Re:Store

Re:Store

Open, international, ideas

Not Site Specific

15 Jan 2008 – Registration Deadline

01 Feb 2008 – Submission Deadline (postmarked by)

SPONSOR:

Urban Revision LLC

TYPE:

Open, international, ideas

LOCATION:

Not Site Specific

LANGUAGE:

English

TIMETABLE:

15 Jan 2008 – Registration Deadline

01 Feb 2008 – Submission Deadline (postmarked by)

15 Feb 2008 – Winners Announced

15 Feb 2008 – Online Exhibition

ELIGIBILITY:

Any person(s) including architects, designers, urban planners, engineers, artists, students and anyone interested in sharing their vision and ideas for an urban community.

JURY:

Unknown

AWARDS:

3 Finalists – $2,000 each

7 Honorable Mentions – prizes in categories determined by the jury, not including a cash prize.

FEE:

$25

DESIGN CHALLENGE:

How can local businesses thrive, along with families, neighborhoods and communities? How can we share our gifts and talents to meet our everyday needs? Re:Store is looking for ideas to make transactions as good for the soul as they are for the wallet. How can all trade be fair? How can we find healthier ways to make exchanges in urban settings? More than just rethinking how we buy, Re:Store is about rethinking what we’ve bought into about commerce. It’s time that ideas were the true currency. Re:Store is your chance to make a change.

Consider:

Opportunities to educate the residents about the materials in the building

What kinds of new products might be introduced, how might they be made, and of what

The more diverse an ecosystem is, the stronger it is

What types of green businesses are a good fit for a sustainable community

The average item on a grocery shelf traveled over 1800 miles to get there

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Eric Corey Freed, Advisor

RE:VISION

questions@urbanrevision.com

http://www.urbanrevision.com

High Density in a Green Environment: Geneva Suburban Project as Urban Housing Model

©Bauen+Wohnen

An article, Trois tourettes et un jardin (Three Turrets and a Garden) by Swiss landscape architect, Valérie Hoffmeyer, in Werk, Bauen + Wohnen, is another recent example highlighting the value of green space in the design of mid-rise residential buildings. At a time when developers endeavor to maximize their profits by turning to highrise buildings, even when higher density is at stake, referencing the Garden City concept has been turning up as a more frequent theme.

Young Architects in Competitions

When Competitions and a New Generation of Ideas Elevate Architectural Quality

by Jean-Pierre Chupin and G. Stanley Collyer
published by Potential Architecture Books, Montreal, Canada 2020
271 illustrations in color and black & white
Available in PDF and eBook formats
ISBN 9781988962047

What do the Vietnam Memorial, the St. Louis Arch, and the Sydney Opera House have in common? These world renowned landmarks were all designed by architects under the age of 40, and in each case they were selected through open competitions. At their best, design competitions can provide a singular opportunity for young and unknown architects to make their mark on the built environment and launch productive, fruitful careers. But what happens when design competitions are engineered to favor the established and experienced practitioners from the very outset?

This comprehensive new book written by Jean-Pierre Chupin (Canadian Competitions Catalogue) and Stanley Collyer (COMPETITIONS) highlights for the crucial role competitions have played in fostering the careers of young architects, and makes an argument against the trend of invited competitions and RFQs. The authors take an in-depth look at past competitions won by young architects and planners, and survey the state of competitions through the world on a region by region basis. The end result is a compelling argument for an inclusive approach to conducting international design competitions.

Download Young Architects in Competitions for free at the following link:

https://crc.umontreal.ca/en/publications-libre-acces/

More than a Promenade: Atlantic Beach (NC) Boardwalk Design Competition

Boardwalk photo: Courtesy Atlantic Beach

Boardwalks, especially on oceanfront locations, have a pretty universal look. But how they fit into their local context is another matter. Topography, real estate and commerce all play a role in their function, and to some extent, design. In the case of Miami Beach, it’s primarily a promenade; Brooklyn’s 2.7 mile Coney Island boardwalk stretching all the way to Brighton Beach is a mixture of promenade and commerce, with the latter at both ends. In the case of Atlantic City, it’s mostly about retail.

Functionality to the Forefront

Winning entry – Hyunjoon Min Architects Office

National Library of Korea Data Preservation Center Competition

Retrofitting existing buildings is nothing new. The abandonment of old factory structures, especially in the northeast of the U.S., has been occurring at a rapid pace ever since those businesses ceased to be profitable in the face of foreign competition. However, in North America, retrofitting those structures has seldom been the subject of a design competition. In Korea, the recent plethora of design competitions for all types of projects has also included several for providing a new life for abandoned buildings.

The Rural Countryside as Classroom

Countryside Dilemmas – New Rural Planning

1st Place – ©Tianjin University Team

Planning used to be at the bottom of Chinese students’ lists of design priorities. One western architect, whose firm was at the forefront in the design and implementation of numerous planning projects in China, surmised that planning was an area that received little attention in the university curricula. So when planning for a major metropolitan area has occurred, the Chinese have almost always turned to outside international firms for ideas and implementation.

Reimagining the Thompson Center

The Chicago Architecture Club Shines the Spotlight on

Another Endangered Landmark

Public Pool Image: ©Perkins&Will

What do Bertrad Goldberg and Helmut Jahn have in common? Besides having high-profile buildings threatened by demolition, both served as subject matter for two competitions sponsored by the Chicago Architecture Club (CAC)—raising public consciousness about their impending fate. They both produced buildings in a city famous for its architecture that have been abandoned: Goldberg’s Future Prentice Women’s Hospital, demolished in 2014 after a valiant effort by preservationists to save it from the wrecking ball; and Jahn’s Thompson Center, now the object of a similar effort by the State of Illinois to sell it to a developer.

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