Code of Competition - CZECH CHAMBER OF ARCHITECTS - From the 24th of April 1993

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General Meeting of the Czech Chamber of Architects announces a Code of Competition that sets conditions and responsibilities for organizing architecture competitions and related competition displays under applicable Czech legislation. It defines competition displays, competition aims, and types by participants and rounds, including public anonymity rules and dual-round evaluation. It emphasizes the jury’s decisive role, contract-like competition terms, technical quality standards, and space for participants’ creativity and professional critique.

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§ 1 Opening regulations

(1) Scope and application to competitions

(2) Definition of competition display

(3) Relationship to public tenders

§ 2 Aims and types of the competitions and competition displays

(1) Competition aim: selecting the best solution

(2) Aim of competition displays: assessment and ranking

(3) Scope of architectural competition types

(4) Types by participants: public, invited, combined

(5) Types by rounds: single round and dual round

GENERAL MEETING OF CZECH CHAMBER OF ARCHITECTS aware of the need to strengthen the confidence of both the architects and the public, in the meaning and the function of competitions, which will allow the architects to compare their professional and expertise knowledge and skills in the search for most suitable and best solutions, which will satisfy the requirements of the submitters, together with preserving a high standard of technicality of presented solutions, also aware of the need to establish a competition system in the interest of the public, keep it most clearly organized and to establish general rules for their executions, aware of the responsibility of the jury as a deciding element for the successful course of the competitions, aware of the importance of the high quality arranged terms of competition as terms of contract, not binding more than the level of basic necessities, and allowing sufficient space for the creativity of participants of the competitions and also allowing of sufficient space for the professional critique and assessment of the entered works by the jury and in correspondence with the act no. 360/1992 Coll., the Professional Practice of Certified Architects and on the Professional Practice of Certified Engineers and Technicians Active in Construction, as amended (“the Act”), and in the execution of several regulations of the Act and with a view of the regulation § 1772 through 1779 of the act no. 89/2012 Coll., Civil Code, and § 21 through 23, § 29 through § 34 and § 102 of the act act no. 137/2006 Coll., about public tenders, as amended announces this Code of Competition Of CZECH CHAMBER OF ARCHITECTS From the 24th of April 1993, from the 16th of April 1994, From the 29th of April 1995, from the 27th of April 1996, From the 28th of April 1998, from the 13th of April 1999, From the 11th of April 2000, from the 20th of April 2002, From the 24th of April 2004, from the 30th of April 2005, From the 28th of April 2007, from the 19th of April 2008, From the 17th of May 2009, from the 17th of April 2010, From the 16th of April 2011, from the 21th of April 2012, From the 20th of April 2013, from the 26th of April 2014, And from 18th of April 2015 [Full wording] § 1 Opening regulations (1) This code specifies the conditions for organizing of architecture competitions and other forms of competitions classified in § 17 and 18 of the Act (“the Competitions”) and belonging by the § 23 section 6 of the Act within the jurisdiction of the Czech Chamber of Architects (“the Chamber”) and expertise closely related; this code will be applied appropriately to the competition displays. (2) For the purposes of this code the term competition display is understood as not-anonymous display of already existing plans, projects or structures and establishing an order by pre-established criteria, though not orders of contract. (3) The competition carried out by this code is considered as public contest for a submission, and is a pre-requisite for entering of public tender for carrying out of project and planned performances according to the special legal act in the case, that the nature of the competition, especially its objective and the cost of following contract, correspond with the conditions of the special regulation for the sub-threshold or over-threshold public tenders. § 2 Aims and types of the competitions and competition displays (1) The aim of the competition is the selection of the best solution of subject of competition, resolved from the submitted competing works, whose author will be charged with working out the following planning or executing documentation. (2) The aim of the competition display is assessing of already existing plans, projects or constructions and rank them. (3) By the term architecture competition is understood, based on the subject, competitions of urbanism, architectural, construction or combined nature. (4) Competitions distinguished by

FAQs

What does the code regulate for architecture competitions?

It specifies conditions for organizing architecture competitions and other competition forms classified in the Act, including how the rules apply to competition displays within the Czech Chamber of Architects’ jurisdiction.

How are competition displays defined in the code?

A competition display is a non-anonymous assessment of already existing plans, projects, or structures, ordered by pre-established criteria, but not functioning as a contract award process.

What are the main differences between single-round and dual-round competitions?

A single round targets smaller scopes with definite specifications, while a dual-round competition addresses larger subjects through gradual focusing, with the second round’s deadline ending within six months and both rounds evaluated by the same jury, including awards.

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