The Dimension of Architecture

photographic
compeon
regulaon
internaonal
triennale
of architecture
trennale organiser
The Association of Polish Architects (SARP)
Cracow Branch
honorary patronage
Mayor of Cracow
The Municipality of Cracow
President of the SARP Board
Rector of the Cracow University of Technology
and others VIP’s
under the media auspices of
Architektura-murator
Komunikat ZG SARP
www.wydzial-architektury.com
programme council
Piotr Gajewski
Herbert Bühler
Jerzy Grochulski
Stanisława Górska
Magdalena Jaśkiewicz
Dariusz Kozłowski
Konrad Kucza-Kuczyński
Romuald Loegler
Krystyna Łyczakowska
Wojciech Obtułowicz
Ewa Przestaszewska-Porębska
Jacek Purchla
Janusz Sepioł
Andrzej Wyżykowski
board of the SARP branch
Piotr Gajewski
Andrzej Walkowski
Andrzej Pięta
Bohdan Lisowski
Stanisław Nesterski
Maciej Skaza
Przemysław Gawor
Krystyna Łyczakowska
Marcin Włodarczyk
organizational office
Piotr Gajewski
Marcin Brataniec
Przemysław Gawor
Konrad Glos
Michał Kawecki
Bohdan Lisowski
Krystyna Łyczakowska
Karolina Pacholewicz
Agata Pankiewicz
Maciej Skaza
Katarzyna Tarchalska
Mariusz Twardowski
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introducon
The XI Internaonal Trienniale of Architecture will
take place in Cracow from the 8th to the 22nd of April
2009. The main exhibions will take place at Bunkier
Sztuki (the Art Bunker) in Cracow. The opening of
the Triennale will be on the 8th of April at 6 p.m. at
Bunkier Sztuki. This will be Easter Wednesday, when
the preparaons for Easter will overlap with this fesval of architecture constung the pinnacle of the
array of works and workshops conducted beforehand. The opening of the Triennale will be ceremoniously modest designated for Cracow circles. The
great ceremony for the Triennale of Architecture will
take place on Friday the 17th of April. This will be the
opportunity for the presenng of prizes, the Grand
Prix, the Public’s Prizes and many others. During the
week between the two ceremonies there will take
place vernissages and workshops of the accompanying exhibions.
dimension of architecture
There exists the need to turn aenon to the architectonic form and its spaality. The social role
of architecture, its sociological and anthropological dimension is something obvious today, yet its
beauty and proporon have taken a backstage.
However, architecture does not exist without dimension and scale. Reference to human dimension
and its funcon is fundamental for architecture.
The dimension of architecture constutes the need
to draw aenon to the architectonic and urbanisc form, to the posive form of the object and
the negave form of architecture as voids between
objects.
The first dimension of architecture, its length,
stretches along the side of roads, connecng
groupings of people into a web and then into the
ssue of the web. Architecture does not stop following the rails and lanes of traffic with its unending facades to the boundlessness of the globe. This
dimension of architecture may be checked by the
compeon of young architects designing stops
for the rail communicaon in Cracow. Architecture
appears at the stop and then disappears with the
speed of the train only to reappear at the next staon. Maybe architecture is linear space happening
in the enre expanse between staons?
The second dimension of architecture is its plan.
This is the means of the organizaon of space between the permanent elements, between the construcon, divisions and the elements of vercal communicaon. Length has no meaning here, in a way
similar to height.
Is architecture without elevaon possible, where
the value is merely the parameters of the plan or
a secon?
The third dimension of architecture, its height,
should be verified in the scale of the city and its
plan.
The development plan determines the locaon of
the building mass in space, yet the three-dimensional spaal composion does not always constute the basis of planning.The third dimension of
architecture should be boldly evaluated on the example of 50 high-rise blocks for Cracow arranged
in possible localizaons. Architecture of a human
scale does not mean architecture that is low; nobody said that the pyramids are too high. Nobody
has said that the mountains are too high and the
seas too deep. Height is a queson of architectonic
composion and there is no absolute dimension.
Should the medieval tower have its modern day
connuaon?
We should also check whether there exists a fourth
architectural dimension, whether architecture can
move in space and what is its connecon with me.
Can architecture possess more dimensions?
It is through compeons, conferences and exhibions that these quesons should be answered.
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The photographic compeon entled
“The Dimension of Architecture”
is a subsequent round of the compeon
organised by the Cracow Branch of the
Associaon of Polish Architects (SARP)
within the framework of the XIth Internaonal
Triennale of Architecture.
The compeon is designed for both
professionals and amateurs.
