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16th student competition8th international student competitionfor academic year 2010/2011

Theme: „Concert hall for Plzeň Philharmonic Orchestra / Czech Radio Plzeň“

Motto: „Speaking about music is like dancing about architecture.“(Ondřej Kukal, composer, conductor and violinist)

22 YTONG STUDENT COMPETITION

OPENCOMPETITIONPURSUANTTOARTICLE 847OFTHECIVILCODEOFTHECRORSRNCACTNO.263/99

Competition Organizer

Czech Republic:Xella CZ, s.r.o.

Registered address:

Hrušovany u Brna

Vodní 550

664 62 Hrušovany u Brna

Slovak Republic:Xella Slovensko, spol. s r.o.

Zápotočná 1004

908 41 Šaštín-Stráže

Competition Secretariat

Czech Republic:PaedDr. Hana Šimánová

Xella CZ, s.r.o.

U Keramičky 449

334 42 Chlumčany

phone: +420 377 973 127

fax: +420 377 973 153

e-mail: [email protected]

Slovak Republic:Mgr. Silvia Frimmelová

Xella Slovensko, spol. s r.o.

Obchodno-poradenská kancelária

Bajkalská 25, 827 18 Bratislava

phone: +421 2 581 03058

fax: +421 2 581 03059


Secretaries

Czech Republic:Ing. Arch. Jan Paroubek

ČVUT Praha Fakulta architektury

Thákurova 7, 166 34 Praha 6

Kancelář A 1021

phone: +420 224 354 851


Slovak Republic:Ing. Arch. Ľubica Selcová, PhD.

Fakulta architektúry STU

Ústav architektúry 1

nám. Slobody 19

812 45 Bratislava

phone: +421 2 572 764 25

fax: +421 2 529 215 33


Professional Guidance

Ing. arch. Jaromír Veselák

Atelier Aeroplan, Plzeň

Acknowledgements

The Organizer of the Competition

would like to thank Mr Zdeněk

Levý, general manager of the

Czech Radio Plzeň, for his helpful

approach and cooperation in

preparation of the 16th student

competition.

Competition Objective

Support of individual creative

work of university students

through competitive confrontation

of architectural ideas. Search

for and presentation of quality

contemporary architecture with

assistance of professional jury.

Initiation of a dialog about real

topic in specific location.

33YTONG STUDENT COMPETITION

Entrants

Students (and/or students´

working groups) of “ Architec-

ture” and “Structural Enginee-

ring” at technical colleges, art

schools and universities who

have not been granted diploma

of 2nd level of university studies

in either of aforementioned

fields of study.

Registration

Timely registration: last week

of September – 1st week of

November 2010

Late registration: 2nd week of

January 2011 – last but one day

prior submission

Registration deadline: last but

one day prior submission

Prizes and Awards

1st prize 1500 €

2nd prize 1000 €

3rd prize 500 €

Based on the decision of the

jury and the Organizer at least

three submissions will be awar-

ded a gift worth 150 €. The gift

can be awarded to any of

the submissions regardless

ranking. The jury has the right

not to award some of the prizes

and/or to distribute the alloca-

ted sum in a different way.

Information on the venue and

date of the award ceremony will

be sent to the entrants at least

14 days in advance. All competition

prize-winners are obliged to

take part in the award ceremony

to give a brief presentation of

their projects. Each faculty will

receive financial contribution

amounting to 35 € per submis-

sion to cover expenses incurred

to the faculty in relation with ad-

ministration of the competition

and expenses of students who

met terms of the competition.

This sponsor gift will be due

based on a deed of gift issued by

the faculty and sent to the Orga-

nizer by 31. 03. 2011 the latest.

Deed specimen will be available on

www.ytong.cz and www.ytong.sk

Prizes of the Media

Media partners of the competi-

tion will award prizes to selected

submissions based on their own

deliberation. The prize can thus

be awarded to any of the

submissions which met the

competition terms, regardless

ranking.

