International Architectural Restoration Prize “Fassa Bortolo Domus restoration and preservation”

Article 1 – INSTITUTION OF THE PRIZE
The International Architectural Restoration Prize entitled “Fassa Bortolo Domus restoration and preservation”, conceived and promoted in 2010 by Fassa S.p.A., owners of the “Fassa Bortolo” brand, and by the Ferrara University Architecture Department to celebrate its twentieth anniversary, was established for the purpose of rewarding and promoting to the public at large architectural restoration works that have managed to best interpret the preservation principles shared by the scientific community, including through the use of contemporary forms of expression.
            
Article 2 – THE PRIZE
The purpose of the Prize is to identify not only the designers but also the specialist businesses that have completed the restoration works, due to the importance that business skills play in this sector.
The prize is held annually and is divided into two sections:
• “completed works”: designers from the private or public sector and the restoration companies that completed the works will be awarded;
• “projects presented as undergraduate degree theses”.
Each section will have one first Prize, plus two Special Mentions for the works and projects considered by the jury to be worthy as concerns specific aspects.
In the “works” section, the total prize money is 10,000.00 euro, divided as follows:
• one prize to the designer or the design team awarded as winners of the “Fassa Bortolo Domus restoration and preservation” Prize, worth 5,000.00 euro; in addition, two gold Medals will be presented to designers and businesses respectively;
• two prizes to the designers or design teams receiving the Special Mentions worth 2,500.00 euro each; in addition silver Medals will be presented to designers and businesses respectively for each of the two Special Mentions.
The Jury may moreover decide to identify additional entries worthy of Special Mentions and consequently award the Prizes in a different way.
In the “projects presented as undergraduate degree theses” section the total prize money is 8,000.00 euro, divided as follows:
• one prize to the winner of the “Fassa Bortolo Domus restoration and preservation” Prize worth 4,000.00 euro;
• two prizes for the Special Mentions worth 2,000.00 euro each.
The Jury may however decide to divide the total prize money in the “projects presented as undergraduate degree theses” section in a different way.
            
Article 3 – TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR ENTRIES
In the “completed works” section, entries for the Prize may be presented by individual professionals or architectural-engineering firms and by the companies that completed the restoration work; each individual candidate or group may only submit one entry.
The work must have been completed within the last 10 years. In the “projects presented as undergraduate degree theses” section, entries for the Prize may be presented by individuals or groups that have defended their undergraduate degree theses within the last 3 years at a University Architecture or Engineering-Architecture Faculty, or equivalent educational institution, with a grade no lower than 100/110 or equivalent.
No entries will be accepted from teachers actively employed during the current academic year at the Ferrara University Architecture Faculty.
            
Article 4 – REGISTRATION PROCEDURE
Entries for the Prize can be submitted by completing the special electronic form at the website www.premiorestauro.it before the deadline of 31/10/2013.
           
Article 5 – REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION
To be eligible for selection by the Jury, entries must be accompanied by the following documents.

In the “completed works” section, designers and companies must submit:
a) a short curriculum of the designer (maximum 1500 characters of text, including spaces, in Italian and English, with the translation excluded from the character count) and a photo of the entrant or the design team;
b) a short curriculum of the restoration company (maximum 2000 characters of text, including spaces, in Italian and English, with the translation excluded from the character count);
c) a data sheet identifying the completed project (building name – if any – place, customer, ownership of the work, partners involved, timeline of the work);
d) a short report (maximum 2000 characters of text, including spaces, in Italian and English, with the translation excluded from the character count);
e) a general and technical-descriptive report on the project and work (maximum 12000 characters of text, including spaces, in Italian and English, with the translation excluded from the character count), with special focus on the principles at the base of the project and the description of the methods chosen for the work;
f) a description of the project before and after the restoration work (floor plans, perspective and section views, design drawings, conceptual diagrams, photos of the models, renderings, etc.);
g) a minimum of 5 significant photographs in high quality (300 dpi) of the project before and after the restoration work, as well as of the most significant restoration stages.

All of the documents described in points a), b), c), d), f), g) of this present article referring to the “completed works” section must be placed on 2 vertical A1 size drawings, arranged freely, and presented in two copies; only one of the two copies must be applied on a rigid and light support (jury), also A1 size.
In addition a CD or DVD must be submitted containing the technicaldescriptive report as mentioned under e), the two drawings in Acrobat(.pdf) and JPEG (.jpg) format with 300 dpi resolution and all the material used to create the drawings.
The texts must be in Word format (.doc), the pictures and drawings separately in JPEG format (.jpg) with 300 dpi resolution and minimum base size of 15 cm.

