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june 17, 2020 - Fundació Mies van der Rohe

Fundació Mies van der Rohe launches the 2nd edition of the Lilly Reich Grant

Marking the 135th #anniversary of the birth of the german designer, #fundaciomiesvanderrohe presents the 2nd edition of the #lillyreich Grant for equality in architecture.

• As a novelty, this second edition incorporates a specific modality for Senior high school students to enhance the carrying out of curricular research projects aimed to revert the invisibilisations in architecture, #lillyreich Grant for Senior High School Students research projects.

• The results of the 1st edition research show the need to continue studying the person and work of #lillyreich: the #lillyreich Grant of Academic research will insist on deepening the knowledge and dissemination of this essential figure in the history of modern architecture.

• Instead of the initially planned event for the presentation of the new edition of the Grant, #fundaciomiesvanderrohe shares the video of the danced visit by the dancer and coreographer #tonimira that shows us the striking transformation of the space of the intervention resulting from the 1st call for the grant. ‘Re-enactment: Lilly Reich’s work occupies the Barcelona Pavilion’ it can be visited until 15 July 2020 in the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion.

Marking the 135th #anniversary of Lilly Reich’s birth (16 June 1885, Berlin) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s artistic partner in the conception and execution of the German Pavilion of Barcelona in 1929, #fundaciomiesvanderrohe presents the 2nd edition of the #lillyreich Grant for equality in architecture.

The grant, that bears the name of the pioneer of desing and architecture in recognition to her legacy, relegated to a second place, if not non-existent, in the story and memory of architecture, aims to promote the study, dissemination and visibilisaton of contributions to architecture that have been unduly relegated or forgotten, made by professionals who have suffered discrimination because of their personal circumstances. It also seeks to promote equal acces to the practice of architecture everywhere.

“We are thrilled to present the new call of the #lillyreich Grant for equality in architecture, and we are especially happy to include the teenage community in this fight for equality through research and knowledge” 
Anna Ramos

On its first edition, the Grant was awarded to the research proposition Re-encatment: Lilly Reich’s work occupies the Barcelona Pavilion by Laura Martínez de Guereñu. Thanks to this research, the story of the Pavilion that we can explain from now on is more complete regarding the work of #lillyreich.

The intervention that resulted from the first edition, which can be visited in the Pavilion until 15 July 2020, is a material response to the pervasive invisibility of Lilly Reich’s work. Re-enactment reconstructs two display cases, as the ones designed by #lillyreich for the International Exposition of 1929 and transforms the spatial experience of the Pavilion in an unusual way, thus reclaiming its connection with Lilly Reich’s work on the Noucentista Palaces of Montjuïc. For the first time, the work of the german designer has been made visible through a historical and documental reconstruction that brings together letters, photographs, patents, blands, plans and projections, some of them unpublished, from different archives and private collections.

“The Grant has allowed me to intensify my research into one of Lilly Reich’s most significant projects and to find new pieces of documentary evidence to demonstrate, in a scientific way, the architectural nature of her work. In addition to the academic platforms – which are so necessary for the production of knowledge– thanks to the material reconstruction of Lilly Reich’s work, the Grant has given me the unique opportunity to share the outcome of this research with the broad public.”
Laura Martínez de Guereñu

This new edition the grant, in its academic research modality, will once again focus on the study of Lilly Reich’s own work in order to continue deepening in the knowledge and dissemination of an essential figure in the history of modern architecture.

However, this year, the #fundaciomiesvanderrohe widens the scope of the research field with the #lillyreich Grant for Senior High School students research projects for high school students, which will promote the carrying out of curricular research projects dedicated to reversing the invisibilisations in architecture, both from a historical and a contemporary perspective. The granted proposals will be co-tutored by Fundació 

Mies van der Rohe and will be allowed to access the archive of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe. To celebrate all these events related to the history and the legacy of #lillyreich, the dancer and choreographer #tonimira comes back to dance the new look in the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion forced by the striking transformation of the space by Laura Martínez de Guereñu's intervention. A danced visit that invites us to escape from the already infinite perspectives prior to the intervention to show those that were not possible before exclusively. In a 3-minute video, #tonimira guides us through the transformed space of the Pavilion, the elements that transform it and what they contain. The camera always focuses on a new element, shots that would not have been possible without the intervention, and plays with the magic of transparencies, reflections and vanishing points that tempt us to inhabit the space and transcend its immobility with the movement of the body with music recovered from his old show "Mies".

