GRAND EGYPTIAN MUSEUM Competition projects of Czech and Slovak architects

The Museum is meant to house and exhibit more than 140,000 artifacts of the ancient Egyptian civilisation, it will become the largest museum of Egyptian antiquities in the world. It will also be the first global virtual museum, utilizing the latest computer and communication technology, it will offer the potential for linkages with other museums all over the world. The museum complex, of an overall area of 86 000 sqm, makes provision for the three million visitors per annum. 3000 teams from 105 countries registered for the competition. In the first phase, 1557 projects from 82 countries were presented to the international jury. The jury selected 20 project, the authors of which were invited to further develop their design concepts.The competition entered 20 Czech and 8 Slovak teams. The mention of the Czech team with the team leader Martin Roubik in cooperation with Regina Loukotova is one of the greatest achievements of Czech architecture on international level.The presentation of awarded projects and egyptology concerning materials will complement the exhibition.Several speeches of Czech egyptologists, museologists and architects will take place in the course of the exhibitionGRAND EGYPTIAN MUSEUMCompetition projects of Czech and Slovak architectsVeletržní Palace, mezzanine gallery of the Small Hall19.9. – 15.10.2003author> Petr Janda and sporadicalcurators> Tomáš Vlček, Jana Horneková