WELCOME ARQUITECTUM PRAGUE: BRIDGE-BUILDING ACROSS VLTAVA RIVER

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1 WELCOME ARQUITECTUM, a company devoted to the organizing of architecture competitions, is pleased to welcome the world s architects to the International Architecture Competition PRAGUE: BRIDGE-BUILDING ACROSS VLTAVA RIVER, to be held from September 2012 until January This document includes the information required for registration, as well as the procedures necessary for participation in the competition. The competition will end with an exhibition of all the projects presented on the ARQUITECTUM website ( As the main consultant for the competition, it is my pleasure to invite you to address any questions or queries regarding the competition via to prague@arquitectum.com, or regarding registration or payment procedures to registro@arquitectum.com. On behalf of ARQUITECTUM we welcome you and wish all the participating architects the very best of luck. ARQUITECTUM International Architecture Competitions INTRODUCTION ARQUITECTUM is the first international institution devoted to the organizing of open architecture competitions that enable professionals throughout the world to contribute and promote their work in the world s architectural circles (institutions, publishers, government bodies). In this way we have been involved in a number of avant-garde projects in cities all over the world, such as the Tower for the Summer Rio Olympics, the Museum of Memory in Miami, or the extension to the Moulin Rouge in Paris.

2 THE CHALLENGE Prague is the capital of the Czech Republic and the largest city in the region of Bohemia. It has a privileged location in the center of Europe and is well connected with neighboring countries, making it one of the most popular destinations on the continent. But like any growing city is lacking housing units and this situation is still of great concern to planners and the City Council of Prague. It is for this situation that this time ARQUITECTUM has been convened by the City Council of Prague for the International Competition "PRAGUE: BRIDGE-BUILDING ON THE VLTAVA RIVER" which aims to provide an answer to the housing problem in a creative way and using a theme present throughout the city: it s beautiful bridges this time with the intention of connecting the Smichov and Podolí districts and use these structures as housing or supports which called BRIDGE-BUILDING. OBJECTIVES OF THE COMPETITION The objectives of the PRAGUE: BRIDGE-BUILDING ACROSS VLTAVA RIVER Competition are as follows: Promote the work of any architect on a global level in order to facilitate, eventually, their access to the restricted and difficult European architectural design market. Gather together architectural ideas from around the world to enable the selection of the best project to be developed at the riverside of Vltava River in Prague. Gather the best ideas involving urban development which are capable, at the same time, of adapting to and reflecting Czech culture. Generate discussion of ideas regarding the intervention of bridges on contemporary urban contexts. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ARQUITECTUM is grateful for the generous collaboration of the Czech Chamber of Prague ( and its support for this competition. Also we must be grateful with the Institute of Architecture of Prague: ARCHIP, the only one school of architecture in English language on Central Europe. We would also like to thank the renowned members who form the competition jury: without their valuable support it would not have been possible to organize this competition. THE PROJECT: BRIDGE-BUILDING This project is to design five (variable number according to your designed) towers housing the new bridge become an item "alive" that allows the users to use the top as an urban "public" space at the same time as a "private", and

3 that supports the typical mute concrete, brick or steel something "dead" to something "energized" for its nightlife and/or diverse. Thus the Municipal Government trying to install a new type of housing: housing over the river (economic, social) but it is no less beautiful in views, spaces or enjoy the city. DESIGN AND USES BRIDGE - BUILDING LIVING UNIT: Departments should have the following environments and measure up to 100 m2 01 Dining Room 01 Kitchen 01 master bedroom / bathroom / closet 01 Bedroom Secondary 01 Bath Visit (to serve for the second bedroom) 01 Laundry PARKING: Must be calculated two (2) parking spaces for each Living Unit URBAN SPACE: Consideration should be a pedestrian corridor, cycling and vehicular SUMMARY: LIVING UNIT: Dining Room: Kitchen: Master Bedroom/Bath/Closet: Secondary Bedroom: Guest bathroom: Laundry: 25 square meters 15 square meters 20 square meters 12 meters square 3.5 square meters 4.5 square meters APPROXIMATE PARTIAL AREA: 80 square meters NOTE: Will tolerate up to 10% of constructed area. BASIC ORGANIZATION: To access the Departments necessarily have to climb across the area of two levels of parking. To get to the Hall of distribution. The service ladder should project the last service department to lower the uppermost surface, in this case planned the Urban Space. DESIGN PARAMETERS: Location: The "BRIDGE-BUILDING" will be located within the perimeter defined in the "Site Plan" located inside the ZIP file Free Contest (found in the "Downloads" section). Start and finish point: The start and finish of the building "BRIDGE-BUILDING" is a decision that takes each contestant as Architectural be his party. Section Road: The contestant has 15 to 25 meters to define the width of the road section via considering vehicular, pedestrian and cycling corridor and an avenue of trees to the center. NOTE: The distribution, location and width of these will be as determined by each architect and following a basic rule universal.

