Andrea Smaniotto and Barbara Sandri from Italy! Daria Studneva and Julia Studneva from Belarus! As the designer of this bridge located in an incredible and magical national park, I believe in nature, harmony, balance, and beauty. Its an interesting exercise where we have to experiment and materialize ambitious ideas, thus pushing our boundaries of creativity and freedom. Architecture competitions are conducive to remote learning and helped us remain engaged during the Covid-19 pandemic. Mafalda Mota, Mariana Simes and Henrique Andrade from Portugal! ". "Competitions help to engage and think about projects with less constraints, which allows to create new fundamental concepts and values.". Participating in architectural ideas competitions allows our ideas to be heard and this could hopefully spark a critical debate among people of various disciplines regarding our interests to achieve a consensus in designing great cities. Among the first victims of persecution in Nazi Germany were political opponentsprimarily Communists, Social Democrats, and trade unionists. Joanna Abi Nader andRagheed Abi Hassan from Lebanon! ", "I see architectural competitions as an opportunity to focus on the roots of the design process. Competing keeps us on our toes.". ", "The variety of design challenges, where participating in competitions is one of them, is for us a key element in the search for our own identity; this preserves the flow of creative energy.". PMA is composed of designers that are longing to create a better environment through practical solutions. Viktoriia Savchenko, Khrystyna Vus, Nikolay Dotsenko and Oleksandra Zavada from Ukraine! ", "I participate in architecture vision competitions mainly to challenge myself. Farshid Roozitalab, Sadegh Kaveh and Ahmadreza Dehghani from Iran! "Architecture competitions like this allow me to think about projects that are grounded within tangible limitations and affordances. Merve Uan and Berat Can ztan from Germany! ", "Competitions are a way to push my ideas and abilities beyond what I would in practice. Competitions are a way to explore the breadth of the field. ", Legendary Bird Home / Edition 2 competition. "It is a really good option to start your career and to exercise designing and team-working. Doni Hallko andDebora Di Francesco from Italy! ", "Architecture competitions provide an experience outside your comfort zone, which makes you understand and improve your creative and technical ability to develop projects. The value we find in participating in these competitions is that it builds our vision, challenges us to think of design issues that we do not work with everyday, and brings more and more ideas into our firms oeuvre. Its always beneficial to examine how much you have improved and to define or redefine your weaknesses. Firstly, I enjoy the thinking process, the search for solutions to different challenges that the competitions provides. "Because they allow us put theoretical visions into practice and push the boundaries of architecture. Ksenia Chernobrovtseva and Petar Petricevic from United States! Expand our horizons and communicate with professionals. "It is the opportunity to try new ideas and to set ourselves design challenges that we are not used to on a daily basis. ", "We participate in competitions to strengthen our own opinions and ideas. They allow us to follow freely our creativity and to find inspiration. An opportunity to tackle and solve different societal issues by way of architecture. Sergio Esquinca, Daniel Ramirez, Alhakam Alaedh and Adrian Salinas from the United States! ", "The firm regularly participates in competitions to inspire their creative staff, foster collaboration, improve their design process, and celebrate their diversity and passion for design.". Located in Flanders, Belgium, the Vlooyberg Tower is a staircase that literally leads to nowhere. "There is always a consistent struggle with decision-making and self-doubt that I continually experience. ", "Many international students participate for the BUILDNERs architecture competition, and the panels and plans for the projects became so much inspiration to us. They also allow me to test my creative problem-solving skills through unconventional briefs I might otherwise not be exposed to. This lesson teaches the 1st Amendment (specifically speech and assembly) by looking at demonstrations (national and local), narrowing in on a local landmark (Moore County Court House in Carthage, NC). It gives a sense of freedom that I think is essential for a creative career. Fang Xu, Yuxuan Jiang and Zhi Wen Sun from Canada! Competitions are a great venue for experimentation, and a laboratory to unpack and test design philosophies. The arena of the competition lets you tune out the noise of the world.". We love participating in such competitions that stimulate creativity and discover new things through architectural elements. ", "We are extremely glad about this result, and we hope that this success will enable us to develop our collective. Simone Marzorati and Silvio Lussana from Italy!