VISIT THE INTERVENTION RE-ENACTMENT: Until 15 July 2020
Opening hours: Monday to Sunday from 10:00h to 20:00h
Location: Mies van der Rohe Pavilion (Av. Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 7)
50% Discount on tickets through the month of June

RULES OF THE CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE LILLIY REICH GRANT FOR EQUALITY IN ARCHITECTURE

In  the conception and development of its activities,  the #fundaciomiesvanderrohe aims  to generate research and debate about modern and contemporary architecture in a manner that is open  to paradigm changes, and particularly in  relation  to concepts which are  fundamental today such as identity, social inclusion and all elements of sustainability.

In recognition of the architectural legacy of #lillyreich, the artistic partner of Ludwig Mies van der  Rohe  in  the  conception  and  execution  of  the  German  Pavilion  of  Barcelona  in  1929, relegated to a second place, if not non-existent, in the story and memory of this masterpiece in the history of architecture,  the #fundaciomiesvanderrohe established  the #lillyreich Grant for equality in architecture in 2018. 

It aims to support the study, dissemination and visibility of contributions to architecture that have  been  unduly  relegated  or  forgotten,  made  by  professionals that have  received discriminatory  treatment.  It  will  also  seek  to  promote  equal  access  to  the  practice  of 
architecture worldwide.

As a novelty, this second Edition incorporates a specific call for senior high school students that aims  to  encourage  them  to  carry  out curricular  research  projects  focused  on  reverting  the invisibilizations  in  architecture, Lilly  Reich  Grant  for  Senior High  School  Students  Research, and  reissues  the  call  addressed  to the  area  of high  academic research, Lilly  Reich Grant  of academic  research, focused,  as  in  the  previous  edition,  on  the  study  of  Lilly  Reich's  work  in order  to  increase  the  knowledge  and  dissemination  of  her  contributions  to  modern architecture.

MODALITY A - #lillyreich Grant for Senior High School Students Research Projects focused on the  study,  dissemination  and  visibilization of  contributions  to  architecture that  have  been unduly relegated or forgotten, or carried out by architectural professionals that have received discriminatory  treatment,  and  that  promote  equal  access  to  the  practice  of  architecture worldwide.

A.1 Objective
With the calling of this grant, the #fundaciomiesvanderrohe seeks to promote the research projects on topics related to the dissemination of the architectural culture in a manner that is open  to the paradigms of contemporary society, carried out by Senior High School Students, to acknowledge the effort made both by the  students and  the  teachers and  to project  them into their closest society.


The  research  projects,  within  any  of  the  existing  baccalaureate  disciplines,  will  have  to  be focused  on  the  study,  dissemination  and  visibilization  of  contributions  to  modern  and contemporary  architecture  that  have  been  unduly  relegated  or  forgotten,  or  made  by professionals  that have  received discriminatory  treatment. It will also seek  to promote equal access to the practice of architecture. Those projects that consider a local perspective linked to the  general  context  will  be  appreciated. Similarly,  those  that  consider elements  such  as memory,  testimony and conservation will also be appreciated, and very specially  their ability to address young public for the dissemination and promotion of the equality of opportunities in the practice of architecture.

A.2 Payment
A  maximum  of  5  grants  will  be  awarded  as  study  aids endowed  with  bibliographical  or educational  material  to  a  value  of  300€  for  each  student  awarded  with  the  Grant  and bibliographical or educational material to a value of 200€ for their educational centre, and will include the publication of the project in its totallity on the FMVDR website, upon completion and after validation by the jury that awards this grant and the evaluation panel of the research project.

The  granted  proposals will  be  co-tutored  by  FMVDR  which  will,  if  requested,  also provide advice to the rest of the proposals, those that have not been included in the grant.

A.3 Candidacies
The call is open to senior high school students who focus their research project on the topic of the  grant.  The  call  is  aimed  at  students  about  to  start  their  curricular  research  project and submit  it during  the academic  year  2020-21 (call  for entries LR06/2020), as well as  students who  intend  to  begin  their  curricular  research  project during  the academic  year 2020-21 and submit it during the academic year 2021-22 (call for entries LR03/2021). The project proposals submitted can be individual or in group.

A.4 Documentation
The  applications  must  be  submitted  by  email  at lillyreich@miesbcn.com attaching  the following documentation:

Manifestation of interest signed both by the student and the academic tutor of the project and stamped by the centre.