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The Regulaons of the
Photographic Compeon
“The Dimension
of Architecture”
1. The compeon is open in character.
2. The technique employed is down to the parcipant (mulmedia forms of presentaon are acceptable).
3. The condion for parcipaon is the purchase
by the parcipant of an idenficaon number
for a fee of 20 Polish Złoty.
4. The idenficaon number can be purchased by
means of the Internet or from the Cracow
branch office of SARP. Detailed informaon may
be found on the website: www.mta2009.pl or
at www.sarp.krakow.pl
5. The purchased idenficaon number allows for
parcipaon in the compeon.
6. The parcipant may send his works either by
means of the Internet or on a CD together with
the applicaon form to the address of the compeon organiser.
7. An idenficaon number is assigned to a single
author and constutes the password for access
to the FTP server of the XIth Internaonal Triennale of Architecture, to whom the parcipant may send his works.
8. Sent works should be recorded in:
• the target editorial format prepared for printing (not larger than 100 x 100 cm)
• in Tiff format
• at a minimal resoluon of 300 dpi
9. The organiser reserves the right to insgate possible changes in the format of printed works resulng from exhibing condions.
10. The organiser reserves the right to exclude
from the Compeon works of a low technical
quality (if this ‘low quality’ is not the intent of
the author).
11. A parcipant may send a maximum of 3 separate photographs or one series composing from
3 to 10 works.
12. The parcipant states that they are the author
of the works sent and that the copyright to the
photographs received belongs to them.
13. Works should be sent by the 10.03.2009 to the
following address:
The Associaon of Polish Architects (SARP)
Cracow Branch
Pl. Szczepański 6
31-011 Kraków
Important: the deciding date is the date of delivery; works that are sent at a later date will
not be taken into consideraon. It is requested
that the envelope is marked with the annotaon: XI Internaonal Triennale of Architecture
– Photography Compeon.
14. Works that receive prizes become the property
of the organiser.
15. Works that qualify for the compeon exhibion will be printed at the organiser’s cost. Following the end of the exhibion they can be
collected from the Cracow branch office of
SARP for the period of up to 3 months a
er the
close of the exhibion.
16. The organiser takes no responsibility whatsoever for the possible loss of packages as a result of postal transportaon.
17. The organiser reserves the right to the free reproducon of photographic works in areas of
operaon indicated by the organisers of the
compeon only and exclusively when connected with MTA 2009.
18. The awarding of prizes and the allocaon of
places for works will be carried out by the jury
that has as its composion:
• Agata Pankiewicz (ASP Kraków)
• Wojciech Prażmowski (PWSFTViT Łódź)
• Jiri Siostrzonek (ITF – Opava)
• Tomek Sikora
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The Regulaons of the
Photographic Compeon
“The Dimension
of Architecture”
19. Jury sessions will take place on 15.03.2009
when the authors of prize works will be selected along with those authors who will parcipate in the compeon exhibion.
20. The decision of the jury is final and indisputable.
21. The opening of the post compeon exhibion
will take place:
Payment should be made
to the following account:
Stowarzyszenie Architektów Polskich
Oddział Kraków
31-011 Kraków, Plac Szczepański 6
Deutsche Bank PBC S.A.
43 1910 1048 2102 4600 0525 0003
SWIFT: DEUTPLPK
IBAN: PL 43 1910 1048 2102 4600 0525 0003
on 08.04.2009 at 6 p.m. at Galeria Sztuki
Współczesnej “Bunkier Sztuki” in Cracow
The awarding of prizes will take place
on 17.04.2009 at 5 p.m. at Galeria Sztuki
Współczesnej “Bunkier Sztuki” in Cracow
22 . The compeon organiser envisages the following prizes:
• a prize pool of a total value of 15,000 Polish Złoty
The division of the prizes will take place a
er the
Jury’s selecon of compeon winners. The right
is reserved to award prizes in kind to the money
value indicated above.
23. The sending in of works is tantamount to acceptance of the above regulaons, while their
final interpretaon lies with the jury.
24. The organisers will not involve themselves in
the interpretaon of the compeon subject
maer.
25. The organisers reserve the right to changes in
the regulaons.
26. Communiqués and informaon of the subject of
the compeon will be published on the pages
of: www.mta2009.pl
All correspondence, as well as quesons on the
subject of the compeon, should be sent by
electronic mail to:
[email protected]
The email should be tled “photographic compeon”.
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internaonal
triennale
of architecture
informaon
The XI International Triennale Office
and the SARP Cracow Office
open:
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays:
9:00 – 14:00;
Tuesdays and Thursdays:
13:00 – 18:00
address
Pl. Szczepański 6, 31-011 Kraków,
Poland
tel. (+48 12) 422 75 40
fax (+48 12) 429 36 46
e-mail: [email protected]
www.mta2009.pl
www.sarp.krakow.pl