MEXTRÓPOLI Pavilion 2025

Introduction
Since 1998, Arquine has held an architectural competition that allows ideas and proposals to be compared on equal terms. In this edition, the invitation is to design, build and activate a pavilion in the Historic Center of Mexico City within the framework of the MEXTRÓPOLI
Architecture and City Festival.

Contestants must project a piece that meets the conditions specified in the bases of this contest in terms of time, costs and characteristics, considering the ability to
provoke and attract citizens, which will be a fundamental part of the evaluation of the proposal.

Legal regime
This is an international and anonymous competition, open to all disciplines and ages and takes place in a single phase. The delivery is digital and is governed by the provisions established in the administrative bases and technical bases. From the moment the contestants formalize their participation, they undertake to accept all parts of the contest without appeal to its regulatory, technical and procedural provisions established in the administrative bases and in the technical bases.

Organization
The Competition for the MEXTRÓPOLI Pavilion is organized by Arquine, who will have the responsibility for organizing the technical-administrative information before and after the development of the contest, as well as attending to the queries made by the participants and giving the corresponding answers. Likewise, Arquine
will write the minutes of the plenary meeting of the jury and the award minutes, as well as all the actions for the proper development of this contest. Arquine will also be responsible for carrying out the production and construction of the winning project in coordination with this year’s winning team.
 

Correspondence of all kinds related to this competition will be sent to the email address: concurso@arquine.com

Objectives
• Convene, with a universal character, to present ideas for the development and construction of a Pavilion, recyclable or reusable, without exception, complying with the requirements established in these bases.
• Turn the pavilion into a reference space within the framework of the MEXTRÓPOLI Architecture and City Festival, which manages to provide the festival with a space for reflection and discussion around architecture and the city.

Contestants
Professionals or students from all over the world can participate, individually or in teams. Teams can include members from any discipline, although it is suggested that one member be an architect. Each team must have a representative, who cannot be part of another team.
It is not necessary to have some type of registration from the professional association of the country of origin to participate.

Only one proposal can be submitted per team.
They will not be able to participate:
• Members of the jury of this contest, members of Arquine or MEXTRÓPOLI.
• People with blood ties to the members of the jury; the spouses or people linked to any relationship of affective cohabitation or demonstrable affinity, nor those with whom direct and stable professional relationships are maintained (employee/employer or partners) during this call.

Registration
To make your registration effective, you must pay a single fee:

$ 1,500.00 MXN

From December 4th, 2024 till April 14th, 2025
The cost of the fee is per team and not per participant.
There is no additional cost to registration, since the entire process of participation and submission of proposals will be through the Internet.
Once the contribution has been made, the contestant must send an email with the image of the payment receipt to concurso@arquine.com. Subsequently, you
will receive a registration key with which you can create a user and access the system.

Documentation
to present
A digital image containing the proposal must be delivered for the correct understanding of the project. This image should include:
• Overall plan, plans and sections of the proposal with a duly specified scale that is suitable for reading and understanding.
• Diagrams, views, sketches, collages or any other representation of free technique that helps to express the idea of the project.
• Construction details that they consider necessary for the description of the project with a scale duly specified and adequate for reading the project.
• Descriptive text of a maximum of 250 words. The descriptions or texts may only be in Spanish or English.
 

The image must be rectangular, horizontal, 90 cm (width) x 60 cm (height) in 72 DPI, JPG and no larger than 5 MB so that it can be uploaded into the system. The file name must match the user code assigned at the time of registration [ARQ-27C-XXXX].
 

No other formats or other forms of delivery of the material will be accepted. Only projects that are uploaded through the system within the established times will be
evaluated. Once the Arquine team has downloaded
the project after the deadline established in the calendar (April 14th 2025), the contestants will receive an email confirming the download of the file within a period not exceeding 72 hours.

Jury
The selection of the members of the jury is very important. Their experience in the subject to be competed must be valued in order to ensure a high level of demand in the review of proposals. The jury reserves
the right to choose as the winner a proposal that, without exactly complying with all the bases, manages to propose a solution or idea that is considered superior to the others.

Prizes

First place

$ 100,000 MXN + Construction of the proposal for the
MEXTRÓPOLI 2025 Pavilion* + Access to MEXTRÓPOLI for (maximum) two members of the team and delivery of a package of Arquine books (10)
 

Second place

$ 50,000 MXN + Access to MEXTRÓPOLI for (maximum) two members of the team and delivery of a package of Arquine books (10)

Tercer lugar
$ 25,000 MXN + Access to MEXTRÓPOLI for (maximum)
two members of the team and delivery of a package of Arquine books (10)
 

Honorific Mention
- The jury may agree to mention as many projects as it deems worthy of such a distinction.
The economic prizes are with taxes
included.

Publication
The proposals may be reproduced for dissemination by the organizers of the contest for any other purpose than the promotion of the same.

Calendar

2025

February 24th - End of Question and
Answers (FAQ) period
3 March- FAQ publication
April 14th - End of registration process
April 21st - Proposal upload deadline
April 24th - Jury’s veredict
April 28th - Announcement of results
May - Executive development of the project
September - Installation and inauguration