Project: Brussels Airport Connector
Architect: UNStudio
Ben van Berkel, Gerard Loozekoot with Wesley Lanckriet and Joerg Petri, Maud van Hees, Milena Stopic, Perrine Planché, Deepak Jawahar, Hans Kooij, Benjamin Moore.
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Client: The Brussels Airport Company NV
Building surface: 23,182m2
Programme: Connector building between the Terminal and Pier A
Status: Competition entry
Local architect: M. & J-M. Jaspers-J. Eyers & Partners
Structural advisors: Ney+Partners and Technum-Tractebel Engineering
Visuals: MIR and Moka-Studio

The design for the Brussels Airport Connector Building focuses on providing a highly efficient, flexible infrastructural element that connects to and negotiates the existing airport architecture. The connector is part of the future ambition of the Brussels Airport to create a European hub in Brussels. The design approach ensures cohesive functioning of the three buildings, with the Connector Building establishing a seamless connection between the two contrasting identities of the terminal and Pier A, whilst simultaneously creating its own new identity.

The Connector incorporates logistical efficiency in handling passenger flows, security and operational processes. Additionally, opportunities for commercial activity are maximised with the newly expanded, double-storey commercial area of the Connector, creating a fully-integrated retail zone as the main programmatic spine. The post-screening area with fast duty-free shopping and a horizontal organisation gradually morphs into a double-height central plaza housing the main cafe, from where the high-end boutique stores begin. Surrounding the central plaza is the elevated Cockpit – the highest occupiable point of the Connector with a light cafe boasting the best views of the bustling plaza and shopping area below, as well as the fleeting fields of airplanes outside.

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BIG wins an invited competition to renovate and extend an existing 1960′s concrete warehouse situated in a Basel industrial district which is being transformed into an alternative Arts District. [More info and renders after the break]

Located in Basel’s upcoming Dreispitz neighborhood, which is envisioned as an attractive and inviting urban quarter in Herzog de Meuron’s master plan from 2003, the existing 18.000 m2 ”Transitlager” built in the late 1960s is to be renovated and extended by up to 7.000 m2 for residential and arts related purposes. The development is undertaken by Basel-based real estate group Nüesch Development for the Christoph Merian Foundation with the assistance of the UBS investment company Balintra AG. The winning entry which included engineers Bollinger Grohmann and HL Technik was chosen among proposals from Harry Gugger Studio and Lacaton Vassal among others.

The Transitlager’s surrounding industrial area is characterized by the geometries of infrastructures – the intersecting railways, loading docks and turning radiuses that weave through the city and create a puzzle of linear buildings with pointy corners and staggered façade lines into an untraditional and adventurous urban area consisting of galleries, restaurants and creative businesses. The iconic character of the existing Transitlager, its generous surrounding public spaces, and connection to the city’s botanical garden makes the building a natural focal point of the Arts District. By re-programming and extending the former warehouse into a multifunctional series of floors for various uses, BIG proposes a cross breed of art, commerce, working and living. Two distinct buildings on top of each other form a mixed-use hybrid with activity and life 24 hours a day.

“We propose a transformation of the Transitlager that builds on the industrial logic of the existing building and of the surrounding area. The extension doubles the size of the Transitlager and becomes an opposite twin – based on the same structure, but with a different geometry. The combined building becomes a spectrum of optimal conditions: From open and flexible plans to tailor made units, public programs to private residences, vibrant urban space to peaceful green gardens and from cool industrial to warm and refined. ” Andreas Klok Pedersen, Partner, BIG.

The wide dimensions of the former warehouse, the mix of programs, the structural limits and the sun orientation creates a typology that is neither point house nor slab – a folded geometry adapted to the specifics of the existing structure and optimized for daylight and views. The staggered edge and pointy ends echoes the geometries of the industrial buildings of the neighborhood, creating a surprising familiarity with the heterogeneous surroundings.

“The stacking of two complimentary structures – one on top of the other – has generated a new take on the typology of the communal courtyard. Where the typical residential courtyard finds itself incarcerated by walls of program, the roofyards of the Transitlager combine the tranquility and communal space of the courtyard with the sunlight and panoramic views of the penthouse. A penthouse for the people.” Bjarke Ingels, Partner and Founder, BIG.

