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Competition / LE LOGEMENT EN QUESTIONS //// HOUSING IN QUESTION(S) / Syndicat de l?Architecture

Death by Architecture — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 06:13:25 GMT

The Syndicat de l’Architecture is launching an open and anonymous ideas competition on housing in France. The competition is open to all French architects who are qualified in architecture, working alone or in a team, as well as European architects associated with an architect working in France. Participation conditions: - Pre-registration and downloading detailed documents from 30 April 2018 via the competition web site: www.lelogementenquestions.fr - Final deadline for registration: 14 July 2018 at midnight. A payment of €30 must be made on line, by transfer, or by cheque made payable to Syndicat de l’Architecture. That deposit will be refunded to any registered applicant who meets the conditions and who submits a project. - Projects must be sent in dematerialised form under a single A2 in PDF format by e-mail to the following address: rendu@lelogementenquestions.fr before 30 July 2018 at midnight. - The jury will meet during the first fortnight of September 2018. - All proposals will be exhibited in Rennes (Brittany) during the third edition of the Grands Entretiens sur l’Architecture (Great Conversations on Architecture) organised by the Syndicat during October 2018. - Prizes to a total value of €17,000 will be awarded to the five best proposals, including a first prize of €7,000.

Competition / TRANSIENT SPACES / CCNY, Spitzer School of Architecture

Death by Architecture — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 18:39:34 GMT

TRANSIENT SPACES is a publication project originated at CCNY Spitzer School of Architecture by faculty members whose research and studio practices engage with the themes of transiency, activism and dwelling in contexts of impermanence and crisis, where the demand for belonging and community building challenges the agency of design and our roles as architects and educators. The aim is to build a platform to reveal academic and professional practices as a means to expand the dialogue among design, policy professionals and the communities they are engaging with. The publication will include work of artists, scholars, students, architects, engineers and actors from humanitarian support mechanisms. There will be recurring material reviews until the 25th of February 2018 at 11:59 pm. Send us your abstracts AND full contributions to be considered. No need to register! Please do not hesitate to contact us with questions at transiencespaces@gmail.com. More about The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture: https://ssa.ccny.cuny.edu/

Competition / Building For A Billion - International Design Competition / Ultratech Cement

Death by Architecture — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 18:38:32 GMT

It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in 'BUILDING FOR A BILLION', an International competition under the initiative 'India Next' by UltraTech Cement. This competition invites Engineers and Architects, to develop innovative solutions to tackle the mammoth task of housing every Indian. The ‘Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana’ (PMAY) was launched on 25th June, 2015 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, India with a mission to provide a ‘home for every Indian’. The scheme includes regulated homes for the urban poor and robust (pucca) homes for the rural people. The nearest target is 10 million homes by the year 2019 and 20 million houses for the urban poor by the year 2022.

Brief: Innovative, contextual, viable, sustainable and most importantly inclusive solution for housing, along the lines of the Government's Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

Eligibility: Professionals: Architects & Engineers (Civil/Structural) Students: 3rd, 4th, & 5th Year (Individuals and Groups)

Registration : Free Submission deadline: January 14th, 2018

Competition / Beam Camp Seeks Proposals for Spectacular Projects / Beam Camp

Death by Architecture — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 18:35:41 GMT

Beam Camp is a collaborative building and design summer camp in Strafford, NH that works with kids aged 10-17 to make the seemingly impossible possible. Our award-winning program has been featured in the New York Times, Wired, NPR, and designboom, and offers young people the opportunity to cultivate hands-on skills while exploring innovative thinking, design, problem solving and the creative process. An intergalactic salvage station struck by a meteor, a solar-powered cinematic riff on a French film from 1902, a 2-story arboreal kaleidoscope: every year, Beam Camp solicits proposals for unique and spectacular large-scale projects that serve as the centerpiece for a 25-day session of camp, during which they are built and brought to life by 100 campers and staff. Our Project Team works with the winning designers (Project Designers) to translate their designs into the camp context. Precision of craft, skill, and imaginative thinking are paramount in our projects and the work of our staff and campers — please take some time to familiarize yourself with our past projects.

Competition / Livability in New American City / Urban Design Committee of AIA|DC and City Age Conference

Death by Architecture — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 18:33:46 GMT

Introduction

Cities around the world are growing at an unprecedented rate, and for the first time in recent history represent the preferred place for people to live. Urbanization has historically aided millions to escape hardship through increased employment opportunities, better education and healthcare, large scale public investments, and access to improved infrastructure and services. The city has been the ideal for heightened livability for people worldwide. These extraordinary opportunities have also propagated unanticipated pressure on the livability of cities that remains pervasive today. US cities are faced with new 21st century challenges aimed at corroding three interwoven drivers of livability: equity, safety, and affordability. These drivers have been the pillars of American cities, and are now being dangerously tested by the increasing pressures of urbanization. How will retail fit into the livable city of the future? “[The city’s] order is all composed of movement and change, and although it is life, not art, we may fancifully call it the art form of the city and liken it to the dance — … an intricate ballet in which the individual dancers and ensembles all have distinctive parts which miraculously reinforce each other and compose an orderly whole. The ballet of the good city… is always replete with new improvisations.” Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities Traditionally, local main streets with corner stores, community restaurants, and neighborhood shops were the suppliers of energy to sustain this civic ballet.

Rapid suburbanization helped re-choreograph and focus this activity into shopping malls surrounded by sprawling roadways. Today’s trend is a return to urban living. Expanding urban centers and urbanized suburbs are different now, characterized by changing demographics, values and rapid adoption of new technology in all aspects of life, from mobility to e-commerce, augmented reality in communications – in short, the amplified smart city. Goods, services and sustenance remain at the center of urban life, and a measure of the livable city – exemplifying issues of equity, safety and affordability. Income inequality has risen 75% in urban centers over the past 20 years. Affordability at all levels from housing to food is constantly challenged. While urban crime in the US has steadily decreased over the same twenty years, recent studies also show that city living seems to increase sensitivity to social stress. Safety takes on a new dimension. How will retail continue to be a part of the social life of cities, redefining its relation to streetscapes and the public realm? How can, and will, this change the face of retail, and thus, our communities?

Competition / Adelaide Contemporary International Design Competition / Malcolm Reading Consultants

Death by Architecture — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 18:32:22 GMT

The Adelaide Contemporary International Design Competition is a global search for an outstanding design team to create a new cultural destination for Australia. Adelaide Contemporary will showcase an exceptional collection of international and Australian, including Aboriginal, art. It will benefit from a strategic site on the city’s cultural boulevard and combine a contemporary gallery with a public sculpture park and meeting place. Adelaide Contemporary will extend the concept of an art destination and combine new public and cultural features, creating an accessible community meeting place and integrating art, education, nature and people.

This two-stage international competition is seeking architect-led creative teams with an initial open call for Expressions of Interest. Following this, up to six teams will be selected to develop a concept design at the second stage. These teams will need to include an architect registered with the Australian Institute of Architects. An honorarium of AU$90,000 will be paid to each of the shortlisted teams at Stage Two. To enter, competitors will need to read the Competition Conditions, fill out an online form and upload documents detailing their company information, proposed team composition and relevant experience, and project understanding and approach. The deadline for responses is 21:30 ACDT / 11:00 GMT Friday 24 November 2017.

Competition / Amsterdam Art Bridge / Archasm

Death by Architecture — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 18:30:32 GMT

Amsterdam, the capital of Netherlands is said to be a city with heart.The polycentric city of Amsterdam has its heart and soul lying in its ring of canals and bridges that bind the concentric and infinite loop that the city is. The city is popularly called the ‘Venice of North’, for its more than one hundred kilometers of canals, around 90 islands and about 1500 bridges. The canals and bridges of Amsterdam are as typical a symbol of the Netherlands as are its museums and art centres. The city has a very strong cultural and artistic identity. Amsterdam is the most important cultural and artistic centre to the north from Paris and between London and Cologne. Art galleries play a major role on the rich cultural scene of Amsterdam - along with theatres, concert halls, museums, libraries, design centers, and periodical events such as cultural festivals and art fairs. Amsterdam is known for its heavy-hitters of art history – Rembrandt, Vermeer, Van Gogh. The city of museums is the one of the most important destination for the art-mappers of the world. Architecture is also a physical manifestation and expression of art and there is no surprise that Amsterdam has become renowned as the City of beautiful Bridges. Linking the city’s distinct neighborhoods through an intricate, slowly evolving web, these structures – some of which date back more than 350 years – help bicycles, scooters, locals, tourists, cars, horses, cats and dogs across its roads and over its waters. The very famous and different city bridges like Magere Brug, Nesciobrug, Torensluis, Hogesluis and Blauburg etc. offer a view of different cityscapes through their eyes and ears.

The aim of the competition is to design an iconic pedestrian bridge in the heart of Amsterdam that will also function as an art gallery, performance venue and a very dynamic public space. The proposal must not only attend to the specific function but the design should also take into consideration the urban insertion and impact geared towards creating a new architectural symbol for a European capital city. Innovate and redefine the aesthetic approach towards designing a bridge. The bridge is a structure built to link two points that are separated by physical obstacles such as a water body or undulated terrain. Footbridges or pedestrian bridges are designed to span relatively shorter distances and provide passage over the obstacles. Pedestrian bridges are light-weight insertions that are designed to take the load of people on foot and even cyclists, rather than heavy vehicular traffic.

The competition asks the participants to reinvent the structure of a bridge as a sculptural and artistic expression so that it complements the landscape. Participants are encouraged to invent innovative contemporary structural systems for the bridge that add an architectural twist to the very basic functional design of the bridge. The aesthetic quality, materiality, volume and form of the bridge should add vitality, beauty and a sense of identity to the structure. Insert the aspect of a museum/gallery space on a pedestrian bridge to promote art as an inclusive expression and increase the overall vitality of the bridge. The participants should incorporate an on-the-way art district over the pedestrian bridge. The participants should try and break the exclusivity of art galleries, design centres and museums by fusing them into a widely-used public space. Art as an expression should reach out not just to the enthusiasts but for general public and tourists.

The competition seeks the creation of a museum/gallery experience in a new format by inserting the function on a daily use bridge structure. The idea is to involve and surround daily users of the bridge in an artistic dialogue rather than it being enclosed in a pre-defined space. The bridge-gallery prototype will be an important cultural landmark, giving an extra dimension to a ‘basic functional space’. Enrich community life by injecting, activating and rejuvenating the public space in and around the pavilion. The bridge should become an important landmark and reference point for the inhabitants and visitors of the city, a space that is integrated in the natural environment and that is flexible enough to adapt to a wide variety of activities in and around it. The bridge should rejuvenate the public life in the city and connect people in a more meaningful manner.

Competition / Calls open for Cartasia Lucca Biennale 2018 / Cartasia Lucca Biennale

Death by Architecture — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 18:29:21 GMT

Cartasia, the international paper Biennale, is looking for artists and designers from around the world to collaborate and create works of art, exhibitions and performances, following the theme chosen for the next edition: Chaos and Silence. Cartasia takes place in the beautiful city of Lucca between August and September 2018.

Competition / Drawing of the Year 2017 / Aarhus School of Architecture, schmidt hammer lassen architects, VOLA, the Danish Arts Foundation

Death by Architecture — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 18:28:00 GMT

It is with great pleasure that Aarhus School of Architecture, schmidt hammer lassen architects, VOLA and The Danish Arts Foundation announce the fifth joint venture competition Drawing of the Year 2017. This year's theme is Everyday Utopia. Everyday Utopia In 1516 Thomas More used the word Utopia for the first time to describe a perfect society, and the word has since been synonymous with something positive yet unrealistic. Through the architect's ability to dream and draw innovative solutions to challenges that are general and significant to all of us, the competition wishes to address and inspire solutions to these everyday challenges.

We invite bold, inspiring, provocative, and innovative proposals for new ways of perceiving everyday utopia. On all scales and in all environments, from the smallest structure to complex facilities; from rural outskirts to suburban environments; from nature to expanding megacities. We encourage all architecture students to visualise dreams, to think freely and creatively without losing touch with reality. We ask for a new utopia! We accept drawings from students at architecture schools all over the world.

The internationally acclaimed jury will award digitally produced drawings of everyday utopia that inspire, communicate and engage with architecture in an artistic way. After the competition, a curated selection of the submitted drawings will be exhibited. Digital drawings Drawing of the Year 2017 invites sketches and drawings created only by using digital technology. The competition aims to explore new tendencies in architectural drawing and challenge the use of new techniques and mixed media. We want the contestants to explore how digital drawing can push the boundaries of our perception of drawing as a craft. And we would like to encourage contestants to examine how digital drawings can express artistic skills.

Competition / PEA Window Competetion 2017 / AIA Philadelphia

Death by Architecture — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 18:27:06 GMT

For this year’s competition we’ve teamed up with the Center for Architecture and Design (CFA) to give you, the creative thinkers reading this, a chance to really express your design chops. In this design competition we are asking you to simply rethink and show what the facade of the Center should be! The Center for Architecture and Design just developed a brand new space that is open, engaging, and meaningful for those that dare to enter through the same ol’ façade. But what is THE façade of the Center for Architecture and Design? How can the façade call upon it’s founding principles? For this competition we are really looking for how YOU define the façade: how it pushes the envelope,both physically and subliminally, how it addresses the experiences of those coming into or passing by and how it engages the public both inside and out beyond a visual connection. Submission: (1) 16:9 ratio, 3000px width minimum 300 ppi Rendering of the exterior elevation of the storefront (view to match models given AFTER registration) Provide a narrative on your interpretation of the current storefront and how the Center for Architecture and Design provides for the design community and the citizens of Philadelphia at large. 250-500 words OPTIONAL: 24 in. x36 in. PDF supplemental imagery/board to further understand your concept, file size limited to 10MB. For more information and registration: bit.ly/2eDCDtM

Competition / 24h competition 20th edition - biomimetic / ideasforward

Death by Architecture — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 18:26:13 GMT

Ideasforward wants to give young creative people from around the world the opportunity to express their views on the future of societies through their innovative and visionary proposals. We are an experimental platform seeking progressive ideas that reflect on emerging themes. The eco design, sustainable architecture, new materials, concepts and technologies are compelling issues in the societies of the future and the involvement of the whole community is imperative. In an era of globalization where communication was dominated by the technological revolution, there is the need to rethink the cities and how Man relates in a global World as well as rethink the economic, social and cultural patterns of contemporary societies. The young creatives and thinkers are a precious commodity that we value a lot and so we want to give them a voice.

