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Ideas competition for the creation of

“Vienna House of Music”

Introduction

Vienna, the capital of Austria, is considered by many people as the world capital of Classical

Music, and it certainly was from the sixteenth century until the nineteenth century. Composers

and music lovers from all over the world went through long journeys to reach this city and

work for the masters of Classical Music. They would see live performances of their favorite

composers and marvel at the excellent acoustic qualities of some of the many concert halls in

the city.

All this artistic movement is clearly reflected nowadays in the various monuments dedicated to

the most illustrious of that golden age. The architectural landscape that developed during this

prosperous period has been named by UNESCO as World Heritage.

However, during the twentieth and twenty-first century, cultural changes, new musical styles,

media and the easiness to travel around the world, have made the value of the Viennese arts

diminish. New music schools have been created in other continents (such as the Julliard

School in New York) and young composers have appeared (including 27 Chinese Lang Lang)

who have managed be at the top of contemporary classical music by fussing classical and

modern elements.

The historical city of Vienna really attracts the attention of people around the world. Tourists

travel to the Austrian capital to be amazed by the architectural works of the past, to visit

monuments honoring celebrities and hear famous compositions known worldwide.

However, Vienna offers a great variety of things besides from music. It is one of the great

European capitals, a modern and avant-garde city with 20% of its population coming from

other countries. It´s civism, cleanliness and order are an example to follow. No wonder Vienna

has been qualified as the city with better quality of life of the world.

Vienna is proud of its history, respecting and taking care of it. However it is going through a

difficult moment, trying to find a perfect balance between a glorious past and a promising

future. Vienna has to show the world what it is and what it wants to be without forgetting

what it was. It is a delicate and complex task in which the architecture really involved.

Proposal

From ArchMedium we propose the design of a new building, the Vienna House of Music

knowing the importance of Vienna’s past and future. It is a project destined to become an

important link between the city´s history and its present.

It is a new space located in a privileged place in the city, where new trends of contemporary

classical music can be shown to the world through the cultural agenda of the institution, which

will extend its boundaries on all four sides taking over its environment and making it

participate in multiple activities.

This project is destined to be primarily a common element to alter the perception that users

will have the in the park and its surroundings. Project must create a unique experience for the

senses, not only for those who visit, but also for those who enjoy a pleasant walk in the park.

The project should be the basis of an idea and of a neighborhood, as the young and visionary

composer Evan Taylor said in the film August Rush "Music is all around us. All You Have to do is

listen”.

The plot

In the nineteenth century Vienna suffered a major increase in its population. Consequently,

and combined with the new town-planning ideas, the city walls were demolished in 1857. This

allowed the historical city of Vienna, among other things, to grow towards the periphery.

On the grounds of the ruined city walls (500m wide), a major avenue was proposed, the

Ringstraße in which many public and private buildings were constructed. The nobility and the

bourgeoisie built numerous palaces and important equipment such as the Opera, the

University, the City Council, the Parliament, the Stock Exchange and the museums of art

history and natural history as well as cafes, parks, plazas, subway stations and monuments.

The project will be located at a key point of the city, both for its history and for the role it has

today. The plot is located within a park (Stadtpark) in the ring, with some proximity to the

historic center. It has the great difficulty of being a front view of a small canal, two major

avenues, and an open the park.

The Stadtpark, with 65,000 m², was created after the demolition of the city walls and was

established as the first public park in Vienna. The park was designed by the landscape painter

Josef Sellen, with the English garden style, and carried out by landscape designer Rudolf

Siebeck.

This park has a small pavilion at its southern end which is a metro station designed by Otto

Wagner. The building is perfectly inserted in the park, establishing a dialogue between the new

construction techniques and the architectural style known as "Viennese Secession." It is

important to emphasize that this park has the largest number of monuments and sculptures in

Vienna, most of which are musicians.

Program

The program should include both public service areas for the city and the park, and private

areas for teaching music.

In addition to the 3500m2, the building must create a relationship with the environment

through the creation of intermediate areas and outdoor terraces, porches, galleries, etc.

The program includes an indoor auditorium and an outdoor performance area. However, the

indoor audience can be conceived as a nexus between the interior and exterior, and thus

include only one of them.

Given the delicate location in the park, the area occupied by the building in plan cannot exceed

one third of the plot.

Hall + ticket office 130m2

Cafeteria-Restaurant 250 m2 (+ terrace)

Public toilets 2 X 20 m2

Classroom toilets 20 m2 (mixed)

Thematic shops 150 m2

Classrooms 15 x 35 m2

10 x 65 m2

2 x 125 m2

Instrument storage room 200 m2

Dressing rooms 2 X 55 m2

Interior auditorium (350 people) 650 m2

Vertical communications 2 x 20 m2

Exposition hall /multifunctional 300 m2

Circulations 200 m2

Outdoor performance area

TOTAL 3515 m2

General criteria and Organization of the competition

Registration and Eligibility

The call is public and open to all undergraduate students, both from Architecture as from

related careers. Students must be able to prove, by any official document (enrolment papers,

student card, etc.) that, when the registration period opens, they are studying. All

postgraduate students, whose undergraduate degree is not older than 3 years, can also

participate.

