Contemporary Bridge

The program for this international ideas competition challenges participants to design a new Contemporary Bridge to carry pedestrians over the River Spree in Berlin.

The new footbridge should create a new Icon or landmark in Berlin, considering that there are a number of existing Bridges form in this area of the city and its proposed position between two well-known bridges - the Schilling Bridge (Schillingbrucke) and the Oberbaum Bridge (Oberbaumbrucke).

The proposal should take into accounts:
o Social Function
o Circulation (over the Bridge)
o Services (through traffic under the Bridge)
o Access

Bridge Specification: A minimum of 90m long by 4m wide.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS
Access to the bridge must satisfy disabled access requirement.
COMMENTARY: It is the organiser's intention for this genaral stage (Stage 1) of the competition to be as design constraints free as possible to allow competitors' ideas for the chosen site and designs to be as creative and test the boundaries of what is possible. However exciting and challenging the creative opportunity presented within such few parameters may be, it is equally important that any proposal exhibit an amount of functionality and viability.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Paid registrants can download the accompanying pack2 (CAD plan, photographs, maps, aerial images etc) by clicking on the registration number linked to the competition listing in their "MyTriumph" user area of the ArchTriumph website.

ELIGIBILITY:

• Architects
• Architecture Graduates
• Architecture Students
• Team (Architects, Architecture Graduates, Architecture Students )
• Inter-Disciplinary Teams (engineers, designers in-conjunction with an architect).

Submissions can be the work of an individual or a group up to 4 members (architects, architecture graduates or architecture students etc) aged 18 or over at the time of registration. Registration and participation in the competition implies an immediate acceptance by entrants of all terms & conditions governing the site and competition.
INELIGIBILITY:

• Employees, consultants, agents of ArchTriumph.
• Employees, partners, friends, family, personnel, office practice or studios associated with any of the Jury.
• Persons who have taken part in the organisation of the Competition or the writing of the architectural brief
• Persons involved in the establishment or in the preparation of the program (including any feasibility for the Competition site or topic).

REGISTRATION: Entrants may register by filling the online registration form and submitting it with the relevant payment by Debit/Credit card through a secure gateway.

FEES: Every entrant shall be required to pay an entry fee as follows:

• Special Registration: $80 US from 11th March 00:00 (GMT) to 16th March 2013 23:59 (GMT)
• Early Registration: $100 US from 17th March 00:00 (GMT) to 13th April 2013 23:59 (GMT)
• Standard Registration: $120 US from 14th April 00:00 (GMT) to 4th July 2013 23:59 (GMT)
• Late Registration: $150 US from 05th July 00:00 (GMT) to 10th July 2013 23:59 (GMT)

Note: Fees are not refundable under any circumstance as stated in the terms and conditions. All deadlines are 23:59 Hours (GMT)
METHOD OF PAYMENT Applications to register and qualification for the various levels of Competition registration fees must arrive no later than 11.59 hours (GMT) on the date specified in the Timetable. Submission payments can be made to ArchTriumph by the following methods:

• VISA Debit/Credit Card
• Master Card
• Maestro Card
• Solo Switch Card
• Electron Card
• PayPal Account

SUMBMISSION DEADLINE 12^th July 2013----------------------------------- Closing Date for Submission

RESULT ANNOUNCEMENT
05th August 2013----------------------------------- Announcement of Winners

PRIZES AND AWARDS Stage 1 Winning participants and Triumphant Mentions will receive prizes totaling US$ 15,000.00 and benefits as follows: 1^st Prize

• US$ 3,000 (THREE THOUSAND US DOLLARS)
• Publication on ArchTriumph website
• Publication on various architecture websites and blogs
• Automatic registration for Winner Of Winners Competition

2^nd Prize

• US$ 1,500 (ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED US DOLLARS)
• Publication on ArchTriumph website
• Publication on various architecture websites and blogs
• Automatic registration for Winner Of Winners Competition

3^rd Prize

• US$ 500 (FIVE HUNDRED US DOLLARS)
• Publication on ArchTriumph website
• Publication on various architecture websites and blogs
• Automatic registration for Winner Of Winners Competition

10 Triumphant Mentions

• Publication on ArchTriumph website
• Publication on various architecture websites and blogs

Note:
These competitions are only design ideas with no intention of it being physically built apart from the planned yearly ArchTriumph 'Triumph Pavilion'.

More: http://www.archtriumph.com/viewcomp.asp?id=50286119524100000