AIM OF THE COMPETITION - 24H

A space where the time limit is used to stimulate your creativity. This competition proposes give responses in 24H to the social problems, future visions, climate changes, humanitarian causes and sociologic problems of the contemporary societies. Commitment, perseverance, inspiration and hard work are the necessary bases to develop a proposal that meets the premises that will be released regularly in the brief of the competition. We challenge you to prove your talent in 24 hours! There are a period of registration on the competition, when it end, started the 24H competition! You have 24H to develop a proposal that responds to the program contained on a brief that you only know on the same day that start competition. Take the risk!

FRAMEWORK - Biomimetic

All living forms present in nature carry mathematical formulas and quantifications. The interpretation of these forms can be the great achievement for architecture that, intelligently, should translate them into solutions and needs in a sustainable and functional strategy. Natural examples are biological inspirations of efficiency and aesthetic / functional balance. The way of looking at forms can finally awaken to the simplicity of what more complex exists on the face of the earth: life itself.

Competition / The Dubai International Award For Best Practice / UN - Habitat / Dubai Municipality

Death by Architecture — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 18:25:07 GMT

The Dubai International Award For Best Practice 21 years of recognizing excellence in urban best practice The Dubai Municipality and UN-Habitat present the Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment. The 2017 Award comes at a critical time; with the New Urban Agenda being signed in October last year, this is a distinct opportunity to show case the most effective interventions for improving the lives of urban residents around the globe. In line with Sustainable Development Goal 11 – to make cities and communities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable – the Best Practice Award recognizes significant contributions which: Have a demonstrable and tangible impact on improving people’s quality of life; Are the result of effective partnerships between the public, private and civic sectors of society; Are socially, culturally, economically and environmentally sustainable. In addition, the award reflects the policy and commitment of the Dubai Government and the United Arab Emirates towards the sustainable development of human settlements and the protection of the environment.

Working closely with UN-Habitat, the award represents the importance of strong and coherent partnerships in implementing the New Urban Agenda and SDG 11, and delivering socially, economically and environmentally sustainable cities for all. The award is open to all sectors: national and regional governments; local authorities and their associations; non-governmental organizations; multilateral agencies; community based organizations; research and academic institutions; public and private foundations; media entities and individuals.

Competition / Indigenous Housing Canada Ideas Competition 2017 / The Manitoba Association of Architects; NDL Construction Ltd.; penn-co; Sigfusson Northern; Neegan Burnside; LDA Structural Engineers; PM Associates Ltd.

Death by Architecture — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 18:24:22 GMT

Indigenous Housing Competition Canada invites everyone, students and professionals, to submit ideas for remote access Indigenous Community housing in Canada.

PURPOSE

The purpose of this competition is to raise awareness of Indigenous Housing in Canada and improve opportunities available to design, deliver and maintain housing for remote access Indigenous Canadians.

BACKGROUND

There are over 600 Indigenous Communities in Canada with over 60 ethnic groups located in diverse landscapes, many with remote access. Current housing is provided by Indigenous Communities or with funding from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Housing demand can exceed supply causing overcrowding. LOCATION The location may be any remote access Indigenous Community in Canada not served by year-round allweather roads. Transportation to communities is currently limited to air, sea lift or temporary winter road during February and March. Winter road width restriction at bridges is 4.9 metres.

Competition / Barcelona Social Housing / ARCHmedium

Death by Architecture — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 18:23:13 GMT

INTRODUCTION

Barcelona is going through a moment of housing emergency where 40% of the purchases of flats are made only to invest and the increase of tourist apartments exponentially increases the price of rents. There are large numbers of empty homes and the lack of rental housing makes the neighbors forced to move, a phenomenon known as gentrification. Currently Barcelona only has 1.5% of social rental housing, a figure far removed from the 50% in Vienna, or 30% in cities such as Berlin or Paris. Barcelona City Council considers access to housing a priority and is implementing policies to increase these figures.

PROPOSAL

Sensitive to this problem, from ARCHmedium we invite students and young architects to explore new typologies about social housing in a consolidated environment in the center of Barcelona. We propose the transformation of an existing office building from the 20th century to social housing. The existing 18.000m2 will house 160 homes and small scale businesses. The objective of the competition is to guarantee the social function of housing through rethinking the housing space. Proposals must explore new typologies and urban ways to respond to the program and improve the scope of intervention. The intervention must meet the highest environmental criteria, seeking a low energy consumption.

Competition / Project of the Year 2017 / Architecture of Israel + the European Union

Death by Architecture — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 18:22:35 GMT

Architects, interior designers, landscape architects, researchers and students are invited to submit works planned or written since 2011. PowerPoint or PDF presentations, not exceeding 5mb, should include a short explanatory text describing the project, location, purpose, its uniqueness and date of completion. Project of the Year Competition is international and runs in six categories: buildings, not-yet-built projects, interior design, landscape architecture, student works and research contributing to architecture.. Extra credit will be assigned to creativity, feasibility, climate and environmental awareness. Projects reaching final stage will be published in a special issue of Architecture of Israel. Registration: www.aiq.co.il +972-9-955-1500

Competition / U.S. Department of Energy Race to Zero Student Design Competition (Race to Zero) / U.S. Department of Energy

Death by Architecture — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 18:21:55 GMT

Collegiate institutions can start planning for the U.S. Department of Energy Race to Zero Student Design Competition (Race to Zero), which is at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado, April 21–22, 2018. The Race to Zero is an annual competition, open to students and faculty from any interested collegiate institution. The competition challenges collegiate teams to design zero energy ready buildings that are so high performance and energy efficient that all or most annual energy consumption can be offset with renewable energy. Through this competition, future architects, engineers, construction managers, and entrepreneurs gain the skills and experience to start careers in clean energy and generate creative solutions to real-world problems.

See the new 2018 competition guide, team application website, and the 2017 competition results . Key upcoming dates for the next competition: • November 2017 – All participating teams must complete the team application and are encouraged to submit a 3-page Project Introduction. • September 2017 to March 2018 – Webinars and building science training are offered. • April 2018 – Finalist teams complete their project submittals and compete with presentations to industry leaders.

The Competition Collegiate teams are posed with a design problem and are asked to either create a new building design that satisfies the project requirements or redesign an existing floor plan. The mandatory performance target is the DOE Zero Energy Ready Home specification or the forthcoming Advanced Energy Design Guide For K-12 School Buildings–Achieving a Zero Energy Building.

Each team spends 4 to 10 months designing a building to compete in one of five contests within the residential and commercial categories:

• Residential: Suburban Single-Family Housing - Urban Single-Family Housing - Attached Housing - Small Multifamily Housing

• Commercial: Elementary School.

A total of 40 invited teams complete the project and attend the competition event, where they present their designs to a panel of expert jurors, compare their efforts to those of other teams, learn from presentations by thought leaders, and engage with a variety of organizations about energy careers. Competition Requirements Each team must be sponsored by a collegiate institution, be comprised of at least three students and a faculty advisor, and have a designated team lead. Student teams are encouraged to be multidisciplinary and have industry advisors, such as local home builders, to help inform their decision-making process. Details on the competition requirements will be published in the 2018 Student Design Competition Guide. Learn more at the Race to Zero competition requirements webpage.

Competition / HELMA 2017-2018 ?Architecture in Sport Facilities Design AWARD? / Al Dwian A Amiri, Kuwait

Death by Architecture — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 18:19:27 GMT

HELMA© 2017 - 2018, Architectural Design Award is a project organized and managed by Balsam International (BI) proudly backed by Al Diwan Al Amiri in collaboration with other key strategic partners. HELMA is offered to honor young practicing architects and academics from all levels i.e. Student, Fresh graduates and Amateur creative in and around the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for the Arab Gulf States and the world. The name HELMA reflects the ancient Kuwaiti architecture, which is characterized by its strong connection to local building materials including rubble stone covered with thick mud plaster, mud brick, and Cora stone. It also reflects the efficient building techniques in wall construction, and the aesthetics on the facades, doors, and windows. HELMA tries to bridge the gap between the ancient and contemporary architecture to engage with the material, cultural and social ecologies of Kuwait City. Please Mark Your Calendar for HELMA © 1st Edition “Architecture in Sports Facilities Design AWARD” 1. REGISTRATION BEGINS Tuesday, 01 August 2017 2. REGISTRATION CLOSED Sunday, 01 October 2017 3. SOFT MEETING FOR JURIES COMMITTEES Sunday, 08 October 2017 4. FINAL PROJECT SUBMISSION DEADLINE Sunday, 24 December 2017 5. JURY PANEL PROJECT EVALUATION START Monday, 08 January 2018 6. SHORTLIST PARTICIPANTS ANNOUNCED Thursday, 18 January 2018 7. FINAL SHORTLIST PARTICIPANTS ANNOUNCED Thursday, 25 January 2018 8. HELMA CONFERENCE & AWARD CEREMONY Saturday, 03 February 2018

Competition / Galletti Shape Contest - Food design contest by Mulino Bianco / Barilla

Death by Architecture — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 18:18:55 GMT

New product design contest on Desall.com: Barilla and Desall invite you to a new creative challenge for redesigning the iconic Galletti Mulino Bianco biscuits, proposing a modern and distinctive style. Founded in 1975, Mulino Bianco is truly a part of the culture of Italian food and of the everyday diet of Italian families. This brand offers simple, genuine bakery products in all categories that are perfect for eating at home or on the go. Mulino Bianco, brand of the Barilla group, invites you to propose the new mould for the Galletti biscuits, interpreting in a modern way an icon that has become an everlasting symbol of the Italian breakfast, loved for its lightness and delicacy, appreciated both dunked and dry. For more info: http://bit.ly/GallettiShapeContest Contest timeline Upload phase: 3rd August – 17th October 2017 Client Vote: from 17th October 2017 Winner announcement: approximately by Mid-December 2017 Total awards €3500 Participation is free of charge and open to all creative people (at least 18 years old).

Competition / Past Continuous is Future Perfect, Students' Landscape Design Competition / Landscape Foundation, India

Death by Architecture — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 18:18:33 GMT

Architectural heritage sites are an invaluable part of a country's cultural legacy. Conceptualized and created in a different epoch, sited in a different cultural context, they are memory markers of cultural history and give a sense of time to the place. In India, these sites spread across the country date back many millennia. Most of them - palaces and forts and tomb and pleasure gardens, religious places, historic cities, gateways, heritage streets, and traditional water harvesting structures - are now public spaces. The physical and cultural contexts of these historical structures, have completely changed, the character of open spaces around transformed. Largely due to the legislation of Central and State Archaeological Departments, these open areas are developed as gardens, parks or are left as fenced open land. Is it the only way to conserve and protect these areas, which at many times, become inert islands, disconnected with the life of the city? Can the area around Red Fort, at present developed as lawns, be conceptualized as a cultural venue for the nation’s Independence Day and for the rest of the year, as areas for activities like informal shopping, public rallies, discourses and Performing Arts? A fruit orchard may be a better idea!! Can the original entrance to Qutb Minar complex be revived from Alai Darwaza and integrated with the surrounding Archaeological Park? Can Shanivaar Vada be surrounded by religious structures, streets and developed as a recreational hub in the cultural capital of Maharashtra, or are formal gardens are better suited for its present day context? Many sensitive and relevant approaches and ideas can be envisioned for development of these open spaces so they become lively places with a special context and relate well to the contemporary needs and concerns of the region. The Competition is an attempt to encourage students to explore and visualize surrounding areas around monuments and heritage precincts with radical and fresh approaches so as to make them meaningful and relevant spaces along with the historical spirit in which they are sited, thus becoming part of the daily life of the city or a town or a village.

Competition / All Along the 'Watchtower' / CYSOA

Death by Architecture — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 18:18:07 GMT

The All Along the Watchtower Competition is open to architects, students of architecture, recent graduates, and associated disciplines from around the world. CYSOA is looking to continue investigating the coastline of Geroskipou (the site of the Paphos Beach Shelters Competition). The winning design will be constructed on Geroskipou Beach in consultation with the local municipality. The essential programmatic need is to provide a viewing tower, for the public, and a lifeguard station, however additional programs, material concerns, and aesthetic results should be decided by individual participants. Entries may be from individuals, or teams of up to 4. Budget: €10,000 Area: max 25m² Height: At the discretion of the entrant Entry cost: €20 Submission form: Digital - email to: contact@cysoa.com Registration Deadline: Friday 29th September 2017 @ Midday UTC+2 (Local time) Submission Deadline: Friday 27th October 2017 @ Midday UCT+2 (Local time) An information pack containing the brief and a DWG of the site will be sent to the email address provided upon registration. Prize: The winning entry will be constructed after consultation and agreement with the Municipality. All entries will be exhibited at the Municipality Gallery in Geroskipou at an open public event. The entries will also be published in-print and online. Payment: After registration, an information pack including an extended brief and DWG's of the site will be issued to the email address provided, if this is different to the address registered with PayPal, then please send an email with this information after registration to contact@cysoa.com Submissions: Page Size: A3 (420mm x 297mm) File Format: PDF @ 300 dpi File Size: No greater than 20Mb Submission: Email to contact@cysoa.com Q&A Question and answer period runs from 30th July - 31st August Please send questions to contact@cysoa.com.

