Friday, 23 December 2005 | Elif Sungur
8th International Arquine Competition: A Site Museum for Tulum
The design of a site museum in an archeological area constitutes a challenge that merges contemporary
and prehispanic architecture, cultural infrastructure and tourism, sustainability and territory.
Of the possible places suggested by the INAH (National Institute of Anthropology and
History), the choice of Tulum, on the Quintana Roo coast, responds to a variety of factors: from
its spectacular landscape positioning and the site's historical-architectural relevance, to its renown around the world.
Located in the touristic area of the Maya Riviera, Tulum is the third most-visited archeological
site in Mexico, with over 2,000 visitors daily in high season. This condition implies,
together with the great public influx potential, the continuous overflowing of its infrastructures
and a threat for its conservation.
You are invited to develop a museum with a total surface area of 500 m2, located outside the walled area. Considering less successful examples in this field, whose desire for protagonism competes with the preexisting architecture, the competition seeks to favour contemporary languages capable of dialoguing with the landscape and the prehispanic legacy in a discreet way, bearing in mind topography and local materials, climate and light, as well as the project's environmental aspects and socio-cultural impact.
Registration Period
October 3 2005 to January 27 2006.
Jury
Mario Schjetnan (landscape architect / Harvard University professor)
Mauricio Rocha (architect / Universidad Anáhuac professor) Carlos Jiménez (architect / member of the Pritzker Prize jury)
Julio Valencia (architect / INAH)
Archeologist / Anthropologist (INAH)
Prizes
1st place: Arquine 50 thousand Mexican pesos
2nd place: HP invent HP Designjet 110 plus printer
3rd place: Funcionalismo (furniture shop) Wassily Chair
by Marcel Breuer
Final submission date
Friday March 17 2006 before 3pm.
For postal submissions, from Mexico and abroad, the date will be determined by the postmark.
For more information, please visit http://www.arquine.com/
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