School certificate with the student’s overall qualification of the 2nd cycle of ESO.

Activity project or study that in a maximum of two A4 sides must specify:
a) objectives of the curricular research project;
b) preliminary summary of the project ;
c) methodology;
d) intended format of the presentation of results.

A.5 Deadline for submitting Applications:
Call  for  entries 06/2020  aimed  at  students  who  plan  to  submit  their  project  during  the academic year 2020-2021:

Submission of applications from 16 June to 16 July 2020
Call  for  entries 03/2021  aimed  at  students  who  plan  to  submit  their  project  during  the academic year 2021-2022:

Submission of applications from 8 March to 8 April 2021 

A.6 Jury
The  Jury  will  be  integrated  by  representatives  of FMVDR  (director,  curator  of  prizes  and programmes or the person to whom they delegate) and a guest expert. Once the applications received  have  been  analysed  the  jury  will  agree  to  propose  those  selected  based  on the assessment criteria as grant recipients. The selected proposals will be granted and co-tutored by the  FMVDR.  Even  so, FMVDR  will  also  provide  advice to  the  rest  of  the  proposals  not included in the grant.

Applications will be assessed according to the following criteria

• Content suitability to the objectives of the grant. Up to 3 points. 
• Originality of the research project proposal and outline of the objectives, methodology and structure of the research project used. Up to 3 points. 
•  Final  presentation  format  of  the  project  and  ability  to  communicate  and  disseminate  the objectives of promoting equal opportunities in  the exercise of architecture among  the young public. Up to 3 points. 

• Overall qualification of the student’s second cycle in secondary education. Up to 1 point. The Jury may request additional information from the applicants and suggest an extension or modification of their project to make it more operative. The Jury reserves the right to declare the Lily Reich grant for equality in architecture null and void and is empowered to resolve any eventuality not expressly regulated in these terms and conditions.

A.7 Resolution
Call  for  entries  06/2020  aimed  at  students  who  plan  to  submit  their  project  during  the academic year 2020-2021:

The resolution of the Applications will be made public on September 12, 2020 and will be notified personally to the student and academic tutor of the project.
Call  for  entries  03/2021  aimed  at  students  who  plan  to  submit  their  project  during  the academic year 2021-2022:

The  resolution  of  the  Applications  will  be made  public  on  June  16,  2021  and  will  be notified personally to the student and academic tutor of the project. 

A.8 Co-tutoring
The selected proposals will be granted and co-tutored by the FMVDR. Even so, FMVDR will also provide advice to the rest of the proposals not included in the grant.
In  order  to  plan the  co-tutoring a minimum  of  two meetings  with  the  project  tutor  and  the student  will  be  necessary,  the  working methodology  will  be  designed  and  a  calendar established  on  the  first  one. FMVDR  is  committed  to  guiding  students  in  their  research  by providing them with access to FMVDR's facilities and documentary archive as well as indicating other  sources  to  complement  their  research.  A  collaborative  commitment  between  FMVDR and the student's home school will be established. 

Additionally, FMVDR will provide the student with access to the Archive of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award, which includes all the works nominated for the prize since 1988, as well as the contents of the app EUMIESAWARD and the publication  ATLAS  of  European  Contemporary  Architecture  published  by  the  Fundació Mies van der Rohe.

A.9 Grant Acceptance
It will be necessary to make a written record of the acceptance of the grant once the project work  plan  has  been  agreed  on.  The  signed  document  must  be  submitted  15  days  after  the award of the grant. Failure to submit this document will result in automatic cancellation of the grant.

A.10 Project submission

A  digital  copy  of  the  work  must  be  submitted  and  integrated  into  the  FMVDR  documents centre. It can be accompanied by diverse supports, models, computer material, visual material, audiovisual material, etc.

A.11 Grant awarding event
The grants for each call will be awarded at a public event organized by the FMVDR in the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion on dates yet to be determined, in the presence of the President or the person delegated by her. The authors of the research projects will make an oral presentation of their proposal during the event.

A.12 Project publication
The awarding of the grant means that the beneficiary person or group gives up, exclusively and for  the entire period of validity of  the intellectual property  rights, all exploitation  rights over the activity or study, in any format or support, including translation into all languages  to the #fundaciomiesvanderrohe. The #fundaciomiesvanderrohe may subscribe to the following agreements with  third  parties in  order  to enable  optimum  use  of  the various methods, or it may carry out the use directly itself.

