Student competition
“Detaching from Architecture”
2th International Student Competition in Architecture
Winners:
One First Prize ($1000) goes to:
638 “New Compound Courtyard House” by Song Zhuangzhuang & Li Ruiqing. Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Two Second Prizes ($600 each) go to:
605 “Glenluce Musical Commune” by Laura Harriott. Glasgow School of Art, The Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow, Scotland.
625 “Floating Market” by Leung Ho Kiu, Kei Ka Yat, Chan Tak Yeung, Chan Hon Chu Hansen & Wu Ching Kwong. City University of Hong Kong, China.
Three Third Prizes ($400 each) go to:
517 “Dynamic Open Structure” by Dou Tong & Sun Miao. University of Stuttgart, Germany.
551 “Community of longevity — Reconstruction of community in Hankow “ by Jia Zijjian & Shiyin Zhang. Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China.
601 “Infinite loop – A new concept for living and working” by Jasmin Egerter & Vivien Stoffers. University of Stuttgart, Germany.
After the successful completion of the First International Student Competition in Open Building in 2008 (Ball State University, USA), the CIB W104 is organizing the 2nd student competition in association with Tecnalia in Bilbao, Spain in May 2010. The competition has two aims:
1) to invite critical observation of the traditions of architecture as a profession, and
2) to invite creative and focused thinking on the needed advancements in design methodology to meet the challenges of a dynamic new urban morphology mutating with the changes of contemporary urban life.
Detaching from Architecture aims to contribute to reversing the traditional concept of architecture, in order to allow two important components of reality, time and people, to play equally important roles in architectural design. Taking these two components into account, the competition of Detaching from Architecture is not interested in comprehensive or complete designs, or a “design for everything.” It calls for proposals with an understanding of the built environment as distinct but related levels of intervention. To be more provocative, the competition calls for project designs which address:
- Time-space rather then form-space
- Strategic rather than tactical decisions
- Interactive rather than passive
- Operative and instrumental rather than objective and complete
- Conditional rather than situational
- Structural rather than compositional
Entries will be critiqued and judged by an international jury of experts with backgrounds in Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, and Architecture. First, second, and third cash prizes are offered. Winners will be given a stipend to help pay for the cost of attending the conference in Bilbao, Spain on May 17-19, 2009 to formally receive their awards, attend the conference and participate in the conference tours. If entries are the result of academic works, teachers will receive certificates of participation and/or winning the competition.
Submissions can be part of academic work or can be independent works. Students can work individually or in groups. For the academic work, this competition also aims to assist instructors in developing a range of teaching approaches for use in their courses. Studio teachers and students are encouraged to explore the many varied functional, social, political, aesthetic, and environmental issues in different scales and types of projects for their own places or cities. However, the projects should have sites and context.
NOTE TO THE COMPETITION JURY
SUBJECT:
Projects submitted to the 2nd International Student Competition titled “Detaching From Architecture” on the occasion of the 16th International Conference of the CIB W104 Open Building Implementation on “Open and Sustainable Building” organized jointly with Tecnalia May 17-19, 2010 Bilbao (Spain)
The short-listed entries from the 80 submitted entries are displayed in this area of the O&SB2010 Conference website.
In order to guarantee the confidentiality of the evaluation process by the jury members, at this stage the short-listed entries from the 80 submitted entries are displayed anonymously (only the entry title, not the author’s names). They are available only to view and not to download.
Note:
We have informed the authors of the submitted entries that, by submitting entries in the Competition, they are agreeing to permit the organizers of the O&SB2010 Conference to exhibit and/or publish the entered projects, images, and descriptions during the Conference and as part of future publications, exhibitions, and presentations.
The organizers and associated organizations agree to fully credit the authors and institutions cited as part of the competition entries in any instance where their work is represented. Otherwise, authors retain all rights to submitted work.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR IMPORTANT ROLE IN THIS COMPETITION!
Below you can see the 10 finalist projects of the Student Competition.
Below you can see the winners of the Student Competition.
Student competition introduction and instructions
FORMAT:
Entries shall conform to the following format: two A1 sized PDF documents (594 mm x 841 mm) oriented vertically (portrait style). Files may not exceed 5 MB.
SUBMISSION:
Submissions will be via Internet. All entries must be in pdf format and digitally submitted.
Instructions for Student Competition submission
If you want to submit your contribution go to the “Conference submissions” area.
AGREEMENT TO EXHIBIT OR PUBLISH:
By submitting entries in the competition, authors shall agree to permit the organizers of the conference to exhibit and/or publish the entered projects, images, and descriptions in the conference and as part of future publications, exhibitions, and presentations. The organizers and associated organizations agree to fully credit authors and institutions cited as part of the competition entries in any instance where work is represented. Otherwise, authors retain all rights to submitted work.