Jury

Aleš Brotánek – CR

Ondřej Císler – CR

Radek Dragoun – CR

Tomáš Drdácký – CR

Lubo Králik – SR

Ivan Kubík – SR

Zdeněk Levý – CR

Vlado Milunić – CR

Peter Moravčík – SR

Matúš Vallo - SR

Jaromír Veselák – CR

Lubo Závodný – SR

The jury membership is ensured

by the Organizer and its repre-

sentative introduces the jury to

the entrants in public before an-

nouncement of its decision. The

chairman of the jury will be elec-

ted by the jurymen prior to the

beginning of the judging panel´s

session. All decisions of the jury

are free and final and there is no

legal appeal admissible.

Guidelines forSubmission

For sake of anonymity each and

every part of a submission must

bear six-digit identification code

(1 cm high and 4 cm long) placed

in the upper right-hand corner.

The submissions must be

handed-over in rolls and in elec-

tronic version on CD, Both the

rolls and DCs must also ear re-

levant digital code. Inadmissible

are the following digital codes:

a sequence of digits 1 2 3 4 5 6

etc. and vice versa, a sequence

of the same digits, such as 1 1 1

1 1 1 or 4 0 4 0 4 0. Drawings

must be numbered “1” and “2”

and in this order (placed above

each other top-down) they will

be displayed and judged.

First name and surname, date of

birth and valid address (including

telephone number and e-mail

address) shall be submitted in

sealed envelope bearing only the

identification code. The university,

field of study and lecturer´s

name have to be mentioned, too.


Competition BackgroundInformation

Background information (general

outline of the issue, competition

task and expected outcomes,

digital documents) will be given

at disposal of the universities,

and through relevant lecturers

to the entrants. Background

information will also be available

on Organizer´s websites after

obligatory registration. By take-

over of competition terms of

reference the entrant commits

him/herself not to misuse them

for other purposes than in

connection with this competition.

Questions andInformation

Registered entrants can send

their questions related to the

competition terms of reference

to the Organizer or the professi-

onal advisor by means of FAQ in

the course of the competition,

i. e. from its beginning to 14

January 2011.

Form of Submission

Competition drawings (black

and white and/or in colour)

must be submitted rolled, not

folded, and in digital form on

CD, exclusively in pdf format

(Portable Document Format).

For drawings unified format A1

is required. Backing paper, e. g.

cardboard or KAPA board, are

not admissible. One submission

shall contain maximum two

drawings. Drawings must be

numbered “1” and “2” in which

order they will be displayed

(top-down) and evaluated.

Descriptions and explanatory

notes, if any, shall be only in the

English language (not applicable

to local names and marking

in official ToR).

Exclusively for participants

studying a university/technical

college outside the Czech and

Slovak Republic there is also

a possibility to submit just the

digital version of drawings and

other requirements (only in pdf

format) by means of data deposit

www.uschovna.cz. The Organizer

commits itself to ensure print of

competition drawings and their

inclusion in the competition.

Other competition requirements

(e. g. deadlines, anonymity, etc.)

remain in effect.

Copyright

Copyright belongs to the author

of the submission. The Organizer

acquires the right to publish the

projects and mention the

author´s name without his/her

prior consent. Ownership of

prize-winning projects passes

to the Organizer. To enable

copying and publishing by the

Organizer, each prize-winner

shall temporary provide the

Organizer with his/her project

both in hard copy and/or in

digital form, if necessary.

Submission deadline

Submission deadline is 22. 02.

2011 by 16.00 hours.

Submissions to be delivered:

in the Czech Republic: to Mr Jan

Paroubek, competition secretary,

FA ČVUT Praha, Thákurova 7,

166 34 Praha 6, kancelář

A 1021.

in the Slovak Republic: to Ms

Silvia Frimmelová, Xella Sloven-

sko spol. s r.o., obchodno-pora-

denská kancelária, Bajkalská

25, 827 18 Bratislava.

By hand-over of the competition

graphic designs they pass to

permanent possession of the

Organizer and they are nonre-

turnable. By submitting the

competition project bearing

digital code and the envelope

containing personal data as per

the above-mentioned terms the

entrant expresses his/her

unqualified consent to given

regulations and terms of this

competition and waives his/her

right to any legal action.

