Open International competition Perm Museum X X I

PRIZE FUND $ 300 000 USA
1st Prize $ 100 000
2nd Prize $ 70 000
3rd Prize $ 50 000
Awards: 8 Special awards $ 10 000 each
This will be the first Russian museum responding to the demands of the
21st century. Building of the museum should become an outstanding work of
actual architecture and the most contemporary site in museum landscape of
Russia.
Perm region is one of the most mighty and ambitious in Russia. Its vast territory
is extended between Europe and Asia, on the boundary between Ural
mountains and steppe flatland.
Perm city is the eastern outpost of Europe. Its showplace is Perm State Art
Gallery, which is 85 in 2007. Pride of the collection is Russian wooden hieratic
sculpture of 18th – beginning of 20th century. These amazing works
of art are on the edge of sculpture and painting, Christianity and paganism.
There is nothing like that in any museums of the world.
For the first time in Russia it was decided to make museum a city-forming object, built by ideology and by technologies of 21st century. New museum should become a city brand, a visiting card of the city and region, like Guggenheim
museum in Bilbao by Frank Ghery, Kiasma by Stephen Hall in Helsinki,
Gratz museum by Peter Cook, MXXI by Zaha Hadid in Cincinnati.

The museum concept by Dieter Bogner / Austria / in collaboration with Perm Art Gallery
JURY
Arata Isozaki / architect / Japan
Alexandr Kudriavzev / President of the Russian Architecture Academy / Russia
Ben van Berkel / architect / Netherlands
Mikail Piotrovski / Director of the State Hermitage museum / Russia
Mikhail Shvydkoy / Head Manager of the Federal Agency of Culture and Cinematography
/ Russia
Peter Noever / Creative MAK Director / Austria
Peter Zumthor / architect / Switzerland
Oleg Ochepkov / Culture Minister of Perm region / Russia
Sergey Shamarin / Chairman of the Union of Architects in Perm / Russia
Yurii Gnedovskyi /President of the Union of Russian Architects / Russia
FIRST ROUND
Open portfolio competition for the right to take part in the second round.
Portfolio of potential participant (authors’ team, project organization) should
be submitted by post or by e-mail until July 10, 2007. 25 architects to take
part in the competition will be selected by the submitted materials.
SECOND ROUND
Anonymous competition between 25 selected participants.
Participating in the second round will be confirmed before July 15, 2007.
Competition brief and Requirements, as well as all the necessary materials
for competition projecting will be provided before August 10, 2007.
The deadline for submitting competition project is November 10, 2007.
The final Jury meeting will take place on December 6, 2007
Portfolio should contain standard information about professional activity and
illustrated list of the main realized projects. It should include images of your
completed work or graphics, JPG or PDF only.
CV and contacts no more than one page, PDF only.
HOW TO APPLY
By e-mail: portfolio.perm@mail.ru
CD or DVD by post: Centre of Contemporary Architecture in Russia / CCA
24 Bolshaya Dmitrovka. Moscow. Russia. 107 031
ELIGIBILITY
Licensed architects or authors’ teams, project organizations. Students are
not eligible for this competition.

Competition is patronized by the Federal Agency of Culture and Cinematography in
Russia
Competition client Perm region administration
Competition organizer Centre of Contemporary Architecture in Russia
In collaboration with Union of Russian Architects and Moscow Union of Architects
We are calling to participate!
Irina Korobina
Director of centre of contemporary architecture, Russia
Further information www.archcenter.org
strategy partner