Competition / International Competition in Architecture - Jacques Rougerie Foundation / Jacques Rougerie Foundation

Death by Architecture — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 18:49:57 GMT

Call for action: International competition in architecture 2017 - Jacques Rougerie Foundation Architects, engineers, designers, all of them participate to the development and the construction of an upcoming world at their own level. Together, by looking further, beyond preconceived ideas and well-established concepts, these entrepreneurs, these creators, have the power to make up new rules, propose new directions: innovative facilities and housing bringing new living conditions, making room for new ways of moving, of consuming energy, to counter major environmental challenges of our era and others to come.

The prizes of the Jacques Rougerie Foundation support and accompany this approach. Innovation, architectural disruption, sustainable development and resilience against climate changes are the keywords of this 7th edition of the international competition in architecture of the Jacques Rougerie Foundation - Institut de France.

Every architectural project submitted must fall within one of the two fields: the Sea, guardian of our environmental as well as societal environments, or Space, field of development and technological applications that are unavoidable for the future of our civilisation. This year, the Foundation adds to the grand prix - which are open themed - three more specific themes, the «focus», to deliver a new, prospective vision, targeting one issue in the medium term or preparing oneself for an ecological and social emergency on one continent.

Innovation and architecture for the sea awards - Louis Vicat Grand Prix - € 7 500 Focus : The ports of the future - € 2 500 - Innovation and architecture for space awards Grand Prix - € 7 500 Focus : Solar power satellites - € 2 500 - Architecture and sea level rise awards Grand Prix - € 7 500 Focus : The African coastline - € 2 500

Competition / Vimania ARchitecture competition / AR/VR consortium

Death by Architecture — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 18:47:53 GMT

Augmented reality provides us with new research field of architecture. Now you do not need architectural models. We can see the building as it is with all the details. At the same time, it remains virtual model. These properties are augmented reality give us new opportunities. For example, we can compare the buildings from different regions of the world, from different eras in the same scale. We can make collections of buildings, unimaginable compositions. These new aspects give the researcher of the architecture an unexpected tools and fundamentally unattainable points of perception. Perhaps we will be able to explore the flow of time in the evolutionary series of buildings from different eras. Traditional classical compositions of cities are broken, being subjected to the inexorable impact of a new instrument of perception. Augmented reality and virtual reality give us the opportunity to create a new philosophy of historical development of architecture. Explore it in every detail.

In this competition, we invite participants to submit 3d models of buildings from your country and your region. We’ll create augmented reality applications based on the best models. Participants can create 3D models in 2 categories: • 3d model of a modern building with unique details inherent in your region. • 3d model of a historic building or monument which is not far from you. Building models should contain photorealistic textures and at the same time be geometrically optimized, do not contain interior details and various elements that are not visible from the outside. Optimum format of models: 3ds. Also files in format Sketchup 2015 are accepted. The prize fund is € 12,500.

Competition / Tiny House Design Competition / Volume Zero

Death by Architecture — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 18:46:35 GMT

Home is a domain that is intimate to all of us. Beyond its everyday function as a physical shelter for people and their activities, it connects with its user on a personal and emotional level. The modern day scenario of environmental and financial concerns along with the desire to have more freedom has led people to follow simpler and efficient ways of living. With the rapid growth of technology and smart living there lies an opportunity for efficient spaces with the feeling of homeliness and personal touch points. The Tiny House Movement celebrates this concept of simple yet resourceful living. The homes can be designed as an innovation of maximum usable space in minimum footprint, thus redefining sustainability. Living small, yet Living it All.

THE CHALLENGE

The Design of the house should be innovative and creative with a sustainable edge. The relation between the exterior and interior spaces ought to be taken into consideration. The proposal should be well conceptualized. Most importantly, the area of the house should not exceed 250 sq.ft. Mobility being a vital factor, the house need not be self-mobile, but should be treated as an extension that can be towed easily by a car or pickup truck. However, the participants can avoid the issue of mobility altogether but provide a strong justification for the same. The Interior Program Spaces include: Living Area | Sleeping Area for 2 | Cooking and Dining Area Toilet | Workspace. Client Interaction is one of the critical components of the design proposal. For the purpose of this competition, entrants may assume an individual, couple, or a genre of people, based on the design concept.

AWARDS

Prizes of total USD 3200, broken down as follows: 1st Prize: USD 1600 + Certificate 2nd Prize: USD 1000 + Certificate 3rd Prize: USD 600 + Certificate 10 Honourable mentions: Certificates Winners and honourable mentions will be published on Volume Zero website and several international architecture and design magazines.

Competition / LBC-LA Collaborative Student Competition 2017 / Living Futures

Death by Architecture — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 18:19:56 GMT

“Imagine a building designed and constructed to function as elegantly and efficiently as a flower: a building informed by its bioregion’s characteristics, and that generates all of its own energy with renewable resources, captures and treats all of its water, and operates efficiently and for maximum beauty.” Los Angeles World’s Fair (LAWF) is a social purpose company that aims to bring the World’s Fair to Los Angeles in 2022.

“Distinctive pavilions and urban settings will be spread throughout Los Angeles County, located near and accessed by various metro stops along the transit system. The plans are specifically designed to encourage a grand scale transition from a car-dependent culture to widespread adoption of mass-transit. The theme of the fair is “LA: The Connected City; A World Connected™ and seeks to do it on every level – from the physical to the cultural.” Pavilion Zero Concept: Pavilion Zero will be the main pavilion at the Los Angeles World’s Fair’s™ and the initial operational epicenter and informational locus. The pavilion will act as headquarters and event center for the Fair, providing a dedicated venue for meetings, conferences, presentations, and events throughout the development and implementation of the entire project. It will set the agenda for all participating pavilions spread throughout LA’s 88 cities, demonstrating cutting edge infrastructure and communication technology, immersive and participatory media, community sensitivity and transportation connectivity, the promise of the fully developed LA World’s Fair™ to come.

World's Fair Pavilion Zero Competition Concept: Design Innovation Submissions must develop an extensive plan for the LA World’s Fair 'Pavilion Zero' that meets the following requirements: Understanding and incorporating the design intent of 'Pavilion Zero'. Refer to the Pavilion Zero Design Guidelines in the "Full Competition Guidelines" PDF for location and description of the project site. Addressing all seven (7) LBC Petals and applicable Imperatives outlined in the Living Building Challenge version 3.1. Repurposing the designed space after the World’s Fair Integrating the theme of the fair, 'LA: The Connected City', through holistic design thinking that speaks to, engages and connects the local community. The Pavilion Zero design shall speak to the identity and community surrounding the proposed site and include design aspects that help to remediate known problems or help to generally elevate community connectivity and social justice. Teams are encouraged to use a holistic and innovative approach to net-positive design that explores a paradigm shift within the world of design and construction.

Competition Guidelines: Using the foundation of the 2022 LA World’s Fair and the concept of creating long-term positive impact in the various communities of Los Angeles, students are invited to develop a presentation poster using compelling visualizations to describe how their projects can achieve these concepts and transcend the Living Building Challenge. The poster should include graphics, text, and explanatory information such that the topic is self-evident without the student’s verbal assistance. The poster title, along with students’ names and degree program should appear on the lower right corner of the board. A text description of the project no longer than 500 words should also be included on the poster.

Prizes 1ST: $1,500 2ND: $750 3RD: $250 Jury The Innovation Awards are judged by an esteemed panel of key professionals from top architectural, engineering, institutional, analytical backgrounds and select members of the collaborative team.

Competition / COSTA DEL SPRAWL ideas competition / Estudio ESSE

Death by Architecture — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 18:17:16 GMT

For a second year the Costa del Sprawl ideas competition seeks creative solutions to improve the social, urban, and architectural situation in some of Costa del Sol’s sprawling neighbourhoods. This year’s competition is focused on the theme of ‘identity’ and invites participants to imagine a piece of architecture, whether building or space, which could be adopted as a model of contemporary vernacular architecture specific to the area of Riviera del Sol, and act as a precedent for the future planning and development of the neighbourhood. Andalucía contains an exciting variety of vernacular and contextual architecture which has grown throughout its tumultuous history and within its diverse landscapes. From the labyrinthine streets of medieval fishing towns and gleaming white walls of hillside villages, to palatial citadels and capitals of once mighty empires, the architecture of Andalucía tells a compelling story and creates a strong sense of place and identity. This sense of identity and reflection of context has all but vanished from contemporary architecture in Andalucía, and this is most notable in the sprawling neighbourhoods of the Costa del Sol which communicate little more than the capitalist speculation which lead to their existence. Nonetheless, this condition now forms a part of the area’s history and provides the point of departure for any future architectural, urban or planning projects. It is this point of departure which forms the basis of the ideas competition.

Participants are asked to produce a design which communicates their idea of contemporary vernacular architecture for Riviera del Sol. Designs can be can be experimental or based on the tried and tested, but they must all look towards the future as well as take into consideration the social, cultural, topographic, climatic, urban and architectural context of Riviera del Sol in a holistic manner. More specifically, you are asked to design a building, a fragment of a building, or a space which could be used to influence and shape the future of architecture and planning in the neighbourhood of Riviera del Sol. The designs should be located on the piece of land between Calle Jose Rivero and Calle Severiano Ballesteros as identified on the map. It is up to you to decide how much or little of the site you use and the location of your design upon it. The scale and typology of the design is also free for you to decide as the focus of the competition is to imagine a new vernacular, although this should not be interpreted merely as a stylistic study; the way in which your design is inhabited, the atmosphere of the spaces, and the materials and manner in which it is constructed will all be taken into account in the judging process.

Questions are welcome and should be sent to CostaDelSprawl@gmail.com. More background information on the Costa del Sprawl project can be found in the following document: https://issuu.com/sameadington/docs/cds_bedford_book_small

Competition / Architecture at Zero / PGE, AIACC, SFSU

Death by Architecture — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 18:15:30 GMT

The Architecture at Zero competition challenge is to create a zero net energy bayside community education and visitor’s center, in support of the mission of the Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies (RTC). This facility is San Francisco State University’s center for estuary and ocean science located on 53 acres of bayside property in Tiburon, California. The competition has two components. First, entrants will create an overall site plan to accommodate the program. Entrants are encouraged to highlight any energy efficiency strategies or systems shown. Second, entrants will design two buildings in detail, to indicate zero net energy (ZNE) performance. In order to demonstrate the building design and its performance, entrants will provide required documentation and may also include supplementary documentation.

Competition / 24h competition 19th edition - Ct?s / Ideas Forward

Death by Architecture — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 18:15:08 GMT

AIM OF THE COMPETITION - 24H A space where the time limit is used to stimulate your creativity. This competition proposes give responses in 24H to the social problems, future visions, climate changes, humanitarian causes and sociologic problems of the contemporary societies. Commitment, perseverance, inspiration and hard work are the necessary bases to develop a proposal that meets the premises that will be released regularly in the brief of the competition. We challenge you to prove your talent in 24 hours! There are a period of registration on the competition, when it end, started the 24H competition! You have 24H to develop a proposal that responds to the program contained on a brief that you only know on the same day that start competition.

FRAMEWORK Ct´s From the moment Man becomes sedentary, the first human groupings occur, thus, cities are born. For the need to organize in space; By the need for independence and to create a social organization, cities arise as a will and urgency to transform the individual into a collective that, in turn, will transform the singural collective into a plural collective. Cities are the result of the need of their Men, and the future will become the result of their wills.

Competition / The Cambridge to Oxford Connection: Ideas Competition / Malcolm Reading Consultants, on behalf of the National Infrastructure Commission

Death by Architecture — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 18:13:59 GMT

This free-to-enter, two-stage ideas competition is seeking forward-thinking, imaginative proposals to integrate sustainable placemaking with development and new infrastructure. The focus for the competition is the arc encompassing four of the UK’s fastest-growing and most productive centres: Cambridge, Milton Keynes, Northampton and Oxford.

Submissions should consider how to provide the homes the area needs: high quality places that integrate the proposed infrastructure and enhance the identity of the corridor as a single knowledge-intensive cluster, while working with its distinctive environmental and cultural character. The Oxford to Cambridge Connection: Ideas Competition is aimed at broad multidisciplinary teams of urban designers; architects; planning, policy, and community specialists; landscape designers; development economists; and others with local knowledge and general insight. Submissions from international teams and students are welcome.

Interested teams will need to read the Search Statement on the competition website before submitting their emerging concept, team details and registration information via email (using templates provided on the website). The deadline for entries is 14:00 BST 3 August 2017. At the second stage of the competition, four shortlisted teams will receive an honorarium of £10,000 to progress their concepts into creative visions, developed on a specific location within the corridor.

Competition / Design Exchange Emerging Designer Competition / The RBC Foundation

Death by Architecture — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 18:13:14 GMT

THE THIRD EDITION OF THE EMERGING DESIGNER COMPETITION Design Exchange, in partnership with RBC Foundation, is now accepting applications for the 2017 Emerging Designer Competition. This exciting national competition seeks to provide an unparalleled opportunity for emerging Canadian designers to gain recognition and exposure, while celebrating the immense and diverse design talent in Canada. The overall winner will be awarded $10,000 and be partnered with a curatorial mentor and exhibition designer who will provide support in the development of an exhibition to be featured at Design Exchange that will open in November of 2017 and run through to Toronto’s internationally celebrated design week in January 2018. Canadian Designers ages 18-35, across all disciplines, are invite to submit their realized or soon to-be completed project for consideration by September 1, 2017.