Judging criteria

As per the terms of reference

individual anonymous submissions

will be judged by an independent

jury based on generally valid

criteria applicable to the approved

architectural task. Verdicts of

the jury are outcomes of close

majority deliberation of the

jurymen; all decisions of the jury

are independent and there is no

legal appeal admissible. Verdict


of the jury concerning winning

projects, including ranking and

prize award with brief reasoning,

is, nevertheless, made public

together with identification data

of the entrant. The competition

open evaluation session will be

held within 90 days after the

competition deadline at the

latest.

To ensure the right of participation

of the entrants, the Organizer is

obliged to publish the date, time

and venue of announcement of

the verdict of the jury through

individual faculties 7 days in

advance. The Organizer has the

right to give publicity to the

award ceremony and results of

the competition based on its

deliberation. The Organizer is

obliged to issue a certificate of

participation in the competition

and ranking to each prize-winner

within 14 days after the award

ceremony at the latest.

Individual submissionswill be judged accordingto following criteria

¬ urban-planning and landscape

design in context of the whole

locality

¬ architectural solution of the

designed extension to the

existing building

¬ general and functional layout

¬ scale and appropriateness of

the intervention in given locality

¬ connection and links to the

existing building

¬ graphic presentation of the design

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT COMPETITIONFOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2010/11

Basic task of the competition is an architectural design of a concert hall as anextension to the existing building of the Czech Radio Plzeň built in functionalist style.The goal is to find appropriate structural, mass, operational and layout relations andto incorporate the new building of community significance into the regional capital´senvironment as well as specific location in the city´s public gardens.

Competition theme

„Concert hall for Plzeň Philharmonic Orchestra / Czech Radio Plzeň“

Motto

„Speaking about music is like dancing about architecture.“(Ondřej Kukal, composer, conductor and violinist)


A. COMPETITION TERMS OF REFERENCE

Reasoning

Plzeň ranks among cities with

rich and long industrial tradition,

whether we take manufacturing

of machines or brewing industry,

but at the same time it is a natural

centre of west Bohemia, culture

centre of a conurbation and

university town, a place with

respective social needs. Evidence

of it may be current successful

nomination as the 2015 European

Capital of Culture. Step by step

existing temporary solutions are

being replaced with so far

missing culture facilities, such

as a new building of Chamber

theatre or West-Bohemian

Gallery, to mention just some of

them.

The concert hall for Plzeň

Philharmonic Orchestra has not

been included yet despite having

been planned already in the

forties of the last century

together with outstanding

building of the Czech Radio Plzeň.

Task

Don´t let wash away the idea of

original design of a building for

radio broadcasting company

which enables unique authentic

origin of music, direct listening

to it, possibility of its recording as

well as facilitating its long

-distance transmission.

To find an appropriate link to

the existing late functionalist

building of the Czech Radio on

Náměstí Míru Square in Plzeň

and by an extension thereof to

complete missing part with

aconcerthall forsymphonicmusic.

To use the opportunity to enhance

and exploit the heritage of

functionalism connected with

sound and demonstrate respect

for listed culture monument in

a creative way.

Possibility of searching for appro-

priate form for contemporary

culture facility which will become

a significant part of specific urban

environment, importance of which

will reach far beyond the Plzeň

Region´s border.

The idea of a house of music

explicitly expressed by the de-

sign. The idea embodied in the

competition motto contains not

only a certain “inexpressibility”

of both music and architecture,

but it mainly points at their

authenticity, necessity to perceive

them both directly, here and

now. Authentic experience ever

again in given moment: on the

instant and personally. Each

person perceives music and

architecture in a specific,

personal and incommunicable

way, but we all experience

and share them together in

a community. The concert hall

- a building which enables

to create, form and support

such a community - a space

strengthening joint perception of

music.

The design should not eliminate

presence of silence, its untou-

chable quality, with stress put on

quiet being of the house, materi-

alized continuance and inaudible

resonance of the space as such.

Architecture that is both an

envelope for sound and a shell

for silence: house as a music

instrument. House as a house.