Stripped from existing interior walls, the 60’s era structure offers flexible open plans and an exceptional high quality of concrete work. BIG proposes an extension that with a minimum of intervention, creates a maximum of programmatic diversity and feasibility. By keeping the interior finishing sparse, and installations simple we propose a building tailored for creative businesses, ateliers and workshops. We propose a building with a simple and economical material palette optimized for both artistic work and classy luxury.

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eVolo Magazine is pleased to invite architects, students, engineers, designers, and artists from around the globe to take part in the eVolo 2012 Skyscraper Competition. Established in 2006, the annual Skyscraper Competition is one of the world’s most prestigious awards for high-rise architecture. It recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine skyscraper design through the implementation of novel technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations along with studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution. It is a forum that examines the relationship between the skyscraper and the natural world, the skyscraper and the community, and the skyscraper and the city. [More info after the break]

The participants should take into consideration the advances in technology, the exploration of sustainable systems, and the establishment of new urban and architectural methods to solve economic, social, and cultural problems of the contemporary city including the scarcity of natural resources and infrastructure and the exponential increase of inhabitants, pollution, economic division, and unplanned urban sprawl.

The competition is 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. It is also a response to the exploration and adaptation of new habitats and territories based on a dynamic equilibrium between man and nature – a new kind of responsive and adaptive design capable of intelligent growth through the self-regulation of its own systems.

There are no restrictions in regards to site, program or size. The objective is to provide maximum freedom to the participants to engage the project without constraints in the most creative way. What is a skyscraper in the 21st century? What are the historical, contextual, social, urban, and environmental responsibilities of these mega-structures?

eVolo Magazine is committed to continue stimulating the imagination of designers around the world – thinkers that initiate a new architectural discourse of economic, environmental, intellectual, and perceptual responsibility that could ultimately modify what we understand as a contemporary skyscraper, its impact on urban planning and on the improvement of our way of life.

Registration
Architects, students, engineers, and designers are invited to participate in the competition. We encourage you to have multidisciplinary teams.

Schedule

• June 27, 2011 – Competition announcement, registration begins, acceptance of questions.
• November 7, 2011 – Deadline for submitting questions.
• November 15, 2011 – Early registration deadline
• November 30, 2011 – Answers to questions posted on website
• January 17, 2012 – Late registration deadline
• January 24, 2012 – Project submission deadline (23:00 hours US Eastern Time)
• February 27, 2012 – Winners’ announcement

Jury

• Maria Ailova [principal Terreform One]
• Chris Bosse [principal LAVA – Laboratory for Visionary Architecture]
• Gaël Brulé [principal Atelier CMJN, winner 2011 Skyscraper Competition]
• Julien Combes [principal Atelier CMJN, winner 2011 Skyscraper Competition]
• Marc Fornes [principal THEVERYMANY]
• Florian Idenburg [principal SO-IL  Solid Objectives – Indenburg Liu]
• Minnie Jan [principal MisoSoupDesign]
• Mitchell Joachim [principal Terreform One, professor at New York University]
• Jing Liu [principal SO-IL  Solid Objectives – Indenburg Liu]
• Daisuke Nagatomo [principal MisoSoupDesign]
• Alexander Rieck [principal LAVA – Laboratory for Visionary Architecture]
• Michel Rojkind [principal Rojkind Arquitectos]
• Michael Szivos [principal Softlab, professor at Pratt Institute]
• Tobias Wallisser [principal LAVA – Laboratory for Visionary Architecture]
• Ma Yansong [principal MAD Architects]

Awards

• 1st place – US $5000
• 2nd place – US $2000
• 3rd place – US $1000

More information and registration

http://www.evolo.us/architecture/registration-evolo-2012-skyscraper-competition/

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BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group), Martha Schwartz Landscape, Buro Happold , Speirs & Major, Lutzenberger & Lutzenberger, and Global Cultural Asset Management are today announced as the winning team of the international design competition for a new 27.000 m2 cultural complex in Albania, consisting of a Mosque, an Islamic Centre, and a Museum of Religious Harmony.

