Future Campus – University College Dublin International Design Competition Sponsor: University College Dublin
Type: International, RfQ, invited
Eligibility: The first stage is a global search for an integrated multidisciplinary design team, based on relevant skills and past experience.
Fee: none
Compensation: Honorarium for the anticipated five finalists: €40,000
Language: English
Timetable:
26 March 2018 – Deadline for RfQ submissions
Jury:
• Professor Andrew J. Deeks, University College Dublin President
• David Adjaye, Principal, Adjaye Associates, London
• Paul Thompson, Rector, Royal College of Art, London
• Ann Beha, Principal, Ann Beha Architects, Cambridge, MA
• Joe Berridge, Partner, Urban Strategies, Inc., Toronto
Design challenge:
Shortlisted competitors at stage two will be required to consider the two challenges of the brief: the Entrance Precinct Masterplan and the Centre for Creative Design. The Entrance Precinct Masterplan covers an area of 23.8 ha, within which there is the potential for up to 335,000 sq m of new development (representing a footprint of circa 67,000 sq m). The new masterplan will provide a holistic strategy to guide future development on campus. It should give the University immediate physical presence and visibility, communicating its intent as an internationally-minded, dynamic and creative place of learning. It should cue a highly attractive environment (day and night, season to season) that promotes a strong sense of community and sociability, and creates an atmosphere conducive to new ways of learning and thinking. The first building to be delivered within the Entrance Precinct Masterplan is the 8,000 sq m Centre for Creative Design. A charismatic yet well-integrated building, it should be located in a prominent position, a landmark when viewed from within and outside the campus. A home for creative experimentation and fabrication, including the UCD Creative Skills Academy, the building will contain a range of design studios, laboratories and maker spaces. Budget and program: The total project value for the Centre for Creative Design is estimated to be €48 million. The contract is expected to commence in autumn 2018, with anticipated completion by autumn 2021. Following the competition, the team will initially be contracted to develop a feasibility stage masterplan report for the Entrance Precinct Masterplan and undertake a brief development and concept design phase for the Centre for Creative Design project.
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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/ Another Competition for Moscow’s Expanding Subway Network
Image © Zaha Hadid Architects
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1st place entry by Dominique Perrault Architecture (image ©Dominique Perrault Architect)
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Winning design by ©Moreau Kusunoki /Genton
Although one might normally assume that local firms participating in a competition might have a clear advantage over foreign competitors, this has seldom been the case: just see Sydney’s Opera House, won by a Danish architect, and Toronto’s City Hall, won by a Finn—as evidence that well devised competition briefs as adequate documentation can create a level playing field for potential competitors, regardless of their location.
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In early 2020, a group advocating a new approach to the design of the Los Angeles Museum of Art (LACMA)—The Citizens’ Brigade to Save LACMA—organized a competition to counter an existing design by the Swiss Architect Peter Zumthor. Already commissioned by the LACMA administration, the project is slated to begin almost immediately with the demolition of four LACMA buildings—three existing and one new. Moreover, the existing plan to incorporate all of the existing collections under one roof isn’t covered by the Zumthor plan. This obvious lack of exhibit space was the focus of a query by the Ahmanson Foundation, a major donor of artworks to LACMA in the past. Upon not receiving assurances from LACMA that those donated works would be exhibited, but possibly held in storage and hidden from public view, the Foundation cut all ties with LACMA. Finally, the plan by Zumthor foresees the new structure not only occupying much of the new space created by demolition, but extends part of the new building over Wiltshire Boulevard. As one might anticipate from Zumthor, the construction of the structure is also primarily of concrete, thereby raising the cost per SF. So no matter how highly finished this material turns out to be, it does in essence represent a brutalist structure replacing an eclectic ensemble. Read more… |
