Results of the competition for the design of the pavilion

  • Results of the competition for the design of the pavilion

    Studio Olafur Eliasson

Results of the Competition for the Artistic Pavilion 15 December 2010

The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw and the National Audiovisual Institute organized a closed competion for the design of the Artistic Pavilion for the official ceremony of handing over the Polish Presidency in the European Union in December 2011. The Pavilion will be then used jointly by the Museum and the Institute for various artistic presentations.

The Museum and the Institute invited an international group of 7 architects and artists. On the 14th of December the Jury decided to award the First Prize to the project submitted by Studio Olafur Eliasson (Germany). The Second Prize winner is Tobias Putrih/MOS (Slovenia).

Invited Participants:

1.Centrala Grupa Projektowa (Poland)
2.FRPO Rodriguez & Oriol Architecture/Landscape (Spain)
3.KWK PROMES (Poland)
4.Medusa Group (Poland)
5.Pezo von Ellrichshausen Arquitectos (Chile)
third place
6.Tobias Putrih/MOS (Slovenia)
7.Studio Olafur Eliasson (Germany)

Members of the Jury:
Mirosław Bałka
(visual artist, Chairman of the Jury), Adam Budak (art curator, Kunsthaus Graz), Ewa Ger (director of the Department of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage), Christian Kerez (architect, author of the project of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw), Joanna Mytkowska (director the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw), Karolina Ochab (director of the Nowy Theatre), Katarzyna Wielga (coordinator of the Cultural Programme of the Polish Presidency in the EU", National Audiovisual Secretary).

Competition Secretary: Katarzyna Sadowy

contact: competition@artmuseum.pl

Co-organizer: National Audiovisual Institute

Verdict in PDF:
Verdict of the Competition Jury

Competition documents in PDF:
Rules of the competition
Functional program and architectural guidelines
Declaration of the sort of the conducted activity
Declaration of transfer of copyrights
Public Procurement Law
Participants Q&A
Views of the surroundings od the Palace of Culture - one of the possible locations of the pavilion
Second set Participants Q&A
Next Participant's Q&A
Competition Rules Change - Jury Member Exchange
Participant's Q&A, 08 Dec. 2010