PROGRAM

Market Hall: space for social interaction
The loss of open spaces for communication, interaction and integration as the Market Hall lead to a terrifying poorness of European urban areas.
I dream to build the winning gau:di Market Hall as a prototype 1:1 out of recycled material from the Art Biennale 2011 at the venetian Campo San Francesco dell Vigna, near the Biennale Gardens, in September 2012.
Venice has a very actual concern: as many other traditional markets in the city´s districts, the historical fishmarket at Rialto risks to be closed ...

Jana Revedin, curator


The conception of a specific integrative social space: a covered market.
Students should choose a site in an existing urban context on which they are to design a small and multi-functional hall which is able to satisfy a range of community needs - market, exhibitions, street theatre and musical performances – as well as simply being a place of meeting and interaction for local residents, the elderly, schoolchildren, workers… at various times of day and night. Students should focus on the social identity of their project and on the quality of its relationship with both the public realm and the local people - as well as on the use of both economic and sustainable materials.

The selection criteria applied by the jury will pay particular att ention to:
• The quality of the analysis in terms of site - needs - programme
• The quality and modularity of the projects
• The flexibility of use and structure
• The lightness and rationality of the constructional approach
• The level of innovation in terms of both materials and techniques in relationship with local resources and traditions
• The economical, ecological and recyclable aspects of the project

Competition Timetable
March 2011:            Competition launch
October 2011:         Project submissions
November 2011:        Jury meeting and selection of 10 winning projects
December 2011:        Project workshop
May 2012:                 Exhibition workshop
September 2012:     Presentation of the exhibition at the International Architecture Biennale in Venice followed by touring of the exhibition
                                around Europe.

Contact
Cité Margaux Minier
Phone: 0033 (0)1 58 51 50 14
E-mail: mminier@citechaillot.fr

Information on the competition and registration:
www.studentcompetition.citechaillot.fr