4 Levels and height: The project should be considered as minimum height of 3 meters between floor and ceiling. Also as a maximum height of 25 meters as volume. Views: The living room should be overlooking the Vltava River. The rooms, depending on each proposal, will determine if your main view is given to the Vltava River or building interior. Also on visual common spaces for users should be determined by the contestant. Mandatory vertical: circulation have two (2) elevators for "Tower" or apartment block which will come from the parking lot and come to each unit level. Similarly there will be a fire escape. Also need to consider access from the island "Emperor's Meadow" to the urban space designed for the building "BRIDGE-BUILDING." Program: The organization depends on each proposal as long as you keep the "Basic Chart" above. Natural and Artificial Light: The rooms, living and dining rooms should have natural light-direct while other environments may dispense with it and have artificial light. SPECIAL CONDITIONS: Volume: The volume must relate harmoniously with the context in which it is located, taking into account the surrounding buildings, yet still unique and original. The volume should be 25 feet high at most and serve as landmark for the area where it is located. Materials: There is no restriction on the use of materials and can be used on marble (coated), metal (in plates), wood (as applicable), steel (structures or coatings), or aluminum (in sheets sunbreakers or exterior of any gender) exposed concrete or stucco (as exterior finish) provided they are justified in the proposal and have accommodated within the overall image of the building.

5 Vegetation: vegetation can be defined anywhere in the building. Security: should be considered a safe structure, and functional enough to withstand the extreme changes in climate and natural phenomena. Picture: The BRIDGE-BUILDING shall have a contemporary, current and cutting edge so that they can be recognized as a bridge "cosmopolitan", able to live anywhere in the "Global Village". Visuals: East side of Moldava River (Podoli): One access to the bridge will be from Podoli s waterfront which is one of the most important leisure and transport corridors in Prague. It will be at the foot of the historical fortress of Vysehrad, which comprises peaceful and large green areas. It will also cross over the port of Podoli, a green peninsule for minor boats. On the Moldava River (Cisarska Louka): the bridge will cross an artificial island with vast green areas, the island of Cisarska Louka. On this calm territory there are many sport activities, camping zones and also large coasts for sailing ports. West side of Moldava River (Smichov): The other access to the bridge will be from Smichov s port. It is a quiet area surrounded by green waterfront in the north and a concrete platform for boats in the south. This territory offers poor aesthetical characteristics and lacks of an aproppiate architectural intervention. The zone is next to the Smichov Railway Station and Strakonicka Expressway, two important transport infrastructure of the City. Materials: There are no materials restrictions, allowing for the use of steel, concrete, wood, (as structure) exposed concrete, galvanized steel (as an exterior finishing), among other cases, provided their use is justified within the proposal and they have a place within the integral image of the building. Social area: social areas should be included in every access of the bridge, since they are located in important public spaces which offer optimal physical and urban conditions for their development. Cleanliness, comfort and maintenance: The bridge should be easy to clean and maintain, especially as concerns important structure areas, which should be readily accessible from some specific part of the bridge, whether by pivots, slides or any other substructure created to this effect (especially as refers to parapets, the outer face of which should be easy to clean). EXCEPTIONS ARQUITECTUM believes that competitions involving ideas present an excellent opportunity for architectural experimentation, discussion and speculation. In this sense, our parameters are always very open, flexible and, to a certain degree, referential, given that we are interested in motivating architects to express their point of view, and very often such a vision may involve actual subversion of the rules defined by the competition. In other words, each architect is free to explore to such a point that they may choose to get around or break- the rules themselves, although of course they may risk disqualification for such an attempt. THE SITE The land is located across the river Vltava between Smichov and Podoli neighborhoods across the Prairie Island Emperor. Being a bridge and contemporary character intended to deliver, must be found to meet the residential purpose thereof, may yet be done in a manner that respects the scale of the place or compete with surrounding landmark buildings. The plot has the following coordinates: East side of the river: From 50 3'43.988"N, 14 25'3.153"E to- 50 3'32.463"N, 14 25'9.881"E West side of the river: From 50 3'47.596"N, 14 24'40.173"E to- 50 3'33.026"N, 14 24'40.352"E (Exact location must be defined by contestants) Altitude: 200 meters above sea level. Time difference: GMT +1 Sunrise: Summer 6:00 AM GMT +1 / Winter 8:00 AM GMT+1 Sunset: Summer 9:00 PM GMT +1 / Winter 4:00 PM GMT+1 The weather is humid continental, with temperatures ranging between 18 to 30 degrees Celsius in the summer and -10 to 5 degrees Celsius in the winter. Humidity: 77% average. Wind: Direction (variable) West 23%, Southwest 20%. 14 km/h Visibility: >10.00 Km. Precipitation: 64mm average summer and 22 mm average winter Snowfall: Average 2,8 cm depth in winter.

