<h1>YOUNG ARCHITECT AWARD 2013</h1> <p>Award for young and emerging architects</p>

• Renewal of the central urban structures of cities and municipalities, as well as defining solid edges that delineate the interface between settlement and landscape.
• Entering into historical contexts represented by one's own urban structure, architectural form, scale, or typology. Entering this space through a dialogue with tradition should involve seeking new relationships or restoring interrupted relationships.
• Renewal of citizen participation in the development of cities and municipalities and in the creation of public space, as the most apparent form representing this relationship.
• Initiation of young architects.


Purpose and mission of the competition showcase:

The purpose of the competition showcase is to gain various perspectives on the development of settlements, mutual confrontation of views on the development of settlement structures. The results can thus initiate a public discussion on this topic and potentially lead to the announcement of a design competition according to public procurement law.

The competition showcase can once again be attended by students or graduates of architecture, urbanism, landscape and garden architecture fields, as well as self-taught practitioners in the field, who have not exceeded the age of 33 years by the final deadline for submission of competition entries. The works are not limited by the year of creation but must not have been submitted to previous years of the competition.

Competition theme: Pain points of cities and municipalities

Competition categories:

Places – school projects/studies - solutions for locations specified by selected cities and municipalities – see topics
Initiatory studies /own discovery of the place and theme/

Topics:

CITIES

Brno - Revitalization of the banks of the Svratka river in the area from the Riviéra building to the Spielberk Office Park not only in terms of a bicycle path but as a fully-fledged recreational embankment

Česká Třebová - Solution not only for the New Square itself but also for the surrounding area, including the adjacent housing estate Trávník
Jílové u Prahy - Public space – area at the intersection of Pražská and Jana Morávka streets, Jílové u Prahy

Liberec - Location of the bus station in Liberec

Němčice nad Hanou - Site of the former sugar factory

Nymburk - Kostelní Square Nymburk

Ostrava - Proposal for solutions to revive the central part of the city of Ostrava

Prague - Area between Tyrš House and Čertovka and its surrounding area

Rousínov - Local part of Čechyně - proposal for an overall approach with an attempt to highlight certain elements of the original settlement

MUNICIPALITIES

Moravičany - Proposal for the revitalization of the village square in Moravičany

Malé Žernoseky - Renewal of the mill race

Úsilné - Proposal for the use of the underground Eliášova mine and the design of community facilities for the association and social life of the municipality and other activities

Kostelec - Renewal of the village square

photo: Ondřej Hošt

The patron of the competition has become Eva Jiřičná. "Young architectural blood has the greatest potential for success, and I wish them luck. Having talent alone is not enough. A person must love what they do and devote all their energy, time, and humility to it. They must admire those around them more than themselves, must learn the magic word "tolerance," and must know how to lose with a smile. "

Expert jury
regular members:
Ing. arch. Tomáš Pilař | Kuba & Pilař architects
Ing. arch. Jaroslav Wertig | A69 - ARCHITEKTI
Ing. arch. Radek Suchánek | FUA TU in Liberec

alternate member:
Mg.A. Marek Kopeć | Marek Kopeć, Ondřej Dušek Architects

expert assessor:
prof. Ing. arch. Josef Pechar | Foundation “Nadání Josefa, Marie a Zdeňky Hlávkových”

Evaluation criteria:
• quality of architectural/urban solution,
• justification for the choice of place and one's own conceptual solution (especially in the case of initiatory studies),
• contribution to the quality of the living environment.
 
Awards will be given for Young Architect Award 2013 in both categories, Holcim Czech Republic Award, Josef Hlávka Architect Award, CTU Rector's Award, TUL Rector's Award, Archiweb Award, and others. There will also be a reader vote on www.yaa.cz.
The winners of each category will again receive a financial reward, material prizes, and significant opportunities for presenting their work to both professional and general audiences. Following the announcement of the competition results, there will traditionally be a traveling exhibition within domestic universities in the field. Thanks to the renewed involvement of the city halls of regional cities, young architects will again have the opportunity to present their competition works with regional themes directly in the respective cities, with the participation of municipal representatives.

Deadlines:
21. 2. 2013       Announcement of the 5th year of the Young Architect Award
3. 7. 2013         Deadline for applications, by 3 PM
5. - 6. 9. 2013   Meetings of the expert jury
18. 9. 2013       Official announcement of results

(will take place in the Jaroslav Fragner Gallery in Prague simultaneously with the opening of the exhibition of YAA 2013 finalists and winners of 1st - 4th years of the competition. The exhibition will be held from 10th to 30th September 2013.)

9/2013-4/2014 Traveling exhibition

More information, including competition conditions, is already available on the competition's website www.yaa.cz.

General partner: Beton Brož s.r.o.; Main partner: Holcim (Česko) a.s.; Partners: State Culture Fund of the Czech Republic; Centre for Supporting Computer Graphics, s.r.o.; Jaroslav Fragner Gallery; Foundation “Nadání Josefa, Marie a Zdeňky Hlávkových”; FOR ARCH.; Main media partner: Moderní obec; Media partners: archiweb.cz; ARCHITEKT / KABINET Publishing; ERA21; ASB; Interiér; Střechy-Fasády-Izolace; Fasády; Stavitel; eStav.cz; Patronage: Union of Towns and Municipalities of the Czech Republic, ČKAIT, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Ministry of the Environment, City of Prague, statutory cities: Brno, Ostrava, Liberec; Partner schools: FA and FSv CTU in Prague, FUA TU in Liberec, FAST VŠB-TU Ostrava, FA VUT in Brno, ZF Mendel University in Brno, FA STU in Bratislava, ARCHIP