USGS Unnumbered Series, GIP: Topographic Map Symbols I treat it as a hobby. "Competitions are great for experiences. Seonggeun Hur and Myungju Ko from United States! In all fields of design, when working for clients, ideas can get lost in translation or dismissed all together. Misak Terzibasiyan, Taura Aurylait, Amir Feizinezhadgheshlaghi and Danai Dafnouli from Netherlands! You can fully develop yourself and your ideas and have a great platform to share and spread them.". Dana Liepinsh and Lorena Del Moral Navero from Spain! I find this gives me a space and an arena to bring forward ideas that otherwise might continue to float around without ever reaching their full potential. Competitions open the door to new unconventional projects and possibilities.". Youngjae Shin and Byungdoo Youn from South Korea! Jolanda Devalle and Alison Zuccaro from United States! "Architecture competitions are opportunities for us to test new ways of representation and design. As a startup, we also find architecture competitions an efficient way to build up our experience while revamping our portfolio.". "We were interested in the unique site situation and program. I enjoy that. As a team, we learn so much from each other through one architectural design.". It was highly instructive to design a building in the framework of structural, practical, and environmental boundaries. I think it is excellent that there are more and more such competitions and that students can take part in them. Adrian Dullin, Marine Charles and Amaury Lecerf from France! Hudson Parris and Matthew Cox from United States! Learning from their way of thinking allows the sharpening your own vision. Iconic landmarks serve to connect mankind and nature, with beautiful observation outposts in natural parks around the world. "We participate in competitions to confront our work, our vision and to propose answers that we hope to be relevant to current issues. ", "This is a new and exciting experience that differs from our usual workow. Participation in competitions enables us to present our design vision to a larger audience and compare it with the ideas of other participants.". You have little chance to implement what you imagine. ", "We seek out interesting architectural competitions as a way to hone our craft for the everyday world. In modern usage, a landmark includes anything that is easily recognizable, such as a monument, building, or other structure.In American English it is the main term used to designate places that might be of interest to tourists due to notable physical features or historical significance. In that freedom, it is truly possible to consider anything, and these unbiased visions I feel are essential in realizing our potential. "Architectural competitions are a great way to advance the understanding of architectural design with bold and free steps, and to discover new perspectives. While the previous tower had been constructed of wood, the current tower was built entirely of metal, making it resilient to both vandals as well as the elements. Ibrahim Muasher, Gergana Popova and Simon Taylor from United Kingdom! ", "It is a good chance to train critical thinking and creativity. It is a way to pick a different architectural program or object, and try something you really wanted to do but you just never did before. Asli Aydin, Yining Cong, Karla Citlalli Contreras Marin and Liujun Chen from Turkey! It is clear that by their merit-based nature, competitions push architects to cross new creative thresholds. Matthew Baird, Ines Gulbenkian, Will James and Robert Estrin from United States! Sergey Korobkov, Alexey Yakushev, Evgeniy Korobskoy and Andrey Tsyplakov from Russian Federation! Xiaodan Zhou and Chuhong Yin from United States! Besides the benefit of exploring ideas and representational methods beyond the sometimes-banal day-to-day tasks of the profession, competitions allow me the opportunity to demonstrate who I am as an architectural designer, from the selection of competition briefs and sites to the choice of materials and organizational strategies, to the final panel layouts. ", "We are 4 students from Cairo, Egypt. "Competition prompts give us the constraints and platform to pursue creative design projects outside of the office. "Architecture competitions are a great way for me to test my design skills and help me understand my own design vision. ", HOSPICE - HOME FOR TERMINALLY ILL competition. As an architecture student, I want to prove myself and measure my designing level through worldwide competition. "Besides having a deep respect for the tradition of competitions in the architecture field, I think this kind of experience provides a perfect venue for showcasing ideas that can get heard by a large audience, having the potential to impact the architectural culture as a whole. "I enrolled this competition for the following purposes: to practice how to output my study and how to express my ideas ; as part of a laboratory curriculum to acquire architectural communication skills; to acquire worldwide perspective and ability; specifically, I am interested in generation of architecture in the place