New Cathedral Notre Dame de l’Assomption, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

The archdiocese proposes to discover the new Notre Dame through an international design competition. Architects the world over are invited to submit boards from which to select, this year, the cathedral to build within a decade.

Jury
Chair: Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co., and Dean, University of Miami School of Architecture / Miami, FL
Architect: Patrick Delatour / Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Architect: Michael J. Crosbie, Ph.D., AIA / Chair & Assoc. Profesor, University of Hartford / West Hartford, CT
Structural Engineer: Kit Miyamoto / Miyamoto International
Liturgical Consultant and Designer: Father Richard Vosko / Clifton Park, NY
Writer: Edwidge Danticat / Miami, FL

Prize
First Place, US$12,000
Second Place, US$8,000
Third Place, US$5,000

Moreover, the purpose of this competition is to identify winning entries that will inform and could be selected as designs for the reconstruction of the new national cathedral in Port-au-Prince. In such cases project contracts would be negotiated and any remuneration would be unrelated to any prize award.

Entry Fee
$100 per submission

Organizer
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Official Website
http://www.ndapap.org/