The Museum of Polish History announces an international architectural competition for a design of the Museum of Polish History in Warsaw, conducted under the patronage of Mr. Bogdan Zdrojewski – Minister of Culture and National Heritage of Poland and under the auspices of the International Union of Architects UIA.

1. COMPETITION PROMOTER
   The Museum of Polish History in Warsaw, entered into the register of cultural institutions, maintained by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, the registry no. RIK 73/2006, NIP 701-00-15-596, Regon 140530761.
   The Competition secretary office: 01-209 Warszawa, ul. Hrubieszowska 6a,
   tel. +48 22 2119002, fax +48 22 2119033
   e-mail: competition@muzhp.pl, www.muzhp.pl/competition


2. TYPE AND FORM OF THE COMPETITION
   
   It is an international two-stage architectural competition for a concept with design elements.
   
   
3. PURPOSE OF THE COMPETIION
   

   The purpose of the competition is to decide about the selection of an architectural concept with design elements for the
   Museum of Polish History in Warsaw, hereinafter referred to as the MPH, so as to verify the initial guidelines and to set
   out the direction for development and execution of the investment project.

4. TASK OF THE COMPETITION
   

   The task of the 1st stage is to present an architectural concept for the MPH which will verify the programme and spatial
   objectives of the investment project and will set out the direction for the design development in the 2nd stage of
   the competition. The task of the 2nd stage is to develop, based on the first-stage concept, elements of the design of the
   MPH which will accommodate standards for the investment project and will set out the direction for development of
   a building design.

5. CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION OF ENTRIES
   

   Compliance with the guidelines, aesthetics, functionality of the facility and its relation to the surrounding environment,
   adjusting solutions to the nature and status of the project site and costs of execution and maintenance.

6. PRIZES
   

   The 1st prize for the best entry after both stages of the competition is 70,000 Euro and an invitation to negotiations for a single-source procurement or negotiations without a public notice. The prize for an entry admitted into the 2nd stage is the remuneration of costs of 20,000 Euro. The number and value of other prizes and mentions shall be determined by the jury within the budget for prizes and mentions of 350,000 Euro.

7. THE COMPETITION JURY
   

   Grzegorz Buczek, architekt TUP, Warsaw, Poland
   Christine Dalnoky, architecte DPLG, Paris-Marseilles, France
   Aurelio Galfetti, architetto SIA, Lugano, Switzerland
   Ryszard Jurkowski, architect SARP, Katowice, Poland
   Jong Soung Kimm, architect, Seoul, South Korea
   Tomasz Merta, vice minister for Culture and National Heritage, Warsaw, Poland
   Marek Mikos, architekt SARP, the Chief Architect of the Capital City of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
   Rafael Moneo, arquitecto, Madrid-Harvard, Spain-the USA
   Andrzej Rottermund, art historian, Warsaw, Poland
   Eduardo Souto De Moura, arquitecto, Porto, Portugal

8. DEADLINES
   

   Deadlines will be announced in the Competition Terms document. Competition Terms will be announced on 15th April 2009.

9. CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
   
   A competition participant may be any person who is independent of the promoter or the competition jury, is not subject
   to exclusion on the basis of the competition terms, will pay the registration fee and indicate in the identification card all
   persons working on the competition entry as well as the scope of their cooperation. The registration fee is 50 Euros.
   
   
10. ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE COMPETITION AND OTHER INFORMATION
    
    The competition shall be announced to the public on the websites of the Museum of Polish History www.muzhp.pl,
    the International Union of Architects UIA www.uia-architects.org , the Association of Architects of Poland SARP
    www.sarp.org.pl , the Association of Consultant Engineers SIDIR www.sidir.pl , Fundacja Twórców Architektury FTA www.fta.pl , Ronet Information Service www.ronet.pl , as well as in national issues of the dailies "Rzeczpospolita"
    and "Polska" . Complete set of competition materials and terms as well as current information and announcements from
    the promoter will be available to all interested parties at the website www.muzhp.pl/competition.