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International project competition in two stages
for the design of the Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo (Egypt)
RESULTS
The Ministry for Culture of the Arab Republic of Egypt decided to construct a vast complex: the Grand Egyptian Museum, to be located adjacent to the Giza plateau, close to Cairo. To find the design for this new concept in archaeology museums, an international project competition, open, anonymous and in two stages was launched.
Under the patronage of UNESCO, and in conformity with the UNESCO/UIA Regulations, this competition was approved by the International Union of Architects (UIA).
PROGRAMME
The Museum will be located on a 50 ha site, in a prestigious archaeological area registered adjacent to the UNESCO World heritage list: Memphis, its necropolis and the great Giza pyramids.
The complex museum programme, of an overall area of 86 000 m2, makes provision for the three million visitors per annum, expected from the time of opening, a vast range of services and information covering the entire Pharaonic period.
JURY
1At the end of the first stage of the competition, 1557 projects from 82 countries were presented to the jury, was composed of two egyptologists, a museologist and six architects who adjudicated the two stages. The members of the jury were:
- Galal Abada, architect (Egypt)
- Gae Aulenti, architect (Italy)
- Françoise Cachin, muséologue (France)
- Peter Cook, architect (United Kingdom)
- Sergio Donadoni, egyptologist (Italy)
- Gaballah Ali Gaballah, egyptologist (Egypt)
- Jong Soung Kimm, architect (Républic of Korea), representing the UIA, President of the jury
- Salah Zaky Said, architect (Egypt)
- Ana Maria Zahariade, architect (Romania)
And two deputy members :
- Fayza Haikal (Egypt), Arne Eggebercht (Germany, First phase only).
From amongst the first stage entries, the jury selected 20, the authors of which were invited to further develop their design concepts. The jury met for the second time in Cairo, from 27 April to 2 May 2003, and at the end of its deliberations awarded three prizes and seven mentions.
WINNERS
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The jury highly appreciated the simple elegance and the refined expressive qualities of the project, together with its functional clarity. The poetic statement of the project is extremely strong while retaining a delicate and discreet approach to the site and to the architectural programme. |
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 Manuel Rocha de Aires Mateus (Portugal) |
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Ruben Verdi (Italy) |
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| Michael Zimmermann, Engel und Zimmermann (Germany) |
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Hector Vigliecca Gani, Luciene Quel (Brazil) |
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Fernando Pardo Calvo, Bernardo Garcia Tapia (Spain) |
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Nuno Filipe Morais Monteiro (Portugal) |
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Martin Roubik (Czech Republic) |
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The Egyptian Minister for Culture, Farouk Hosny, announced the results publicly on 9 June 2003, at a press conference organised in the existing Cairo Museum. An exhibition of all the projects will be open to the public, from 10 June to 10 July 2003 in Giza, Square Al Remayah. The 20 projects selected to take part in the second stage, as well as a number of other outstanding projects, will be published in a catalogue edited by the competition organisers.
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