Purpose

Development of an architectural

study of a concert hall for Plzeň

Philharmonic Orchestra at the

Czech Radio Plzeň with links to

adjoining public gardens on

Náměstí Míru Square

The aim is to offer future

architects an opportunity for

sound creative work and finding

relations among music, con-

struction, locality and silence.


B. LOCATION

Plzeň Bory town district, a busy

street with adjoining green bay –

public gardens on Náměstí Míru

Square. Blocks of regular building

plan in neighbourhood of residen-

tial villas of Bezovka. Still trace-

able esprit of the First Republic

era. Elegant building of the Czech

Radio Broadcasting Company

receded into the background – the

building with durable ceramic wall

facing and strip windows made of

oak wood, the only building in

Bohemia designed in 1946 directly

for purposes of radio broadcas-

ting. Designers of the building

were Prague architects K. Tause-

nau, F. Hurta and V. Pavelka, who

were also involved in restoration

of the Czech Radio building at

Vinohradská Street in Prague.

Beginnings of Czech radio broad-

casting date back to dramatic pe-

riod of the end of the World War II

(one of many promoters was also

well-known puppet-show actor

Prof. Josef Skupa, who lent the

first microphone, amplifier and

record player to enable radio bro-

adcasting); for instance, the first

live broadcast of a gala concert on

the occasion of liberation - Sme-

tana´s My country performed by

then amateur Plzeň Philharmonic

Orchestra, took place as early as

on 24 May 1945.

Construction of the new radio

building started in 1947 and the

second and so-far last phase was

completed in 1953. The building´s

layout clearly indicates its functio-

nal structure – office wing with

north-south orientation, behind it

and in its perpendicular axis is

a technical part – a couple of

smaller and a couple of big

recording studios - separate and

symmetric - for dramaturgy and

music. Worth mentioning is an

independent, so called floating

way of studios foundation with

separated heating and ventilation

system, independent of the rest of

the building due to perfect noise

attenuation. On upper floors of

the technical part there are

broadcasting studios, newsrooms

and offices.

Perfectly preserved is not

only the period exterior of the

building but also a big part of

interiors, which is illustrated by

an exhibition in the Radio

Museum located in the building.

Space reserve for a concert hall

(not implemented third con-

struction phase) is located on

plot no. 6673/1 at Klosterman-

nova Street, north of the exis-

ting building. Connection of the

Concert hall to the Radio buil-

ding is possible thanks to skele-

ton construction system on the

1st and 2nd above-grade floor.

C. REGULATORY TERMS

¬ Keep street lines of Kloster-

mannova, Čechova and Poli-

tických vězňů Street in front of

the Czech Radio Plzeň front

face, consider height level of

surrounding buildings.

¬ Not worsen insolation conditions

of residential buildings in Klos-

termannova and Čechova Street.

¬ Respect specific urban character

of the locality with existing buil-

dings and public gardens; tho-

roughly consider the scale and ex-

tent of construction intervention.

¬ Consider the context of exis-

ting building of the Czech

Radio Plzeň and respect its

protection as listed monument.

¬ Entry for parking and tran-

sport services for the Concert

hall shall be situated only

from Čechova Street; another

access for individual transport

into immediate vicinity of the

designed building is not

planned.


D. CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME

Concert hall

¬ entrance part / reception and

information desk, ticket office,

personnel amenities, sanitary

facilities, cloakrooms

¬ hallway – assembly area / foyer,

entries to the hall

¬ music café / live music

¬ concert hall with capacity of

500 seats

¬ amenities / changing rooms for

Plzeň Philharmonic Orchestra

musicians (50 people), orchestra

rehearsing studio, instruments

store, separate entrance for

personnel and performers,

concert hall entry, stores,

building technical facilities

¬ Covered parking for passenger

cars / reduced capacity of about

100 parking places (significant

share of public transport is

considered), access to foyer, car

access is planned from Čechova

street approximately at the entry

to future temporary car park.

¬ Toilets, for audience and

visitors, building technical

facilities; with preference of

environment friendly and low

energy technologies in respect

of all-year operation.

¬ exterior entrance and assembly

area with a possibility of season

music performance (outdoor

stage), connection to public

gardens – landscaping, design

of street parterre of the buil-

ding, small street architecture

¬ Consider possibility of all-year

operation of the Concert hall

building (café and, for in-

stance, an exhibition area in

the foyer), use of the hall for

evening concerts and radio

recordings during the day.

