Portal Bicentenario / Santiago de Chile

GOVERNMENT OF CHILE
MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR THE BICENTENARY:
“GATEWAY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CERRILLOS – SANTIAGO, CHILE”

1.- SUMMARY

The Chilean Government through the Ministry for Housing and Urban Development sponsored by the Architects? Association, has summoned a public competition for ideas on urban design for the Bicentenary Gateway Project on state-owned land covering approximately 245 hectares currently occupied by the airport of Los Cerrillos in the city of Santiago, Chile. This initiative is part of the emblematic projects fostered by the State to celebrate the bicentenary of the Independence of Chile that will be held in the year 2010.

Both Chilean and foreign architects are invited to take part, except those who are forbidden to do so in accordance with point n°13 of the administrative conditions.

2.- AWARDS

First prize: 20,000,000 pesos
Second prize: 10,000,000 pesos
Third prize: 5,000,000 pesos
Three honorable mentions: 2,000,000 pesos each

3.- CONDITIONS

The conditions may be acquired in the Architects? Association located on Av. Libertador Bernardo O?Higgins n° 115 Santiago, Chile between August 1 and 31 2001. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development?s website may also be visited on the Internet (www.minvu.cl) as well as the one belonging to the Architects? Association (www.coarq.com). Only those who have purchased the conditions will be allowed to take part. This may be done in the Architects? Association headquarters in Santiago or on the Internet.

Those architects withdrawing conditions shall leave a record of their name, postal and e-mail addresses and phone numbers in the register which will be kept for this purpose. The conditions will cost 35,000 pesos including tax.

4.- TIMETABLE

1.- Date of Sale for Competition Conditions: August 1 to 31.
2.- 1st Submission of questions by Applicants: August 1 to 14.
3.- 1st Questions Answered: August 22.
4.- 2nd Submission of questions by Applicants: August 23 to 30.
5.- 2nd Questions Answered: September 6.
6.- Submission Deadline: October 8 at noon
7.- Jury established: October 10 to 24.
8.- Notification of Results: before November 7.

5. SUBMISSION REGULATIONS

All drawings will submitted on 60 x 90 cm sheets, horizontal on white paper.
Presentation techniques are up to applicants and so the use of color is permitted on all of the sheets.
The drawings will be submitted mounted on a rigid base of expanded polyethylene.
The official language of the competition is Spanish; the currency is the Chilean peso and all measurements must be metric.

6. DESIGN CRITERIA

6.1.- Quality of urban lifestyle

6.2.- Territorial location in line with the surroundings

6.3.- Optimizing connectivity with the rest of the city

6.4.- Functional diversity

6.5.- Public management using private investment

6.6.- Scheduled in stages and development flexible

7. BASIC PROGRAM

7.1.- 15,000 homes

7.2.- Health, education and sporting facilities.

7.3.- Public spaces and green areas

7.4.- Presidential Palace

7.5.- Civic Center of Cerrillos

7.6.- Aeronautic Museum

7.7.- Other uses: Activities that generate employment within the same area like, for example, industrial activities on a medium non-contaminating scale including equipment.

8. DATE AND PLACE OF SUBMISSION

All proposals will be handed in on Monday, October 8 at noon in the headquarters of the Architects? Association located on Av. Libertador Bernardo O?Higgins n° 115 in Santiago, Chile.

9. JURY

· Mr. Jaime Ravinet de la Fuente: Minister of Housing and Urban Development and National Property, who will chair the jury.
· Mr. Carlos Cruz Lorenzen: Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Telecommunications.
· Mrs. Sonia Tschorne Berestesky: Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development.
· Mr. Sergio Galilea Ocón: Governor of the Metropolitan Region.
· Mr. Alejandro Almendares Calderón: Mayor of the Municipality of Cerrillos.
· Mr. Matías de la Fuente Condemarin: Executive Secretary of the Bicentenary Commission.
· Mr. Eduardo Dockendorff Vallejos: Assistant-Secretary of the Ministry of the Secretary General of the Presidency.
· Mr. Víctor Gubbins Browne: Architect, National Architectural Award and Executive Secretary for Urban Reform.
· Mr. Alfredo Garay: Foreign guest architect. Former Secretary for Urban Development of the city of Buenos Aires and joint author of the Management Plan for Puerto Madero and the Northern Bank of Concepción.
· One representative from the Architects? Association of Chile.
· One representative chosen from the Contenders

Further information in this site: http://www.minvu.cl/minvu/