Architectural and sculptural competition for the design of the monument to Boleslaw the Brave, together with a concept for the development of the surroundings of the monument in Glogow

Glogow

deadline for submitting works

16.12.2024

Architectural and sculptural competition for the design of the monument to Boleslaw the Brave, together with a concept for the development of the surroundings of the monument in Glogow

organizer: Głogów Municipality | investor: Głogów Municipality

The millennium anniversary of the coronation of Boleslaw the Brave as the first king of Poland falls in 2025. For this reason, on October 9, 2024, the Municipality of Glogow announced a sculpture-architectural competition for the design of a monument to the ruler and the concept of developing the area around it. {More}

The millennium anniversary of the coronation of Boleslaw the Brave as the first king of Poland falls in 2025. For this reason, on October 9, 2024, the Municipality of Glogow announced a sculpture-architectural competition for the design of a monument to the ruler and the concept of developing the area around it.

purpose

The purpose of the competition is to commemorate the coronation of Boleslaw Chrobry as the first king of Poland, which took place in 1025, and his stay in the Głogów stronghold in 1010. The monument project should enrich the space surrounding the Collegiate Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Glogow by introducing an element of high artistic value and restoring the memory of the importance of the figure of Boleslaw the Brave for Poland and the city of Glogow. The design of the monument should take into account the location conditions and substantive issues concerning the king, included in the appendices to the competition.

conditions

The competition for the design of the monument to Boleslaw Chrobry and the development of the area around it is a one-stage, limited competition.

The competition is addressed to professional visual artists and architects who have the experience and skills necessary to realize the monument. Participants in the competition can be individuals, legal entities or organizational units without legal personality.

Due to the proximity of the Gothic temple, the implementation of the monument will require the approval of the conservator of monuments, and the project will take into account the conservation guidelines. The monument will be located in the immediate vicinity of the Glogow Collegiate Church, by the eastern wall of the temple, on the Collegiate Square. The organizers of the competition leave the participants free to shape the form of the monument while maintaining the substantive, spatial and formal conditions. The composition should take into account the placement of a memorial plaque that reads: "BOLESŁAW CHROBRY (967-1025) - THE FIRST KING OF POLAND. ON THE THOUSANDTH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS CORONATION AND IN COMMEMORATION OF HIS STAY IN GŁOGOW CASTLE IN 1010- THE CITIZENS OF GŁOGOW. GŁOGÓW 2025", also written in Braille. The organizers specified the material to be used for the monument - it should be stone or bronze. The total cost of the project cannot exceed the amount of PLN 500,000.

Competition works must consist of three parts - descriptive, graphic and sculptural. All of them should also be submitted in electronic form.

The application for admission to the competition should be submitted by 24.10.2024 through the ordering platform available on the competition website.

evaluation criteria

When evaluating the submitted projects, the Competition Jury will take into account the following criteria:

Compatibility with the objectives of the competition
Artistic values including composition, maintenance of proportions, capturing the characteristic features of the historical
character, depth of the message and ideological clarity of the commemoration
Attractiveness of the proposed solutions, spatial values, including the manner of land development, durability
and resistance of the adopted solutions to urban use
Originality, feasibility and ability to adjust the adopted design solutions to the size of the
planned costs of implementation

prizes

First prize - PLN 11,000 gross, and in the case of the implementation of the monument, the opportunity to invite to negotiate a contract - in the mode of a negotiated contract for the detailed design and implementation of the monument
II prize - PLN 5,000 gross
III award - PLN 3,500 gross

calendar

Deadline for questions concerning clarification of the Competition Regulations: until October 21, 2024
Deadline for submitting applications for admission to the competition: by October 24, 2024, at 11 am.
Deadline for informing participants about admission to the competition: by November 6, 2024
Deadline for submission of competition works: until December 16, 2024
Announcement of competition results: December 20, 2024