where the primitive environment of the earth remains, such as the horizon of landscapes in Northern Europe. Holger Patricio Cuadrado Torres, Edwin Patricio Moreno Estrada, Jimmy Paul Sinchire Capa and Jos Armando Paucar Ros from Ecuador! Thanks to these competitions, we as designers are able to widen our capability of thinking and discover new methods. In the case of the Monte Doiro Hotel, it was a challenge to continue the previous studies of wine architecture in the low-density suburban environment. Lea Stagno and Toru Okada from United States! ", "Modern cultural and economic conditions in Ukraine shape a development far from the samples of modern architecture. We are also interested in thinking globally. We are also defending our bachelor degree with this project as our final work, which is the initial reason and motive for us to participate in this competition. Andrienne Francis and Patrice Parker from United States! ", MICROHOME2019 - SMALL LIVING, HUGE IMPACT! ", "By exploring architecture with actual construction plans in mind and outputting those ideas, we grow. In densely built-up areas, most individual buildings are omitted and an area tint is shown. "Because its an opportunity to dream big, to find new solutions for a particular problem and to improve my architectural and communication skills. Indeed, on one hand, we are confronted with other realities by discovering different cultures, geographies, local practices and challenges, which open our eyes to the foreign world. I also love the idea of tackling a real-world issue whilst remaining free to explore conceptual ideas. Dhiya Luthfiyyah, Lulu Safitri Wijaya Jonni and Nadia Putri Humaira from Indonesia! Participating in contests brings up such important qualities for the architect, such as the ability to quickly switch from one task to another and the ability to complete work on time.". They provide me the opportunity to research and explore a place and context that I may not otherwise have explored. The topic that I worked on was very personal and I felt like I had something important to say. It is a great opportunity to question your design process detached from the educational context. The Nazis harassed German male homosexuals, whose sexual orientation was considered a . A competition is an opportunity to sharpen the blade, explore and experiment with a different typology and to challenge myself to test my ideas amongst others with a similar drive. landmark symbol to identify the first observation point. "I enjoy the process of being creative, finding solutions, and the challenge of a competition. "It became a fun and educational extracurricular activity ever since my student days when I, with a group of colleagues, entered our first big competition and won the third prize. During our studies, we mainly design in Poland. It is a rewarding opportunity to face a challenge and develop new design perspectives as a result.".
"For us, architecture competitions are a challenge and an opportunity to understand different contexts, cultures, landscapes and societies. By participating in architecture competitions, we hope to promote improved design quality through collaborative design.". ", "Competitions are opportunities for exploration and research that guide the architect to take a stand on a topic, contribute to rethink the ways in which humanity relates to the environment and how this can be improved/modified through architecture.
landmark symbol to identify the first observation point This spiralling pavilion was designed by Swiss architecture studio HHF. Monica Lamela Blazquez and Sofia Betancur Velasquez from Spain! "We participate in architectural competitions to test ourselves on the international stage. Anna Schuler and Sofie Louise Vieth from Germany! Contests are the means of expressing our creativity, finding tools and knowledge that we can later apply in our professional practice.". The Long Wall is really an amazing landmark and today the most celebrated symbol of China. ", "Its a chance to do different projects from what we are used to, and to be able to build our architecture in different cities and countries. Team members review what they each learned in the design studio, apply and negotiate in a new way, and complete projects that could not be created alone. "Competitions offer us a chance to think about new design challenges, like Monte DOiro's winery, to express new ideas and to share that thinking with a larger group that might not be in our daily architectural milieu.". We think this is very stimulating for our cultural and professional growth.". "Competition briefs that challenge new thinking are a compelling way to reconsider many age old social issues that need fresh eyes. It's a great way to get exposed to new topics and materials, and thereby expand your horizons. "We participate in architecture competitions in hopes of pushing the boundaries of design. "It is a great avenue for exploring new conceptual territory that our everyday design and architecture projects may not always afford us. Therefore, the interests and challenges are the wave