National Memorial to the Heavenly Hundred Heroes and Revolution of Dignity Museum in KievSponsor: Ukrainian Ministry of Culture
Theme: Memory/Museum
Type: International, open, 2-stage, RfQ, (both for architecture and art/sculpture)
Fee: none
Selection procedure:
• For the “memorial competition”, a total of approx. 12 artists/sculptors, architects or landscape architects will be selected to participate.
• For participation in the “museum competition” a total of approx. 12 architects or groups of architects or architect consortia will be selected. Based on each entry’s merit, at the end of Stage 1, the jury will select 6 or 7 participants of the museum competition for participation in Stage 2 of the competition.
Languages: English and Ukranian (English version is binding)
Competition organizer: Phase1, Berlin
Site: The site is situated in central Kiev, in Pechersky and Shevchenkivsky districts. The site for memorial/museum complex is located exactly on the territory of Revolution of Dignity events – on the Alley of Heavenly Hundred Heroes.
Timetable:
7 November 2017 – Application deadline
19 January 2018 – Stage 1 submission deadline
Awards:
For each competition nomination (memorial and museum), there are three prizes:
• First Prize – €21,000
• Second Prize – €13,000 Euro
• Third Prize – €8,500
In addition, every participant who advances in the museum competition to Stage 2 and submits a detailed design concept conforming to the requirements laid down in the competition brief will receive a flat-rate fee of Euro 15,000 in respect of expenses incurred. Jurors:
Yulian Chaplynsky – Chief Architect Lviv (Lviv, Ukraine)
Guido Hager – Landscape Architect, Hager Partner (Zurich, Switzerland)
Prof. Rainer Mahlamäki – Architect, Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Oy (Helsinki, Finland)
Maciej Miłobędzki – Architect, JEMS Architekci (Warsaw, Poland)
Prof. Matthias Sauerbruch – Architect, Sauerbruch Hutton Architekten (Berlin, Germany)
Olexander Svystunov – Chief Architect Kiev (Kiev, Ukraine)
Prof. Can Togay – Artist, Filmmaker, Writer (Berlin, Germany)
Dmytro Volyk – Chief Architect Dnipro (Dnipro, Ukraine)
For more information and to enter, go to: https://www.phase1.de/projects_competition-maidan-ukraine_generic3_e.htm
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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/
Aerial view of site – Courtesy National Finnish Museum
When major cultural institutions in Finland plan a new building project, one can almost always assume that an open competition will be the vehicle by which the client settles on the building’s design. The only question is, will this be organized in a format open to local, Scandinavian, or international architects. In the case of the National Museum of Finland annex competition, it was open to architects throughout the world — resulting in 185 entries. Read more…
The Opening of Taichung’s Central Park by Catherine Mosbach/Philippe Rahm
View from the south with downtown Taichung in the distance image: ©Mosbach/Rahm
The abandonment and closing of airports, including decommissioning those that were used for military purposes, has presented design communities with several opportunities to convert them entirely to civilian purposes. Notable among those which have been the result of competitions are Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California (Ken Smith Landscape Architects), The Estonian National Museum (Dan Dorell, Lina Ghotmeh and Tsuyoshi Tane), and Toronto’s less successful Downsview Park competition, whereby the winning design by OMA, with trees as the primary feature, has been basically ignored. Instead, the area has become the site of numerous commercial and residential projects.
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SMAR’s Winning Entry Gets the Green Light
Image: ©SMAR Architecture
The winning competition entry in the 2016 Science Island competition in Kaunas, Lithuania by SMAR Architects may only take five years to realize—from the date of the competition to completion. This is encouraging news, as the duration of such projects resulting from a competition can often take much longer—sometimes up to 8-10 years. Read more…
Night view of the memorial tapestry from Independence Avenue, with Gehry’s sketch of the Normandy cliffs.
Explaining the contributions of a World War II hero and later President of the United States on a very modest site on Independence Avenue just off the Washington Mall is tantamount to asking an author to describe the life of this person in no more than one paragraph. But on September 17th, after a long and bumpy journey, lasting almost 20 years and navigating a warren of the DC approval processes and public scrutiny, the Eisenhower Memorial finally was dedicated and opened to the public. Designed by Frank Gehry, it has received mixed reviews, the majority being more positive. But most have pointed out that the memorial is more impressive at night than in full daylight. This is due primarily to the illumination of an almost block-long metallic tapestry—featuring a sketch by Gehry, which depicts his interpretation of the cliffs of the Normandy coastline where the Americans landed on D-Day. Read more…
Professional winner: Brooklyn Bridge Forest (image © Pilot Projects Design Collective)
While looking for new adventures on a visit to New York City, friends suggested that I take time to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge—certainly a New York icon. For those intending to undertake this trek across the bridge for the first time, the bridge consists of layers, with a large platform for pedestrians on top of a lower level for cars and the metro system. Traversing this connection for the first time between Manhattan and Brooklyn is not just about getting from one place to another, but experiencing a great scenic view of both boroughs and occasionally interacting with other bridge crossers. As for the latter, they provide a flavor of the city’s demographics, as opposed to similar experiences one might have of the city’s inhabitants when riding the city’s subway system. Read more… |