Competition / Landscape: Change is the only constant / Landscape Foundation India

Death by Architecture — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 17:41:00 GMT

You cannot step twice into the same river, and if there is anything constant, that is 'change'. Attempting to provoke students to explore and expand the idea of the impermanence in our landscapes, and to look at landscapes through the lens of temporality, recognizing their inherent relation with natural processes, hence time, which is always in a transient mode... Announcing the 2016 Landscape Foundation Students' Design Competition — “Landscape: Change is the only constant”. Open to all spatial design and art students in India. Also open to students in Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myammar and Sri Lanka.

Article / National World War I Memorial Stage 2 Finalists Announced

Death by Architecture — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Five concepts have been selected to proceed to Stage II for the National World War 1 Memorial design competition.

In the next stage of the competition, the five finalists will work in consultation with the Commission, public agencies with ultimate approval authority over the design, and other stakeholders to further develop and refine their initial design concepts. At the end of Stage II the jury will make recommendations to the World War I Commission, which expects to announce a winning design concept in January 2016.

Public comment is welcome.

http://www.worldwar1centennial.org/stage-ii-finalists.html

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Article / Pinup 2014 Design Competition by Morpholio Project

Death by Architecture — Sun, 11 May 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Pinup 2014 invites students and young professionals to submit a collection of their studio, 3d printed or un-built work comprised of up to three digital images. By submitting your work, we invite you to share your voice with the collective intelligence of a community of visual thinkers. The competition is free to all entrants.

The proliferation of device culture, social networking, and cloud technology are changing the way we create, and connect on a daily basis. For design, this means that technology is not only transforming the process of production, but also the processes through which we share, critique, and organize ourselves around the work we do. The competition is first, and foremost an experiment in distributed intelligence. By leveraging the "wisdom of crowds" every entrant can see and understand how his or her work is experienced by others. It has been predicted that in 2020, there will be 50 billion mobile internet connections worldwide, the equivalent of seven devices per person. Thus, this competition is not simply about the existence of technology, but rather why and how we harness it as designers.

The Competition poses the following questions: What are the aspirations by which we evaluate design today? In an increasingly networked culture, what makes a project capable of cutting through the virtual noise, and starting a new conversation? How do evolving forms of media affect the way in which your message reaches its destination? What is your message?

The competition challenges you to confront the world with your work. By sending it out into the field you will test yourself and your projects. You are the designer, the curator and the critic.

Pinup 2014 was assembled by designers, professors and students as a means to publically promote the research, exploration and investigation currently happening in academia and amongst today's emerging talent. The competition is supported by ArchDaily, Shapeways, the AIAS, IIDA, ADC, AIGA and is hosted by The Morpholio Project. The guest jury includes participants from FastCompany, ArchDaily, Design Milk, Interior Design Magazine, Core77 and Columbia GSAPP.

http://www.mymorpholio.com/site.php/home/pinup2014

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Article / ENR California Announces "Top 20 Under 40" by Engineering News Record

Death by Architecture — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT

(As posted by Bruce Buckley on ENR California Blog, 12/20/2012)

ENR California is proud to announce the winners of its annual Top 20 Under 40 competition, which celebrates the excellence of young design and construction professionals around the state.

Now in its third year, our Top 20 Under 40 contest drew its largest collection of entries yet. An independent jury pored over the entries, judging candidates on the basis of their career experience; industry leadership; community service; and other factors. Winners will appear in the February 11, 2013, edition of ENR California.

Congratulations to our winners, listed below in alphabetical order.

Kevin Albanese

Joseph J. Albanese, Inc.

Hafsa Burt

HB+A Architects

Christopher Bush

Parsons

Joseph (Joe) Carbajal

Parsons Brinckerhoff

Wil Carson

Michael Maltzan Architecture

Mario Cipresso

Studio Shift, Inc.

Gray Dougherty

Dougherty + Dougherty Architects LLP

Dana Fetrow

Spire Consulting Group, LLC

Casey D. Graham

SA Healy/Impregilo

Greg Hadsell

HDR Architecture, Inc.

Marceid DeAngelo Hatcher

Turner Construction Company

Chad Kennedy

O'Dell Engineering

Todd Kohli

AECOM

Justin Mikecz

HMC Architects

Neil Nehmens

SSC Construction, Inc.

Terriann Nohilly

Turner Construction Company

Marnie O'Brien Primmer

Mobility 21

James Seegert

Modern Building, Inc.

Josh Stinson

Nordic PCL Construction, Inc.

Jeffrey Vaglio

Enclos Corp

For more information:

ENR California

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Article / EyeTime 2012 Competition Winners Announced by The Morpholio Project

Death by Architecture — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT

On behalf of the competition organizers, collaborators and supporters, the Morpholio Project is proud to congratulate the EyeTime 2012 Winners. EyeTime 2012 was assembled as a means to publicly promote the research, exploration and investigation currently happening amongst today's emerging talent. "It was inspiring to review " said Aurelie Jezequel, Editor-in-Chief of Resource Magazine and "There was such a vast array of styles and creative techniques employed" said Jessica Lum of PetaPixel. All of the submissions exemplified outstanding work and the competition organizers are grateful for the enormous amount of entrants who were bold enough to confront the world with their voice.

EyeTime 2012 would also like to give a special thanks to the ICP, APA, ADC, AIAS, AIGA, NYIP, Resource Magazine, Death By Architecture, Photograph Magazine, Bustler, Archinect, Photography Blog, PetaPixel, The PhotoContest, Photocompete, Wallpaper Magazine, Wired Magazine and the incredible Jury who supported the work. This year's jury included Aurelie Jezequel and Adam Sherwin of Resource Magazine, Jessica Lum of PetaPixel, Kristen Fortier of Wired Magazine, Billy Cunningham of the ICP, and Pei-Ru Keh of Wallpaper Magazine. To view the Winners, Honor Awards and Honorable Mentions, please visit :

http://mymorpholio.com/site.php/home/eyetime2012

Images shown here in order:

Dean West - In Pieces

Simon Chang - Ashura

Zuliandi Abdul Azli - Analog Wave

Anna Pietrzak - Moments of Movement Pt. 2

Nicholai Go - Super

Gerald Haselwanter - Las Vegas Up

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Article / EyeTime 2012 Photo Competition Finalists Announced by Morpholio Project

Death by Architecture — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT

On behalf of the competition organizers, collaborators and supporters, the Morpholio Project congratulates the EyeTime 2012: Finalists. EyeTime 2012 was assembled as a means to publically promote the research, exploration and investigation currently happening amongst today's emerging talent. All of the submissions exemplified outstanding work and the competition organizers are grateful for the enormous amount of entrants who were bold enough to confront the world with their voice.

The EyeTime 2012: Winner(s) will be selected by the Jury as well as public competition “EyeTime”. To view the finalists and contribute your “EyeTime” now for your favorite entrant, please visit the EyeTime site:

http://bit.ly/P8kstT

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Article / Support GREAT SPACES the Web Series by Indiegogo

Death by Architecture — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT

FROM THE GROUP AT GREAT SPACES:

"Great Spaces delves into the colorful history of design and showcases an offbeat celebration of the art of showing spaces, featuring super-spaces, extreme stunts and challenges, spaces reviews and celebrity interviews, as well as the eccentric adventures of its hosts with Great Space's customary wit and humor. Hosted by design lover Alexi Panos, architect Delaine Isaac, architectural enthusiast Oheri Otobo and UK architect Ben Nother. Great Spaces explores the history of America and abroad, one space at a time.

ABOUT THE WEB SERIES:

The most exciting factor about the web series medium is its ongoing interaction with you as the audience. You, the viewer, can effect the series as it progresses. We want to take this to the next level. Television. And bring you into the process by showing not just how we make films but why we make them.

Along with the 6 episodes (18 spaces) we will be releasing in 2013, Great Spaces will be uploading new spaces and behind-the-scenes videos every week from this fall of 2012 until the first season wraps. To stay up to date subscribe to our YouTube channel GreatSpacesTV for new space clips and facebook for behind the scenes clips.

ABOUT YOUR MONEY:

Right now, we are gearing up for season one and we need your help in order to continue production. With the funds we raise, we will be able to purchase necessary equipment, complete new website development, and support our incredibly hardworking and dedicated production team.

Your payment is processed through Amazon (and is as easy as buying a CD, Book or DVD from Amazon.com). Every penny goes directly towards production and contributor rewards. Before we can start shooting, we need to cover a myriad of production and post-production expenses.

Up to this point, Great Spaces has been completely self-funded. We're doing this because we love design and travel, talking about it and sharing it with other people. It's been awesome -- but the only way to keep it going without sponsors or real advertising money - is through Indiegogo.

Thank you so much for your support and we hope that the stories from each space will inspire you as much as they will inspired us."

http://igg.me/p/277594?a=966795

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Article / Call for Papers: Journal of Interior Architecture + Spatial Design by IIJournal

Death by Architecture — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT

CALL FOR PAPERS:

autonomous identities

fall 2012 issue I _ call for submissions

As emergent design specializations, spatial design and interior architecture have repositioned the way that we conceive, perceive, and experience our built environment. Autonomous Identities, ii journal’s inaugural issue, seeks scholarly design-research, visual compositions, and work that challenges disciplinary specificity. Spatial environments are informed by not only our perception of space, but also through their social engagement, performance engineering, and graphic integration. New awarenesses have converged to re-imagine the design and construction of spatial and temporal interventions, as well as the corporeal and theoretical conditions of architectural environments and performance events.

Interior architecture and spatial design are poised to transform the design disciplines, and thus, Autonomous Identities is searching to identify tomorrow’s spatial precedents. Both disciplines offer the potential to claim new territory by operating at the intersection of previously discrete knowledge bases. Thus, interior-related theory, praxis, and practice have assumed a collective crisis of identity. In this issue, ii is collecting work which has the potential to blur the traditional boundaries of the design by identifying provocative new spatial territories. The journal endeavors to gather exemplary projects that reveal interdisciplinary approaches to research and ‘making’ skills as they apply to interiors, light-mobile-architectures, and designed objects. Autonomous Identities will reveal contemporary developments in design education and practice relative to the exploration of emerging materials and technologies. The issue will highlight experimentation, theory, research, speculation, and innovation through its focus on collectively re-thinking ‘space’.

Autonomous Identities will feature cross-disciplinary work that offers an alternative perspective on space, materiality, and tectonics. Work may include, but is not limited to, spatial design, graphic design, architecture, industrial design, engineering, fashion, performance, film, and multi-media, as well as the environmental and social sciences.

schedule

15 August 2012 _ worldwide call announced

01 October 2012 _ paper submission deadline

15 October 2012 _ paper selections announced

01 November 2012 _ final edits due

01 December 2012 _ typeset confirmed

15 January 2013 _ journal printed

ABOUT:

ii is the International Journal of Interior Architecture + Spatial Design.

In a global, complex, and networked society, interior architecture and its praxis are experiencing unprecedented change. Theoretical investigations, design-research, and alternative explorations blend previously discrete disciplines within an emerging blurred territory. The International Journal of Interior Architecture + Spatial Design investigates this new territory by requesting scholarship, design research, and projects that ask bold questions and propose innovative responses. Founded and stewarded by the Interior Architecture program at the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and published by the University of Houston, ii seeks to re-frame the debate and shape the contemporary dialogue of interior architecture and spatial design.

General inquiries may be sent to: iieditors@gmail.com

Visit: http://www.iijournal.org/

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Article / Launch of d3:dialog>assemble Volume One by d3 publications

Death by Architecture — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT

d3 is pleased to announce the launch of the first volume of d3:dialog: >assemble

d3 publications offer global perspectives on architecture, culture, technology, and production. >assemble will debut at the Beijing International Book Fair and Frankfurt International Book Fair in Fall 2012. d3 publications may be purchased on on-line in Europe and North America.

ASSEMBLE

d3:dialog, International Journal of Architecture + Design

editors, Gregory Marinic & Mary-Jo Schlachter

320 pages in full color:

http://www.amazon.com/assemble-dialog-international-journal-architecture/dp/0615652700/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345180402&sr=8-1&keywords=d3%3Adialog

Investigating contemporary issues in architecture, urbanism, and design, d3 views collaboration across the disciplines as a catalyst of change, and thus, seeks to actively build a global network of hybridized creative communities. d3 situates itself in this role out of the conviction that an expanded discourse in architecture fosters learning, creativity, and innovation.

d3:dialog is an international journal of contemporary architecture, urbanism, interiors, and design. Providing an open platform for global exchange, the journal places particular emphasis on design-research as a formal, social, and technological investigation. d3:dialog is a hybrid publication series that combines the depth and format of a book, with the flexibility of a thematic journal. Published by New York-based d3, each issue explores a focused aspect of current architectural theory and production.

>assemble, the first volume of the d3:dialog series, offers an illustrated journey through current practices in avant-garde architecture and design. Casting its lens upon the relationship between information and production the journal asks:

How does an enhanced complicity between author and audience impact the design of urban spaces, architecture, interiors, and objects?

Compiling twenty-seven notable works gathered from around the world, >assemble opens a window onto the expanding forces that shape the contemporary built environment. By doing so, it proposes that framing an alternative perspective on architecture offers limitless unanticipated opportunities.

INTRODUCTION

Gregory Marinic & Mary-Jo Schlachter

The cities and buildings where we live represent temporal manifestations of mass, space, time, and memory. With the advent of digital methodologies, these places may now be conceived more fluidly in terms of information. This shift from analog means to digital systems of conceptual design and material production has allowed a more profound interaction between designer and audience to develop. An inability to separate the real from the digital has emerged, whereby these methods have converged to form part of the same process.

