4. Participation in the Competition
4.1 General requirements for participation
The competition may be entered by any individuals or entities, separately or in association, that fulfil the following:
a) They are citizens of the Czech Republic or any other member of the European Economic Area or Switzerland and reside, or if a legal entity, is registered in the Czech Republic or any other member of the European Economic Area or Switzerland.
b) No member of the participating team and, in the case of legal entity, also members of the statuary organs:
b.1) took part in the preparation of the competition brief and the announcement of the competition
b.2) are members of the jury, competition secretary, examiner of competition proposals or invited experts of the jury of this competition
b.3) are the spouses or relatives, permanent design partners, immediate superiors or co-workers of persons specified in the paragraphs b.1 and b.2
b.4) are not employees or members of the representative and administrative bodies of the Announcer which participated in the preparation and approval of the competition brief; or will participate in discussions and approval of the competition results and following commission
c) They are authorised architects in the field of architecture, or authorised architects with authorisation for general activities, or authorised engineers in the field of building construction, according to the laws of their respective state of residence; in the Czech Republic it is according to Act no. 360/1992 Coll., on the professional practice of authorised architects and the professional practice of authorised engineers and technicians active in construction, as later amended, authorised architects according to the laws of the respective member state of the European Economic Area or Switzerland of which they are citizens or in which they have their registered seat.
4.2 Qualification requirements for participation
The competition may be entered by any individuals or entities, separately or in association, whose portfolio contains the following projects, of which they are authors of architectonic design:
a) One executed project (one building or a complex of buildings) with a total floor area of at least 20,000 sqm and at least 70 % of this area being office space completed in the last 7 years (applicable only to “matador architects” referred to in point 5.1).
b) One executed project (one building or a complex of buildings) with total a floor area of at least 5,000 sqm of any type – excluding mono-functional residential, industrial, storage, logistics or agricultural projects completed in the last 7 years
c) One architectural study or competition proposal of a project (one building or a complex of buildings) with a total floor area of at least 5,000 sqm of any type.