2008 BIRDHOUSE COMPETITION FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 2008 BIRDHOUSE COMPETITION FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS OBJECT OF THE COMPETITION The global environment is transforming continuously. Human inhabitant environment is encountering enormous challenges. This competition provides an opportunity to consider an inhabitant pattern throug THEME The earth is our nest Prizes Gold Prize (1) Certification and 30,000 RMB each Silver Prize (2) Certification and 10,000 RMB each Bronze Prize (5) Certification and 5,000 RMB each Honorable Mention (15) Certification and Award JURY Jury Head:Kenji Ekuan (Industrial Designer, Japan) Jury Members (alphabetically): Angelo Cortesi (Industrial Designer, Italy) Atsushi Deguchi (Professor, Faculty of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, Japan) Hirofumi Sugimoto (Professor, Tokai University, Japan) Jiang Xu (President, China Academy of Art, China) Shouhei Fukui (Chief Planner, Expo 2005 Aichi, Japan) Yung Ho Chang (Head and Professor, Department of Architecture, MIT, USA) Zhiqiang Wu (Chief Planner, Expo 2010 Shanghai, President of College of Architecture & Urban Planning, Tongji University China) ADVISORY PANEL Mr. Minoru Mori (President & CEO, Mori Building Co., Ltd., Japan) Liqiang Yuan (General Manager of Shanghai Zhangjiang Creative Industry Development Co., Ltd,China) Zhicai Ge (Director-General, Shanghai Industrial Design Association,China ) Guoxin Wu (Vice Director of World Expo Shanghai Bureau Exhibition Department,China ) Jianping Xu (Director of Shanghai Spiritual Civilization Office, China ) Shinya Izumi (Chief Planner, Expo 2005 Aichi, Japan) Mr, Heizo Takenaka (Professor, Keio University, Japan) KPF – Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, USA ELIGIBILITY The competition is open to students from any university in the world, who has not graduated at the time of December, 2008. CONTACT All the submission please send to: 2008 Birdhouse in Shanghai Executive Committee China Academy of Art Shanghai Institute of Design No. 109 Chunxiao Road, Pudong Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Shanghai, China 201203 Tel: 86-021-50802834, 86-021-50277973 Questions please contact: 2008 Birdhouse Project Competition Organizing Committee, China Telephone: +86-021-50802834 +86-021-50277973 E-mail:2008birdhouse_sh@163.com 2008 Birdhouse Project Non-Profit Organization, Japan +81-090-7104-1921 E-mail: project@birdhouse.gr.jp 2008 Birdhouse Project Italy +39 339 711 8728 E-mail: acfel@tin.it 2008 Birdhouse Project America +1 917 294 6629 E-mail: koizumi@usa.com FORMAT AND JUDGING Participant should submit a design proposal to address the competition theme. There are two judging phases: First Phase Participant should submit a design proposal in the form of a photograph, sketch, rendering, drawing, or other media, on A4 panel format (297mm x 210mm). The number of panel is not limited. No particip Second Phase First Phase Entries will be notified in person. The participant will submit a physical model (within 1m x 1m x 1m) based on selected design proposal. The jury will advice the model making. Every entry CALENDAR First Phase Submission May 10th, 2008-August 30th, 2008 First Phase Judging September 6th, 2008 First Phase Nomination Mid-September, 2008 Second Phase Submission Deadline October 25th, 2008 Second Phase Judging November 1st, 2008 The result will be announced on http://www.birdhouse.gr.jp at the beginning of November. Exhibition December, 2008 at Shanghai World Financial Center HOST 2008 Birdhouse Project Competition Organizing Committee Japan Committee of Ecological Environmental Promotion Shanghai Zhangjiang Creative Industry Development Co., Ltd CO-ORGANIZER Shanghai Institute of Design, China Academy of Arts College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University World Expo Shanghai Bureau Exhibition Department Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau Shanghai Industrial Design Association SPONSOR Consulate-General of Japan in Shanghai Mori Building Co., Ltd. Group Mori Building China (Shanghai) Property Management and Consulting Co.,Ltd. Shanghai World Financial Center Co.,Ltd. Shanghai Senmao International Real Estate Co.,Ltd. Koizumi Sangyo Corp. Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. Zhangjiang Creative Industry Development Foundations of Pudong New Area COPYRIGHT The participants are guaranteed the intellectual property of the submissions, as per applicable legislation regarding author’s rights. Participation in the competition automatically grants the Bi
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Helsinki Central Library, by ALA Architects (2012-2018)
The world has experienced a limited number of open competitions over the past three decades, but even with diminishing numbers, some stand out among projects in their categories that can’t be ignored for the high quality and degree of creativity they revealed. Included among those are several invited competitions that were extraordinary in their efforts to explore new avenues of institutional and museum design. Some might ask why the Vietnam Memorial is not mentioned here. Only included in our list are competitions that were covered by us, beginning in 1990 with COMPETITIONS magazine to the present day. As for what category a project under construction (Science Island), might belong to or fundraising still in progress (San Jose’s Urban Confluence or the Cold War Memorial competition, Wisconsin), we would classify the former as “built” and wait and see what happens with the latter—keeping our fingers crossed for a positive outcome.
