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| the grand egyptian museum |
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| | 09.06.03 |
| COMPETITION RESULTS |
First Prize: 250,000$
Shih-Fu Peng, Heneghan.Peng. Architects
Ireland
Second Prize: 150,000$
Coop Himmelblau(L)AU, Wolf D. Prix, Helmut Swiczinsky
Austria
Third Prize: 100.000$
Renato Rizzi
Italy
High Honorable Mention: 40,000$
Manuel Rocha de Aires Mateus
Portugal
High Honorable Mention: 40,000$
Ruben Verdi
Italy
High Honorable Mention: 40,000$
Michael Zimmermann, KSP Engel und Zimmermann, Architekten BDA Germany
High Honorable Mention: 20,000$
Hector Vigliecca Gani, Luciene Quel
Brazil
High Honorable Mention: 20,000$
Fernando Pardo Calvo
Spain
High Honorable Mention: 20,000$
Nuno Morais Monteiro, Joana Henriques Ribeiro, Carlos Antunes, Desire Pedro
Portugal
High Honorable Mention: 20,000$
Martin Roubik Chez. Republic
General Jury Report
The international competition for the Grand Egyptian Museum has attracted unprecedented number of 1557 entries from 82 different countries. Organized under the patronage of UNESCO and supervised by the International Union of Architects (UIA), the entries were adjudicated by a jury composed of 2 Egyptologists, a museologist and 6 architects over two phases of the competition. The jury members for both phases were:
Galal, Abada, Architect, Egypt
Gae Aulenti, Architect, Italy
Francoise Cachin, Museologist, France
Peter Cook, Architect, United Kingdom
Sergio Donadoni, Egyptologist, Italy
Gaballa A. Gaballa, Egyptologist, Egypt
Jong Soung Kimm, Architect, Korea
Salah Zaki Said, Architect, Egypt
Ana Maria Zahariade, Architect, Romania
Two deputy jury members were:
Arne Eggebrecht, Egyptologist, Germany
Fayza Haikal, Egyptologist, Egypt
The jury was constantly fascinated by the remarkable variety and quality of the projects submitted in the competition and their enthusiasm was sustained through both phases. Attending such quality and range, yet taking into consideration the important responsibility to select the best project to be built, the Jury needed to respond by way of critical - even severe - analysis of the projects and the written reports.
At the same time, the members of the jury were permanently aware of the fact that the project selected should meet the expectations of the Egyptian culture and tradition, and of the universal concern altogether, thus recognizing that the Egyptian culture is one of the most valuable components of the world heritage. This meant that, whatever the general architectural interest of the projects submitted, the representative character of the future building, its meaning, and the professionalism of the projects were the prevailing criteria through the two phases of the competition.
Since the first phase of the competition, and again in the second phase, the jury’s intensive work recognized a number of cultural and intellectual diversities among its members coming as they do from different cultures and disciplines.
It was thus clear during the two phases of the competition that the progress of the jury could rarely result in unanimous decisions, but efforts have been made to incorporate different readings of the works submitted.
Thus, in order to respect the values and observations of the various members of the jury, the final conclusions have been arrived at through democratic voting procedures and reportage that reflects the opinions of the jury members.
Recommendations for Planning and Archaeology
I. The Jury recommends that there be a general planning for the area surrounding the museum in a way that complements the project objectives. Also the connection between the museum and the pyramids should not be interrupted for pedestrian movements. A general upgrading plan and land use regulations for the surrounding area should control the building activities in the area in a manner that enhances the architectural and urban features of the site.
II. The Jury recommends that there be a number of considerations for the transfer of archeological collection including:
1.To complete the selection of the objects from all over Egypt and complete the documentation related to them.
2.To study the relationship of the different museums in the country and particularly the Cairo museum in relation with the GEM.
3.To cross-catalogue objects removed from one site to be exhibited in the GEM.
4.To prepare the personnel, scientific and technical and administrative, necessary to the running of the different aspects of the GEM.
5.To prepare the equipment necessary for the proper running of the GEM, namely laboratories, libraries etc.
6.To fully restore all objects before displaying them in the GEM.
7.To make sure that there should be very close collaboration between the architects and the curators for the organization of the exhibition space and circulation inside the museum.
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