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Sucker Punch and the Museum of Comic and Cartoon are organizing an open international ideas competition for a new home for the Museum of Cartoon and Comic Art, MoCCA. The MoCCA was established in 2001 and is based in the soho area of manhattan in New York City. [More info after the break.]

///the COMPETITION
this open international ideas competition is for a new, larger home for the museum of cartoon and comic art [MoCCA]. the museum was established in 2001 and currently is based in the soho area of manhattan in new york city.

///site CONDITIONS
the site is a 10,000 square foot portion of one of [5] lots which have been vacant for 40 years. their current and future usage has been under great debate. the lots are known as the seward park urban renewal area and are currently being used for open air parking. the competition site is a flat corner lot with a one story brick building sharing its western edge. there is subway access to the block including the f and j lines. accessible parking is next door in the existing parking lots. in addition to the many restaurants spread around the neighborhood, the large essex street market is across the street. around the corner on orchard street there is the tenement museum and the bridge gallery (which displays architectural installations) which attract museum goers to the area. the site is heavily viewed from pedestrians and automobile passengers at all hours of the day. the site is currently zoned C6-1 with a maximum FAR [floor to area ratio] of 6.0, and 85’-0” street wall limit and no height limit.

///MoCCA PROGRAM
reception/admissions 1000sf
circulation 5000sf minimum
flexible/modular galleries 10000sf
classrooms [3] 1000sf each
cafe 2000sf
retail 1500sf
theater [80 seats] 2500sf
lecture hall 2500sf
IT/computer lab 3000sf
staff offices 3000sf
staff breakroom/kitchen 1500sf
support 2000sf
archives/collection storage 3000sf
workshop/tool storage 1000sf
library 4000sf
conference rooms [2] 500sf each
restrooms [6] 100sf each minimum
exterior space 3000sf throughout the building

this is an open international ideas competition hosted by suckerPUNCH to generate progressive contemporary design ideas. there are no plans for the museum to be built at this time. The site is not owned by the museum of cartoon and comic art or suckerPUNCH.

///jury/awards
ellen s. ABRAMOWITZ [chairman/president, museum of comic and cartoon art]
alex PINCUS [Bureau V]
peter ZUSPAN [Bureau V]
brennan BUCK [FreelandBuck]
julia KOERNER [SUBDIVISION]
abigail COOVER [hume coover studio, suckerPUNCH]
nathan HUME [hume coover studio, suckerPUNCH]
jose GONZALEZ [SOFTlab]
mike SZIVOS [SOFTlab]

this competition is blind peer reviewed.

$2500 in prizes will be awarded and the winning designs will be published on suckerPUNCH.

///competition SCHEDULE
16 august 2010 competition launch
4 october 2010 deadline for questions
11 october 2010 answers to questions will be posted on suckerPUNCH
18 october 2010 early registration deadline
13 december 2010 registration deadline
20 december 2010 project submission deadline
10 january 2011 winners will be posted on suckerPUNCH

///registration/fees
entrants may register by submitting payment to suckerPUNCH via paypal and contact info to competitions@suckerPUNCHdaily.com. once payment and contact info is received, an email will be sent containing all project documentation (including dimensioned cad plan, 3d model, aerial photo, and site photos) and a 5 digit identification number to be placed in a 1”x1” square on the bottom right corner of each board. the submission procedure will also be outlined in this email.

///more info:
http://www.suckerpunchdaily.com/2010/08/15/museum-of-comic-and-cartoon-art/

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