How can the development of 21st century urban space and architecture be re-conceptualized, controlled, and created? How do such environments grow, transition, and transform over time? How has the integration of digital conceptualization tools with physical matter produced increasingly fluid architectural forms, flexible spaces, and transformative assemblies?

http://www.d3space.org/dialog/

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Article / EyeTime 2012: Photo Competition by The Morpholio Project

Death by Architecture — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT

EyeTime 2012 invites students and young professionals or enthusiasts to submit a collection of their photography comprised of up to three digital images. By submitting your work, we invite you to share your voice with the collective intelligence of a community of visual thinkers. The competition is free to all entrants.

The proliferation of device culture, social networking, and cloud technology are changing the way we create, and connect on a daily basis. For photography, this means that technology is not only transforming the process of production, but also the processes through which we share, critique, and organize ourselves around the work we do. The competition is first, and foremost an experiment in distributed intelligence. By leveraging the "wisdom of crowds" every entrant can see and understand how his or her work is experienced by others. It has been predicted that in 2020, there will be 50 billion mobile internet connections worldwide, the equivalent of seven devices per person. Thus, this competition is not simply about the existence of technology, but rather why and how we harness it as artists.

As the paradigm shift from analog to digital is paired with the emergence of platforms for the digital consumption of images, photography inherently reassess its methods, media and subjects, in order to establish a dialogue with an audience whose visual abilities are increasingly expanded by technology. Thus, this competition challenges you to confront the world with your photography. By sending it out into the field you will test yourself and your work. You are the artist, the curator and the critic. EyeTime 2012 poses the following questions: How are your photos perceived? What does it take for an image to make a difference within the continuous overflow of data and information we currently inhabit? How can images impact evolving forms of media in order to engage audiences with their message? What is your message?

Eyetime 2012 was assembled by photographers, professors and students as a means to publically promote the research, exploration and investigation currently happening amongst today's emerging talent. The competition is supported by the ICP (International Center of Photography), APA (American Photographic Artist), ADC (Art Directors Club), and is hosted by The Morpholio Project. The guest jury includes participants from Wired magazine, Wallpaper magazine, PetaPixel, Resource magazine and the ICP. Sixteen finalists will be selected in each category: Emerging Talent and Future Voices. We look forward to your participation.

More information at: http://mymorpholio.com/site.php/home/eyetime2012

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Article / Pinup2012: Student Competition Winners by Morpholio Project

Death by Architecture — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT

June 04, 2012

On behalf of the AIAS, ADC and AIGA, the Morpholio Project, along with Death By Architecture, congratulates the Pinup 2012: Student Competition Winners and Honorable Mentions. Pinup 2012 was assembled as a means to publically promote the

research, exploration and investigation currently happening in academia. All of the submissions exemplified outstanding work and the competition organizers are grateful for the enormous amount of students who were bold enough to confront

the world with their voice.

To view the Winners and Honorable Mentions, please download the competition app here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/morpholio/id484413042?ls=1&mt=8

Winners:

Anthony Shung Yiu Ko

AA School of Architecture

Jonathan Choe

Illinois Institute of Technology

Tetyana Serafin

Norwalk Community College CT

Anna Pietrzak

University of Cincinnati

Honorable Mentions:

Jason Khoo

Singapore Polytechnic

Ivorin Vrkas

School of Design Zagreb Croatia

Matilda Schuman

Lund School of Architecture

Junsheng Fu

Tsinghua SA

Ziba Esmaeilian

SciArc

Tom Wilz

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Anesta Iwan

California College of the Arts

Dean Austin

Deakin Uni Australia

Chunxiao Xu

Tsinghua SA

Coralee Brin

University of Calgary

Hiromu Noir

TU Berlin

Trent Christensen

NYIT School of Architecture

Competition Statement:

The proliferation of device culture, social networking, and cloud technology are changing the way we work, and connect on a daily basis. For designers, this means that technology is not only transforming the process of production, but also the processes through which we share, critique, and organize ourselves around the work we do. The competition is first, and foremost an experiment in distributed intelligence. By leveraging the "wisdom of crowds" every designer can see and understand how his or her work is experienced by others. It has been predicted that in 2020, there will be 50 billion mobile internet connections worldwide, the equivalent of seven devices per person. Thus, this competition is not simply about the existence of technology, but rather why and how we harness it as designers.

new conversation? How do evolving forms of media affect the way in which your message reaches its destination? What is your message?

The competition challenges you to confront the world with your work. By sending it out into the field you will test yourself and your projects. You are the designer, the curator and the critic.

PinUp 2012 was assembled by professors and students for students as a means to publicly promote the research, exploration and investigation currently happening in academia. It is supported by the AIAS, ADC, AIGA and is hosted by The Morpholio Project. Sixteen Honorable Mentions will be selected as well as featured in the Morpholio Community and the winning entrant(s) will receive a Community area dedicated specifically to their University or School as a public forum for their work. We look forward to your participation.

Competition Site:

http://www.mymorpholio.com/site.php/home/competition

High Res Images:

http://www.mymorpholio.com/site.php/home/press

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Article / Pinup2012: Student Competition Finalists Announced by Morpholio Project

Death by Architecture — Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Pinup 2012: Student Competition Finalists Announced

May 05, 2012

On behalf of the AIAS, ADC and AIGA, the Morpholio Project, along with Death By Architecture, congratulates the Pinup 2012: Student Competition Finalists. Pinup 2012 was assembled as a means to publically promote the research, exploration and investigation currently happening in academia. All of the submissions exemplified outstanding work and the competition organizers are grateful for the enormous amount of students who were bold enough to confront the world with their voice.

The Pinup 2012: Student Winner will be selected by public “EyeTime” as the most viewed collection on May 30th 2012. To view the finalists and contribute your “EyeTime” now for your favorite entrant, please download the competition app here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/morpholio/id484413042?ls=1&mt=8

Finalists:

Anthony Shung Yiu Ko

AA School of Architecture

Jonathan Choe

Illinois Institute of Technology

Jason Khoo

Singapore Polytechnic

Ivorin Vrkas

School of Design Zagreb Croatia

Matilda Schuman

Lund School of Architecture

Junsheng Fu

Tsinghua SA

Ziba Esmaeilian

SciArc

Tom Wilz

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Anesta Iwan

California College of the Arts

Dean Austin

Deakin Uni Australia

Chunxiao Xu

Tsinghua SA

Coralee Brin

University of Calgary

Tetyana Serafin

Norwalk Community College CT

Hiromu Noir

TU Berlin

Anna Pietrzak

University of Cincinnati

Trent Christensen

NYIT School of Architecture

Competition Statement:

PinUp 2012 poses the following questions: What are the standards and aspirations by which we evaluate design today? In an increasingly networked culture, what makes a project capable of cutting through the virtual noise, and starting a new conversation? How do evolving forms of media affect the way in which your message reaches its destination? What is your message?

The competition challenges you to confront the world with your work. By sending it out into the field you will test yourself and your projects. You are the designer, the curator and the critic.

PinUp 2012 was assembled by professors and students for students as a means to publicly promote the research, exploration and investigation currently happening in academia. It is supported by the AIAS, ADC, AIGA and is hosted by The Morpholio Project. Sixteen Honorable Mentions will be selected as well as featured in the Morpholio Community and the winning entrant will receive a Community area dedicated specifically to their University or School as a public forum for their work. We look forward to your participation.

Competition Site:

http://www.mymorpholio.com/site.php/home/competition

High Res Images:

http://www.mymorpholio.com/site.php/home/press

Posted by Mario Cipresso

Article / "Going Viral: Blurred Borders" Discussion & Exhibition, May 21st by AIANY Global Dialogues

Death by Architecture — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The AIANY Global Dialogues committee has dedicated 2012 to “uncovered connections” with the intention to investigate issues that are similarly impacting multiple regions, cultures and individuals. Going Viral explores the impact that social media, technology and device culture are having on our design process, and ultimately the way we practice. How do we shape a global conversation? How are we changing the relationships between academia and the profession? What is the impact of hyper information sharing and critique? Throughout the evening, the topics of communication, research, collaboration, and data distribution will be addressed and debated.

Bjarke Ingels of BIG, Toru Hasegawa of Morpholio and Columbia University, Carlo Aiello of eVolo, and David Basulto with David Assael of ArchDaily will come together for a lecture and panel discussion moderated by Ned Cramer, editor-in-chief of Architect. In addition, selected game changing blogs and websites will be exhibited as Voices Going Viral on the evening of the event. Please join us at the NY Center for Architecture on May 21st at 6:00 pm and online at http://aianyglobaldialogues.blogspot.com/ for further information.

Date: May 21, 2012, 6:00pm

Location: Center for Architecture, 536 Laguardia Place, New York, NY 10012, (212) 358-6133

RSVP: Appreciated http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=calendar&evtid=4440

*AIA Continuing Education Units available

Voices Going Viral Exhibition:

Apartment Therapy created by Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan and Janel Laban

www.apartmenttherapy.com

ArchDaily created by David Basulto and David Assael

www.archdaily.com

Archidose created by John Hill

archidose.blogspot.com

Archinect created by Paul Petrunia

archinect.com

Architect’s Newspaper created by William Menking

www.archpaper.com

ArchitectureMNP created by Ryan McClain, co-founded by Kiye Apreala

architecture.myninjaplease.com

Architizer created by Matthias Hollwich, Marc Kushner, and Benjamin Prosky

www.architizer.com

Archive of Affinities created by Andrew Kovacs

archiveofaffinities.tumblr.com

BLDGBLOG created by Geoff Manaugh

bldgblog.blogspot.com

Blurr created by Ahmed Elhusseiny

www.blurrblog.com

But Does It Float created by Folkert Gorter, Atley Kasky, & Will Schofield

butdoesitfloat.com

Cooking Architecture created by Claire Shafer and Juan Jofre

www.cookingarchitecture.com

The Cool Hunter created by Bill Tikos

www.thecoolhunter.net

Core 77 created by Eric Ludlum, Stuart Constantine, & Allan Chochinov

core77.com

Culture Now created by Abby Suckle, Ann Marie Baranowski, Susan Chin, Diana Pardue, and Nina Rappaport

www.culturenow.org

Curbed created by Lockhart Steele

ny.curbed.com

Death by Architecture created by Mario Cipresso

www.deathbyarchitecture.com

DesignBoom created by Birgit Lohmann & Massimo Mini

www.designboom.com

Design Sponge created by Grace Bonney

www.designsponge.com

DesignReform created by CASE

designreform.net

Dezeen created by Marcus Fairs

www.dezeen.com

e-Oculus created by the AIA New York Chapter

www.aiany.org/eOCULUS

eVolo created by Carlo Aiello

www.evolo.us

Inhabitat blog created by Jill Fehrenbacher

inhabitat.com

Landscape + Urbanism created by Jason King

landscapeandurbanism.blogspot.com

Mammoth created by Stephen Becker and Rob Holmes

m.ammoth.us/blog

Morpholio created by Mark Collins, Toru Hasegawa, & Anna Kenoff

mymorpholio.com

Places Journal online created by Nancy Levinson, Harrison Fraker, William Drenttel, Jessica Helfand and Michael Bierut

places.designobserver.com

Post Post created by David Jaubert

www.postpost.co

Project created by Alfie Koetter, Daniel Markiewicz, Jonah Rowen, & Emmett Zeifman

projectjournal.org

Credits:

Global Dialogue Chairs: Bruce E. Fisher AIA and Jeffrey A. Kenoff AIA

Event Co-Chairs: Elie Gamburg, Diane Chehab

Design and Curatorial Team: James Kehl, Rebecca Pasternack, Ciara Seymour, Sarah E. Smith, Andy Vann

Posted by Mario Cipresso

Article / Pinup 2012: Student Competition Deadline Extended by Morpholio Project

Death by Architecture — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

As media partner to the Pinup 2012 Student Competition, we would like to encourage all students to take advantage of the extended deadlines for the competition. You now have until April 30, 2012 to submit up to nine images of your work on the Morpholio Project's new mobile platform. See the call for submissions below:

Call for Submissions: Pinup 2012 invites students of all design disciplines to submit a collection of their work comprised of up to nine images. The competition is free to all students. The proliferation of device culture, social networking, and cloud technology are changing the way we work, and connect on a daily basis. For designers, this means that technology is not only transforming the process of production, but also the processes through which we share, critique, and organize ourselves around the work we do.

The competition is first, and foremost an experiment in distributed intelligence. By leveraging the "wisdom of crowds" every designer can see and understand how his or her work is experienced by others. It has been predicted that in 2020, there will be 50 billion mobile internet connections worldwide, the equivalent of seven devices per person. Thus, this competition is not simply about the existence of technology, but rather why and how we harness it as designers. PinUp 2012 poses the following questions: What are the standards and aspirations by which we evaluate design today? In an increasingly networked culture, what makes a project capable of cutting through the virtual noise, and starting a new conversation? How do evolving forms of media affect the way in which your message reaches its destination? What is your message?

The competition challenges you to confront the world with your work. By sending it out into the field you will test yourself and your projects. You are the designer, the curator and the critic. PinUp 2012 was assembled by professors and students for students as a means to publically promote the research, exploration and investigation currently happening in academia. It is supported by the AIAS, ADC, AIGA and is hosted by The Morpholio Project. Sixteen Honorable Mentions will be selected as well as featured in the Morpholio Community and the winning entrant will receive a Community area dedicated specifically to their University or School as a public forum for their work. We look forward to your participation.

Go to the competition website:

http://www.mymorpholio.com/site.php/home/competition

Posted by Mario Cipresso

Article / Tomohiro Hata Wins WAN House of the Year 2012 by WAN Awards 2012

Death by Architecture — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Tomohiro Hata Architect and Associates' Complex House in Nagoya, Japan wins the WAN House of the Year Award 2012

The Complex House was described as a serious and modest design but the jury also liked it for its playfulness with light and space and the site itself. It proved to be very popular with the judges, each of them admiring its beauty, balance and intelligence. They were delighted to award it the WAN House of the Year 2012 Award.