The capital Tirana is undergoing an urban transformation which includes the restoration and refurbishment of existing buildings, the construction of a series of new public and private urban structures, and the complete reconceptualization of Scanderbeg Square. This important square is the site of the new cultural complex that will consist of a Mosque, an Islamic Centre, and a Museum of Religious Harmony.

Albania is the crossroads of three major religions: Orthodox Christianity; Catholicism; and Islam. With the recent completion of two new churches, all three religions will now have new places of worship in the heart of Tirana. The complex will not only serve the Muslim community of the city and surrounding areas, but will educate the public about Islamic values and serve as a beacon for religious tolerance.

BIG’s winning entry was selected out of five finalists, including Spanish Architect Andreas Perea Ortega, Architecture Studio from France, Dutch SeARCH and London-based Zaha Hadid.

”The winning proposal was chosen for its ability to create an inviting public space flexible enough to accommodate daily users and large religious events, while harmonically connecting with the Scanderbeg square, the city of Tirana and its citizens across different religions. Additionally the project shines through its beautiful garden surrounding the new Mosque and Center of Islamic Culture which symbolically features the rich vegetation described in Islamic literature. Finally the team’s awareness of the economic aspects of this important development will contribute to a successful realization of this project.” Mayor of Tirana, Edi Rama.

The buildings’ forms emerge from two intersecting axes and formal requirements: the city grid of Tirana which calls for the proper framing of the square and a coherent urban identity, and orientation of the Mosque’s main wall towards Mecca. BIG’s proposal incorporates Tirana’s grid by maintaining the street wall and eaves line, yet rotates the ground floor so both the Mosque and the plaza face the holy city of Islam. This transformation also opens up a series of plazas—two minor ones on the sides of the Mosque and a major plaza with a minaret in front—which are semi-covered and serve as an urban extension of the place of worship. By turning the mosque inside out and bringing the program and qualities of the Mosque to a public arena, the religion becomes inclusive and inviting, and the cool shaded urban space can be shared by all.

“This project is very significant for us for two reasons: Firstly it is a privilege to contribute to the ambitious rejuvenation of Tirana City – especially since it is happening not by the random accumulation of singular monuments – but rather in accordance with a careful and considerate holistic master plan. Secondly and perhaps most importantly –religious tolerance is one of our greatest challenges today– politically, culturally and even urbanistically. With the construction of the New Mosque of Tirana, The Islamic Center and The Museum of Religious Harmony – Tirana will reestablish the equilibrium by adding a mosque to the newly completed Orthodox and Catholic Cathedrals – making Tirana an example for the rest of the world as a global capital of religious harmony”, Bjarke Ingels, Founding Partner of BIG.

The mosque can accommodate up to 1,000 people performing their daily prayers. Through the unique layout of courtyards and public space, the mosque can also expand to accommodate larger groups of 5,000 on Fridays and up to 10,000 on special holy days. The facade with the multitude of rational, rectangular windows finds its inspiration in Islamic mashrabiya screens, which provide shading and privacy while still allowing views out. The light qualities of the mosque will change dramatically throughout the day as the light washes across the curved facades.

“The alignment towards Mecca solves the dilemma inherent in the master plan – in its triangular layout the mosque was somehow tugged in the corner – now it sits at the end of the plaza – framed by its two neighbors. The resultant architecture evokes the curved domes and arches of traditional Islamic architecture – for both the mosque itself and the semi-domed spaces around it”, Thomas Christoffersen, Partner-in-Charge, BIG.

The design also includes The Quran Gardens containing all of the plants mentioned in the Quran in the same amount as the number of times they appear in the holy scripture.

Project: “A Mosque for All” New Mosque, Islamic Cultural Center, and Museum of Religious Harmony
Partner-in-Charge: Bjarke Ingels, Thomas Christoffersen
Project Leader: Leon Rost
Project Team: Marcella Martinez, Se Yoon Park, Alessandro Ronfini, Daniel Kidd, Julian Nin Liang, Erick Kristanto, Ho Kyung Lee
Type: Invited Competition
Client: Municipality of Tirana, Albanian Muslim Community
Collaborators: Martha Schwartz Landscape, Buro Happold , Speirs & Major, Lutzenberger & Lutzenberger, and Global Cultural Asset Management
Size: 27,000 m2
Location: Tirana, Albania
Status: 1st Prize
Date: May 2nd 2011
Renders: Courtesy BIG

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Organized by AWR, LOFT is an international architecture competition, the population growth and the urban centralization lead to an increase of the demand in the real estate market and in the food. One possible solution is the vertical farming. For these reasons, AWR proposes the design of a new skyscraper on the Thames waterfront. The new tower will be inserted into the new city skyline. More info and schedule about this competition after the break.

