. Twice a week, the Lisbon's flea market - Feira da Ladra - completely transforms the area as it becomes filled with stalls selling second hand items, from clothes to cds, memorabilia and antiques. 2.1.4 Plans, sections and photographs We have available plans, sections (in dwg format) and photos (in jpeg format) of the Sinel de Cordes Palace. Please request the high resolution versions of the photographs and the dwg of the plans and sections directly to the competition email: universitiescompetition@trienaldelisboa.com 2.2 Budget 2.2.1 The competition winner(s) will have a budget of 7,500 (seven-thousand five hundred Euros) to produce their intervention. Entries must include a summary of the budget allocation. 2.2.2 Production and budget management will be overseen by the Triennale s team in collaboration with the competition winner(s) 2.3 Limits to submission Submissions may be entered by an individual or a team, but only one submission per applicant will be admitted. 2.4 Right of use and publication of entries By submitting the entries, applicants agree that their work will be used in publicities related to the Triennale, unless otherwise stated, without prejudice to their respective copyright and creative ownership. The Triennale will credit authors of any materials (text or image) used. 2.5 Entry fee There is no entry fee for this competition. 2.6 Language English
2.7 Copyrights and Property Rights All work submitted must be entrant s original work. It is the entrant s sole responsibility to ensure that the work submitted does not infringe upon the intellectual property rights of any third party, including, but not limited to copyright, trademark and design right. 3. Guidelines for submission 3.1 Submission of Entries The entries must be submitted digitally through an online form from 1 November 2012 on the link: http://www.trienaldelisboa.com/en/open-calls Applications sent via email will not be accepted. 3.2 Required documents 3.2.1 The following information must be supplied: Name(Include all Members of the Team) Date of Birth Nationality Language Address Post Code Country Telephone Email (Primary Contact) Course Stage Institution Country Institution Address Name of Course Leader Email of Course Leader Contact Number of Course Leader Project Title Date Project Description (not exceeding 500 words) 3.2.2 Photographs, drawings, diagrams, renderings, collages or other visualisations in Adobe Acrobat PDF format, landscape, no larger than 6MB, that illustrate the proposed solution/action. Saved in RGB colour format. One file per submission. (Digital Submission) 3.2.3 Document proving the enrolment in an educational program 3.2.4 Cover letter from course leader verifying the originality and authorship of the work submitted 3.2.5 Summary of the budget allocation 3.3 Restrictions and exclusion 3.3.1 The following may not enter this competition: - Participants who are related to any member of the Jury; - Architects who are permanent partners or employees of the members of the Jury; - Employees of the Sponsoring Body
3.3.2 Failure to supply any of the documents listed on point 3.2 is grounds for exclusion from this competition. 3.4 Confidentiality The Triennale will treat all information submitted by the applicants as confidential and will not disclose it to third parties without the applicants prior consent, without prejudice to the dispositions in point 2.4. 3.5 Enquiries 3.5.1 Enquiries regarding this competition should be sent to universitiescompetition@trienaldelisboa.com until 30 November 2012. After tis period, the Triennale will have available a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). 3.5.2 Applicants can visit the Triennale s headquarters to better acquaint themselves with the site and its specificities. The visit must be prearranged with the Production team through the email universitiescompetition@trienaldelisboa.com 3.6 Schedule Competition opens: 17 September 2012 Submissions open online from 1 November 2012 Application and submission deadline: 18 February 2013 Winner announced: 21 March 2013 Only winning applicants will be contacted by email.
Annex I Palácio Sinel de Cordes - History Sinel de Cordes Palace, located in Campo de Santa Clara, presents an ample main façade facing south and the Boto Machado garden, while the east wing of this rectangular-plan building is turned to the Travessa do Conde de Avintes. Spread over two main floors, the palace presents a dramatic sequence of large windows culminating in triangular attics. On the slightly salient central body two large main doors are located, atop a cropped veranda standing on corbels onto which three doors opne. The building is crowned by a balustrade and the points of intersection of the façades planes are decorated with neoclassic statues on buttresses. The statues are of a similar style to those found in Ajuda Palace. Sinel de Cordes palace is a palatial construction from the eighteenth-century commissioned by the Sinel de Cordes family. According to genealogists, this family originally from the Flemish nobility arrived in Portugal in the beginning of the seventeenth-century, during the reign of Filipe III. João Baptista Cordes established himself in Lisbon and worked as a treasurer for the Royal Tax. Amongst his descendents were several knights of the Order of Christ, related to the Holy Office of the Inquisition and aristocrats from the Royal House. The family first lived at Rua Direito do Loreto ao Camões, and some time after the 1755 earthquake they moved permanently to the Sinel de Cordes palace. Around the nineteenth-century the building was bought by Dr. José Correia Godinho da Costa (1787-1869), who was the first viscount of Correia Godinho and Judge of the Supreme Military Court. Godinho da Costa introduced the ornaments, such as the balustrade and the statutes that decorate the palace's façade. Also, the neo-gothic ornamentation in the interior stairway that gives access to the first floor was added during the same period. In the beginning of the twentieth-century the palace hosted the Italian Legacy, and during that era, a violent fire destroyed most of its interior, that was later rebuilt. The stuccos with nature motifs on the first floor's main rooms, are also from this time. From the 1930s onwards the palace began to function as an elementary school, an occupation that continued until around the 2000s.