13° Edition Study Award “Laure Larouzè

13° Edition Study Award “Laure Larouzè”
“SUSTAINABLE_BUILT_ENVINRONMENT” – Project for the new addition of the Diocesano Museum in Milan
A. A. 2014/2015
Art.1 – Politecnico di Milano and Rotary club Lecco Manzoni announce the 13° Edition of the Study Awards “Laure Larouzè” - 2014/2015 academic year. The competition
of ideas for the "New addition of the Diocesano Museum" is open to the Students enrolled in the 1st & 2nd year of International MSc Degree in Architectural Engineering
at the Politecnico di Milano - School of Architectural Engineering – and in particular to the "Sustainable Methodology Design Project" course under the supervision of
Prof. Massimo Tadi; as well as all students, enrolled in other courses, who could be interested in the subject. The architectural design competition for the "New addition of
the Diocesano Museum" will be based on the official “PRELIMINARY DESIGN DOCUMENT” for International Design Competition “Museo Diocesano” edited by
the City Development Authority Office of Design Competitions. City of Milan.
Five awards will be assigned as specified in Art. 7:
- First: one-year Subscription to an architectural magazine.
- Second prize: Volumes related to Design topics.
- Third prize: Volumes related to Design topics.
Other two projects will be given a commendation and certificate of participation. The prizes will be sponsored by the Rotary Club Lecco Manzoni.
Art.2 – The aim of the contest prize is to stimulate, for the purpose of educational planning, the active participation and the proactive approach of the students of Art. 1.
Objective of the initiative is also to increase the level of knowledge and investigation of all integrated components that compose the architectural & urban design, working
on sustainable oriented projects. The competition theme is the architectural and urban design of a central area through the recovery and redesign of new functions,
spaces and services of public interest. The new addition to the Diocesano Museum, as an addition to the open cloister arrangement in the Santo Eustorgio complex, will
occupy the area between the Parco delle Basiliche and the Corso di Porta Ticinese which has remained somewhat ill-defined since the wartime destruction. The challenge
of the project, based on the international design competition which took place in 2007-8, is to design as a suitably-organized whole that deals with a number of problems in
urban design and townscape: the relationship with the Corso di Porta Ticinese, the rehabilitation of the blind elevations of the buildings adjoining the empty space left by the
wartime demolitions, the provision of proper access to the Parco delle Basiliche, and the relationships with the open cloister and the Santo Eustorgio monument complex as
a whole. The project of the new addition will be based on the official “PRELIMINARY DESIGN DOCUMENT” for International Design Competition “Museo Diocesano”
by the City Development Authority Office of Design Competitions. City of Milan. The official PDD as part of this study award gives to the entrants a detailed explanation of
the following matters: dimension; uses and functions of the new addition, subject of the competition; strategies with regard to a wide range of energy and environmental
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aspects. At the end of the lessons of the academic year 2014/2015, specifically the 3 February 2012 at 12:00 P.M., teams of competing students will deliver the agreed
documents to the teacher and specifications for judging the competition & will be indicated in the University Website.
Art.3 – The projects must be delivered the 3rd of February 2015 within 12:00 a.m. to the room A.2.2 of the Politecnico di Milano - Polo Territoriale di Lecco, Via Gaetano
Previati 1/c - 23900 LECCO and countersigned.
The graphic works requested consist of No.4 Boards A1 and one or more project models:
- Board No. 1. Table A1 (59.4x84.1) with the project master plan, scales 1:500. The table may contain explanatory diagrams, concepts and sketches.
- Board No. 2. Table A1 (59.4x84.1) with the building plans of the project, scale 1:100/1:200.
- Board No. 3. Table A1 (59.4x84.1) with the sections and elevations of the project buildings, scale 1:100/1:200.
- Board No. 4. Table A1 (59.4x84.1) with the views and renderings of the project as a whole and building design.
- Draft No. 5. An A4 Report (21x29.7) no more than 5 pages, including the eventual cover.
- Physical Model. scale 1:200
All tables must have a Title Block provided during the course and available online on the official website of the Politecnico di Milano in the section "Corsi On-line." Attached
to the tables, has to be delivered the participation form which will be available online on the course website. Each participating group must fill the form with: Name & Family
Name; Team number; email address, phone N.; and the project title.
Art.4 – Organizing Committee and Secretariat:
The organizing committee consists of the Vice Rector of the Politecnico di Milano - Polo Territoriale di Lecco, the Dean of the School of Architectural Engineering, and
the President of the Study Programme Board in Architectural Engineering.
Professors of the course will make a first selection based on the formal aspects and on the requirements asked to the project, but afterwards they will not be on the
evaluation jury.
Art.5 – The jury will be composed of:
- Prof. Paolo Biscottini, Director of the Diocesano Museum, Milan;
- Dott. Domenico Salvadore, Vice Chairman, Holcim (Italia) S.p.A.;
- Prof. Emilio Pizzi, Dean of the School of Architectural Engineering, Politecnico di Milano;
- Prof. Manuela Grecchi, Professor of “Building Restoration Project” at Politecnico di Milano;
- Prof. Gabriele Masera, Professor of “Technological design” at Politecnico di Milano, Polo territoriale di Lecco;
- Prof. Arch. Giuseppe Turchini, Editor of Arketipo - Il sole24ore;
- Eng. Giancarlo Alderighi, President Rotary club Lecco Manzoni.
The Jury President will be appointed in the same setting. In the event of a tied vote, the President’s votes count as double.
Art.6 – The winner will be announced the 3rd of February 2015 during the awards ceremony at 16:00 p.m. at Politecnico di Milano, Polo Territoriale di Lecco, Via
Gaetano Previati 1/c - 23900 Lecco.
Art.7 – The Jury will award a prize to the most deserving projects according to the educational goals that characterize the degree course in Architectural Engineering. The
jury will account the functional redefinition of the requirements of the buildings, expression of architectural values and energy-saving technology, with particular reference to
the relationship with the context of intervention and technology for environmental sustainability of the project.
In the event of a tied vote the prize will be divided between the winning groups. The awards will be presented during a public ceremony attended by:
- The representative of the Holcim Italia spa;
- The President of Rotary Club Lecco Manzoni;
- The Dean of the Faculty of Architectural Engineering;
- The Representative of the journal Arketipo editions "Il Sole24Ore".
The organizing committee will be responsible for the publication of both the seminar proceedings and the winning projects.
The winning projects will possibly be used for institutional use, with the authors' permission.
Art.8 – Following the meeting of the board, Politecnico di Milano - Polo Territoriale di Lecco, with Rotary Club Lecco Manzoni, will organize an exposition of all the
participating projects.
Art.9 – According to D.Lgs. n.196/03, the Campus of Lecco, owner of personal data, guarantees that the same notes will be used solely for this competition procedure.
The Vice Rector of Lecco Campus
f.to Prof. Marco Bocciolone
President of Rotary Club Lecco Manzoni;
f.to Giancarlo Alderighi
Coordinator of the Competition
f.to Prof. Massimo Tadi

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