Vertical Farming: architecture and nature work together.
In the 2000 Dickson Despommier, professor of the environmental sciences at the Columbia University in New York, developed in collaboration with various architectural firms, the concept of vertical farms. The urban vertical farming means the cultivation of agriculture products and livestock in vertical, in multi-storey structures energy self-sufficient inserted within the metropolitan areas.

The benefits offered by this technology are:

• continuous, non-seasonal, supply of agricultural products
• elimination of the possibility of damage to the agricultural production caused by natural disasters such as droughts, floods.
• contribution to the reconstruction of the ecosystem balance through the reduction of cultivated land.
• reduction of the CO2 emissions by eliminating the use of pollutants machineries such as tractors and vehicles for the transport of goods for long distances.
• reduction of the water consumption
• decrease of the cost of food products
• social benefits such as creating new job opportunities and education for the community.

The goals to achieve are:

• meet the requirements of the World Green Building Council
• determine which materials are best suited for the construction of the vertical farm
• identify resistant, light, transparent and long-term materials
• experience the most innovative materials

The competition requires the design of a vertical farm with a residential use. In The city there is still a strong demand for housing and for public functions in downtown areas where the presence of public transportation makes the site extremely strategic.The city offers the chance to build a real vertical city, which may include a public plaza, shopping areas, restaurants and residences. Londoners welcomes the macro-structures that allow them to experience the city as well as possible. At the same time this project allows people to do many activities both indoors and outdoors because of the weather.

Awards:
1st prize     1500 €
2nd prize   1000 €
3rd prize     500 €

Schedule
March 7 2011: Competition announcement –  Special registration begins – Question period is open
May 6 2011: Special registration deadline
May 7 2011: Early registration begins
June 6 2011: Early registration deadline
June 7 2011: Late registration begins
June 30 2011: Late registration deadline
July 15 2011: Project submission deadline
July 20 2011: Jury meeting – Evaluation period begins
September 1 2011: Winners’ announcement

More info and registration:
AWR Competitions

http://www.awrcompetitions.com/competition/2/loft-london-farm-tower

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EMERGENT Tom Wiscombe, a Los Angeles based practice, won the competition for the desing of the new Shenyang Civic Sports Center and 2013 National Games Arena in China’s Northeast. The 123,000 sqm facility combines a sports civic center, a national games taekwondo arena and a swimming arena in an exciting ETFE bubble-clad light-weight structure. Project description and more images after the break.

The site for this project is located at the heart of downtown Shenyang. Adjacent to Zhongshan Park, it is a connector between the natural and urban life of the city, making it a perfect location for a sports complex and for a National Games Arena. The facility has a total built area of 123,000 square meters.

Our project is based on creating an artificial landscape for sports activities while also creating an icon for the Games. The roof of the Civic Recreation Center and Swimming Arena are interconnected to make this continuous, differentiated sports landscape connecting Park to city with cascading sports fields, pathways, and open space. This landscape features Soccer fields, basketball courts, tennis, badminton, and volleyball courts at various levels.

The National Games Arena is located on the West end of the site– an iconic figure against the relaxed background of the sports landscape. This building is a symbol of both the Games and the new status of Shenyang as a top-ten Chinese provincial capital and international city. The architecture is based on crystal patterning found in nature at all scales. The design features large membrane bubble windows with views out to the Park and the city. The patterning of the windows spreads out onto the metal panel facades of the building, erupting as zones of solar panels on the roof.

THE NATIONAL GAMES ARENA BUILDING
The National Games Arena building has its main entry from the Civic Square, but it can also be entered via bridges from the sports landscape on various levels. The arena is designed for 2,000 fixed seats above the mezzanine level and 2,000 removable seats below. With the lower seats removed, massive events can be held in the 40M x 70M space such as NBA games, Disney on Ice, international conferences, or rock concerts. The other sports functions in the building such as basketball, volleyball, and badminton courts are arranged like a gymnasium rather than in separate rooms. This also allows maximum flexibility of use.

