The Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt is launching a single phase, open, international competition for a “Master Plan and Conceptual Design of the Science City,” to be located in 6th of October City near Cairo. The principle missions of the future Science City will be the dissemination of scientific knowledge, the promotion of science for development and the support of scientific education and research. The winning project should represent the evolving nature of science through a campus of several buildings to be implemented gradually, one at a time. 

The UIA has endorsed this competition, the regulations for which conform to the UNESCO-UIA regulations for international competitions in architecture and town-planning.

Schedule

Competition launch: 15 April 2016
Registration deadline: 15 May 2016
Opening Question and Answer period: 12 May 2016
Site visit for Participants: 22 May 2016
Close of Question and Answer period: 9 June 2016
End of Question and Answer period: 16 June 2016
Deadline for project submission: 17 August 2016
Jury Meeting: 23-28 August 2016
Results announced: 29 August 2016 

Awards

The winning entry will receive 110,000 USD, the Second Prize is 70,000 USD, the Third Prize 40 000 USD, the Fourth Prize 20 000 USD and Four Honourable Mentions at 5 000 USD each. The organizer will give each of the 8 winners an additional sum of 3 000 USD to compensate for retaining their drawing.

Jury Members