The Museum of Architecture in Wrocław and the Association of Polish Architects, Wrocław Branch, have announced a competition to develop an architectural concept for the reconstruction and expansion of the museum complex at 7 Bernardyńska Street.

The competition is an implementation competition, limited, one-stage.

Within the Bernardine complex, the location of a visitor zone - a public zone and permanent and temporary exhibitions with related functions is to be envisaged. The new building, on the other hand, is to be located on the south side, to house, among other things, the building archive, reading room and exhibition preparation zone.

The division of the Museum of Architecture into two facilities requires the creation of a vertical communication and service node within the post-Bernardine complex to the necessary extent required to service this part of the complex. One of the tasks of the competition is to determine its optimal architectural solution, given a number of cubic and preservation constraints.

Within the scope of the competition concept, a proposed path for visiting the permanent exhibition, including the attic of the former church, should be presented. The concept should include user-friendly solutions for all users, including those with limitations. The design task should include full technical modernization of the museum complex in terms of installation, and acoustic comfort of the designed communication and utility interiors should be ensured.

For more information, see the competition regulations

prizes

• First Prize - PLN 50,000 gross and an invitation to negotiate a sole-source contract for the performance of a service based on the selected competition work
• II Prize - 40,000 PLN gross
• III Prize - PLN 30,000 gross
• two awards - PLN 15,000 gross each

calendar

• Deadline for submitting requests for clarification of the content of the regulations, particularly concerning the preparation and submission of applications for admission to the competition: until August 19, 2024
• Deadline for submission of applications for admission to the competition: until September 2, 2024
• Deadline for informing participants of admission to the competition and inviting them to submit entries: by September 13, 2024
• Site visit: September 16, 2024, 12:00 pm
• Deadline for submitting requests for clarification of the content of the regulations, particularly concerning the preparation and submission of competition works: until September 20, 2024
• Deadline for submission of competition works: until December 6, 2024, 4:00 pm
• Deadline for announcement of competition results: December 20, 2024

the competition court

• Maciej Miłobędzki - chairman of the court, Competition Judge of the SARP Warsaw Branch Association
• Michał Goncerzewicz - referee, Competition Judge of the SARP Wrocław Branch
• Roman Rutkowski - Competition Judge of the SARP Wrocław Branch
• Marta Dąbrowska - Competition Judge, SARP Wrocław Branch
• Michał Duda - Judge from the organizer's side, Director of the Museum of Architecture in Wrocław
• Bartłomiej Świerczewski - Judge from the side of the organizer, Deputy Director of the Department of Sustainable Development of the City Hall of Wrocław
• Aleksandra Jaeschke - Judge on the part of the organizer, Assistant Professor at the Department of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin
• Bogna Świątkowska - Judge from the side of the organizer, President of the Foundation for New Culture Bęc Zmiana

  Reserve judges:

• Maciej Lose - Competition Judge of the SARP Wrocław Branch
• Adam Mańczak - Competition Judge of the SARP Wrocław Branch

  Competition Secretary:

• Sylwia Sikora - Competition Judge SARP Branch Wrocław
  Wojciech Mazan - assistant secretary of the competition, Competition Judge SARP Branch Wrocław

The organizer appointed the following experts to cooperate with the Competition Jury:

• Daniel Gibski - expert in the field of monument protection, Lower Silesian Voivodeship Conservator of Monuments
• Małgorzata Piszczek - expert in ecology, naturalist and landscape architect
• Kamil Kowalski - accessibility expert, Director of Integracja LAB and Expert Services Department at the Integration Foundation
• Alicja Wodzińska - representative of the Museum team, curator and head of the Photographic Documentation Department at the Museum of Architecture in Wroclaw