THE CIVIC RECREATION CENTER AND SWIMMING ARENA BUILDING
These two buildings are combined into a lively multi-storey complex where people can engage in sports indoors at all times of the year. The Swimming Arena is located to the west end of the complex, nestled underneath the cascading sports landscape. All pools are contained within a grand open space making it a memorable and urban swimming experience. It can be entered either from the South Façade or from the Civic Square.

The recreation center is located adjacent to the Park, and has entries from the north, west, and south. It is organized by a passageway which connects the sides of the site together into a network. Sports activities are located on one of four levels, in clear groups for ease of orientation. Skylights daylight the interior spaces and offer views of people playing sports outside. Ground level functions such as galleries and restaurants cater to the general public, making the space a community center as much as a sports center.

STRUCTURE AND MATERIALS
The Recreation Center and Swimming Arenas will be constructed out of reinforced concrete frame and slab construction for economy. Certain areas such as the pools and large gaming courts will feature column-less spaces and increased beam depth. Other spaces will relax back into a 7M x 7M economical grid spacing. This column grid will be carried all the way down through the parking garage in the basement.

The National Games Arena will be constructed out of reinforced concrete, concrete walls, and steel frame. The long span roof will be made from deep sculptured beams which will be stabilized by interior armatures. These beams will also contain the mechanical systems of the space. The opaque skin of the building will be aluminum panel, featuring thin-film solar technology in roof areas. The transparent areas will be made of ETFE bubbles, which are pressurized with air. This system is extremely lightweight compared to glazing, and therefore requires minimal structure to support it. In order to reduce solar gain in summer and heat-loss in winter, we propose to exchange patches of the transparent ETFE bubbles with translucent bubbles consisting of multiple layers of ETFE insulated with aero gel or other high-performance insulation.

Via: Bustler

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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. [Winning projects after the break.]

LO2P: Delhi Recycling Center

First Place
2011 Skyscraper Competition
Atelier CMJN
Julien Combes, Gaël Brulé
France

Conceived as a giant turbine the LO2P skyscraper would be located in New Delhi, one of the most polluted cities in the world due to the exponential increase in population and cars -it is estimated that number of cars grows by one-thousand every day.

The idea behind this skyscraper is to recycle the old cars and use them as building material for the new structure. The building is designed as a giant lung that would clean New Delhi’s air through a series of large-scale greenhouses that serve as filters. Another set of rotating filters capture the suspended particles in the air while the waste heat and carbon dioxide from the recycling center are used to grow plants that in turn produce bio-fuels.

Flat Tower

Second Place
2011 Skyscraper Competition
Yoann Mescam, Paul-Eric Schirr-Bonnans, Xavier Schirr-Bonnans
France

The construction of skyscrapers has been an architectural solution for high-density urban areas for almost a century for its ability to combine height with a small footprint. Today there is a constant race between large metropolises and nations to build the tallest structure, but it has been proven that this typology is sometimes not desirable for medium-size cities where skyscrapers destroy the skyline and disrupt the infrastructure of a specific location.

The Flat Tower is a new high-density typology that deviates from the traditional skyscraper. It is based on a medium-height dome structure that covers a large area while preserving its beauty and previous function. The dome is perforated with cell-like skylights that provide direct sunlight to the agricultural fields and to the interior spaces. The dome’s large surface area is perfect to harvest solar energy and rainwater collection.

Community recreational facilities are located at ground level while the residential and office units are in the upper cells. An automated transportation system connects all the units, which are different shapes according to their program. It is also possible to combine clusters of cells to create larger areas for different activities. Although this proposal could be adapted to any medium-size city around the world, it has been designed for the city of Rennes, France, in an old industrial area.

Re-imagining the Hoover Dam

Third Place
2011 Skyscraper Competition
Yheu-Shen Chua
United Kingdom

The current public amenities of the world-famous Hoover Dam in the United States consist of a viewing platform, a bridge, and a gallery scattered around the entire site. This project aims to reconfigure these programs by merging them into a single vertical super structure.