that pushes us ahead.". I felt that the ideas I was generating there could be implemented into the design of a birdhouse as well. Lastly, if we win, it is a great way to get our name out there and potentially have our project built.". "I love the themes and new directions which the competitions offer. Resolving complex contextual and programmatic issues pushes creativity and generates robust discussion.". The competition allows us to think of new ideas and test them out in various projects in different countries that are not usually encountered. There are not too many restrictions, there is more room to play, and the design will be more interesting. "NOS participates in competitions to experiment new processes of design, representation and collaboration in a global contemporary setting. "For us, participating in architecture competitions represents a promise of being able to explore architectural ideas in their pure sense. Competitions are a great way to develop our thinking and ideas, creating a starting point to make these visions become a reality. We develop them with the aim of acquiring experiences through the process of creating and conceptualizing ideas. "It provides an opportunity to explore theoretical ideas in practical terms. Nuttapol Techopitchof Looklen Architects in Thailand! ", "I participate in architecture competition for a number of reasons. Emrah Kuener, Kadir ztrk and Gamze Smer from Turkey! In general, it is a good way to present your new ideas about the topical issues on architecture to a broader public. ", "We participate in architecture competitions to test our ideas and skillsets and challenge our preconceived concepts of what has been done and how we can do it differently it gives us the perfect platform to test daring/radical ideas.". ", "Architectural competitions allow me to challenge myself. This competition was in line with our current research and spoke to topics that we feel are important for architects to explore. It is an incredible chance to step away from the conventional means of execution, and present a different perspective to a broader audience. ", "Competitions are fun but serious, short but have a lot to learn from, and most importantly are usually on new and most contemporary issues. The basic and fair answer stands behind our personalities and is linked with our passion about architecture and the chance to challenge yourself. I also believe that the competition will bring the opportunity to grow ideas and develop human resources and skills. ", "It is a great chance to propose your vision on a particular problem, to put your ideas out there, and get feedback from a range of high - profile jurors. ", "As young architects, we believe that vision competitions allow us to express our ideas and realize our designs in a non-constrained manner. In pre modern times the Great Wall was also recognized as a symbol of the futility and cruelty of the first emperor's political and military ambitions. This small effort could help and change someones life or some places problems.". We love how the boundaries of ideas can be pushed by the collective, beyond any limits that we could individually have conceived.". Chang Kyu Lee and Beomki Leefrom United States! It allows us to test out possibilities that are often constrained in professional practice.". This attitude gives guidelines for design of rational structures and sensible spaces throughout free search and common sense.". They also provide a platform to broadcast our ideas to a bigger audience. ", "Architecture vision competitions allows participants to push the limits of their ideas. Beixi Zhu and Xi Luo from the United States! ", "We live in a society that is becoming over-regulated. It's also a way to choose projects that really inspire us and develop a creative process with more liberty than your usual client.". It keeps my mind constantly alert and open. "Architecture competitions are great platforms that allow everyone to challenge their ideologies and thoughts on architecture and what architecture can do without the academic or practical constraints can sometimes greatly influence the design. Prajal Pradhan, Mahesh Maharjan, Sainaz Bajracharya and Prabina Sherstha from Nepal! Marianne Ventre and Anthony Spennato from France! Xu Jiatong, Gao Yinyuan and Shi Ying from China! "The architectural firm GDA participates in competitions because it believes that it is the only instrument of excellence for creating quality architecture. "Competitions are great platforms to test out our skills and ideas as young architects. It is also an excellent opportunity to re-evaluate yourself and compare your ideas with architects from all over the world with a much larger variety of design strategies and ideas than you could ever find in a single university or work environment. Additionally it was a great opportunity to practice the design process. Patxi Jauregui, Ana Elizalde, Mnica Muoz and Yael Gonzalez from Mexico! Architecture vision competitions offer a freedom of expression that is otherwise restricted when you work for an office or a client. "We believe