6 FILES AND DOWNLOADS AVAILABLE For a better understanding of the exact location of the site where the project will be situated, participants can download free the files posted on the competition website. Prague Bridge-Housing.kmz WEBSITES OF INTEREST In order to obtain more information regarding the location of the project and the urban context in which the competition is located, participants can visit the following websites: Prague: Emblematic Bridge: AWARDS These are the awards: 1st Prize: US $ 3,000 (THREE THOUSAND AMERICAN DOLLARS)

7 Two plane tickets to Prague, to attend the award ceremony and exhibition of the contest, to take place in April Accommodations for two nights in Prague. An appearance on the German design magazine Wettbewerbe Aktuell ( on the PRAGUE 2012 Contest, and particularly of the winning projects. An appearance on the edition of Latin American architecture magazine ARQ : procesos on the PRAGUE 2012 Contest, and particularly of the winning projects. An appearance in the Spanish magazine of architectural contests FUTURE ( 2nd Prize: US$ 1,000 (ONE THOUSAND AMERICAN DOLLARS). 3rd Prize: US $ 500 (FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS) 9 HONORARY MENTIONS SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS The submission will consist of 2 (two) digital images (named A and B, respectively). The presentation technique is left completely open and at the discretion of the project designer. However, contestants are recommended to include the following information in their images: A IMAGE: 01 plant parking lots, the first level of access to the departments, the sole of each different department, the typical plant and final level in scale 1/250. One (1) longitudinal and one (1) transversal section should be present in a scale of 1/250 each. B IMAGE: Two (2) perspective Exteriors and one (1) Interior views should be presented as a minimum. Images A, and B respectively should clearly exhibit the proposal and put forth an approximation to the project. Ideas on organization, materials, the treatment of the site, as well as the guidelines for design must be included, if relevant. Some sector of the presentation should include the chart of area per story, as well as the total area of the project. Any additional description, whether verbal or numerical, must be advanced in English exclusively, and need be incorporated in the graphic presentation of the project (a separate project summary will not be accepted). No markings, logos, insignia or other elements that might identify the author can be included; only the Official Registration Number should appear on the upper right-hand corner of the image. The digital images should comply with the following characteristics: Format of the digital image: Two (2) JPG files inside a ZIP or RAR file.

8 Filename: The name of the ZIP/RAR file must coincide with the Official Registration Number. For example: if your Official Registration Number is your images must be named _A.jpg and _B.jpg and the ZIP/RAR file will be zip or rar. Size of the ZIP/RAR file: Four (04) Megabytes at most. Dimensions: Rectangular horizontal format for each image is 3510 width x 2480 height (pixels). Suggested resolution for the image is 300 dpi. Subject: You must indicate de Competition Name followed by your Official Registration Number on the Subject of the , by example: PRAGUE Contestants must send their images via the Internet in the mentioned ZIP or RAR file, to the official of the competition prague@arquitectum.com until 23:59 (GMT -5) of January 14th 2013, at the latest. NOTES: Competitors may present as many proposals as they wish, in accordance to how many Rules they purchase, since each proposal needs a different REGISTRATION NUMBER. Contestants are advised to send their projects from a registered address. It is not recommended that the projects should be sent from anonymous or another person s account, or from an account created exclusively for this purpose, because in case of a problem, it would be impossible for us to identify and contact the participant. If the sent proposal fails to meet with all that has been specified by the Rules, it will not be evaluated x 2480 pixels are approximates the dimensions of an A4 sheet. No submitted image may exhibit markings, logos, symbols or any kind of sign that could help identify its author.

