The Winner of the Competition of the Architectural Concepts for the Museum and Educational Centre of the Polytechnic Museum and Lomonosov Moscow State University is announced.
Consortium of MASSIMILIANO FUKSAS Architetto (Italy) and SPEECH (Russia) was selected as the Winner of the Competition for designing the Museum and Educational Centre of the Polytechnic Museum and Lomonosov Moscow State University. This decision was made at the meeting of the Polytechic museum Board of Trustees held on March 26, 2013 chaired by Shuvalov I.I., the First deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation.
More detailed information and press-release are provided on the website in the menu Press.
The Polytechnic Museum Development Foundation expresses sincere appreciation to all applicants and participants of the Competition.
March 16, 2013
The second Jury meeting was held on March 15, 2013 at the journalistic faculty of the Lomonosov Moscow State University.
During the meeting the Jurors were reported about the results of the preliminary examination that was done by the russian and international experts in Moscow and Berlin from February 11, 2013 to March 05, 2013 and discussing the competition projects that were reviewed anonymously under the competitions codes from 6001 to 6006 and as the result prepared the rating of the competition projects that will be provided to the members of the Polytechnic Museum Board of Trustees, the meeting which is scheduled on March 26, 2013.
The result of the competition and the name of the Winner will be announced on March 26, 2013.
March 07, 2013
The second Jury meeting is rescheduled on March 15, 2013.
The meeting of the Board of Trustees (the Competition Commission), where the Winner will be determined, will be held on March 21, 2013.
February 11, 2013
Technical Review of the second stage Competition Projects Started
On February 11, 2013 the technical review of the second stage competition projects participating in the competition of the architectural concepts for the Museum and Educational Center of the Polytechnic Museum and Lomonosov Moscow State University started. The review is to be finished on March 05, 2013.
In the beginning of December 2013, the Jury determined six participants of the second stage of the competition. Before the start of work, a briefing workshop as well as a project site visit were organized for the participants. Around two months, they worked over the development of the architectural concepts for the new building of the Museum and Educational Center.
After the technical review, the competition projects shall be presented to the Jury. At the second stage the Jury evaluates the architectural concepts in respect of such criteria as their feasibility, quality of the planning, urban development and conceptual solutions, as well as the estimated expenditures for construction and maintenance. The Jury meeting will be held on March 13, 2013. The Jury will rate the competition projects and provide the results to the Competition Commission, which will take final decision on the Winner to sign the contract for the development of the design documentation of the Museum and Educational Center of the Polytechnic Museum and MSU during the meeting which is scheduled at the end of March 2013.
December 07, 2012
Six participants were shortlisted for the second stage of the Architectural Design Competition for the Museum and Educational Centre of the Polytechnic Museum and Lomonosov Moscow State University.
The meeting of the Jury for selecting six participants of the Competition of Architectural Concepts for the Museum and Educational Centre of the Polytechnic Museum and Lomonosov Moscow State University was held on the 6th of December 2012 in the Fundamental library of Moscow State University.
The registration of the applications was finished on the 19th of November. The analysis of the Applications showed that most of the applicants have experience in designing buildings for cultural and educational purposes. As it is seen from the entry list there is high international interest to the creation of absolutely new educational and exhibition space in Moscow.
Institute “Strelka” prepared Qualification Report based on the Applications received. The Report was presented to the Jury.
According to the voting the following participants were shortlisted:
1. PROJECT MEGANOM (RUSSIA) and JOHN MCASLAN & PARTNERS (UK)
2. MECANOO International B.V. (THE NETHERLANDS) and TPO REZERV (RUSSIA)
3. Farshid Moussavi Architecture (UK) and Rozhdestvenka Architectural bureau (RUSSIA)
4. MASSIMILIANO FUKSAS Architetto (ITALIA) and SPEECH (RUSSIA)
5. 3XN A/S (DENMARK) and ASADOV Architectural Studio (RUSSIA)
6. LEESER ARCHITECTURE (USA) and ABD Architects (RUSSIA)
In case one of the selected Participants rejects from participating in the second stage of the Competition the consortium of COOP HIMMELB(L)AU (Austria) and Architecture bureau ATRIUM (Russia) was chosen to replace it. The decision was made according to the voting.
By the beginning of February selected Participants should prepare architectural concepts for the Museum and Educational Centre. After the technical expertise the results will be presented to the Jury. The final decision will be taken in the end of March 2013.
The Polytechnic Museum Development Foundation is grateful to all the Applicants registered for the Competition for showing interest to the project.
Information on the next steps of the Competition will be posted on:
www.pm-competition.com
The Museum and Educational Centre is envisaged as a meeting point for the Russian and international scientific community. This will help it to keep abreast of time and ensure that its exhibits, educational programmes and interaction with the visitors are up to the mark.