One of the main purposes of the project is to allow the water from the upstream river to engage directly with the visitors through a series of containers. A hanging tower above the 700-foot drop into the Black Canyon would be used as gallery and a vertical aquarium.

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 also selected 32 honorable mentions. eVolo Magazine received 715 projects from all five continents and 95 different countries.

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Venice City Vision Competition is the second edition of the international competition series promoted by City Vision Mag. The purpose of Venice’s competition was to give the opportunity to architects, designers and students to activate their creativity to stimulate the contemporary potential of the city and besides wanting to enhance the historic texture of the city, sees on the aquatic identity of the lagoon a fundamental starting point to create new visions about a possible development of this component. The imagination of the participants, the use of parametric software and eco technology will be the main driver of Venice’s visions and the proposals will shown how to create new digital landscape for a city so connected to classicism and tradition. More info after the break.

NATURE AND PURPOSE OF THE COMPETITION
Venice CityVision is an ideas competition, which challenges architects, engineers, designers, students and creatives individuals to develop visionary urban proposals with the intention of stimulating and supporting the contemporary city, in this case Venice. Through innovative ideas and methodologies which can improve the connection between the historical, present, and future city. CITYVISION aims to foster a critical evolution of architectural historiography.

The Italian city manifests a consistent absence of Contemporary Urban Planning and relatively ineffective architectural intervention. The objective of the competition is to drive your imagination, by the use of new materials, eco- technologies, parametric software and territorial organizations for a future vision of the city of Venice.  Globalization, environmental concerns, the future historiography of the city, adaptability and emerging digital practices are some of the elements that should be taken into consideration.

Venice CityVision Competition focuses on the revealing of the urban context as a newly launched syntax of diverse terms. If one imagines the existing area as the creational canvas then on a mixture of Baroque and Renaissance fragments, one is invited to propose an original dialogue, an advanced element, as if inserting a new exhibit in an ever-existing museum.

Aiming to highlight the intense water border, that divides the vertical body of the city in two parts – above and underneath it -  the proposals given should reinterpret the symbiosis, the antithesis or even the collaboration of the three parts: the lower and upper urban segments, as well as the in-between limit. If the particular case of the city of Venice would be translated verbally as a live microcosm in constant – yet discreet – change, then as focal point of the competition stands the element of a delicate motion. This specific urban example is appointed, one one hand, to represent a moving city – concerning the as-said phenomenon of sinking – but also a city in which the transportations are being executed in a special way.

Architects, engineers and all kind of creational artists are invited to participate in a competition that attempts to answer the following questions: How can a subtle city movement be expressed through a design proposal? And how one may develop his work according to a vertical or horizontal axe?

PROCEDURE OF PARTECIPATION
Architectural competition in a single phase. Participation in the competition is open to Architects, engineers, designers, students and creatives world-wide. Individual or group entries are permitted. The indication of a group leader is required.

LANGUAGE
The official competition language of the competition is English.
CityVision will provide also a competion brief in Italian language but the final proposal must be submitted only in english.

REGISTRATION
Architects, engineers, designers, students and creatives are invited to take part in this competition. Temporary groups are allowed especially if they are multi skilled. Being multi skilled  is an important characteristic because it can help to understand and to better represent a global vision of the city.

Participants can register at www.cityvision-competition.com

- before the 04th April, 2011 paying via paypal with a fee of 50€ (early registration deadline)
- before the 27th May, 2011 paying via paypal with a fee of 70€ (late registration deadline)

There is an entry limit of one proposal per individual/team and there is no limit to the number of participants per group.

After your registration CITYVISION will provide by email a registration number which must be included on all entry panels.

QUESTIONS
Further character references should be sent via email to to the following email address: info@cityvision-competition.com on and before 22.00 hours (Greenwich Time), 21st March, 2011 inclusive.

AWARDS
1st  place.  € 2.000
2nd place.  € 1.000
and 6 Honorable Mentions.

