Invitation This was an open invitation to architects and consultants from around the world to engage in a challenging act of creative design that stipulated a unique architecture for the long anticipated Great Egyptian Museum . Neighboring a timeless wonder, the Giza Pyramids, the new museum pays homage to eternal Ancient Egyptian monuments, treasures, and history. The project aims to establish a state-of-the-art museum complex provides facilities and access to a broad range of information. The museum complex furnishes all its visitors with a uniquely enjoyable, educational and cultural experience. Egypt , the centre of civilization, art, and culture, offers its unique site neighboring the Pyramids of Giza as a genius loci for such a cultural and architectural challenge that best addressed the world’s Third Millennium and Egypt ’s Seventh Millennium. A strong visual linkage between the new museum site and the Pyramids themselves suggested architectural choices that did not waste the possibility of establishing a formal dialogue. The Challenge The competition was divided into two phases: The First Phase began May 2002 and ended August 2002. The jury selected only twenty entrants who passed on to the Second Phase. The Second Phase began November 2002 and ended March 2003. The final winning projects in the Second Phase were announced during the month of June 2003. Competition Organization The competition opened to all architects or teams led by architects in possession of documentary evidence of their qualifications to exercise the profession of architecture in their own country, or in the country of their residence, and therefore were authorized to take part in architectural design competitions at the date of registration for this competition. Participation were regulated in accordance with the Revised Recommendation with respect to the International Competitions in Architecture and Town Planning, adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO in 1978. The competition shall be supervised by the UIA (Union of International Architects). Official language of the competition and all related correspondence was English. Official measurement system was Metric. Jury Members Architects: Dr. Salah Zaki ( Egypt ) Dr. Galal Abada ( Egypt ) Mr. Peter Cook ( England ) Mrs. Gae Aulenti ( Italy ) Mr. Jong-Soung KIMM ( Korea - UIA representative)
Egyptologists: Dr. Gaballah Ali Gaballah ( Egypt ) Mr. Sergio Donadoni ( Italy )
Museologist: Mrs. Françoise Cachan ( France )
Deputy Jury Members: Dr. Fayza Haikal ( Egypt ) Mr. Arne Eggebrecht ( Germany ) Ms. Ana Maria Zahariade ( Romania - Deputy UIA representative) Technical Committee Coordinator: Dr. Yasser Mansour (Egypt )
Prizes First Stage: The 20 selected entrants received a prize of $10,000US each. Second Stage: First prize: $250,000US Second prize: $150,000US Third prize: $100,000US A sum of $200,000US wase distributed among Honourable Mentions based on the discretion of the jury. Contact Information Interested participants were required to contact the following address for queries, registration, and final submission of drawings: The Grand Egyptian Museum Technical Committee Coordinator Al Remayah Square , Pyramids, Giza , Egypt Tel: (2) 02 386 59 11 (2) 02 386 59 17 Fax: (2) 02 386 58 71 www.gem.gov.eg Registration Registration opened daily beginning 7 January 2002 and ended 7 April 2002 . Registration could have been made by mail, e-mail, web site online form, fax, or in person at the Giza address from 9:30 h to 13:30 h (+2GMT). Fee for registration was $300US + $50US for international shipping and handling, to be paid by bank transfer to the below address. Bank charges was paid by applicants. The registration fee was non-refundable under any circumstance. Bank Misr - Cairo Branch 151 Mohammed Farid St. , Cairo , Egypt Account Holder: The Supreme Council of Antiquities Account number for Egyptian Pounds (LE): 101/37/110200/00/4 Account number for US Dollars ($): 101/11/018872/00/0 Bank Telephone Number: +2 02 391 3682 Bank Fax Number: +2 02 391 9779 The Application Applications for registration arrived no later than 18:00 h (+2GMT) on 7 April 2002 by registered mail or courier. Applications were sent to the Giza address accompanied by: Complete registration form with name, address, and country of origin of the architect or team of architects applying. Documentative evidence of the architect’s or team leader’s right to exercise the profession in his or her own country. Receipt confirming fee payment. Competition Brief and all related documents were delivered during the month of April 2002 to the exact address of the registered participants. Competition Brief and all related documents were also obtained from the Giza address. All correspondence and inquiries were addressed to the Technical Committee Co-coordinator at the Giza address and/or e-mail address. The documents (delivered in two copies), were sent by airmail date-stamped in advance of the date specified below, or delivered in person, in a single package. Deadline for submission of the First Phase documents was 12:00 h (+2GMT) 17 August 2002 . |
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