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National AIDS Memorial Design Competition
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Type:
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Competition
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Registration Deadline:
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01/12/04
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Submission Deadline:
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07/01/05
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Open to:
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All
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Entry Fee:
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See below |
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US$10,000 Total
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Jury:
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Toshiko Mori, Walter Hood, Mary Miss, Joseph Rosa
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National AIDS Memorial Design Competition Sponsor: National AIDS Memorial Grove
Type: open, one-stage Registration Deadline: December 1, 2004 Submission Deadline: January 7, 2005 Open to: All Entry Fee: See below Awards: US$10,000 Total Jury: Toshiko Mori, Walter Hood, Mary Miss, Joseph Rosa
Registration Deadline - December 1, 2004 $100 individual and team entry fee $250 studio entry fee
Late Registration Deadline* - December 24, 2004 $150 individual and team entry fee $350 studio entry fee
Questions Deadline - November 1, 2004
Answers Posted Beginning - October 1, 2004 Ending - November 15, 2004
Submission Deadline* - January 7, 2005, 5 p.m. [PST]
Jury - January 14-15, 2005
Exhibition and Formal Winner Announcement - Spring, 2005
The competition to design the National AIDS Memorial Grove Feature encourages entries that acknowledge, reinforce and complement the existing natural qualities of both the Grove and its setting within San Francisco's historic Golden Gate Park. The spirit and goal of the competition are to create a design that will serve as the focal point and significant icon for the Grove. Entries should reflect respect for the surrounding landscape. Further the design intentions should have no negative impact on the adjacent Park in any physical or sensory way, or impede the current uses of the Grove for small and large-scale gatherings.
AIDS knows no class, geographic, or cultural distinctions in the United States or throughout the world. Therefore, the design of the new memorial feature should be egalitarian. The Grove itself was established as a living memorial, a continuously evolving landscape of memory, reflection and hope. The new Memorial should enhance the existing experiential qualities of the Grove for all those who visit it. The competition encourages the broadest possible range of creative thought.
The design is not restricted to a particular place in the Grove, and all ideas about location are welcome.
A successful design must be easy and inexpensive to maintain, as well as graffiti and vandal resistant. It must cost no more than $2 million to construct [not including design fees], and should respect the historical design intentions of Golden Gate Park. The memorial should be appropriate to the scale of its surrounding area. Please note that the scale of the Grove varies widely from section to section [see, The Site], and proposals will be judged accordingly. The design may be conceptually spiritual, but nothing of a specific religious nature is permitted in the park. The design should create a minimum of disruption of current landscaping features or vegetation.
We challenge competitors to create compelling visions for a new memorial feature within the Grove in Golden Gate Park. Because the effects of the AIDS virus are so varied, and those affected by it are from such diverse walks of life, we believe that it is important to respect visitors' needs to experience the Grove in a variety of ways. Therefore, the goal of the competition is to create a memorial feature that will:
Memorialize those lost to AIDS Stimulate creative thinking on memorializing AIDS Promote hope, healing, and remembrance for those touched by AIDS Increase awareness of the global tragedy of the AIDS epidemic Educate the public about AIDS Ensure that lessons learned are not forgotten Raise awareness of the Grove as a national treasure Provide a provocative and beautiful feature within the Grove's landscape Secure, through design acclaim, the care of the Grove into the future
For more information or to register, contact: Reed Kroloff, Professional Advisor National AIDS Memorial Grove 856 Stanyan Street San Francisco, CA 94117 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.aidsmemorial.org/competition/index.html
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