9 The list of the proposals received will be published on our web page ( on the proposals section, two days before the deadline. Check in if your Registration Number is on the list. SCHEDULE START OF COMPETITION September 18 th, 2012 ANSWERING OF QUERIES Until December 14 th on the website s FAQ SPECIAL REGISTRATION until October 15 th, 2012 EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION from October 16 th to November 19 th, 2012 LATE REGISTRATION from November 20 th 2012 until January 3 rd, 2013 REGISTRATION DEADLINE January 3 rd, 2013 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE until January 14 th, 2013 FINAL PUBLISH OF THE PROPOSALS RECEIVED January 15 th, 2013 JURY EVALUATION from January 16 th to February 14 th, 2013 WINNERS ANNOUNCED February 15 th, 2013 PRAGUE EXHIBITION April, 2013 SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS All of the projects must be sending to prague@arquitectum.com until the end of January 14 th 2013 (23:59, local time in Lima, Peru: GMT -5). Competitors will be responsible for the arrival of their proposals within the corresponding deadlines and no proposal will be received one day after the date previously stated. CONFIRMATION Due to internal regulations of ARQUITECTUM, no personal electronic confirmations will be made. Competitors will be able to confirm if their proposals have been received after sending the , in a special section named proposals, which will be available through the last week of the competition. QUERIES Queries about the competition issues will only be answered to all the architects properly registered in the competition. So, in order to receive an answer you must send your mail heading it with your registration number; OTHERWISE IT WILL NOT BE REPLIED. For this reason the with your request must be on the SUBJECT the COMPETITION NAME and the OFFICIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER, for example you must write on the subject: PRAGUE Technical queries about aspects unspecified in the brief, rules or project subjects shall be directed to prague@arquitectum.com. These questions will be available online at the FAQ link on the Competition s website. We recommend the participants to check this section before sending a query. Queries regarding inscription, the registration number or any other issue related to rates charged, payments or money transfers can be made throughout the entire inscription process and they should only be made to the following address register@arquitectum.com. Afterwards, due to over the following weeks after the submission the jury will be gathered daily to process and evaluate all the received information, ARQUITECTUM, will not answer any verbal, telephonic, electronic or postal communication regarding to the competition. Any attempt to establish such communication will lead to the disqualification of those in question. We therefore ask all architects to abstain from any such attempts, and to adhere to the timetable established in this document. JURY The jury will be integer by the distinguish: YVETTE VAŠOURKOVÁ, ARCHITECT Graduate of Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Architecture with a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning (2001) and Berlage Institute in Rotterdam, the Netherlands ( ). She is a founding member of Centre for Central European Architecture in Prague. Besides her curatorial activities, as an architect she is also involved in MOBA ( a multi-purpose architecture platform, which she founded together with

