www.ohv.oslo.no/haveiendom NEW MUNCH MUSEUM IN OSLO Submission: 10 January 2009 Restricted Plan and Design Competition HAV Eiendom AS invites teams to submit requests for qualification for The New Munch Museum, which will house the work of the artist and will be built in the Björvika Bay, in Oslo, Norway. The program includes 22000m2 for the new Museum, a new building for the Stenersen Collection, and 25000m2 of additional program within neighbouring properties. The total building program will be around 50000m2. Competitors should deliver a master plan for the area considering how the museum programmatic logistics can be integrated within the city context; the ambition for the Munch Museum building is that it should deliver a strong conceptual and architectural solution, together with a clear and functional organization. This invitation is open to international teams, and the official competition language is Scandinavian and English. The competition phase starts 1 October 2008 and ends 10 January 2009. This Plan and Concept Design Competition complies with the Norwegian Public Procurement Act and all the competition information is officially announced at Doffin/TED. Prequalification: A total of 20 teams will participate in the competition: 10 architectural teams will be selected through the prequalification process, and another 10 will be directly invited by HAV Eiendom. The client will publish a brief with the prequalification rules on its own website 12 August 2008. All requests for qualification should present an architectural statement with a description that illustrates, with text and images, the architect motivation to participate; the client is looking for teams which can deliver compelling proposals that could engage and stimulate the inhabitants of Oslo. The RFQ document should be delivered in printed version A4 and in PDF format in a CD-rom. (max document size 10 pages, including illustrations) RFQ submittals should be delivered by midday on 12 September 2008. Prequalified teams will be announced 27 September 2008.     Delivery Address: HAV Eiendom AS Paulsenkaia 0150 Oslo  Additional information is available at www.ohv.oslo.no/haveiendom from 12 August 2008.