For the “projects presented as undergraduate degree theses” section:
a) a data sheet identifying the undergraduate thesis (University, Faculty, supervisors, co-examiners, Academic Year);
b) a short report (maximum 2000 characters of text, including spaces, in Italian and English, with the translation excluded from the character count);
c) a technical-descriptive report on the project (maximum 12000 characters of text, including spaces, in Italian and English, with the translation excluded from the character count), with special focus on the principles at the base of the project and the description of the methods chosen for the work;
d) a description of the current state and the project (floor plans, perspective and section views, design drawings, conceptual diagrams, photos of the models, renderings, etc.);
e) a minimum of 5 significant digital images (rendering, insertion pictures, etc.) of the restoration project with high resolution.
   
All of the documents described in points a), b), d), e) of this present article referring to the “projects presented as undergraduate degree theses” section must be placed on 2 vertical A1 size drawings, arranged freely, and presented in two copies; only one of the two copies must be applied on a rigid and light support (jury), also A1 size. 
In addition a CD or DVD must be submitted containing the technicaldescriptive report as mentioned under c), the two drawings in Acrobat (.pdf) and JPEG (.jpg) format with 300 dpi resolution and all the material used to create the drawings.
The texts must be in Word format (.doc), the pictures and drawings separately in JPEG format (.jpg) with 300 dpi resolution and minimum base size of 15 cm.
           
Article 6 – SUBMISSION OF ENTRY DOCUMENTS
The documents described above must be sent, in a sealed and protected envelope, to the Prize secretary’s office (at Ferrara University Architecture Department, Via Quartieri 8, 44121 Ferrara) before 30/11/2013.
Failure to meet this deadline for submission of the documents, failure to meet the entry requirements or failure to comply with the instructions specified in article 5 of this announcement in regards to the documents will lead to the entry being rejected by the Jury.
For deliveries by post or private courier, the deadline refers to the stamp attesting the date the items were sent.
The organisers of the Prize will not accept any expenses or customs duties that may be charged upon receipt of the envelopes, and therefore entrants must verify with their courier that the material is delivered without any charges to be paid by the receiver.
The organisers of the Prize therefore decline all liability should an envelope not be delivered as a result of payments owing for additional charges or duties.

In order to avoid both the environmental load due to packaging and transport of the entry documents and any inconvenience in particular at customs, which have often led to high freights, all the required documents as set forth in art. 5 can (and preferably should) be sent in digital format per e-mail (always before 30/11/2013 and to ).
For this delivery method an entrance fee must be paid to cover the costs that the organizers of the Prize must bear for managing the files, printing them on photographic paper with high resolution, placing the drawings on a rigid support for exhibitions.
The entrance fees amount to € 120.00 for the “completed works by professionals” section and € 80.00 for the “projects presented as Undergraduate, Master, Doctorate and Postgraduate degree theses” section. The entrance fees must be paid by 30/11/2013 according to the instructions indicated on the official Prize website www.premiorestauro.it in the “application forms” section
      
Article 7 – JURY
The Jury will comprise:
– one President;
– two Architects of recognised renown in the sector;
– one Architecture Professor from the Ferrara University Architecture Faculty;
– one Secretary.
The Jury’s decision will be final and not subject to appeal.
           
Article 8 – NOTIFICATION OF RESULTS
The results of the selection and naming of the winners and recipients of the special recognitions will be notified to all entrants by March 2014; the report on the decisions made and the reasons for choosing the winners and recipients of the recognitions will also be published on the official Prize website (www.premiorestauro.it) and the Fassa Bortolo corporate website (www.fassabortolo.com), as well as in the specialist press.
The promoters of the Prize also intend to promote the results of the Prize and disseminate the projects that were selected and presented through the widest possible range of conference and publishing initiatives, so as to confirm the importance of debating and exchanging ideas and methods.
              
Article 9 – PUBLICATION OF THE WINNING WORKS
The winning projects, together with all those considered worthy of mention, will be published in a special folder and/or CD on this edition of the Prize.
              
Article 10 – ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
By sending the documents required for admission in the competition, entrants in the Prize:
– accept and abide by all the rules specified in this announcement;
– consent the non-return of any material submitted;
– authorise the Ferrara University Architecture Department and Fassa Bortolo, promoters of the Prize, to use and publish the contents of the works and projects presented as undergraduate degree theses, in part or in full, including for advertising purposes, citing the source, without making any claims in relation to copyright;
– shall indemnify the Ferrara University Architecture Department and Fassa S.p.A. against any claims, disputes or judgements relating to the contents of the works and the projects presented as undergraduate degree theses used and published as specified in the previous point.
The organisers of the Prize reserve the right to make any changes they deem necessary to ensure the best outcome, as well as to request additions to the material received.
        
Article 11 – PRIZE SECRETARY’S OFFICE AND CONTACT ADDRESSES
For further information and details, please contact the Prize secretary’s office at the following address:
Ferrara University

Architecture Department
Via Quartieri 8, 44121 Ferrara
Phone +39 0532 293656
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