The $300 House Challenge

Sponsor: Ingersoll Rand

Type: Open International Prototype

Location: Greensboro, Alabama

Language: English

Fee: Free

Eligibility: No restrictions

Submission Deadline: May 26, 2011

Awards:

Community prize – $10,000

Top three community prizes – 2-week prototyping workshop

First prize – $3,000 and 2-week prototyping workshop

Second prize – $1,500 and 2-week prototyping workshop

Third prize – $1,000

Fourth through eight prizes – $500 each

Ninth through sixteenth prizes – $250 each

Jury:

Yves Behar, Industrial Designer

Alex Bogusky

Rahul Mehrota, Harvard Professor and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design

Vijay Govindarajan, Dartmouth Professor of International Business

Christian Sarkar

Robert Dreling

Makrand Bhoot, Director of the Professional Alliance for Technology and Habitat

John Bielenberg

Daniel Johnson

Fred Murrell, Communications Design Chair at RMCAD

David Sands, Chief Architect at AIA

Rafael Smith, Designer of Uber Shelter

David “Dread” Hinds, Founder of Steel Pulse

Umair Haque

Stuart L. Fart, Professor and Author

Shaun Abrahanson, Social Production Engineer

Design Challenge:

With roughly two billion people living in adverse poverty, we are challenging the world to present concepts and designs for a house that can be built for under $300.

Submission Requirements:

Digital submission of images or video

For more information, go to: http://www.jovoto.com/contests/300house/briefing

Email: info@300house.com

Dallas Tabs Nieto Sobejano as Choice For Museum Redesign

Six Firms Competed to Rethink the Future of a Major Museum

Aerial view of winning design ©Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos (courtesy Malcolm Reading Consultants)

The history of the Dallas Museum of Art’s expansion has been punctuated by several moves, culminating in a new building designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes in 1984. The importance of this move to a new, somewhat desolate location in the city cannot be underestimated: it has led to the revitalization of what is now called the “Arts District,” with the relocation of various arts institutions to new facilities: the opera house (Foster and Partners), Dee and Charles Wyly Performing Arts Theater (REX/OMA), Nasher Sculpture Center (Renzo Piano), and I.M. Pei’s Meyerson Symphony Center being among the most significant.

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/

Four Plans to Unify Disparate Parts of the Portland Museum of Art’s Campus

View from Congress Square of Lever Architecture entry showing new wing on left

A New Wing to Accommodate a Museum’s Burgeoning Holdings, New Programs, and Rise in Attendance

The passage of time has seen most art museums adding on new wings, or even deciding on a brand new building. The Portland Museum of Art (PMA) has followed this pattern, having commissioned the new Charles Shipman Payson Building by Harry Cobb of I.M. Pei and Partners in 1981. This building served the community well for decades; but numerous gifts to the museum have necessitated the expansion of exhibition spaces well beyond the limited capacity to be found in the existing building. Adding to this is an evolving mission of the PMA in its interaction with the community.

A Korean Heritage Site Sets the Tone

Chungji National Heritage Museum Competition

Image ©Ona Architects + Jongjin Lee architects + Laguillo Arquitectos

For those unfamiliar with Korean Heritage and its symbols, the choice of the jury for a new complex to house artifacts, now located at various scattered sites, would seem to beg more information, especially when one views the designs of the non-selected finalists—all quite modern. Some of this can certainly be explained by the subject matter of the new museum’s holdings, another by the site in broader terms. Some might say that emphasis placed on the heritage element in the design brief fostered an interpretation leading to the choice of the winning design: “The site chosen for the new Chungji National Museum is logical: Chungju, located in the central part of the Korean Peninsula, is the center of the so-called ‘Jungwon culture,’ which has played an important role geographically and historically since ancient time. Jungwon culture developed around the Namhan River, which runs through the central region from east to west, and the relics showing this are currently scattered and stored in various museums.”

Bringing Design and Construction in Closer Proximity

University of Florida’s College of Design Construction and Planning’s New Addition

Development phase image courtesy ©Brooks + Scarpa

If architects have had one complaint concerning the planning and realization of a project, it has been with planners and especially construction managers, both of whom often display a lack of knowledge about architecture. The survival of a well-conceived design can hang in the balance when there is a knowledge gap at the planning and realization end.

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