The new building will provide access to the public displays of the Polytechnic Museum for the interested visitors. As a true world-class educational hub, the Centre will enrich Moscow’s cultural landscape.
It will embrace an Science-Art Gallery designed to become a hi-tech dynamic environment for temporary exhibitions related to the pressing science and social issues, a Science Movie Theatre, a Science Media Centre and so on.
There are University campus buildings on the opposite side of Lomonosovsky avenue.
The Museum and Educational Centre should accommodate around 1,370,000 visitors annually, including 50,000 people from the ‘direct audience’ – 40,000 university students and 10,000 university staff from different faculties and schools of the Moscow State University.
Technically competent and professional russian and international architectural practices that have strong experience in producing design and design documentation, leading construction (reconstruction) works for museums, exhibition complexes, cultural and educational facilities of gross area not less than 10,000 square meters, having allowance to produce design documentation in Russia.
If the foreign company does not have a valid allowance on the territory of the Russian Federation, it is possible to form the consortium with a Russian partner, having such an allowance.
STAGE 1
On the first stage, the Jury makes shortlist of six Participants who have passed the qualification based on the Competition applications provided, and who are supposed to conclude the Agreement for architectural concept design, i.e. competition projects.
STAGE 2
The shortlisted teams will be asked to produce an architectural concept design. Before that, the Participants will be invited to attend an introductive workshop along with site visit. A comprehensive brief will be issued to these teams, as well as detailed information about the site.
On the second stage, the Jury together with the Board of trustees selects the Winner who is supposed to conclude the Agreement for development of the design documentation for the Museum and Educational Centre.
The Competition starts on October 18, 2012.
Final results are planned to be announced in March, 2013.
| • | Applicant’s experience in the development of design documentation and implementation of projects related to museums, exhibitions, culturally significant projects and educational facilities – 30 points |
| • | Applicant’s experience in the development of design documentation and implementation of projects on the territory of the Russian Federation – 20 points |
| • | Applicant’s profile (information of the company size, company age, financial performance etc.) – 30 points |
| • | Applicant’s team composition, experience and qualification of each team member gained from projects with similar requirements – 20 points |
On the second stage of the Competition, the Jury will evaluate architectural concepts according the following criteria:
| • | The quality of town-planning solutions, correlation with city environment |
| • | The quality of the masterplan (site layout, landscaping, public spaces, transport and pedestrian logistics) |
| • | Concept decision – creation of unique and remarkable architectural image and design novelty |
| • | The quality of volume, planning and functional layout of the facility |
| • | Feasibility of the architectural concept |
| • | Economic viability in terms of construction and operation |
| • | James Alexander (Great Britain), CEO at Event Communications Ltd. |
| • | Andrey Vladimirovich Bokov, General Director of the Moscow State Unitary Enterprise “Moscow Research and Development Institute for the Culture, Recreation, Health and Sport Facilities ‘Mosproekt-4’”, President of the Russia’s Union of Architects |
| • | Caroline Bos (The Netherlands), Co-Founder/Principal Urban Planner of UNStudio |
| • | Andrey Evgenievich Busygin, Deputy Minister of culture of the Russian Federation |
| • | Robert Firmhofer (Poland), Director of the Copernicus Science Centre (Warsaw), President of the Ecsite European Network of science centres and museums |
| • | Jan Kleihues (Germany), Architect, Founder of Kleihues+Kleihues Architects |
| • | Sergey Olegovich Kuznetsov, Chief Architect of Moscow, First Deputy Chair of the Moscow Architecture and Urban Development Committee |
| • | Nikolay Alexandrovich Novikov, Head of the Capital Construction Division at MSU |
| • | Grigory Isaakavoch Revzin, Architecture reviewer and publicist |
| • | Julia Vasilyevna Shakhnovskaya, Deputy General Director of the Polytechnic Museum |
Each participant will be also entitled for reimbursement of travel and living expenses calculated on the basis of flying in economy class and staying at 4 stars hotel.
| Competition Announcement: | October 18, 2012 |
| Registration for the Competition: | October 18, 2012 - November 19, 2012 |
| Qualification of the applicants: | November 20 - December 03, 2012 |
| The first Jury meeting: | December 06 - 07, 2012 |
| Introductory workshop, site visit, conclusion of the сontracts: | December 08 - December 21, 2012 |
| Development of the Competition projects by the second stage Participants: | December 22, 2012 - February 08, 2013 |
| Technical review of the Competition projects: | February 11 - March 05, 2013 |
| The second Jury meeting: | March 15, 2013 |
| The Competition Commission meeting: | March 21, 2013 |
(Moscow, Russia)