10 Igor Kovacevic. She is a member of editorial board of Era 21 magazine. From 2007 she teaches a first-year course at Czech Technical University in Prague. LUKÁŠ VACEK, ARCHITECT Had completed Masters of Architecture and Urbanism and now is continuing the PhD. studies of Urbanism and Spatial Planning at the Faculty of Architecture Czech Technical University in Prague. In studied at Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia in Sokrates programme worked in Renzo Piano Building Workshop in Genova (Italy), later collaborated with urbanists and architects Jan Sedlák, Martin Roubík, Eva Heyworth and studio Aukett. Today cooperates with studios ATELIER L and URBS. Currently is teaching seminars Fundaments of Urbanism and Land Use Planning at ARCHIP. Lukáš is also active in NGO's dealing with the development of Prague. ONDŘEJ HOFMEISTER, ENGINEER Authorized by the Czech Chamber of Civil Engineers. Graduate from Czech technical university in Prague, Faculty of civil engineering (1995). In 1993 he attended the Danish Technical University in Copenhagen, Danmark and in 1994 the City University in London, England. From 1995 to 1997 he continued at the Faculty of architecture of the Czech technical university in Prague, and then also worked in the atelier of arch. L. Labus and arch. A. Šrámková. From 2003 he is one of the four main partners in company Projektil architekti s.r.o. THOMAS CACH, ARCHITECT A transport urbanist specialized in bicycle transport, graduated from Faculty of Architecture at CTU in Prague (2008). He has made several cycling expeditions around Europe. Since his year-long studies at ENSA de Paris la Villette, he has been working in non-profit sector. In 2007, he started developing bicycle infrastructure in Prague, preparing pilot integration measures, methodical and educative materials. Since 2009, he has been supporting the bicycle transport integration in Prague conceptually and methodically. He is a member of the team of Czech national cycling development strategy and bicycle transport work group at Ministry of Transport, in which he is one of the legislative proposers. JAVIER MARROQUIN URDANIVIA, ARCHITECT Graduated from Universidad Catolica del Peru in 2007 and Universidad Politecnica de Cataluña in 2010, where he attended the postgraduate studies of Current techniques of construction, materials and installations with outstanding qualifications. Over the last years he has made a persistent effort to assimilate the cultural importance reflected in architecture, which has led him to participate in many projects and competitions on several countries like Peru, Mexico, Spain and Czech Republic. He has worked in architectural firms such as Arquitectonica, Drk_Ten Arquitectos, among others. Currently he collaborates with arch. Pavel Joba in the Czech Republic, and also develops his own interior projects. JUDGING PROCESS The judges will review and evaluate the proposals and choose the winners. The judges will base their decision on their own experience and on the information provided by the contestants which will come with the images submitted. Each jury member will review all the the submitted proposals. ARQUITECTUM s General Advisor will observe and participate in each meeting of the judges to insure that the development and follow up of the objectives of the contest are met. EVALUATION CRITERIA The criteria for the evaluation of the projects will be based on the following: Originality of the proposal and quality of architectural design. Coherence of the proposal in terms of the aim and general and specific norms of the competition. Exploration of new sensations and spatial experiences. Clarity and quality of presentation. It is clearly stated that the jurors reserve the right to reward any project which omits or breaks the stipulated parameters in the brief such as parts of the program, heights, etc., if this is justified by a substantial theoretical contribution for the project. Nonetheless it is clear specific commission of this competition is a bridge-housing on Prague but also of a Landmark within the historical profile of the site. The contestants must arrive to this

11 architectural fact, able to be constructed. Therefore each contestant is responsible for the licenses they may legitimately take within their project, and it is their own decision to circumscribe absolutely or relatively the parameters already described. ELEGIBILITY Eligible for participation in the competition are: Architects and from all around the word, working as individuals or in collaboration, as long as they have completed their studies (including Bachelor s and Master s Degree). It is not compulsory to be a registered or associated architect, but they can also participate. Architecture students are also eligible, but only under the direction of an Architect (could be a professor, but is not mandatory). Multidisciplinary teams may also take part in the competitions (designers, engineers, artist, etc.) as long as they have an Architect as Team Leader. At any given case, teams should have six (06) members at most. In the work process and until the deadline is coming the teams could be change the list of members. If you need to modify the list of the members of your team you must be asked by at register@arquitectum.com sending the full data of the new members: First Name, Last Name, , Age, Country and Phone number. Put clearly your Official Registration Number on the . This change will be made only on January 7 th 2012.Only that day. When registering, the team will receive a PASSWORD which must be used only in case of changing the original members of the team. To change team members must apply by register@arquitectum.com. It is clear then that if team members are kept from the beginning of registration to the submission of proposals, IS NOT NECESSARY to send the . DISQUALIFICATION All architects immediately related to the professional realm of ARQUITECTUM are excluded from participation; including its employees, administrative and executive staff. The same ac tion will apply to the professional architects currently hired, dependant or working for any of the IAAC jury members. If a contestant should be in any way directly and professionally related to them, his proposal will be instantly disqualified. Only one proposal per Registration Number will be accepted. If a contestant should wish to submit more than one proposal, he/she must purchase another set of Rules. The General Consultant at ARQUITECTUM will have the power to disqualify any proposal which: Arrives after the deadline (January 14 th 2013). Is found to be incomplete or damaged in any or its parts; or, Contains any sign or mark that may, in any way, contribute to identifying its author. NOTE: The contestants who ignore or somehow fail to observe these norms will be considered ineligible. ANONIMITY ARQUITECTUM undertakes to scrupulously protect the integrity of this competition during its entire duration and in the following way: The OFFICIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER is the only way that each proposal received will be organized, processed and evaluated. To this end the digital image received will be stored under their registration numbers, with the complementary information kept in a separate file. Once the evaluation stage is over, the jury will know the contestants identities. Besides the registration number, no sent image will carry any marks, logos, symbols or any sign that may identify its authority. Any infringement of these rules will lead to immediate disqualification. PRIZE-GIVING The winning contestants will be notified by or telephone in their country of origin and their prizes will be sent to them in the quickest and most efficient way possible.

