2013-06-12 Architectural Competition Brief Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 6.3. Existing Buildings on and Around the Site . 21 8. Competition Rules ........................................ 38 1. Introduction 3 6.3.1. Nationalmuseum and Museiparken .............................. 23 8.1. Aim............................................................................ 38 6.3.2. Metro Transport Tunnel ..................................................... 23 2. Background 5 8.2. Promoter ................................................................. 38 7. Competition Assignment and Guidelines 25 3. Vision 8 8.3. Eligibility to compete .......................................... 38 7.1. The Building .......................................................... 25 8.4. Competition process ........................................... 38 4. Activities 10 7.1.1. Design ................................................................................... 25 8.4.1. Stage 1 ................................................................................ 38 4.1. Meetings and Events ........................................... 10 7.1.2. Entrance Areas and Open Space .................................. 25 8.4.2. Stage 2 ................................................................................ 38 4.1.1. The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony .................................10 7.1.3. Accessibility ......................................................................... 25 8.4.3. Publicity during the competition period ........................ 39 4.1.2. Programme Events ........................................................... 11 7.1.4. Acoustics ............................................................................. 26 8.4.4. Post competition ................................................................ 39 4.1.3. Conferences ....................................................................... 11 7.1.5. Main Features and Areas .................................................. 26 8.5. Assessment criteria ............................................. 39 4.1.4. School Programmes ......................................................... 11 7.1.6. Entrance Hall and Public Service ................................... 27 4.1.5. Children’s Activities ........................................................... 11 7.1.7. Exhibition Spaces .............................................................. 27 8.6. Competition fees .................................................. 39 4.1.6. Special Events .................................................................. 11 7.1.8. Library and Collections ..................................................... 28 8.7. Jury ............................................................................ 40 4.2. Exhibitions.............................................................. 12 7.1.9. Restaurant and Café ........................................................ 28 8.7.1. Members of the jury ........................................................... 40 7.1.10. Conference and Meeting Facilities .............................. 29 8.7.2. The jury’s assignment ........................................................ 40 4.2.1. Permanent Exhibitions ...................................................... 12 7.1.11. Auditorium ......................................................................... 29 8.7.3. The jury’s decision .............................................................. 40 4.2.2. Temporary Exhibitions ....................................................... 12 7.1.12. Office Space for Staff and Researchers .................... 30 8.7.4. Advisors to the jury ............................................................. 40 4.2.3. Guided Tours ...................................................................... 12 7.1.13. Exhibition Production, Studio and Workshops ........ 30 8.7.5. Competition administrator ................................................ 40 4.3. Research and Library .......................................... 13 7.1.14. Future Extensions of the Nobel Center ...................... 30 8.8. Submission ............................................................ 40 4.4. Dining ....................................................................... 13 7.2. Site Development ................................................. 31 8.8.1. Language of submission .................................................. 40 4.5. The Shop ................................................................. 13 7.2.1. Key Vantage Points ............................................................ 31 8.8.2. Anonymity ............................................................................ 40 4.6. Other Media Activities ........................................ 13 7.2.2. Developing the Interaction with the Water .................. 31 8.8.3. Requested documentation in Stage 1.......................... 41 4.7. Workplace ............................................................... 14 7.2.3. Development of Blasieholms as a Recr:nal Attr:n ..... 31 8.8.4. Insurance ............................................................................. 41 7.2.4. Development of Cultural Value ...................................... 31 8.8.5. Submission addresses ..................................................... 41 5. The Competition Area 16 7.3. Access, Traffic and Logistics ............................. 32 8.8.6. Ownership ........................................................................... 42 5.1. The Site ...................................................................16 7.3.1. By Foot and via Public Transport .................................... 32 8.8.7. Copyright and right of use ................................................ 42 5.2. The Competition Area Boundaries .................. 17 7.3.2. Vehicle Traffic ...................................................................... 32 8.8.8. Publishing and exhibiting ................................................. 42 5.3. Geology .................................................................. 17 7.3.3. Buses, Unloading ............................................................... 33 8.8.9. Approval of the competition brief ................................... 42 5.4. Archaeology ........................................................... 17 7.3.4. Loading and Unloading ..................................................... 33 8.9. Competition schedule ......................................... 42 7.3.5. Parking ................................................................................. 34 6. Surroundings and Context 19 8.10. Questions concerning the competition task 42 7.3.6. Bicycle parking ................................................................... 34 6.1. The History of Blasieholmen ............................. 19 9. List of Appendices 43 7.3.7. Public Water Transport ...................................................... 34 6.2. Site Values ............................................................. 20 7.4. The Environment, Energy and Sustainability 35 Appendix 1 Room programme 6.2.1. Historic Value...................................................................... 20 Appendix 2 Site Maps 7.4.1. Goals and Ambition Levels .............................................. 35 6.2.2. National Interest ................................................................. 20 7.5. Project Finances ................................................... 37 6.2.3. Blasieholmsudden as a Destination ............................. 21 Nobel Center Competition Brief - 13 06 12 1. Introduction 3 1. Introduction We are facing a major and exciting challenge! The Nobel Prize has been awarded for more than 110 years. Among the Nobel Laureates are fixed stars like Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Ernest Hemingway and Martin Luther King, but also several hundred other amazing indi- viduals, all of whom have “conferred the greatest benefit on mankind”, as stated in the will of Alfred Nobel. We are now looking forward to and taking on the task of creating a building dedicated to encouraging discovery, creativity and new thinking. Nobel Center is to become the new home for the Nobel Prize in Stockholm. Nobel Center is to be built on Blasieholmen, a wonderful place along Stockholm’s central waterfront. With its wide-ranging activities, we believe the Nobel Center will increase the value of the site for the public and make it more accessible both for residents of Stockholm and for visitors from farther away. Nobel Center will also serve as the natural base for our international activities related to the Nobel Prize. The following pages present the brief for an international architectural competition implemented in two stages. The aim of the competition is to identify the concept and architectural design of the Nobel Center. We envision that this will be a platform for inspiring meetings with the future Nobel Laureates – whether school children being intro- duced to scientific research for the first time or researchers who have come to Stockholm to receive their Nobel Prize. We eagerly await the journey ahead of us and welcome everyone, not just the architects participating in the competition, to accompany us along the way. Stockholm, 7 June 2013 Lars Heikensten Executive Director, The Nobel Foundation Chairman of the Board, Nobelhuset AB Nobel Center Competition Brief - 13 06 12 4 Background Nobel Center Competition Brief - 13 06 12 2. Background 5 2. Background Ever since the inception of the Nobel Prize, a building where the Nobel Prize, the