The WAN House of the Year Award celebrates the best in international architecture for single-family houses. Jurors for this award come from an array of highly respected establishments across a range of fields. The jury included: Sarah Wigglesworth, Director of Sarah Wigglesworth Architects, David Levitt, Chairman of the Housing Group of the RIBA, Philip Marsh, Director at DRMM and remote judge Tom Kundig, Director at Olson Kundig Architects.The client family of this house needed many small rooms within a relatively small space. So, the architects firstly examined the possibility of a row of small, deep rooms. After the concept was fixed, the architects considered different widths depending on suitable scales for each of the rooms. Then they edited the composition of the sections.

The completed house in Nagoya has five roofs that pitch in opposing directions. This alternating arrangement creates a series of triangular windows on the first floor of the two-storey residence. The exterior is clad with metal sheets in standing seam fashion, a technique characterised by slightly overlapped parallel strips. There is an enclosed courtyard and the rooms on the ground floor 'melt' together or overlap each other and are integrated within the communal family space.

The resulting home is a sensitive house that takes the interaction of the family into consideration. It balances the need for a family to be together but also respects and allows for individual personalities and their desire for private spaces. This sensitive, beautiful and serious piece of architecture was greatly admired by all the judges and was selected as winner beating an admirable shortlist that included the Stone House in Luberon Valley, France by Carl Fredrik Svenstedt Architect. The Stone house was also greatly admired and was awarded a "highly commended" title in recognition of the strength of the entry.

TOMOHIRO HATA ARCHITECT & ASSOCIATES

http://www.hata-archi.com/

WORLD ARCHITECTURE NEWS

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/

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Article / ENYA The Harlem Edge Competition Winners Announced by Emerging New York Architects

Death by Architecture — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

PRESS RELEASE

ENYA Announces Winners of

The Harlem Edge | Cultivating Connections Competition

February 23, 2012. The Emerging New York Architects (ENYA) Committee of the AIA NY Chapter is proud to announce the winners of its fifth biennial design ideas competition, The Harlem Edge | Cultivating Connections. One hundred seventy-eight (178) teams and individuals registered for the competition and more than ninety-eight (98) entries from sixteen (16) countries were submitted for judging. The winning entries will be exhibited at the Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY, this July and be published in a competition catalog. In coordination with the exhibition, ENYA will be hosting a symposium to discuss design issues related to the winning entries and possibilities for the future development of the site and its neighboring community. The Harlem Edge is presented as part of FutureNow, the 2012 AIA New York Chapter Presidential Theme.

ENYA Prize, $5000: Sym'bio'pia

Ting Chin and Yan Wang, Linearscape Architecture, New York, NY, USA

2nd Prize, $2500: The Hudson Exchange

Eliza Higgins, Cyrus Patell, Chris Starkey, and Andrea Vittadini, Brooklyn, NY, USA

3rd Prize, $1000: Harlem Harvest

Ryan Doyle, Guido Elgueta, and Tyler Caine, Brooklyn, NY, USA

Student Prize, $1000: Stairway to Harlem

Daniel Mowery, Student of Architecture, University of Virginia, USA

Honorable Mentions:

Continuum, by Nasiq Khan, and Scott Brandi, Bayside, NY, USA

Subaqueous Promenade, by Doyoung Oh, and Jaemin Ha, London, United Kingdom/Boston, MA, USA

New Marine Transfer Station, by Yashar Ghasemkhani, Arash Mesbah, and Pooneh Sadrimanesh, New York, NY, USA

Land Over Water Agro-Pavilion, by Michael C. Kilroy, and Jonathan Sampson, Students of Architecture, University of New Mexico, USA

Greenhouse Transformer, by Dongwoo Yim, and Rafael Luna, PRAUD, Boston, MA, USA

The jury selected the winning entries on February 11, 2012 at the Center of Architecture. The jury included: Emily Abruzzo, AIA, LEED AP, Partner, Abruzzo Bodziak Architects LLC, and Winner of 2012 New Practices New York; Meta Brunzema, Principal, Meta Brunzema Architect PC; Dr. Dickson D. Despommier, Emeritus Professor of Public Health, Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University; Louise Harpman, Clinical Associate Professor | Architecture, Urban Design, Sustainability, NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study; Michael Marrella, Director of Waterfront and Open Space Planning, New York City Department of City Planning; Jesse Reiser, Principal, Reiser + Umemoto RUR Architecture PC; and Keith VanDerSys, Principal, PEG office of landscape + architecture, and Winner of the 2010 ENYA Prize.

More information about the jury can be found here: http://www.enyacompetitions.org/awardsjury.html.

The Harlem Edge/Cultivating Connections competition explored the redevelopment of the decommissioned Department of Sanitation marine transfer station located on the Hudson River at 135th Street. The site offers the opportunity to engage the local Harlem community with the waterfront, and echoes recent efforts by NYC to reclaim the waterfront for non-industrial use, as included Department of City Planning in its Vision 2020, the Comprehensive Waterfront Action Plan for New York City.

For more information about the competition visit the website:

www.enyacompetitions.org

Press contact: Nicole Friedman, 212.358.6126, nfriedman@aiany.org

Posted by Mario Cipresso

Article / 3XN Wins Competition for University Building in Uppsala, Sweden by 3XN

Death by Architecture — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Press Release:

The new university building unites the past and the future by extending the lines from the historical surroundings into an innovative structure pointing towards future study and work life

Uppsala University has more than 500 years’ of history and thus is one of Sweden’s most established institutions, complete with traditions and an esteemed regard. At the same time, the University is known as a modern institution for world class research and higher education. Thus, the vision for the new University Building is to bridge the past and the future by creating synergy between location, expression and layout.

The building builds a bridge between past and future. Several lines from the historic surroundings are also present in the new building, that through its flexible and open spaces will encourage new ways of working, studying and collaborating, explains Jan Ammundsen, Partner and Head of Competition in 3XN.

The 13,000 m2 university building include a number of sustainable features such as natural ventilation and a facade design protecting from direct solar heat gain, while allowing plenty of daylight inside. Although the building has a light and transparent expression its compact structure minimizes the surface resulting in environmental and operational savings.

Contact information

Didde Fuhr Pedersen

Public Relations Manager

dfp@3xn.dk

+45 3264 2310 / 6155 4610

3XN / facebook / LinkedIn

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Article / Opening Reception "Building a Brick" - Cody Lusby - February 18, 2012 by Design Matters Gallery Los Angeles

Death by Architecture — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

PRESS RELEASE

Cody Lusby

“Building a Brick”

February 18-March 14th

Opening Reception

February 18th, 2012

7:00-9:00 PM

Design Matters is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new work by Cody Lusby. Design Matters challenged Lusby to create a body of work that relates to architecture, and the process of building, which resulted in the conception of “Building a Brick.” This body of work acknowledges the final result, whether it’s the Disney Music Hall or the Sydney Opera house, but focuses on those who enable the realization of those icons. The architects and designer are highly celebrated within our culture, while the framer, electrician and plumber who all used their hands to create the icon are forgotten. Once construction is complete, those workers are often unable to gain entrance into what was once their workspace- unless they buy a ticket, full price of course. With the state of the economy, and the high rate of unemployed construction workers it seems appropriate to celebrate their role in realizing a creative vision. Ultimately, Lusby’s investigation of the builder allows us to see the ordinary, as extraordinary.

Lusby was born in Portland, Oregon in 1978, then raised in Southern California. He refined his talent at the Orange County High School of the Arts, and subsequently received a scholarship to attend Laguna College of Art and Design, where he received his BFA in painting and drawing. In his work, Lusby ultilizes a mix of oil and aerosol paint, and collage to create his narrative portraiture.

For further press information and images please contact:

Design Matters info@designmattersLA.com

+1 310 841 6423

Design Matters, 11527 West Pico Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90064

Wed-Fri 11-6

Sat 1-5, or by appointment

http://designmattersla.com

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Article / eVolo Skyscrapers by Aiello, Aldridge, Deville, Solt, Lee

Death by Architecture — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Established in 2006, the eVolo Skyscraper Competition has become the world s most prestigious award for high-rise architecture. The contest recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine skyscraper design through the implementation of new technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations. Studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution are some of the multi-layered elements of the competition. It is an investigation on the public and private space and the role of the individual and the collective in the creation of dynamic and adaptive vertical communities.

Over the last six years, an international panel of renowned architects, engineers, and city planners have reviewed more than 4,000 projects submitted from 168 countries around the world. Participants include professional architects and designers, as well as students and artists. This book is the compilation of 300 outstanding projects selected for their innovative concepts that challenge the way we understand architecture and their relationship with the natural and built environments.

The projects have been organized in six chapters that describe the current position and the future of vertical architecture and urbanism. The first chapter, Technological Advances, is an investigation on the use of digital tools and computing fabrication. Ecological Urbanism explores sustainable systems, including new materials and clean energy generation processes to achieve zero-net-energy buildings. Projects that analyze the reconfiguration of existing cities and the colonization of new environments, such as underwater cities and floating habitats, are part of New Frontiers. The improvement of our way of living is the topic of the fourth chapter, Social Solutions, which is a collection of ideas that respond to social, cultural, and economic problems. A more experimental approach to architectural design is exposed in Morphotectonic Aesthetics, with proposals that use fields of data and self-regulating systems to respond to internal and external stimuli -the results are fascinating explorations of function and form. Finally, Urban Theories and Strategies is a group of projects that establish new methods to alleviate the major problems of the contemporary city, including the scarcity of natural resources and infrastructure, and the exponential increase of inhabitants.

The eVolo Skyscraper Competition is a forum for the discussion, debate, and development of avant-garde architectural design in the 21st century. eVolo is committed to stimulating the imagination of designers around the world thinkers that envision the future of our cities and a new way of life.

http://www.evolo.us/

Posted by Mario Cipresso

Article / P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S : NYC Book Launch & Symposium Feb. 9th, 2012 by Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich

Death by Architecture — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S : "EMBEDDED"

Jeffrey Inaba, John McMorrough, Marcelo Spina, Jesse Reiser, David Ruy, Michael Meredith and Mark Foster Gage

An event marking the publication of P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S’ new book, Embedded brings together authors, contributors, mentors and confabulators to discuss some of the most relevant issues haunting contemporary architectural practice and discourse today, such as the perceived divide between progressive design culture, the politics of form and social responsibility.

EMBEDDED is P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S’ long awaited book that reflects on the evolution, actualization and conclusion of certain lineages of design and material research, while signaling the initial stages of others. Co-directed by Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich, this research and collaborative-based practice seeks to move between digital and material expressions. Having gained worldwide recognition for its inventive approach to design and architecture that fuses advanced computation with an extended understanding of form, tectonics and materials, what sets P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S apart is not only its overt ambition to materialization but the quality and extent of realized work. The book includes a collection of more than twenty projects and writings by Spina and Huljich, with contributing essays by Todd Gannon, Marcelyn Gow and John McMorrough.

Organized by P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S, Los Angeles

Thursday February 9th 6.30 to 8.30pm

Studio-X NYC

180 Varick St., Suite 1610, New York, NY 10014

www.arch.columbia.edu/studiox/newyork

studioxnyc@gmail.com

Posted by Mario Cipresso

Article / School 4 Burma Design Competition Winners by Building Trust Intl.

Death by Architecture — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Building Trust International announce 'School 4 Burma Design Competition' Winners

Building Trust International are delighted to announce that designers Amadeo Bennetta and Daniel LaRossa, of Berkeley, California have won the School 4 Burma Design Competition.

The winning design, for a modular school for migrant and refugee children in the Thai-Burma border town of Mae Sot, beat entries from all over the world as the competition generated progressive, contemporary design solutions. Over 800 designers and academic institutions expressed interest.

Winner Amadeo Bennetta said: “We are thrilled to have been selected and we're enthusiastic about seeing this project become a reality by continuing to refine the original design into a real, feasible and deployable building.”

As the Building Trust International project now moves from conception to the planning and fabrication phase, the charity plans to work closely with the Kwe Ka Baung School, community leaders and other aid agencies in the area to ensure that the development of the design continues with their input.

David Cole, founding partner of Building Trust International said, “We would like to thank all those who took part. The standard of design entries that we received was incredible. We have the funding to develop the winning design, but we are now also looking for funding partners for a number of entries that we believe could be used to help other schools in the region. The competition has been a great success and highlights the key role that architects and designers have in tackling global issues.”

The winning team submitted a proposal that expressed a high level of flexibility responding well to the brief. The design utilizes an adaptable framework that balances prefabricated structural elements with locally crafted, modular, bamboo panels. By creating entirely flat-packed components, BURMA [RE]FRAMED can be rapidly reassembled from a flatbed truck into a courtyard school, a single building or even as independent multi-use units. By reconsidering the restrictions of land ownership into an opportunity for flexible community space, BURMA [RE]FRAMED acts as a local/global bridge providing at-risk communities with a physical space around which the population can learn, grow and thrive.

The student category winners, Ms.Gauri Satam and Mr.Tejesh Patil from Sir J.J. College of Architecture, Mumbai, India, used the basic design principles of anthropometric/scale along with simple striking colours naturally creating a welcoming feel towards a learning institution for young minds.

Building Trust International is a non profit organisation offering design assistance to communities and individuals in need. Building Trust International assesses areas in need, finds sustainable, economical aid solutions and ultimately provides buildings and infrastructure. These core actions have blossomed into advocating and educating on the principles of socially aware design, providing an accessible resource on humanitarian design projects and providing a structure for the crossover of information between design professionals.