The  scientific  publications,  articles  and  communications  resulting  from  the  project  that receives this grant shall expressly mention the #fundaciomiesvanderrohe and the fact that it was carried out thanks to the #lillyreich Grant for Equality in Architecture.

A.13 Data protection
The  personal  data  provided  by  the  applicants  and  collected  in  the  documents  indicated  in these terms and conditions shall be incorporated in files owned by the #fundaciomiesvanderrohe, with registered office at c/Provença 318 Pral. 2ª 08037, Barcelona, with the aim of being processed for the purposes for which they have been requested and to maintain the applicants informed about the activities of the #fundaciomiesvanderrohe. The applicants may exercise in  the  terms established  in  the Organic  Law  on  data  protection,  the  rights  to access,  rectify, erase and object to their personal data, free of charge, by addressing a message in writing to c/Provença 318 Pral. 2ª 08037, Barcelona.

A.14 Acceptance of the terms and conditions
The  presentation  of a  project  to  the  Lilly Reich Grant  for equality in architecture implies  the acceptance of these terms and conditions, which functions as a contract.

MODALITY B – Lilly  Reich Grant of academic  research, for the  study  of  Lilly  Reich's work  in order  to  increase  the  knowledge  and  dissemination  of  her  contributions  to  modern architecture.

B.1 Objective
The #lillyreich Grant for equality in architecture aims to support the study, dissemination and increasing the visibility of the contributions in the field of architecture which have been unduly relegated or forgotten due to discriminatory reasons. The grant also seeks to promote access in the equality of opportunities in architectural practice.

This modality of the #lillyreich Grant for Equality in Architecture is specifically addressed to the study, dissemination and visibility of Lilly Reich's own contributions to the field of architecture.

B.2 Payment
This modality of the #lillyreich Grant  for equality in architecture has an endowment of 9,000 euros. Payment shall be made in three instalments of 3,000 euros each. The first payment shall be  made  at  the  time  of  awarding  the  Lilly  Reich  Grant  for  equality  of  opportunities  in architecture;  the  second will be made  three months later, after  the presentation of a  report about the status of the research which must be approved by the Jury of the #lillyreich Grant for equality in architecture; and the last payment shall be made after the presentation of the definitive  version  of  the  study  and  the  corresponding  approval  by  the  Jury.  The  applicable taxes shall be deducted from this payment.

B.3 Candidacies
The following may apply for the first edition of the #lillyreich Grant for equality in architecture: physical persons who are researchers who, individually or in a group, present a study proposal in accordance with these terms and conditions.

B.4 Documentation
The  applications  must  be  submitted  by  email  at lillyreich@miesbcn.com,  attaching  the following documentation:

CV of the applicants, which cannot exceed two A4 pages per person. 

Activity or study project which, at a minimum of two and a maximum of four A4 pages, must specify the: 

a) objectives of the activity or study
b) preliminary summary of the project;
c) methodology;
d) time line;                                                                                                                                                                                                           e) principal sources and bibliography of reference.

Contact  data  of  the  applicants  (post  address,  telephone  and  email).  In  the  case  of  group projects, the data of all the persons forming the group must be provided and the group must indicate  the  name  of  the  person  responsible  for  the  study  who  will  represent  the  team  to comply with the obligations which, as a beneficiary, correspond to the group.

If the documentation presented is incorrect or incomplete, the Jury of the #lillyreich Grant for equality in architecture shall request that the documentation be corrected or completed in a term  of  five  working  days.  In  the  case  that  the  deficiencies  are  not  corrected  in  the  period indicated, it shall be understood that the person or group renounces the #lillyreich Grant for equality of opportunities in architecture. 
B.5 Deadline for submitting the projects
The aspirants can submit their projects until 14:00 CET on 4 September 2020.

B.6 Jury

The  Jury will  be  formed  by  three individuals linked  to  the  field  of architectural  research and dissemination and the research and dissemination in matters of equality.

The  Jury  may  request  complementary  information  for  aspirants  and  call  them  to  suggest expanding or modifying the project to make it more operational.

The Jury reserves the right to declare the Lily Reich grant for equality in architecture null and void and is empowered to resolve any eventuality not expressly regulated in these terms and conditions.