SUBMISSION OF BOARDS
This is a digital competition and hard copy proposals will not be accepted. All entries are to be submitted via e-mail on and before the 6th June,  2011 (hours 22:00 Greenwich Time) to the following email address: submission@cityvision-competition.com. The attachment, packed in a ZIP file, should include 2 boards of project in A2 horizontal format, a technical/written report in A4 format and partecipation data in A4 format.

• BOARD 1: in A2 horizontal format with the principal image of the entry useful in showing in its entirety the planning idea saved as follows: (xxxxx_01.jpg).
• BOARD 2: in A2 horizontal format which describes the project in detail with proposed sections, elevations, planimetries, schemes and images which will be useful for the understanding of the project saved as follows: (xxxxx_02.jpg)

TECHNICAL/WRITTEN REPORT: in A4 vertical format maximum 2 pages of useful text to explain the planning proposal saved as follows (xxxxx_description. doc)
PARTICIPANTS DATA: 1 file doc containing the names of the participants with profession, address and email saved as follows: (xxxxx_info. doc)
Entry ID numbers must be positioned in the upper right corner with required dimensions 1cm X 5cm.
Entries are encouraged to inclued all necessary information to clearly explain the proposal. Board resolution should not be less than 300 dpi, RGB color mode in JPEG format. The entry ID number must be included on the top right hand side of all layouts, which is issued by CITYVISION at registration. No other form of identification permitted.
The file names should quote the entry ID number followed by an underscore and number of the board as follows: xxxxx_01.jpeg and xxxxx_02.jpeg. The same system is to be used for the technical report (xxxxx_description. doc) and the participants data (xxxxx_info. doc)
All files should be packed in a ZIP file labeled with your Registration Number, as follows: xxxxx.zip
The choice of the graphic representation is completely open to the entry team. Refusal of any entry may occur if the mentioned guidelines and methods are not met.

METHODS OF EVALUATION
The entries will be judged based on the following criteria:

1. Visionary potential; On the base of which the jury will concentrate on originality, sustainability, and the innovative character of the proposal.
2. Architectural integrity; Formal composition, integration with the urban environment, design sensibility, in the context of which the jury will review the coherence of the proposal.
3. Ecological sustainability.

ANNOUNCEMENT AND SCHEDULE
16th February 2011 Announcement of the competition
04th April 2011 Early registration deadline
27th May 2011 Late registration deadline
06th June 2011 Submission deadline
June 2011 Announcement of results
September 2011 Projects exhibition, Awards Ceremony and Conference

RULES AND REGULATION OF THE COMPETITION
The participants (however, without any limitation) irrevocably accept the royalty-free publication, in particular of their respective names.
To take part in this competition, all applicants must accept the rules. Every infringement of the rules will be noted and subject to the evaluation by the panel of judges. This is an anonymous competition and the Registration Number is the only means of identification.
The files containing the personal information are confidential and known only to the Organizer Responsible and will not be revealed to the Panel until the final winners have been selected.
1.  The official language of the competition is English.
2.  The enrolment fee is not tax deductable.
3.  Applicants who try to contact members of the jury will be disqualified.
4.  Participation requires that all the above rules are adhered to.

APPLICANTS AND THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS
USE and PROPERTY: All enrolments in the competition will remain in the care of the Organizer, who has the right to publish or exhibit the material presented  according to the formal procedure indicated  in the present program, without obligation of remuneration to the applicant. During the period in which the projects are in the care of the Organizer, the organizer has the right to use the material for educational purposes, without obligation of remuneration to the applicant.
DISAGREEMENTS: Any disagreements that rise between the organizer, Operating Body of the panel, including disagreements with one of the above conditions will be resolved by arbitration
IN CLOSING: This competition is subject to the terms of this  program. The program of the competition is the definitive declaration of the terms and conditions of this competition. The conditions  are  binding for the Organizer and the panel of judges. By presenting a design, the participant declares that he / she is aware of and accepts the terms and conditions of the competition.

More info and registration:
http://www.cityvision-competition.com/venice/

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Crab studio – the studio of Sir Peter Cook and Gavin Robotham, in association with Brit Andresen – have won the competition for the new Soheil Abedian School of Architecture for Bond University in the gold Coast of Queensland, Australia. Project description and more images after the break.

