Arquine Competition No. 23 | Meeting Point MEXTRÓPOLI 2020

 

 

 

 

 

In uncertain times, we ask ourselves what to do in the public space during MEXTRÓPOLI 2021. For the past five years, the Arquine Competition has called for the design and construction of a pavilion that, temporarily inserted in the city, would allow the interaction between architecture and the citizenship.

We know that the pandemic has changed and will continue to change how we live, but to what extent?

After twenty-two years summoning specific ideas and proposals, Arquine invites you to speculate on new ways of using the public space, focused on the design of a meeting point where proximity and encounter are the mail characteristics.

A device, a prototype, an installation or artifact must be proposed to encourage people to meet and build trust in celebrating the city in community. The proposal must be replicable, scalable, accessible, inclusive, with the possibility of adaptation to diverse context, low cost and fast execution. It can be a closed or roofed space, or you can also think about open, flexible or dispersed proposals.

We want to invite you to think about the possibility of humanizing our cities, of reinventing the use of the urban environment in a creative, versatile and economical way. A meeting point that, when built as part of MEXTRÓPOLI 2021, will allow us to meet again.

 

Legal regime of the competition

This contest with jury intervention is open and anonymous, in one phase and will follow the provisions of the administrative and technical rules. From the moment of registration, contestants agree to accept in its entirety and without appeal the regulations, techniques and procedures established in the administrative and the technical rules.

 

Contestants

The invitation is open to architects and architecture students all over the world. Teams, collective and individual participants are welcome. The groups may incorporate professionals or students from other disciplines. We recommend having an architect or architecture student in the team.

It is not necessary to have some record of the professional association of the country of origin to participate.

Each entrant or team may submit only one proposal.

In any case the team member may be part of another.

 

Contestants

The invitation is open to architects and architecture students all over the world. Teams, collective and individual participants are welcome. The groups may incorporate professionals or students from other disciplines. We recommend having an architect or architecture student in the team.

It is not necessary to have some record of the professional association of the country of origin to participate.

Each entrant or team may submit only one proposal.

In any case the team member may be part of another.

 

Information and consultation

Participants may send their questions to the address concurso@arquine.com with the same email used to confirm the registration. Complete answers and clarifications will be made through the contest website and all contestants will have access. The list of questions and answers, along with the complete rules will be provided to the jury. The list of questions will be published on the website of Arquine on the date indicated on the calendar.

 

6.1.  Registration

To make your registration effective, you must provide a fee that will be given in two stages of registration:

• First stage of registration

From August 17th to October 19th, 2020

$1,250 MXN Peso or $60 US Dollar (International registration)

 

• Second stage of registration

From October 20th, 2020 to January 4th , 2021

$1,500 MXN Peso or $75 US Dollar (International registration)

 

Contestants will confirm their registration by the payment of the fee (only one payment). The amount depends on the stage of registration. There is no additional cost to the registration, since the entire process of participation and submission of proposals will be through the Internet.

 

Documentation needed

A digital image with the entirety of the project. The board must contain all the necessary information to explain and understand the proposal. It is essential that the submitted image contains, at least, the following:

• Diagrams, views, sketches, renderings, or any other form of visual representation that will help explain the project. General plans and layouts of the project, including floor plans and sections, adequately scaled to ensure the comprehension of the plans.
• If you design a physical proposal, constructive details that are considered essential to 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, 90cm long and 60cm high (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 [ARQ-23C-XXXX]. Other formats won’t be accepted, and only the projects uploaded on time will be on the contest.

 

Documentation needed

A digital image with the entirety of the project. The board must contain all the necessary information to explain and understand the proposal. It is essential that the submitted image contains, at least, the following:

• Diagrams, views, sketches, renderings, or any other form of visual representation that will help explain the project. General plans and layouts of the project, including floor plans and sections, adequately scaled to ensure the comprehension of the plans.
• If you design a physical proposal, constructive details that are considered essential to 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, 90cm long and 60cm high (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 [ARQ-23C-XXXX]. Other formats won’t be accepted, and only the projects uploaded on time will be on the contest.

 

Prizes

a.        First Place:

• Construction of the winner proposal
• $100,000.00 Mexican pesos.
• MEXTROPASE VIP for the team members (2**) and pack of books from Arquine.

b.        Second Place:

• $50,000.00 Mexican pesos.
• MEXTROPASE VIP for the team members (2**) and pack of books from Arquine.

c.        Third Place:

• $25,000.00 Mexican pesos.
• MEXTROPASE VIP for the team members (2**) and pack of books from Arquine.

d.        Mentions:

The Jury can choose as many Mention projects as they consider.

• Pack of books from Arquine

*The winning team will have to follow the progress of the work, providing Arquine the plans of the executive project for the development of the winning proposal and following up on its construction, through the channels agreed with the team Arquine.

 

Calendar

August 3rd 2020                                                        Competition launch

August 17th 2020                                                       Registration begins

October 7th 2020                                                       Jury announcement

October 19th 2020                                                   End of first registration stage

End of FAQ period

October 26th 2020                                                     FAQ Publication

January 4th 2021                                                        End of registration process

January 8th, 2021                                                      Proposal upload deadline (till 23:59h Mexico City time)

January 11th 2021                                                      Jury’s verdict

January 14th 2021                                                      Results announcement (#ArquineJams)

January 18th 2021                                                     Executive development of the proposal

February 8th 2021                                                      Proposal construction/ development

March 8th 2021                                                         If It’s a physical proposal, construction in site

March 12th 2021                                                             Inauguration