BluPrint 4th Annual Visionary Design Competition (AViD 2012)
Theme: Destination Pit Stop
The
vision of the Aquino government’s National Tourism Development Plan,
launched in early May, is for the Philippines “to become the
must-experience destination in Asia”. The Department of Tourism slogan
“It’s more fun in the Philippines” has drawn international
attention to our destinations, particularly to our UNESCO World
Heritage Sites. This year is the40th anniversary of the UNESCO
World Heritage Convention, which established the UNESCO World Heritage
list.
The National Tourism Development Plan’s goal is to
increase international tourist arrivals to 10 million, and domestic
travelers to 35.5 million by 2016. The Plan is anchored in the
safeguarding of natural and cultural heritage, and advocating
their sustainable use. It calls for the improvement of tourism
destinations, the development of a sustainable tourism
destination infrastructure program, and the design and construction of
tourism information centers and support infrastructure.
This
competition honors both the National Tourism Development Plan and the
40th anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage List by asking
for the design of a tourism visitor center at any one of our World
Heritage sites. Solutions should foster the dialogue between
old and new, past and present, natural and manmade, in a manner that is
most sensitive to these fragile gifts.
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About the competition:
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The competition is to design a contemporary and site-sensitive Pit
Stop/Visitor Center to be located at any one of the
Philippine World Heritage Sites:
- Baroque Churches of the Philippines http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/677 Select any one of the four churches on the list. (San Agustin Church in Paoay, Ilocos Norte; Nuestra Señora dela Asunción in Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur ; San Agustin Church in Intramuros, Manila; Santo Tomas de Villanueva Church in Miag-ao, Iloilo)
- Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/653
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/722
- Historic Town of Vigan http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/502
- Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/652
- The size of the Pit Stop, as well as its precise location within or on the edge of the site Buffer Zone, is up to the participant.
- The Pit Stop will be a visitor/tourist information center providing information on the World Heritage Site’s significance. The precise program of facilities such as toilets, restaurants, retail outlets/convenience store, refueling station, etc. is up to the participant.
There is no restriction on the
construction materials to be used. There is also no budget constraint.
However, the design must be sensitive to environmental,
cultural and socio-economic realities of the UNESCO World Heritage site
(e.g.: a fragile environment facing pressures from large
visitor numbers; meager operations and maintenance budgets, etc.), and
must respect the World Heritage criteria that were used to
select the site. Refer to http://whc.unesco.org/en.
Relevant
documents, such as the Venice Charter, are also to be found on the
ICOMOS website http://www.icomos.org/en/charters-and-texts and
include:
- International Cultural Tourism Charter
http://www.icomos.org/tourism/charter.html , pertinent passages of
which are:
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