B.7 Resolution
The  Jury’s  resolution,  which  cannot  be  appealed,  will  be  made  public  on  5  October  2020, World  Architecture  Day,  through  the  website  of  the  Fundació  Mies  van  der  Rohe(www.miesbcn.com)

B.8 Follow up of the activity or study

Once the #lillyreich Grant for equality in architecture is awarded, the Jury shall supervise the selected  study  or  activity  and,  if  appropriate,  shall  nominate  a  person  to  supervise  the development and inform the Foundation of the execution of the project.
Three  months  after  the  awarding  of  the  Lilly  Reich  Grant  for  equality  in  architecture,  the beneficiary  person  or group must  present a  report about  the  status  of  the  research and  the hypothetical  modifications  concerning  the  initial  project  which  are  the  result  of  the development  of  the  research.  This  report  must  be  validated  by  the  Jury  for  the  second payment of the #lillyreich Grant for equality in architecture to be made and to authorise the continuation of the research.

In  the  same  way,  the  Jury  shall evaluate  the  final  work  in  order  to  give  its  approval  to  the study and  to authorise  the last  payment  of  the  Lilly  Reich Grant  for equality in architecture. The Jury is empowered to make the considerations that they deem necessary in the different phases of the follow up to the study and, if appropriate, can even revoke the awarding of the #lillyreich Grant for equality in architecture. 

B.9 Revocation of the Grant
The Jury may revoke the #lillyreich Grant for equality in architecture if the beneficiary person or  group  does  not  execute  the  work  in  the  appropriate  time  frame  and  form,  if  the development  of  the  work  is  not  satisfactory  and  if  the  result  does  not  meet  the  required quality standards. Likewise, the breach of the obligations assumed by the beneficiary person or group entitles the #fundaciomiesvanderrohe to require the repayment of the amounts paid.

B.10 Renunciation of the Grant
If  the  beneficiary  person  or  group  wishes  to  renounce  the  Lilly  Reich  Grant  for  equality  in architecture  during  the  period  in  which  they  hold  the  grant,  they must  communicate  this  in writing  to  the #fundaciomiesvanderrohe. Renunciation implies  the obligation  to  repay  the amounts of the #lillyreich Grant for equality in architecture received. In  the  case  of  renunciation,  the  Jury  may  award  the  Lilly  Reich  Grant  for  equality  in architecture  to  another  one  of  the  projects  presented,  and  if  appropriate,  may  extend  the deadline to deliver the work. 

B.11 Time frame to carry out the activity or study

The  time  frame  to  carry  out  the  activity  or  study  chosen  starts  3  months  after  the  date  of awarding the #lillyreich Grant for equality in architecture and finalises 9 months after initiating the work.

The activity or study must be submitted by sending the final work to lillyreich@miesbcn.com  

B.12 Publication of the activity or study

The  awarding  of  the  Lilly  Reich  Grant  for  equality  in  architecture  requires  the  beneficiary person  or  group  to  cede  all  the  exploitation  rights  concerning  the  activity  or  study,  for  all modes of publication, in any format or support, including the translation into all languages, for the entire period of validity of the intellectual property rights exclusively to the #fundaciomiesvanderrohe. The #fundaciomiesvanderrohe may enter into agreements with third parties that are necessary to make the optimal use possible in the different modes, or to carry out the cited use directly by the foundation itself. 

The scientific publications, articles or messages which may arise  from  the work which enjoys this grant must expressly cite the #fundaciomiesvanderrohe and the fact that the work has been carried out thanks to the #lillyreich Grant for equality of opportunities in architecture. 

B.13 Incompatibilities

Obtaining the #lillyreich Grant for equality in architecture is incompatible with any economic aid contributed by another institution in order to carry out the same study. 

B.14 Data protection
The  personal  data  provided  by  the  applicants  and  collected  in  the  documents  indicated  in these terms and conditions shall be incorporated in files owned by the #fundaciomiesvanderrohe, with registered office at c/Provença 318 Pral. 2ª 08037, Barcelona, with the aim of being processed for the purposes for which they have been requested and to maintain the applicants informed about the activities of the #fundaciomiesvanderrohe. The applicants may exercise in  the  terms established in  the Organic  Law  on  data  protection,  the  rights  to access,  rectify, erase and object to their personal data, free of charge, by addressing a message in writing to c/Provença 318 Pral. 2ª 08037, Barcelona. 

B.15 Acceptance of the terms and conditions
The  presentation  of a project  to  the  Lilly Reich Grant  for equality in architecture implies  the acceptance of these terms and conditions, which functions as a contract.