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Busan Opera House Ideas Competition, Korea : Building

Busan Opera House International Ideas Competition

15 Aug 2011

Busan Opera House Competition – Entry

Busan Opera House – Design
Design: Kubota & Bachmann Architects

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Busan Opera House

Busan is the fifth largest port of the world. The Busan Opera House is located in the Busan North Port development area. This zone is home to a cultural complex department, museums, a maritime culture center, a cruise center, waterfront causeway, public parks, an opera, a theater and a business district.

25 Apr 2011

Busan Opera House Competition

International Ideas Competition for Busan Opera House

25 May 2011, registration deadline

3 Aug 2011, 5:00PM (GMT+9) entry submission deadline

Purpose of competition
This is an international ideas competition to establish a design for the Busan Opera House. The design will be based on a variety of ideas from both domestic and foreign specialists, as well as student groups. The opera house will include a variety of facilities that will foster a wide range of artistic activities all the while being accessible to the city’s citizens. The grand scale of this project will be suitable for Busan’s status as an international city.

Competition site
The site for the International Ideas Competition for the Busan Opera House is seated in the marine cultural region inside the re-development district in the northern seaport, Junggu, Busan, Korea. The site area for competition is 34,928m2 out of the marine culture district’s total area of 137,640m2.

Promoter
• The promoter for this competition is, Busan Metropolitan City.
• Official contact The official contact for the competition is: Email: boh@bohcompetition.org Website: www.bohcompetition.org

Schedule
• Provisional announcement of competition: April 10, 2011
• Official announcement of competition: April 25, 2011
• Registration: April 25, 2011, 10:00AM – May 25, 2011, 5:00PM (GMT+9)
• Questions/inquiries: May 11, 2011 – May 20, 2011
• Answers to inquiries: May 25, 2011 (Will be posted on the website)
• Deadline for entry submission: August 3, 2011, 5:00PM (GMT+9)
• Announcement of final jury decision: August 12, 2011
• Registration fee: 100 US Dollar (120,000 Korean Won)

Eligibility
A. Student Group
• Any student who specialized in architecture can participate as a single or team entry.

B. Professional Group
• Any architecture license holder can participate in the public competition as an individual or a team member.

Prizes and awards
A) Student competition: first prize (1 work), second prize (3 works), third prize (10 works), Honorary Mention (10 works)
B) Professional competition: first prize (5 works), second prize (5 works), Honorary Mention (10 artworks)

Prize money
A) Student group
1st prize: US Dollar 5,000, 2nd prize: US Dollar 3,000 each,
3rd prize: US Dollar 1,000 each, Honorary mention: prize no money

B) Professional group:
1st prize US Dollar 30,000 each, 2nd prize US Dollar 10,000, Honorary mention: prize no money
• The tax for the prize money shall be pursuant to the taxation laws of Korea.
• U$ 1.0 = 1,200 Won

Busan Opera House Competition image / information from College of Architecture, Tongmyong University, Busan, South Korea

Location: Busan, South Korea, eastern Asia

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