The structure will sit on Arata Isozaki’s 1987 campus and will be attached to the University’s School of Sustainability. It presents a raw but highly modulated composition of fluted timber and panel surfaces. These are countered internally by large concrete ‘scoops’ that catch the bright light but screen out the direct sun. Between, lie a series of subtly varied two-storey studio barns that give onto a gently climbing street. Running along the other side of the street are a chain of offices and laboratories.

Apart from minute attention to natural climatic cooling and University’s target of 6-star green rating, the design is characterized by offering a variety of particular and memorable spaces – particularly the ‘scoops’ where formal and informal sessions, such as crits, demonstrations, experiments and constructions can be held. The building also digs into the ground so that the workshops can open out into a ‘pit’ where experimental and demonstration projects are exposed to the deck and garden area. Here – in keeping with the Queensland lifestyle, there is a surround of boardwalks and outdoor slopes.

The design is undoubtedly the product of experience:  Cook and Andresen (respectively recipients of British and Australian Royal Gold Medals for architecture that both included teaching in their citations), look back together with Robotham, on more than 110 years of teaching between them!

For CRAB it is an opportunity to act as an intellectual balance with their Law School for the Vienna Economic University (now under construction). For Cook it is a second occurrence of the ‘poacher-turned-gamekeeper’ syndrome: in 2000 (with Colin Fournier) his long experience as exhibitor, curator and gallerist was background to a radical design.

Via: Bustler

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Title: Second Annual Architizer Competition Competition 2011
Location: Worldwide
Link out: Click here
Description: One of the things that makes this profession so economically treacherous is the sheer amount of time we spend working on projects that will never see the light of day. Paradoxically, we’d claim that all those countless proposals, entries, and ideas are usually your most interesting and vibrant work. And we want to recognize them: in the words of Architizer Programming Director Ryan Quinlan, “We want to rescue these worthy designs from the annals of flat files and off-site hard drives everywhere. Re-submit your work and let it be re-judged on its merits.”

So, Architizer + Relative Space are teaming up to bring you the second installment of Competition Competition. Upload your unrewarded competition entries onto Architizer.com and give them one more chance at glory. Details including entry requirements, last year winners,  jury and all info after the break.

Competition Competition’s 2010 winner, Dubai-ing, from Mickael PAPIN, David NEIL, SILANDE PIERRE, LOMBARDI Nicolas, LAMOUREUX Magali.

The Prizes: The jury will choose one winner and five honorable mentions. The winner will receive a $1,500 prize. Winner and honorable mentions will receive additional editorial coverage on Architizer.com. All entrants can also be a part of an upcoming exhibition about un-winning competition entries.

Deadline
February 20th
11.59pm EST

Fees
Nope. Having to pay people to look a second time seems pretty lame.

The Jury:

• Amale Andraos, Co-founder, Work Architecture Company (WORKac)
• John Beckmann, Founder, Axis Mundi
• Felix Burrichter – Editor/Creative Director, PIN-UP Magazine
• Olympia Kazi, Executive Director, Van Alen Institute
• Jing Liu – Founder, SO-IL
• Dung Ngo, Senior Editor, Rizzoli International Publications

Honorable Mention 2010 : Ljubljana City Administration Center Competition – Butcher’s Bridge

Submission Requirements
Submissions must be uploaded to Architizer.com. The project profile must include the following:

• At least three (3) clear images / renderings of the project
• one (1) technical drawing that explains the inner workings of the building
• A text description of the project that must touch upon the following
• What was the competition for
• What your design submission is all about
• Why you deserve a second shot at glory (i.e. why your project is so cool it deserves to win)
  - The lead design firm or project leader
  - Team members who worked on the design
• Original boards are not necessary – in fact they are not preferred – and may not best explain your project through the image gallery on Architizer
  - the tag “CC2011? must be added as a tag to the project profile, without this tag the project will not be eligible. (If you have never uploaded anything on Architizer and you don’t know what we mean by that, just you click on the > arrow in the teaser photo above we´ll show you an example where the tag has to be entered)

Honorable Mention 2010: Vertical Safari by INFLUX_STUDIO.

Check out the full competition page, and feel free to email us at info@architizer.com with any questions. We’re looking forward to seeing your work.
Start Date: 2011-01-01
End Date: 2011-02-20

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