Tag: Eligibility

Question 38

Our Czech based company would like to make an association with a foreign company outside EEA in order to fulfil the requirements for matador architects. Is it necessary to make the association legally before submitting the prequalification portfolio? If that so what kind of registration of Association is accepted and when it must be done?

It is necessary that the agreement on establishment of an association (in the meaning of Section 2716 of the Czech Civil Code) exists upon submission of the portfolio as by the submission a participant assumes the obligation to participate in the competition and carry out the work.

Question 20

Which competences are required for our team? Do we need a local architect, a landscaper? Would it help us to be selected?

Required are those who bring in the ideas and quality to the core of your designs. The issues of local architects, engineers, legal specialists, etc. will be dealt with later. The jury will now look for quality architecture and not for a list of professions. However, if there is on your team a landscape architect or an innovative engineer etc., who are integral part of your creative design work, it is no fault to state their names, of course.

Question 19

Are we allowed to present our entry as a group with another architectural office?

Yes, it is possible. Please see point 4.1 that states “The competition may be entered by any individuals or entities, separately or in association […].”

Question 16

Can individuals submit projects that they have done in their employment to meet the criteria of pre-qualification portfolio?

Yes, they can. However, the portfolio should only contain projects, where you are the author of design. Also, we would strongly suggest that you ask for permission to do so from your employer. See also Question 3

Question 15

Is it acceptable for architects who are working as employees to submit their pre-qualification as individuals and participate with their own name and not through the company they work for?

This is probably an issue you need to work out with your employer. Regarding this issue from our side, it is mainly important that you are fully competent and able to enter into legal contract and deliver all the services that the announcer expects.

Question 14

Are the citizens of candidate countries to EEA, such as Turkey, eligible to enter this competition?

If you are not citizens or your practice is not registered in EEA or Switzerland, we would suggest that you team up with architects that fulfil this criteria, and enter this competition together in association.

Question 1

Should we compete as a team (architects + engineers) or should we compete as architectural office alone at first and add engineers as subcontractors later?

You should compete as architectural office – the quality and potential of architectural office, respectively quality of architectural and urban design is judged in the competition stage of the CSHQ project. Engineering will be dealt with after the competition.