TERMS OF REFERENCEDETAILEDSPECIFICATION

¬ The role of Concert hall for

Plzeň Philharmonic Orchestra

represents fulfilment of a real

need for such a building in

Plzeň despite the fact that its

realization has not been consi-

dered yet. Interconnection

with the existing building

of the Czech Radio also in

operation point of view is of

main importance.

¬ The new Concert hall should,

however, enable independent

and separate operation.

¬ It is expected that the design

will also offer appropriate

layout and/or variability of

auditorium considering the

view curve.

¬ Interiors of the buildings

should be as much barrier

free as possible to enable

access for disabled and

handicapped people.

¬ Neither connection of the

buildings to public services

nor detailed design of utilities

and building technical

equipment (e.g. acoustics

calculations or fire prevention

measures) are required

in scope of the competition.

The design as such should

not impede completion of

aforementioned issues in

following design phases, if

any.

¬ Landscape design of the

Concert hall exterior should

consider existing image and

role of public gardens on

Náměstí Míru Square.

¬ More detailed landscape

design of the public gardens

on Náměstí Míru Square in

relation to the designed

building is not obligatory.


E. CONSTRUCTION AND MATERIAL SOLUTION

¬ There is no limitation appli-

cable; nevertheless, respon-

sible choice of construction

materials appropriate to the

location, conception and

purpose of the building not

excluding utilisation of Xella

– Ytong, Silka and Fermacell

construction materials is

required.

¬ Drawings of construction

system details are not required.

F. COMPETITION DESIGNS´ FORM

¬ Competition designs shall

be submitted in form of an

architectural and urban

-planning study on 2 posters

of vertically oriented A1 format.

¬ Submission of a design model

or part thereof is not obliga-

tory, but not excluded from the

jury evaluation (the model

scale must be chosen so that

its top-view dimensions do not

exceed A1 format; the model

must be protected by packing

against damage during

transport and for sake of

anonymity it must bear

a digital identification code).

¬ Explanatory notes and

legends, if any, shall be part of

the drawings and written in

the English language. It does

not apply to local names and

marking in official competition

ToR.

¬ Competition designs shall be

submitted in data form (only

pdf) on CD.

Urban-planning solution

¬ General layout of the area

including broader context and

urban-planning links.

Concert hall design

¬ 3D presentation of the design

- alternatives: Visualisation,

sketches, drawings into

a photograph or photo

-documentation of a model

¬ ground plans of individual

floors

¬ characteristic cross-sections

¬ views (incl. links to the

existing building of the Czech

Radio Plzeň)

¬ arbitrary interior designs

¬ explanatory text – design

philosophy, main ideas, brief

author´s report

DETAILEDSPECIFICATION

¬ Submissions will use unified

abbreviated English title: Con-cert hall / Czech Radio Plzeň.

¬ The scope of required docu-

mentation is obligatory.

¬ Graphic form of the documen-

tation (digital / manual) is not

specified.

¬ Ground plans and cross

-sections shall bear basic

dimensions or scale to illust-

rate main proportions of the

construction.

¬ Specific layout of required

parts of the documentation

on individual posters of A1

format, or scale of drawings is

not set. Both must, however,

provide the most illustrative

image possible.

¬ Requirements of the competi-

tion Organizer will be specified

in more detail during lectures

held at selected universities at

the beginning of winter term.


G. ENCLOSURES TO THE TERMS OF REFERENCE

Will be available on competition

websites and CDs at the Organi-

zer´s representatives.

¬ dwg files with existing condi-

tion of the Czech Radio Plzeň

¬ 3D model of the existing building

in format for 3DS and Archicad

¬ Geodesic layout measurement

in dwg

¬ Dendrology documentation of

part of adjoining public gardens

¬ Basic photo-documentation

References:

www.plzenskafilharmonie.cz

www.rozhlas.cz/plzen

Competition websites:

www.ytong.cz

www.ytong.sk


Media partners CR

Media partners SR


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Contact person:

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