Re-use the Roman Ruin / Piscina Mirabilis , Bacoli (Neapel) / Italien

Re-use the Roman Ruin / Piscina Mirabilis, Bacoli (Naples)

Organizers
Re-use Italy
www.reuseitaly.com

Competition assignment
Piscina Mirabilis is a Roman reservoir built by Emperor Augustus in the 1st century AD, in order to feed with drinking water the headquarter of his western Mediterranean war fleet. It was dug out a tuff hill, and it is based on a regular grid of pillars and arcs, with vaulted ceilings.

Participants of this competitions are asked to reuse this space as a Contemporary Art Museum.

Is it possible to bring life back inside one of the most important reservoirs of the ancient world?

The answer to this question is in the hands of the architects, the engineers and the students who will participate to this competition.

Competition Type
International Architecture Competition

Participants
This ideas competition is open to anyone older than 18 years. It’s up on participants if competing alone or group in teams of maximum 4 people. For teams, the listed registration fee refers to the total amount of the team.

Schedule
Opening of the Early Registration: 19 February 2020
Opening of the Regular Registration: 20 March 2020
Opening of the Late Registration: 24 April 2020
Submission deadline: 19 June 2020
Results: 07 July 2020
Exhibition of the projects: Mid July 2020

All deadlines are meant to be at 23.59 (GMT +1; Rome) of the prescribed day.

Jury
Filipe Magalhães, Ana Luisa Soares & Ahmed Belkhodja (Fala Atelier)
Xu Tiantian (DnA_Design and Architecture)
Federica Sofia Zambeletti (KooZA/rch)
Francesco Garofalo (OPENFABRIC)
Fernando Guerra (ULTIMAS REPORTAGENS)
Carmelo Rodríguez & Rocío Pina (Enorme Studio)
Peter Guthrie (The Boundary)
Lorenzo Catena, Onorato di Manno & Andrea Tanci (SET Architects)
Diego Hernandez (ArchDaily)

Prizes
3500 EURO PRIZES:
First Prize: 2500 EUR
Second Prize: 600 EUR
Third Prize: 400 EUR

More information and documents at
www.reuseitaly.com/piscinamirabilis