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Background
VENICE PAVILION 2008 is the 20th anniversary of Cafe Di Stasio.The cafe will celebrate all year with an ongoing programme of support for the Australian Pavilion in Venice and the Architectural Biennale 2008 in particular. Di Stasio is an enthusiastic patron of art and architecture in Australia. To further his patronage he proposes sponsoring an architectural competition for the design of a new pavilion in the Giardini of the Venice Biennale. Norman Day, The Age architectural writer is advising on the implementation of the competition and the graphic designer David Pidgeon will collaborate with Callum Morton, one of Australia’s artists at the last Biennale, on the display and promotion of the entrants. Prizes will include travel and accommodation to this years Architectural Biennale plus publicity for the winning entrants in various newspaper advertisements and poster exhibitions.The object of the exercise is to add to an ongoing momentum of support for the rebuilding of the Australian Pavilion, an invaluable cultural showcase of Australian artistic talent in Europe. The existing pavilion is dated and inflexible. It is hoped that the unrestrictive nature of the project will encourage some radical architectural solutions and excite the imagination of the public and the authorities.”
PRIZES
Professional: Two business class tickets and one weeks accommodation in Venice*. Pre - professional: One economy ticket and one weeks accommodation in Venice*. *The prize must be taken during the Venice Architecture Biennale, September 14 –November 23 2008
ENTRY FEE
There is no entry fee for this competition.
DATES
Key dates for this competition are:
Announcement of Competition:Tuesday 26 February.
Last date for Questions and Answers via website: Tuesday 15 April 2008 (5pm)
Submission date for entry:Tuesday 22 April 2008 (5pm)
Announcement of winners:Tuesday 6 May 2008.
Opening of the Venice Architecture Biennale:11-13 September 2008
COPYRIGHT
The promoter reserves the right to use, publish, exhibit and otherwise distribute documents submitted as part of this competition.
DISCLAIMER
This is not a formal architectural design competition. It is an ideas competition promoted by Ronnie Di Stasio as part of his ongoing patronage of the Venice Biennale Australian Architects presence. The competition is not in any way promoted or ratified by the Australia Council nor the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, who do not endorse, sponsor or provide other backing for the exercise. The promoter does not propose that a new pavilion will be built as a result of this competition.
BRIEF
A pavilion for the exhibition and presentation of Australia’s contributions to the Venice Arts Biennale (52nd held 2007), and Venice Architects Biennale (10th held 2006). Exhibitions may be static, mobile, theatre, visual, sound/music, 3D constructions, and video.
BUDGET
N/A
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The date of submission is Tuesday 22 April 2008 by 5pm. No entries submitted after this time will be accepted.
Transfer of files via FTP is not available. All entries must be submitted on disk and is to be delivered to:
DI STASIO COMPETITION
C/O 147 Chapel Street
St Kilda VIC 3182, Australia
Drawings and images to be submitted should be sufficient to describe the scheme. At least one perspective image is to be submitted, and this must be in .jpg format. All images to be submitted as .pdf 300 dpi at A4 size.
Images and plans of the existing site are available to download from this website. Entrants are free to use the photographic images within their submissions.
THE CURRENT AUSTRALIAN PAVILION
The current Australian Pavilion was designed by Sydney architect Philip Cox and opened in 1988. There was pressure at the time to build quickly or lose the opportunity to the last position available in the Giardini della Biennale. It was prefabricated, and within a month of the planning permit being issued it was open for the Arthur Boyd exhibition. The pavilion was always viewed as temporary. It has long been criticised for it being a very difficult space to curate.
“They forget the whole project was virtually gifted to the Australia Council. We donated our services and we got BHP to provide the steel and Transfield to also provide materials. And on the record and to be perfectly frank, it gives me the f—ing shits considering we all worked so hard for nothing to put it there.” Philip Cox
Australia’s temporary lease concluded in 2005, and now has permanent status.
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