12 The nine honorable mentions and the winners will receive a digital diploma for each member of the team. NOTES: The departure point for air tickets for both the winning architect and guest may vary depending on the city and country of origin given on the official PRAGUE: BRIDGE-BUILDING competition registration form. In other words, if the architect resides in Europe the departure point would be his own city. If the architect resides in America, the departure point would be Miami or New York. It should be made clear that said departure point may vary depending on the demand for connecting flights, air traffic at the time and available space on the most convenient route possible. It should also be made clear that ARQUITECTUM will not cover the expenses of the architect s transfer from his home city or domicile to the stated pick-up point, but only from that point to Barcelona and back to the same point. If the architect resides in Republic Czech, he/she will have to arrive by their own to Prague and ARQUITECTUM will give them US $ for their local ticket expenses. In order to receive the cash corresponding to the second and third prize, the winning contestant must first submit by postal mail a RECEIPT or INVOICE FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES including the taxes of the country of origin. In other words, ARQUITECTUM will award the prize money of US $1, and US$ as soon as it receives the said invoice. ARQUITECTUM s desires to capitalize on the architectural know-how of past contest winners, and grow through feedback of knowledge gained by past participants. We are interested in renovating and improving evaluation criteria, therefore we inform that the winners of the PRAGUE: BRIDGE-BUILDING Competition (first, second and third places) will automatically become JURY members in any of the next International Competition (payments for performance of such duties are included as part of the awards received for first, second and third places respectively). PROPERTY AND RIGHTS All of the images presented in the competition will subsequently form part of the digital archive of ARQUITECTUM, thereby becoming part of its archives for exhibitions and publications related to the event itself and will not be returned. For any other use not motivated by the PRAGUE: BRIDGE-BUILDING competition each contestant will retain their intellectual property rights over their work, and therefore the company will not be able to publish it, copy it or print it without the express permission of the contestant or the participating team. Furthermore, if the architect wishes to publish his/her project in any architecture website or specialized media, he/she may do it after the official announcement of winners, and must mention ARQUITECTUM as the competition s organizer. COMPLAINTS For registration in the Competition, contestants will have to immediately formalize their unconditional acceptance of these Rules, as well as the partial and/or final dispositions of the jury. Participation and registration in the Competition will thus imply obedience to the aforesaid conditions. The competition cannot be declared void under any circumstances. The competition will conclude with the choosing of the three top-placed contestants and the awarding of the corresponding prizes. The jury, by majority vote, is the only entity both authorized and responsible for the election of finalists, it is to decide the final winner for this Competition; its decision will be final. ARQUITECTUM claims the right to introduce any improvements it deems necessary to the Rules (such as extending deadlines, or altering requirements), in the case that an exceptional scenario should arise, and always insofar as these changes serve the common good and best development of this Competition. ARQUITECTUM operates exclusively as the Competition s Organizer and is hence, and like the jury itself, unaccountable as far as lawsuits (both civil and penal) are concerned, should any one architect or team of architects disagree with the final decision. The responsibility (civil or criminal) for the payment of prizes, as well as delivery fees is THE CUSTOMER and so is tacitly accepted by all contestants from the time of registration in the contest. REGISTRATION PROCESS The participants must register for the PRAGUE: BRIDGE-BUILDING competition for their proposals to be accepted. The only way to register at the competition is through our webpage (fill the registration form) on the

