On Tuesday 11th December 2007, the winners of the architectural design concept for the Polish Pavilion for EXPO 2010 in Shanghai were announced. The competition’s jury awarded three prizes and five distinctions.

First prize in the competition was awarded to a team of architects: Wojciech Kakowski, Marcin Mostafa and Natalia Paszkowska. The second prize was given to the company: K. Ingarden, J. Ewy Architekci Sp. z o.o., whereas the third prize went to the company: Valode Et Pistre Architects Sp. z o.o.

- We've tried to analyse the functional qualities of the pavilion designs, primarily the aesthetics, the concept and colour - said Mrs Anna Kamińska, Vice-President of PAIiIZ. - We spent a long time discussing the distinctions, whereas with the prizes we were in agreement.

The financial reward for first place is 80 thousand PLN, for second and third 55 and 45 thousand PLN respectively. The authors of the five commended works will receive 20 thousand PLN each.

Of course the most valuable prize will be the opportunity to execute the project. The authors of the victorious project will - apart from the financial award - receive an invitation to participate in the public purchasing procedure in the unrestricted form (allowed under the Public Purchasing Laws in accord with art. 67 reg. 1 point 2). The subject of the order will be the specific preparation of the architectural project for the Polish Section’s Pavilion and the development of the terrain upon which the Pavilion is to be built.  

The chairman of the nine person Competition Jury was Mr Jerzy Grochulski, the President of the Association of Polish Architects (SARP)and Mrs Anna Kamińska, Vice President of PAIiIZ and General Commissioner of the Polish Section of the EXPO 2010 World Exhibition in Shanghai, had the position of Deputy Chair of the Jury. The Jury will judge the works for their innovative character, their functionality, and their unity and compatibility with the spatial requirements of the Exhibition’s Organiser’s. The assessment would also take into consideration the concept of the exposition’s programme, the cost of the project and its execution

- The chosen works showed projects which were highly advanced and well conceived - Mr Jerzy Grochulski, the SARP President stated. - They should fulfil the expectations of not only our country and our responsibility for presenting its achievements and successes, but also of the Chinese visitors. It will enable those visitors that are unaccustomed to Poland, to remember our country through exciting presentations in terms of its architectural solutions - SARP's President added.

The competition for the architectural design of the Polish Pavilion was announced at the beginning of September 2007. The competition has aroused great interest. 20 projects were presented for the first stage of the competition from which 12 qualified to the second stage. In January an exhibition of the submitted projects is planned.