Participation can be individual or in group, with a maximum of six members per team

allowed.

Teams may consist of multidisciplinary members (artists, philosophers, photographers, etc.).

Though not strictly necessary, we recommended the presence of at least one member

connected with the world of architecture. Teams can have members of different nationalities

and they don’t necessarily have to study in the same centre.

The registration fee corresponds to the amount of money to be paid by each participating

team, regardless of how many members the team has.

If a team or participant wants to submit more than one proposal for the same competition,

they must register twice (or as many times as projects they intend to present) and pay the

corresponding amount for each proposal.

Under no circumstances the participation of any member of the jury, or anyone professionally

related to them, will be permitted.

Prizes

1st Prize

• 2000€

• Project publication on TC Cuadernos magazine

• One year subscription to Arquitectura Viva Proyectos magazine

• Exposition at the Architecture School of Barcelona ETSAB

• Publication in architecture websites/blogs

2nd Prize

• 600€





3rd Prize

• 400€





10 Honorable Mentions



Publications

ArchMedium maintains relationships with some of the most important magazines and

publishers of architecture worldwide. For each competition a publication is made in the

magazine or book which better adjusts to the theme of the competition, and depending on the

final result other publications may be interested in publishing the content.

We also maintain close contact with the most visited architecture blogs and portals on the

web, where the work of the finalists will also be published. It is difficult to make an estimation

of the number of websites where your work may be published, as many of them base their

content on magazine publications or on other important blogs. In turn, magazines in take

much of their content out of specialized blogs

Expositions

A public and free Access exhibition will be organized at the Architecture School of Barcelona.

The exhibition will be probably held in other locations, depending on the interest of other

universities and cultural centres.

Jury

The jury will be formed by:

• Jury’s President Josep M. Montaner

• Architect Jordi Badía

• Landscape Architect Miquel Vidal Pla

• Architect and Musician Lluís Carne

• Invited Architect Laura Spinadel

Each juror will vote each project based on their areas of expertise and how each team has

dealt with them, understanding that these areas are part of a whole, and valuing the project

integrally.

* All jury members have shown their willingness to be present in the voting process where the winners will be selected, however

their participation is subject to their professional commitments with their own studies and projects.

Calendar

September 15, 2010 Registration period begins

Special registration period begins

Question submitting period begins

November 15, 2010 Special registration period ends

November 16, 2010 Early registration period begins

December 15, 2010 Early registration period ends

December 16, 2010 Late registration period begins

January 15, 2011 Late registration period ends

January 31, 2011 Deadline for proposals

Question submitting period ends

14 to 20 February 2011 Jury’s deliberation period

February 27, 2010 Publication of the winners on ArchMedium´s website

Inscription

The registration deadlines will be between May 1, 2010 and September 15, 2010 and will be

divided as follows:

Special registration

Sep 15th – Nov 15th 50€

Early registration

Nov 16th –Dec 15th 75€

Late registration

Dec 16th – Jan 15th 100€

Registration

In order for a Project to be accepted the team (or individual) must be correctly registered in

the competition VHOM. All registrations must be made through the ArchMedium website,

were different payment methods will be offered.

Once the inscription form is submitted each team will receive an e-mail with the confirmation

along with a username and password that will give them access to the ArchMedium intranet. If

you don’t receive the e-mail please check the junk mail.

Using this Intranet teams will be able to view the status of their inscription (inscription

information and state of payment) as well as modify any information of their teams (team

name and team member names). As noted in the corresponding section, proposals will be

handed in through this platform.

Payment methods

All payments, regardless of the chosen method, must be accompanied by the team’s

inscription code, so that both can be properly related. If payments don’t indicate the team’s

inscription code we won’t be able to relate them and therefore the participation of such team

cannot be confirmed.

Three different payment methods are accepted:

• Pay-Pal or Credit Card. This is the fastest, easiest and safest way to pay on-line. Your

inscription will be validated instantaneously. No commissions are applied when using this

method.

• Bank Transfer. A deposit of the corresponding inscription period fee must be made at the

following account. Inscription periods dates correspond to the date when the inscription fee is

received and not the date when it’s sent. The fee that corresponds to each inscription period is

the amount that ArchMedium must receive. Any bank commission must be taken care of by

the participant.

Bank Caixa Catalunya

Account holder ArchMedium

Account number 2013 0405 96 0203831706

Concept Inscription code

IBAN ES6220130405960203831706

SWIFT CESCESBBXXX

• Western Union. A deposit of the corresponding inscription period fee must be made at the

following beneficiary. Afterwards, please send an email to [email protected]

indicating the confirmation number, name of the of the person who paid and country.