13 REGISTER section. To make their registration official the competitors must pay the competition s tariff. There are two forms of payment which will be detailed in the METHODS OF PAYMENT section. FEE Special Registration: Until October 15 th 2012: US$ Early Registration: From October 16 th to November 19 th 2012: US$ Late Registration: From November 20 th 2012 to January 3 rd 2013: US$ NOTES: The cost of participation is per team and not per participant. Through the system for electronic payments, the cost of participation in the competition does not include sales tax (IVA or IGV) and nor does it include the commission due to the credit card company in question. It should therefore be clearly understood that the total amount that will be debited from the account of the credit card holder will be the amount which appears in the competition regulations, plus the aforementioned taxes and commissions. If you wish to pay the flat rate, without taxes, then you will be able to do so via the Offline Registration system. The participants must make the corresponding payment within the corresponding dates. In other words, if they have registered Offline, before one of the registration periods, then they must pay the sum corresponding to the type of Registration for which they are eligible at the time. In the process of work -and before the date of delivery of the proposals-, the teams may change members but the final list of contestants should be submitting us only on January 7th, DEVOLUTION If any contestant or team decides to withdraw from the course after paying the inscription fee, the cost will not be refunded (nor could the expense of the fee be applied to any other further ARQUITECTUM competition). METHOD OF PAYMENT The registration process for this contest begins when you fill the form at the register section of our webpage: At the end of this process you have to choose between these two alternatives: 1. REGISTER ONLINE NOTE: In order to pay ONLINE, it will be necessary to deactivate the programs designed to block pop-ups (for example Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari or Google Toolbar) given that these computer programs often block the registration system. Those interested can pay for their inscription and registration by credit card (VISA, MASTERCARD and AMERICAN EXPRESS) using the secure payment system on our website. When you register, you will pass via a series of instructions that will tell you how to proceed and when to fill in the information required. The process ends when the success of the transaction is confirmed and immediately afterwards you will receive an with your registration number. This card should be printed out and later attached to all the presentation requirements. Don t forget that the fees not include IVA or IGV neither than the credit card commissions apply for your transaction. For any queries please write to: register@arquitectum.com Special Registration: Early bird Registration: Late Registration: US $ (one hundred american dollars) US $ (one hundred and fifty american dollars) US $ (two hundred american dollars) Note: These prices do not include taxes (18%) or fees for using credit card (5%). Additional US$ , US$ and US$ respectively. 2. REGISTER OFFLINE To register offline those interested should fill in the inscription form to receive immediately a provisional registration number at the they give. After this step, there are two ways to make payment:

14 BANK TRANSFER The amount to be paid for inscription and the right to participate in the competition should be deposited in the following Current Account in US dollars (or IBAN) Swift Code (or BIC ): BINPPEPL, in the name of ARQUITECTUM S.A.C. at "Banco Interbank del Perú, (commercial address: Carlos Villarán Santa Catalina, Lima), website: The amount to be paid for inscription does not include the commission charged by the bank or the costs of the bank transfer, but only the payment of the amount indicated in this document, plus the sum of US$ in tax for any bank transaction made from overseas, plus IGV or IVA. This means that the final amount to be deposited for any bank transaction should be: Special Registration: Early Registration: Late Registration: US$ (one hundred forty-three American dollars) US$ (two hundred and two American dollars) US$ (two hundred and sixty-one American dollars) Note: The deposits taken place in Peru are not affected to this extra payment of US$ 25.00, but are to the government tax. For this reason the fees will be: US$ , US$ and US$ respectively. WESTERN UNION If you would like to make payment via WESTERN UNION, then you should make the money transfer in the name of Alfredo Queirolo, indicating the following address: Lima, Peru. It should be made clear that the cost of the inscription does not include the fees charged by WESTERN UNION, and therefore the net amount transferred should be that corresponding to the type of registration being made, without any deductions of any kind: Special Registration: Early bird Registration: Late Registration: US $ (one hundred american dollars) US $ (one hundred and fifty american dollars) US $ (two hundred american dollars) In both cases an should be sent to register@arquitectum.com, with a copy of the corresponding transfer voucher and/or deposit voucher certifying that the payment has been made (in the same document the PROVISIONAL REGISTRATION NUMBER already provided should also be included, so that we will be able to find your name on our files). As soon as we have confirmed your deposit, we will send your Official Registration Number. FINAL NOTE: For the elaboration of this Competition Rules and the Download files, ARQUITECTUM has used, besides its own material, images extracted from the internet, which we have assumed, are part of the public domain. In case you are the owner of the author s rights of any of these images, and have not been properly identify, please contact us. The logo and names ARQUITECTUM and are registered trademarks. The total or partial reproduction of this document is prohibited.