For more details please visit Building Trust International website:

www.buildingtrustinternational.org

Building Trust International is a charity registered in England and Wales (1142338)

Posted by Mario Cipresso

Article / Combinatory Urbanism: The Complex Behavior of Collective Form by Thom Mayne

Death by Architecture — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Combinatory Urbanism: The Complex Behavior of Collective Form takes a critical look at twelve large-scale, urban projects executed over the last ten years by Morphosis Architects and is the first such time in which the firm articulates the urban methodologies implemented that have historically been inherent in their work. In order to make explicit the complex processes employed and demystify the resulting complex forms and spatial conditions that result, each project is decoded through text and images to explain the work in its simplest terms.

Each of the twelve projects is defined through four individual strains of urban production: context, program, green space, and infrastructure which establish the project's gestalt. You'll appreciate that the book is not rendering-heavy, rather it is populated with extremely clear and well-articulated drawings and diagrams that really illustrate the substance of each project utilizing varying techniques and levels of detail and complexity. The focus here is clearly to unpack the research and strategies that are the foundation of each project. In addition to individually analyzing each project, the book makes direct comparisons between all projects making useful and quick comparisons for properties such as area distribution, program, FAR, and populations.

The projects featured include New City Park, World Trade Center, NYC2012 Olympic Village, Penang Turf Club, Manzanares River Park Development, New Orleans Jazz Park, College Avenue Master Plan, East Darling Harbour Development, Los Angeles State Historic Park, NEW New Orleans Urban Redevelopment. Greenwich South Visioning and Pudong Cultural Park.

The neon-orange cover may require sunglasses during viewing but you'll always locate it on the shelf immediately.

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Article / Infrastructure Landscape : Case Studies by SWA by Gerdo Aquino and Ying-yu Hung

Death by Architecture — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Infrastructure, as we know it, no longer belongs in the exclusive realm of engineers and transportation planners. In the context of our rapidly changing cities and towns, infrastructure is experiencing a paradigm shift where multiple-use programming and the integration of latent ecologies is a primary consideration. Defining contemporary infrastructure requires a multi-disciplinary team of landscape architects, engineers, architects and planners to fully realize the benefits to our cultural and natural systems. This book examines the potential of landscape as infrastructure via essays by notable authors and supporting case studies by SWA landscape architects and urban designers led by Gerdo Aquino and Ying-Yu Hung of their Los Angeles office. Among these case studies are Renzo Piano's California Academy of Science in San Francisco and Morphosis' Giant Group Interactive in Shanghai, the restoration of the Buffalo Bayou in Houston, and several master plans for ecological corridors in China and Korea. The case studies are thoroughly described with technical drawings and diagrams for repositioning infrastructure as a viable medium for addressing issues of ecology, transit, performance and habitat.

Posted by Mario Cipresso

Article / Winners of the Tallinn Vision Competition Street 2020 by Tallinn Architecture Biennale

Death by Architecture — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Warren Techentin Architecture(WTARCH)’s entry “Peer-to-Peer” received the €3000 1st prize of the Tallinn Vision competition STREET 2020, held under the auspices of TAB Tallinn Architecture Biennale.

Tallinn Vision Competition STREET2020 was addressed to young architects and architecture students who were asked to describe a fluently connected, compatible and diverse urban landscape, with a focus on one particular urban typology: the street. The organizers received 35 competition entries, 34 of which qualified. Entries were submitted from Japan, Bangladesh, New-Zealand, Turkey, Italy, Poland, USA, Austria, Lithuania, Estonia and other countries.

The architects from WTARCH describe their winning proposal:

“Our concept is to develop a street which connects as many people and ideas as possible through the use of landscape strategies with a simple "user interface". This new Boulevard will connect the historic City to the beachfront, provides a strong edge to the port area, and seeks to unify the disparate existing but undefined open spaces into the collective use of the entire district as a large pedestrian park. The street will form a new entry to Tallinn for visitors and a place to enjoy the city outdoors with physical activity and street vending.”

The jury, comprising Eva Castro (AA School, Plasmastudio, Groundlab, UK) and Endrik Mänd (Chief Architect, City of Tallinn), reflected on the winning entry with the following:

“"Peer-to-Peer” investigates the problematic described in the competition brief in its entirety. The street that is described is in human scale and characteristic to Tallinn and the functions proposed on the sides of the street are well thought through and clever.”

STREET 2020 exhibition presenting all the competition entries will open on August 17th at the basement hall of the Estonian Architecture Museum.

STREET 2020 awarding ceremony together with the catalogue presentation will be held during the Tallinn Architecture Biennale on September 8th at the Estonian Architecture Museum.

STREET 2020 AWARDED WORKS:

1st prize €3000 – pseudonym „Peer-to-Peer“

Authors: Warren Techentin Architecture (WTARCH): Warren Techentin, Brent Nishimoto, Christina Hwang, Andrew Kim, Ahad Basravi, Carrie Smith, Aaron Yip

2nd prize €2000 – pseudonym „The Urban Lobby“

Authors: Kenneth Li, Mark Craven, Fraser Moor

3rd prize €1000 – pseudonym „Street Magnetism“

Authors: Kristi Gri?akov (Aalto University Centre for Urban & Regional Studies), Liis Bormeister, Kristjan Männigo, Joonas Saan / OÜ Ars Projekt

HONOURABLE MENTIONS:

– pseudonym „Jack the Rabbit“

Author: Pawel Artur Pietkun

– pseudonym „Le Corb“

Authors: Joanna-Maria Helinurm, Michael Thomas Lamprides II

– pseudonym „Meter and Demeter“

Author: Alvin Järving

More information at STREET 2020: http://www.tab.ee/#competition

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Article / GSAPP Alumni Weekend 2011, April 15-17 by Columbia University

Death by Architecture — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation announces their 2011 Alumni Weekend Event from April 15-17. Centered around the theme of "Smart Infrastructure: Negotiating the Future of Design", the event offers a weekend of networking, learning, and catching up with old friends over a series of panel discussions and receptions.

To register for Alumni Weekend, call 212.854.2834 or visit http://www.arch.columbia.edu/alumni/alumni-weekend-2011.

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SUMMARY OF THE EVENT (MORE INFO AT GSAPP WEBSITE)

ALUMNI KEYNOTE LECTURE:

Howard Slatkin '00MsUP, Director of Sustainability for the Department of City Planning, New York

Introduction by Mark Wigley, Dean, GSAPP

PANEL DISCUSSIONS:

1. Urban Infrastructure: Contemporary Investigations into City Politics, Futures, and Preservation

Kate Ascher, Adjunct Professor at the Wagner School at NYU

Styliani Daouti '05MsAAD, Founder and Principal at AREA (Architecture Research Athens)

Craig Dykers, Senior Partner/Director/Architect, Snohetta

Robert Lane '82M.Arch, Senior Fellow for Urban Design at Regional Planning Association; Partner, Plan & Process LLP

Deike Peters '95MsUP, Director, Urban Mega-Projects Research Group, Center for Metropolitan Studies, TU Berlin and Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Policy, Planning, and Development, USC

Seth Pinsky, President, New York City Economic Development Corporation

Moderator: David King, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, Columbia University

AND

2. Communications Infrastructure: How New Media is Changing the Nature of Public Space

David Benjamin '05M.Arch, Director of the Living Architecture Lab, GSAPP

Frank Hebbert, Product Manager, Community Planning Tools, OpenPlans

Daniel Kidd '09M.Arch, Designer/Project Leader, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)

Kazys Varnelis, Director of the Network Architecture Lab, Columbia University

Shin-pei Tsay, director of the Leadership Initiative for Transportation Solvency, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Moderator: Troy Conrad Therrien, Creative Digital Consultant, Bruce Mau Designs

AND

3. Education Infrastructure: Discussing New York City’s Biggest Developers of Mind and Land

Maxine Griffith, Executive Vice President for Government and Community Affairs at Columbia University and Special Advisor for Campus Planning, Columbia University

Eve Klein, Associate Vice President for Planning and Design, New York University

Philip Pitruzzello, Vice President, Manhattanville Construction, Columbia University

Meghan Moore-Wilk, Director of Space Planning and Capital Budget, CUNY

Moderator: Carol Loewenson, Partner, Mitchell/Giurgola Architects, LLP

TOURS:

Tour NYC infrastructure: Bring your friends!

Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park

Gowanus Canal

Croton Aqueduct

Grand Central Station Terminal

NOTES:

NEW THIS YEAR: CES/Continuing Education Credits will be offered for Saturday’s panels!

We will have alumni work displayed digitally on Saturday, April 16th. Please share images of your current work! The submission instructions are below:

» Please submit 3 images maximum, in TIFF or JPEG format.Minimum size is 5" x 7" at 200dpi, RGB color.

» Please keep your images below 5 mb each if sending by e-mail, otherwise submit them on a cd at under 10 mb each and send the cd by mail.

» You MUST name your files with the following format: Firstname_Lastname_program_year_01.tif,...02.tif, etc. (ie: Lindsay_Dorrance_AAD_81_01.tif)

» Be sure to provide the name and location of the work.

Please send your work to:

LD2282@columbia.edu

GSAPP Alumni Weekend 2011

Attention: Lindsay Dorrance

404 Avery Hall

1172 Amsterdam Avenue

New York, NY 10027

Images will be shown looped in a display during the weekend. Some images may be edited or cropped for space. Improperly formatted images will not be used.

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Article / Winner in "Place Lalla Yeddouna" Competition in Fez, Morocco Announced by Commune Urbaine de Fes

Death by Architecture — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Morocco, Fez: March 19th, 2011:

The winner of the International Design Project Competition for the Rehabilitation of Place Lalla Yeddouna in the Medina of Fes has just been identified: Mossessian & Partners, London/UK.

Task

The aim of the project is to revitalize Place Lalla Yeddouna, a public square and surrounding buildings at a central crossroads in the Medina of Fez, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. The key objective is to revitalize the site and its surroundings, adapting modern distinctive architecture into an area that is full of tradition, vibrancy and functional diversity. Physically the site comprises small alleyways, a nicely shaped square with a tree, a river, a bridge dating from the 14th and 15th Century, some dilapidated buildings that will be replaced and others that are historically and architecturally significant and will be rehabilitated. In the future the area of Place Lalla Yeddouna shall serve as a vibrant mixeduse urban hub for the community as well as visitors to the Medina. The site is expected to become a major catalyst for artisan development, with spaces for educational programs, residences, artisan production, shops, restaurants, cafés and other services. The new complex must support activities for youth and adults.

Competition Procedure

Between August and October 2010, approximately 1,400 architects from all over the world registered at the Competition website and expressed their interest in the project. Delegations from more than 100 architectural firms visited the site on September 30, 2010. At the beginning of November 2010, approximately 175 competition entries had been submitted anonymously. In December 2010 the international jury, including representatives of the Prime Ministers’ Office, the Ministry of Culture, the “Secrétariat d’État chargé de l’Artisanat”, the “Wilaya de la Région Fès Boulemane », the “Commune Urbaine de Fès” and the “Commune Urbaine Méchouar Fès Jdid” and the Conseil National de l’Ordre des Architectes du Maroc selected the eight projects with the greatest potential for further development in the second phase of the competition – the finalists. These eight participants were sponsored to carry out the second phase of the competition.

Decision

On March 18, 2011, the jury chose the winner after an intense and open discussion. It was decided to allocate the following prizes, according to the competition rules:

1st prize: USD 55,000 Mossessian & Partners, London/UK Michel Mossessian with Yassir Khalil Studio, Casablanca/Morocco Yassir Khalil

2nd prize: USD 40,000 Ferretti-Marcelloni, Rome/Italy, Laura Valeria Ferretti, Maurizio Marcelloni and Bahia Nouh, Fez/Morocco

3rd prize: USD 25,000 Moxon Architects, London/UK Ben Addy with Aime Kakon, Casablanca/Morocco

Recommendation

The jury unanimously recommends the promoter of the competition to commission the team of authors of the project that was awarded the first prize with the services as stated in the competition brief.

Jury Members

The jury was composed of notable and experienced international architects with qualifications in Islamic architecture, the Medina of Fez, cultural and historic preservation, urban design, landscape architecture and project feasibility, as well as officials representing the Moroccan authorities and Ambassador Samuel L. Kaplan of the United States of America. The jury was supported by a number of local and international technical, environmental experts and social specialists.

The competition was managed by [phase eins]., Berlin (Germany).

Exhibition

An exhibition of all design proposals of both phases opens free of charge at the Palais des Congrès in Fez on March 20, 2011 at 8 p.m.. The exhibition will run until Wednesday, March 30, 2011 and is open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 8 p.m. The public is invited and encouraged to attend.

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Article / eVolo 2011 Competition Winners Announced by eVolo Magazine

Death by Architecture — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

eVolo Magazine is pleased to announce the winners of the 2011 Skyscraper Competition. Established in 2006, the annual Skyscraper Competition recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine skyscraper design through the use of new technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations, along with studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution. This is also an investigation on the public and private space and the role of the individual and the collective in the creation of a dynamic and adaptive vertical community. The award seeks to discover young talent, whose

ideas will change the way we understand architecture and its relationship with the natural and built environments.

The Jury of the 2011 edition was formed by leaders of the architecture and design fields including: Juan Azulay [principal Matter Management, professor at Southern California Institute of Architecture], CarloMaria Ciampoli [port director Live Architecture Network], Mario Cipresso [principal Studio Shift, professor at University of Southern California], Ted Givens [principal 10 Design], Eric Goldemberg [principal Monad Studio, professor at Florida International University], Jose Gonzalez [principal Softlab, professor at Pratt Institute], John Hill [editor Archidose], Mitchell Joachim [principal Terreform

One, professor at New York University], Andrew Liang [principal Studio 0.10., professor at University of Southern California], Javier Quintana [principal Taller Basico de Arquitectura, Dean of IE School of Architecture], Rezza Rahdian [Architect, Second Place 2009 Skyscraper Competition], Michel Rojkind [principal Rojkind Arquitectos], and Michael Szivos [principal Softlab, professor at Pratt Institute]. The Jury selected 3 winners and 32 honorable mentions. eVolo Magazine received 715 projects from all five continents and 95 different countries.