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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/
RUR model perspective – ©RUR
New Kaohsiung Port and Cruise Terminal, Taiwan (2011-2020)
Reiser+Umemoto RUR Architecture PC/ Jesse Reiser – U.S.A.
with
Fei & Cheng Associates/Philip T.C. Fei –R.O.C. (Tendener)
This was probably the last international open competition result that was built in Taiwan. A later competition for the Keelung Harbor Service Building Competition, won by Neil Denari of the U.S., the result of a shortlisting procedure, was not built. The fact that the project by RUR was eventually completed—the result of the RUR/Fei & Cheng’s winning entry there—certainly goes back to the collaborative role of those to firms in winning the 2008 Taipei Pop Music Center competition, a collaboration that should not be underestimated in setting the stage for this competition.
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Winning entry ©Herzog de Meuron
In visiting any museum, one might wonder what important works of art are out of view in storage, possibly not considered high profile enough to see the light of day? In Korea, an answer to this question is in the making.
It can come as no surprise that museums are running out of storage space. This is not just the case with long established “western” museums, but elsewhere throughout the world as well. In Seoul, South Korea, such an issue has been addressed by planning for a new kind of storage facility, the Seouipul Open Storage Museum. The new institution will house artworks and artifacts of three major museums in Seoul: the Seoul Museum of Modern Art, the Seoul Museum of History, and the Seoul Museum of Craft Art.
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Belfast Looks Toward an Equitable and Sustainable Housing Model
Birdseye view of Mackie site ©Matthew Lloyd Architects
If one were to look for a theme that is common to most affordable housing models, public access has been based primarily on income, or to be more precise, the very lack of it. Here it is no different, with Belfast’s homeless problem posing a major concern. But the competition also hopes to address another of Belfast’s decades-long issues—its religious divide. There is an underlying assumption here that religion will play no part in a selection process. The competition’s local sponsor was “Take Back the City,” its membership consisting mainly of social advocates. In setting priorities for the housing model, the group interviewed potential future dwellers as well as stakeholders to determine the nature of this model. Among those actions taken was the “photo- mapping of available land in Belfast, which could be used to tackle the housing crisis. Since 2020, (the group) hosted seminars that brought together international experts and homeless people with the goal of finding solutions. Surveys and workshops involving local people, housing associations and council duty-bearers have explored the potential of the Mackie’s site.” This research was the basis for the competition launched in 2022.
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Alster Swimming Pool after restoration (2023)
Linking Two Competitions with Three Modernist Projects
Hardly a week goes by without the news of another architectural icon being threatened with demolition. A modernist swimming pool in Hamburg, Germany belonged in this category, even though the concrete shell roof had been placed under landmark status. When the possibility of being replaced by a high-rise building, it came to the notice of architects at von Gerkan Marg Partners (gmp), who in collaboration with schlaich bergermann partner (sbp), developed a feasibility study that became the basis for the decision to retain and refurbish the building.
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