| INTERNATIONAL IAKOV CHERNIKHOV
PRIZE IN THE FIELD OF CONCEPTUAL ARCHITECTURE
"THE
CHALENGE OF THE TIME"
«To look more deeply into the space of time
is an indispensable challenge of architectural fantasy».
Iakov Chernikhov
 The Iakov Chernikhov International Foundation (ICIF)
announces for 2005-2006 the award of the international Iakov
Chernikhov Prize in the field of conceptual architecture (as
determined by the Board of directors of the Russian, American
and Bulgarian centers of the Foundation on 15.06.2004).
Prize Goals:
- Stimulation of creative architectural work aimed at solving
current social and cultural problems on the basis of humanistic
principles in the art of architecture;
- Support of experimental, educational and research works
in the field of innovative architecture and town planning.
The Iakov Chernikhov Prize is awarded every two
years to young masters of contemporary architecture for the
best architectural concept (designs, buildings, experimental
works, architectural fantasies, sketches). The idea should combine
an innovative response to our time and simultaneously offer
a professional challenge to the future. A jury consisting of
authoritative international architects will select the winner
from among the nominees chosen by an international committee
of the experts. Age requirement for nomination: 44.
The first submission of the Prize and the exhibition of the
nominees and prize winners will occur in Moscow in 2006 with
a subsequent display of the exposition in St.Petersburg, as
well as in Europe, America and Asia. A catalog, published in
Russian and English, will include the works of all the nominees
and prize winners and materials of the international conference.
The prize is intended to increase awareness of the creative
heritage of Iakov Chernikhov and the Russian avant-garde, as
well as to attract international attention to the international
architectural project competition. As defined by the directors,
the first competition and Prize will be structured as a festival
comprising awards in several specific areas (see below).
Prize curators:
Zaha Hadid, laureate of the Pritzker Prize 2004 (Great Britain)
Patrik Schumacher (Great Britain)
Patronage committee:
Arata Isozaki, laureate of the Golden Lion Prize, Venice Biennalle
1996 (Japan)
Georgi Stoilov, president of the International Academy of Architecture
(IAA) (Bulgaria)Alexander Kudryavtsev, president of the Russian Academy of Architecture
and Construction Sciences (Russia)
Alexander Kuzmin, chief architect of the city of Moscow (Russia)
David Sarkisyan, director of the Schusev State Museum of Architecture
(Russia)
Total prize amount for the first competition-festival
is EUR 100,000.
The Iakov Chernikhov Prize includes EUR 50,000 and
a numbered facsimile copy of Iakov
Chernikhov’s work
from his cycle "Architectural fantasies".
Prize amount for the competition program is EUR 50,000.
Competition program:
I. Open students’ competition. Theme: «Iakov Chernikhov
museum of modern architecture », developed for the
town where the respective architectural school is located.
For participation in the competition, it is necessary to be
registered till May 1 on the web site www.icif.ru.
The materials will be accepted till June 1, 2006.
The Prize monetary fund amounts to EUR 20,000
intended for the research and architectural work.
(By the decision of the Academic Councils of the higher architectural
schools of Moscow and St. Petersburg the theme «Iakov Chernikhov
museum» has been included in the study plans for the autumn
semester of 2005-2006 study years.)
II. Competition «Architectural fantasies»
among children’s architectural schools.
For participation in the competition, it is necessary
to be registered till May 1 on the web site www.icif.ru.
The materials will be accepted till June 1, 2006.
The Prize monetary fund amounts to EUR 10,000
intended for the development of architectural and educational
projects.
III. Competition for the best computer animation
performed on the basis of Iakov Chernikhov’s compositions.
A film entitled «The second reality of Iakov Chernikhov’s
fantasies» will be made on the basis of the competition results.
For participation in the competition, it is necessary to be
registered till May 1 on the web site www.icif.ru in section
«Competition».
The materials will be accepted till June 1, 2006.
The Prize monetary fund amounts to EUR 10,000.
IV. Architectural and artistic creative work of gifted children
with abnormal development.
For participation in the competition, it is necessary to be
registered till May 1 on the web site www.icif.ru.
The materials will be accepted till June 1, 2006.
The Prize monetary fund amounts to EUR 10,000 intended for the
further creative work.
V. International conference on the competition results.
Participants of the conference: leading Russian
and foreign architects, leaders of science, culture, art and
policy.
Competition schedule:
March-August 2006 – work of international expert group on
selection of the nominees to compete for the Prize.
September 2006 - work of international jury.
October 2006 – announcing the Prize winners, publishing the
catalog and organization of the exhibition.
June 1, 2006 – the deadline for submitting materials to participate
in the competition program.
International organizing committee of the competition:
Andrey Chernikhov, ICIF president, director of the Russian
center of ICIF, vice-president of the Moscow department of the
International Academy of Architecture (Russia, Moscow)
Georgi Stanishev, ICIF vice-president, director of the Bulgarian
center of ICIF (Bulgaria,Sofia)
Yury Platonov, president of the Moscow department of the International
Academy of Architecture (Russia, Moscow)
Bart Goldhoorn, editor-in-chief of Project Russia magazine (Russia,
Moscow)
The competition is conducted with participation and support
of:
International Academy of Architecture (IAA)
Moscow branch of the International Academy of Architecture
International Public Organization of Promoting Architectural
Education (IPOPAE)
Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences (RÀÀÑS)
Moskomarchitectura
Union of Russian Architects (URA)
Union of Russian Designers (URD)
Union of Moscow Architects (UÌÀ)
Center of Contemporary Art (CCA)
Center of Contemporary Architecture (CCA)
Moscow architectural institute (MARCHI)
Russian Academy of Arts, St.Petersburg
St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering
(SPSUACE)
Information sponsors:
Project Russia (Russia, Moscow)
Arkhitekturny Vestnik (Russia, Moscow)
Sovremenny dom (Russia, Moscow)
Architecture, Construction, Design (Russia, Moscow)
ARX( Russia, Moscow)
4room: (Russia, St.Petersburg)
Tatlin (Russia, Yekaterinburg)
A+C (Art + Construction) (Ukraine, Kiev)
ARX( Russia, Moscow)
Il Giornale dell’architettura (Italy, Milan)
The competition is conducted with organizational and
financial support of:
“PIK-Region” close corporation
“Architecture and Society” Co Ltd
«Rakurs Architects»
Co Ltd
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