Inscription periods dates correspond to the date when the inscription fee is received and not

the date when it’s sent. The fee that corresponds to each inscription period is the amount that

ArchMedium must receive. Any commission generated by the use of this service must be taken

care of by the participant.

Beneficiary Gastón Saboulard

Adress C/Duran i Bas 1, 3º1ºA. 08002 Barcelona. SPAIN

Once the inscription is formalized registration fees will not be refunded under any

circumstance.

FAQ

From the first day of the contest and until 3 days before the deadline for proposals,

participants are welcome to ask all those questions that can help to properly understand the

project and its objectives. Questions on how the competition works are also accepted.

Questions that are not solved in this paper on in the FAQ section of our website should be

made through the ArchMedium FaceBook page, which can be accessed from the FAQ section

of our main website (www.archmedium.com).

Documentation

All needed documentation for the completion of the projects, such us pictures, AutoCAD

drawings, topography, etc. will be available for download at the contest website so that any

participant or interested parties can have access to it. Participants can also create their own

documents.

Presentation

Each team must submit their Project in one horizontal panel of din-A1 dimensions.

This panel must be identifiable with the inscription code that ArchMedium submits to all

registered participants by email. Any panel that does not show this code will be automatically

excluded from the voting process.

Participants are given total freedom to decide what information they want to include in the

panel. The information included in the panel should be the one that better explains the

project. By giving this freedom we try to help participants explain their project the best way

they can think of in a limited presentation space. Although any information can be included in

the panel the following are recommended to appear:

• Concept justification and explanation.

• Representative floor plans.

• Representative full or partial section.

• Perspectives.

The representation technique is free (2D drawings, pictures from models, hand drawings,

renders, photo collage, etc.) and the jury will assess both the originality of the presentation, as

well as the clarity and quality achieved when expressing the main ideas of the project.

Including a lot of text is not recommendable, as the project should be understandable through

graphic material. Although some notes can be acceptable. Any note or other kind of text must

be written English or Spanish. Any text written in a different language will be ignored.

Note that this is an ideas contest, so there is no need to give any solution to structure,

installations issues, etc. Just as no rules or, planning or construction regulations, should be

taken into account.

Proposals must be submitted through the ArchMedium intranet before the deadline indicated

on the calendar. After the deadline date the uploading process will be automatically closed

and no more proposals will be admitted.

The din-A1 panel (72 ppp) must be in JPG format with the inscription code as the name of the

file.

The document must not weight more than 5MB.

Evaluation Criteria

The projects will be evaluated based on the following criteria (among others):

• Presentation. Clearly express the main ideas of the project and quality of the presentation.

• Integration with the environment: Ability to relate to the urban and historical environment.

• Architectural design of the proposal and its capacity to adapt to the program and become

an icon of what it represents and of the city of Vienna.

The jury reserves the right to award any proposal that fails at any of the parameters of the

contest, as long as it justifies the breach of the rule in favor of the architectural design of the

proposal.

Voting process

The voting process for the selection of winners will take place in three phases:

1. ArchMedium team, following the jury’s instructions, will make an initial selection of 50

projects in response to the above criteria.

2. ArchMedium will provide members of the jury both short-listed projects and all other digital

format so that they can privately review and include, if they consider it necessary, any of the

non-selected projects in the initial list of 50 projects.

3. At the meeting, the jurors will discuss all the pre-selected projects (The ArchMedium’s

selected 50 projects plus the projects added by the jury) to decide the winner, second and

third prize and honorable mentions.

Ownership and Intellectual Property

All the material submitted to the contest will become part of ArchMedium’s files. ArchMedium

will therefore keep all rights to publish this material in order to promote the competition.

By submitting a proposal, ArchMedium will be authorized to use the material for the

publication of the project in both print and digital editions, always referring to its author/s.

ArchMedium keeps the right to modify any information in its files in order to better adapt it to

any book or magazine format.

Other points

• ArchMedium reserves the right to make any changes to the contest (dates, deadlines,

requirements, etc.) as long as these benefit the majority of the participants and the

competition. All participants will be informed by e-mail (to the address provided at the time of

registration) in case of any modification.

• The proposed Project for this competition is fictitious and will not be constructed. The

provided material to the participant may have been by ArchMedium, so drawings, pictures,

etc. can therefore not correspond with reality.

• The proposed Project is fictitious and therefore it will not necessarily follow building

regulations.

• The proposed Project is fictitious and will therefore it will not necessarily follow safety

regulations, disabled access, etc.

• No institution or individual has encouraged ArchMedium

• ArchMedium has no relation with the ownership of the site where the Project is proposed.

Sponsors and Collaborators

ArchMedium wants to thanks the collaborators of all companies and organizations that have

contributed to the organization of this competition in some way. We will also like to thanks all

the jury members, without whom this project would have not been possible.

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