The first place was awarded to Atelier CMJN (Julien Combes, Gaël Brulé) from France for their ‘LO2P Recycling Skyscraper’ in New Delhi, India. The project is designed as a large-scale wind turbine that filters polluted air with a series of particle collector membranes, elevated greenhouses, and mineralization baths.

The second place was awarded to Yoann Mescam, Paul-Eric Schirr-Bonnans, and Xavier Schirr-Bonnans from France for a dome-like horizontal skyscraper that harvests solar energy, collects rainwater, and preserves the existing urban fabric at ground level thanks to its large skylights and small footprint. The recipient of the third place is Yheu-Shen Chua from the United Kingdom for a project that re-imagines the Hoover Dam in the U.S. as an inhabitable skyscraper that unifies the power plant with a gallery, aquarium, and viewing platform that engages the falling water directly.

Among the honorable mentions there are “waterscrapers” that clean oil spills and desalinate sea water, inverted skyscrapers for a floating Olympic villa, recycling towers, research skyscrapers that harvest lightning power, vertical cemeteries and amusement parks, sports skyscrapers, fish farms, and “living mountains” for desert climates. Other proposals use the latest building technologies and parametric design to configure environmentally conscious self-sufficient buildings.

eVolo Magazine would like to acknowledge all the competitors for their effort, vision, and passion for architectural innovation and the members of the Jury for their knowledge, time, and enthusiasm during the long review process.

eVolo Magazine is also pleased to announce the publication of a Limited Edition book (only 500 copies) that celebrates the sixth anniversary of the prestigious international Skyscraper Competition. With more than 3,000 projects received, we are showcasing the best 300 proposals from the past six years, including 2011, in a large-format hardcover book. Our goal is to edit a true gem of contemporary architecture printed in over one-thousand full-color pages.

For more information and to view all the winning and honorable mention receiving entries, visit http://www.evolo.us/category/2011/.

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Article / The New Holmenkollen Ski Jump by JDS Architects

Death by Architecture — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Press Release:

Along with Wimbledon’s All England Club and the Wembly Arena, Holmenkollen Ski Jump is often cited as one of the world’s most recognizable sports facility. Nevertheless it is one of the smallest hills in the World Cup tournament, and in September 2005, the International Ski Federation decided that the current hill does not meet the standards to award the city the 2011 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. In December 2005 Norway’s Directorate of Cultural Heritage approved the demolition of the ski jump and in April 2007 the Oslo municipality announced an open international competition for a new ski jump. JDS Architects based in Copenhagen and led by Belgian-French Julien De Smedt, beat out 103 other firms and was awarded the commission the following year.

Working closely with city officials, JDSA established an office in the capital and collaborated with Norwegian engineering firm, Norconsult, to bring to fruition their elegant serpentine form that will become a beacon for the city and a new showcase for the sport of ski jumping. Rather than having a series of dispersed pavilions on site, their design unifies the various amenities into one holistic diagram. The judges booths, the commentators, the trainers, the royal family, the VIPs, the wind screens, the circulations, the lobby, the entrance to the arena and the arena itself, the lounge for the skiers, the souvenir shop, the access to the existing museum, the viewing public square at the very top, everything, is contained into the shape of the jump. The resulting simplicity of the solution improves the experience of the spectators and brings clear focus to the skiers.

The ski jump is clad in aluminum and glass and rises 58 meters in the air. It cantilevers an impressive 69 meters and on the first day of jumping tests; the record of the longest jump made at Holmenkollen was broken.

Atop the ski jump is a platform where visitors can take in some of the most breathtaking views of Oslo, the fjord and the region beyond. It’s a new form of public space, using an unlikely architectural form as its host, affording the same spectacular vantage point for everyone who comes to Holmenkollen. The Lonely Planet agrees, the travel publication recently declared the new Holmenkollen Ski Jump as one of the ten top destinations to visit in 2011.

More information at JDS Architects.

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Article / Interboro Partners Winner Of 2011 MOMA PS1 Young Architects by MOMA New York

Death by Architecture — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Press Release:

NEW YORK, February 16, 2011—The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA PS1, and the National Museum of XXI Century Arts of Rome announce Interboro Partners of Brooklyn, NY, as the winner of the 12th annual Young Architects Program in New York, and start, of Rome, as the winner of the first annual YAP_MAXXI Young Architects Program in Rome. Now in its 12th edition, the Young Architects Program at MoMA and MoMA PS1 has been committed to offering emerging architectural talent the opportunity to design and present innovative projects, challenging each year’s winners to develop highly innovative designs for a temporary, outdoor installation at MoMA PS1 that provides shade, seating, and water. The architects must also work within guidelines that address environmental issues, including sustainability and recycling. For the first time, MoMA and MoMA PS1 are partnering with another institution, MAXXI in Rome, to create the first international edition of the Young Architects Program. Interboro Partners, drawn from among five finalists, will design a temporary urban landscape for the 2011 Warm Up summer music series in MoMA PS1’s outdoor courtyard. stARTT has been chosen from among five European finalists to create an innovative event space in the MAXXI piazza. Both installations will open in June.

Interboro Partners’ Holding Pattern brings an eclectic collection of objects including benches, mirrors, ping-pong tables, and floodlights, all disposed under a very elegant and taut canopy of rope strung from MoMA PS1’s wall to the parapet across the courtyard. Creating an unobstructed space, the design incorporates for the first time the entire space of MoMA PS1’s courtyard under a single grand structure, while creating an environment focusing on the audience as much as the Warm Up performance. A key component of the theme is recycling; objects in the space will be donated to the community at the conclusion of the summer. The designers met with local businesses and organizations including a taxi cab company, senior and day care centers, high schools, settlement houses, the local YMCA, library, and a greenmarket to determine what components of their installation could be used by those organizations following the Warm Up summer music series. Incorporating objects that can subsequently be used by these organizations is a means of strengthening MoMA PS1’s ties to the local Long Island City community.

The other finalists for this year’s MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program were FormlessFinder (New Haven, CT/Brooklyn, NY, Julian Rose and Garrett Ricciardi), MASS Design Group (Boston, MA, Michael Murphy), Matter Architecture Practice (Brooklyn, NY, Sandra Wheeler and Alfred Zollinger), and IJP (London/Cambridge, MA, George L. Legendre). An exhibition of the five finalists' proposed projects as well as YAP_MAXXI’s five finalists’ proposed projects will be on view at MoMA over the summer. It will be organized by Barry Bergdoll, MoMA Philip Johnson Chief Curator, with Whitney May, Department Assistant, Department of Architecture and Design, The Museum of Modern Art.

Mr. Bergdoll explains, “Simple materials that transform a space to create a kind of public living room and rec room are trademarks of this young Brooklyn firm. Interboro is interested in creating elegant and unpretentious spaces with common materials. Their work has both a modesty and a commitment quite at odds with the luxury and complex computer-generated form that has prevailed in the city in recent years. With a few gestures they transform parts of the city to achieve new temporary atmospheres and attract new participants.”

Klaus Biesenbach, MoMA PS1 Director and MoMA Chief Curator at Large, adds, “MoMA PS1 is very excited about the innovative architecture of Interboro, which describes the famous MoMA PS1 courtyard as one architectural volume, especially since the YAP 2011 opening will coincide with the much anticipated opening of the new MoMA PS1 entrance kiosk by Andrew Berman Architects."

WHATAMI by stARTT is based on the manufacturing of an artificial archipelago-hill, generating smaller green areas in the garden and potentially outside the museum. The hill works as a garden, injecting “green” into the concrete plateau of the museum’s outdoor space, allowing it to serve as a stage and/or parterre for concerts and other events, or as a space to rest and look at the museum itself. The artificial landscape will be punctuated by large “flowers” providing light, shadow, water, and sound. The materials proposed for the installation involve a two-fold recycling process, the supplying of the materials for the construction (straw, geo-textile, plastic) and the dismantling of the “hill” (turf, lighting).

Opened in May 2010, MAXXI was designed by Zaha Hadid and awarded Royal Institute of British Architect’s (RIBA) Stirling Prize for architecture, and has already gained a place among the elite international contemporary art and architecture museums. The other YAP_MAXXI finalists were Raffaella De Simone/Valentina Mandalari (Palermo); Ghigos Ideas (Lissone/Mi, Davide Crippa, Barbara Di Prete and Francesco Tosi); Asif Khan (London, United Kingdom); and Langarita Navarro Arquitectos (Madrid, Spain, María Langarita and Víctor Navarro).

Pippo Ciorra, Senior Curator of Architecture at MAXXI, explains, “We’re very happy with the results of this program for three main reasons. First, the collaboration with MoMA proved as effective and productive as we hoped, finally allowing us a surprising insight into the most recent research in terms of architecture, public space, and landscape. Second, we were able to discover an unexpected positive quality of answers by the

Italian and European young (under 35) architects involved in the project, all proposing fascinating, innovative and well developed proposals. Third, we’re delighted that we were able to choose a winning proposal which incorporates a MAXXI_specific approach to the issues of ecology, recycle, and public space.”

http://www.interboropartners.net

http://ps1.org/

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Article / BOOM: A Bold New Community by BOOM Communities

Death by Architecture — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Press Release:

boom is a new, master-planned community rising in the spectacular desert surrounding Palm Springs. At a cost of over $250 million, it changes America's idea of urban life. The brainchild of ten international architects, boom was conceived for the gay community but readily extends its embrace to all. boom is pedestrianoriented, culture-driven, and designed to inspire its residents to better themselves and others.

The architects range from the well-known - Diller Scofidio + Renfro in New York - to such emerging stars as the Berlin-based Juergen Mayer H. Coordinating the project is Matthias Hollwich, of hollwich kushner in New York. The developer is boom Communities, Inc., a Los Angeles-based, real estate investment company formed in 1959.

The first phase of construction starts in 2012. 300 residences will be built in eight unique neighborhoods, each designed by a different architect. Pathways and plazas, set in a landscaped desert environment, connect to the social and geographic heart of boom: the entertainment complex, a boutique hotel, the gym+spa, and boom's wellness center. The health and wellness services cater to the health needs of all generations. Upon completion of Phase 2, boom will expand to over 700 residences.

boom is more than a revolution in design. In the twenty-first century, urbanism is not created by cutting-edge architecture alone. Social and communal engagement are vital. With www.boomforlife.com, designed by the renowned Bruce Mau Design, boom is growing its community online - now. This use of a website is ground-breaking when it comes to a new architectural project. Social media is being utilized to move participants from a virtual community to one constructed out of bricks and mortar.

The website allows boom's design team to collaborate with prospective residents, incorporating their ideas into the design of the boom community. These 'crowd sourcing' efforts also encourage boom members to shape the social programs and lifestyle for boom. When construction is completed, boom will already be a vibrant and functioning community.

See more at Architizer, http://www.architizer.com/en_us/projects/view/boom/17638/

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Article / BIG Wins Competition to Design National Gallery of Greenland by BIG, TNT Nuuk, Ramboll Nuuk

Death by Architecture — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Press Release:

BIG + TNT Nuuk + Ramboll Nuuk + Arkitekti is the winning team to design the new National Gallery of Greenland in the country’s capital Nuuk, among invited proposals totaling 6 Nordic architects.

Located on a steep slope overlooking the most beautiful of Greenland’s fjords, the 3000 m2 National Gallery will serve as a cultural and architectural icon for the people of Greenland. The new museum will combine historical and contemporary art of the country in one dynamic institution The winning proposal was selected by a unanimous museum board among 6 proposals, including Norwegian Snøhetta, Finnish Heikkinen?Komonen, Islandic Studio Granda and Greenlandic Tegnestuen Nuuk.

As a projection of a geometrically perfect circle on to the steep slope, the new gallery is conceived as a courtyard building that combines a pure geometrical layout with a sensitive adaption to the landscape. The three?dimensional imprint of the landscape creates a protective ring around the museum’s focal point, the sculpture garden where visitors, personnel, exhibition merge with culture and nature, inside and outside.

“The Danish functionalistic architecture in Nuuk is typically square boxes which ignore the unique nature of Greenland. We therefore propose a national gallery which is both physically and visually in harmony with the dramatic nature, just like life in Greenland is a symbiosis of the nature. We have created a simple, functional and symbolic shape, where the perfect circle is supplied by the local topography which creates a unique hybrid between the abstract shape and the specific location”, Bjarke Ingels, Founder and Partner, BIG.

The slope opens up the sculpture garden towards the city and the view, framing both the sculpture garden and museum functions. A rough looking external façade of white concrete will patina over time and adjust to the local weather, while the circular inner glass façade will consist of a simple and refined frame which contrasts the rough nature and compliments the beautiful view.

” The building will with its simplistic coarseness and harmony with the landscape become a symbol of the current independent Greenlandic artistic and architectural expression.”, Andreas Klok Pedersen, Partner & Project Leader, BIG.

The circular shape of the gallery enables a flexible division of the exhibition into different shapes and sizes, creating a unique framework for the museum’s art. Visitor access to the exhibition happens through a covered opening created by a slight lift in the façade into a lobby with a 180 degree panorama view towards the sculpture garden and the fjord as well as access to the common museum functions, including ticket counters, wardrobe, boutique and a café. The new gallery will create more activity at the waterfront by attracting the whole area is interconnected by a path which like the museum, forms after the shifting inclinations of the terrain. The locals and visitors will be able to admire the clear shape of the gallery which appears as a sculpture or a piece of land?art.

“Greenland National Gallery for Art will play a significant role for the citizens of Greenland and the inhabitants of Nuuk as a cultural, social, political, urban and architectural focal point that opens towards the city and the world through its perfect circular geometry and shape”, Bjarke Ingels, Stifter & Partner, BIG.

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