INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURAL IDEAS COMPETITION

Publish Date: Mar 11, 2012

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFGHANISTAN

INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURAL IDEAS COMPETITION

5th March 2012

SUMMARY

On behalf of the Afghan Ministry of Information and Culture

(MoIC), representing the Government of the Islamic Republic

of Afghanistan and supported by the Government of the United

States of America and the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, S.E.E. | office

for architecture and design is pleased to announce and promote

the International Architectural Ideas Competition (IAIC_NMA)

for the new National Museum of Afghanistan. The competition

is a one stage ideas competition to generate design proposals for

an architectural master plan and detailed building design for the

site of the National Museum of Afghanistan. While it is expected

that in the future a new museum will be designed and built

according to international standards, this ideas competition shall

help to visualize what a modern museum in the 21st century in

context of today’s Afghanistan will look like. It is anticipated that

the successful Applicant may be invited to provide full design

services, or may be asked to partner with other professional

design firms to produce the documents necessary for the

planning phase.

JURY | AWARDS

The competition Jury is chaired by His Excellency Minister Dr.

Sayed Makhdoom Raheen (Minister of Information and Culture)

and composed of international architects, museum planners,

archaeologists and related design professionals, including Dinah

Casson (architect), Klaus Bode (environmental engineer), Toby

Allen (structural engineer), Susanne Annen (architect), Jolyon

Leslie (architect), and William Remsen (architect).

The following prizes will be awarded:

a first prize of 50,000 US$, a second prize of 30,000 US$ and a

third prize of 20,000 US$. In addition, three Honorable Mentions

with no cash prize are to be awarded.

SCHEDULE

Announcement of competition 05 March, 2012

Registration deadline 16 April, 2012

Submission of Design Proposal 06 June, 2012

Announcement of the results July 2012

PARTICIPATION

The competition is open to architects, engineers, planners,

designers and artists to develop and visualize a proposal

capable of responding to emerging challenges for a National

Museum in Afghanistan. Practicing architects, engineers

and other professions participating in the competition must

be registered with their National Registration/ Regulatory

Authority. Professionals with more limited experience in the

delivery of relevant projects may wish to consider collaborating

with another practice.