Tag: General Requirements

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 27

Is it possible to submit a request for participation in open call as an architectural office (authors) and then, in the first, respectively second round (or after competition), eventually enter into a contractual relationship with a Client in an association with an engineering office?

Yes, it is possible: to be selected in the Open Call based on your architectural experience and enter the next stage of the competition in association with an engineering office. Partially this has been answered as Question 1.

Question 23

Our team responds to the requirements as follows:
1) We have completed the design and the construction of a building corresponding to letter 4.2 a);
2) In our portfolio, we do not have a building in category 4.2 b), even though we have designed and built other buildings with less than 5000 square meters;
3) we have completed several studies or competition proposals (category 4.2 c)).
In which category are we? Matador architects or emerging architects? How do we fill the different pages of the projects listed in section 6.1.1.?

In this case, list yourself as matador architects. In the project requirement 4.2 b), provide a project that corresponds to 4.2 c). The jury will be notified of this situation and will be left with the final decision, to which category you belong.

Question 21

To be accepted in the competition as a “Matador Architect” is it acceptable to use as a reference a building, fulfilling the criteria of size and function, that is near completion but not delivered yet?

Yes, this is possible. A building that is nearing its completion will be considered as a reference. However, a project with only planning and design stage over, which is just about to begin to be executed, will not be considered as a valid reference.

 

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 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.