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THE CHALLENGE
In the last years Chile has turned into a leading society in the field of industrial wine production but above all, in the development of the best wine cellars in the world, having successfully merged occidental science and technology with traditional grape growing. Chilean wines assume that it must serve to contemporary taste, while still be an object of design that not only enters through the eyes but through its body that has a sensibility and a unique mixture of flavours. Consistently, Chile has contributed to improve wine style beyond its frontiers, from the simplest flavour design to the most sophisticated, turning into an example of avant-garde harvesting in the world. [More info after the break]

This is why the challenge for this competition is to design a Museum that has XX Century History of Wine exhibition areas and also be a landmark for the city of Santiago. To this end, the plot where this project will take place is located at Cerro San Cristóbal, since this hill is the most natural and, at the same time, urban backdrop to lay out a natural/artificial product such as wine. This is an amazing opportunity for the winning architect to become well known in a potentially growing market such as design of wine cellars and vineyards of all South America.

OBJECTIVES OF THE CONTEST
These are the objectives of the “SANTIAGO DE CHILE 2010” contest:
• To promote the work of any architect worldwide, so as to achieve, eventually, access to the strict and difficult Chilean market of wine cellar design.
• To call on architectural ideas worldwide, that allows choosing the best project located at Cerro San Cristobal, preserving the environment.
• To gather the best ideas involving urban conscience and at the same time, sensibility with the world of wine.
• To generate the discussion of ideas on the intervention of contemporary objects in peripheral rural landscapes.

AWARDS
First Prize
One plane ticket to Santiago, to attend the award ceremony and exhibition of the contest SANTIAGO DE CHILE 2010, to take place in the Architecture School of Universidad FINIS TERRAE on November 2010.
• Accommodations for two nights in Santiago (lunches and dinners included).
• Two tickets for the “Architecture Biennale of Chile” (the most important of South America).
• A private meeting with the President of the Asociación de Viñas de Chile (Chile Association of Vineyards), to discuss the possibility of developing wine cellar projects for the Association.
• An exclusive edition of the German design magazine “Wettbewerbe Aktuell” (www.wettbewerbe-aktuell.de) on the SANTIAGO DE CHILE 2010 Contest, and particularly of the winning project, and total coverage of the career and work of the winning architects.
• An edition of Latin American architecture magazine “ARQ•: procesos” on the SANTIAGO DE CHILE 2010 Contest, during the year.
• An appearance in the edition of Spanish magazine of architectural contests “FUTURE (www.arqfuture.com)”.

Second Prize
• US$ 1,000 (one thousand American dollars).
• Yearly membership of ARQUITECTUM, which will allow free participation of all International Contests, of the events we organize during one year, and the promotion of their work among the clients that consult with us on architects members of our Institution.

Third Prize
Yearly membership of ARQUITECTUM which will allow free participation of all International Contests, of the events we organize during one year, and the promotion of their work among the clients that consult with us on architects members of our Institution.

Honorary Mentions
1st MENTION: Idealistic Project
2nd MENTION: Poetic Project
3rd MENTION: Historic Project
4th MENTION: Technological Project
5th MENTION: Contextual Project
6th MENTION: Conservative Project
7th MENTION: Minimalistic Project
8th MENTION: Institutional Project
9th MENTION: Virtual Project

SCHEDULE
START OF COMPETITION August 10th, 2010
SPECIAL REGISTRATION from August 10th until August 25th, 2010
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION from August 26th to September 23th, 2010
LATE REGISTRATION from September 24th until October 11th, 2010
ANSWERING OF QUERIES Replies updated on the website’s FAQ section during the competition
REGISTRATION DEADLINE October 11th, 2010
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE until October 18th, 2010
JURY EVALUATION from October 19th to November 2nd, 2010
WINNERS ANNOUNCED November 3rd, 2010
SANTIAGO DE CHILE EXHIBITION November, 2010

MORE INFO AND REGISTRY
VIA WEB www.arquitectum.com.
EMAIL Santiago@arquitectum.com

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