that participation in architecture competitions can create many great opportunities, especially for students. Moreover, we believe that it kick-starts our careers and gives us exposure in the design and architecture world. This type of competition gives us creative freedom not being limited by loads of rules. As a young designer, it can be hard to publicize your own work, especially at the beginning. "We participate in architecture competitions to test our ideas, skillsets and challenge our preconceived concepts of what has been done and how we can do it differently - it gives us the perfect platform to test daring / radical ideas.". Also, it is the best resource for us to express our design capability to the public.". Contrast to old courthouse why there was a need for change? They are also good opportunities to test the strength and the efficiency of our team.". It offers the unique chance to use architecture to uncover the potential of a site and program. It can be fascinating to observe how a place can be conceived by other architects and designers. It is also a great experience to work in a team and add to everyone's experience and background to the proposal. Architecture idea and vision competitions provide a unique opportunity to explore concepts between building and landscape in a more speculative context, and they can be a very effective way to allow younger architects and interns the chance to immediately impact the design process.". Landmarks are defined as an external point of reference that helps orienting in a familiar or an unfamiliar environment. In addition, it exercises creation processes and ways of communicating architecture that are beyond the professional routine.". Above all it challenges us and in doing so it forces us to evolve. "Architectural competitions proved to be one of the best methods for me to develop as an architect. Construction, Mathematics, Mechanics, Computers, Shipbuilding, Science Fiction, Literature etc. Fields to explore and play. Competitions provide an opportunity to let your creative side out while working through new and unfamiliar challenges.". "Architecture competitions are a beautiful training exercise for professional practice. Additional funding is being provided by Wells Fargo through HEAD for the Future, its partnership with HSP, and by Independence National Historical Park. David Cirocchi and Angelo Brollo from Italy! ", "As a lover of competition, participating in architecture contests seems like a great opportunity to train creativity and detach from everyday routine. ", "Participating in an architecture competition is a great way to stay current and have fun along the way. Steven Hedley, Carl Herron and Callum Fysh from the United Kingdom! Project the map, titled The World. Fabian De Vriendt, Arnout Stevens and Mathias Spiessens from Belgium! It is a great opportunity to enhance my computational and graphic skills. Anything by definition can be a symbol, i.e., a vehicle for cultural meaning, and it seems from a survey of the literature that almost anything can be key. It is only about the effective transport of an idea. It is also quite challenging to compete with architects from all over the world, comparing different solutions and learning new approaches. "To participate in a competition of ideas, it means to elude the function and the structure to favour a language closer to the architectonic dogma. Seeing the designs of talented people also inspired me. Plus you are your own boss. "We believe architecturevisionarycompetitions are very much in touch with current social affairs. Participation in competitions allows us to be involved in the new history of architecture and to be in the context of its development.". ukasz Paczyski, Antoni Prokop and Jan Szeliga from Poland! "To add to and enrich our university experience, we take part in competitions going beyond the world of student academic work and daily routine with the aim of developing creative ideas.". Lap Chi Kwong and Alison Von Glinowfrom USA! Karolina Kiepiska, Marta Lisiakiewicz, Emilia Oworuszko and Aleksandra Biakowska from Poland! ", "We think its interesting to see the variety of answers and proposals that result from the same brief.". ", "Competitions fine-tune your design skills and help constantly question current interests. Matas Salas Ramrez, Miled Lahoud and Francisca Lopez Gonzales from Italy! It is a liberating process that helps me to get in touch with myself. Features are shown as points, lines, or areas, depending on their size and extent. "For fun and for the experience of crossing borders literally and mentally.". "The most important reason why I participate in architecture competitions is to keep being creative. At the very least, the competition will help us create common basis for our urban and architectural approach, and debate about the shared values that we want to express across our architectural practice. They present an amusing and low-stakes opportunity to test out new ideas, or to explore new project typologies that we havent had a chance to jump into professionally. It isn't so much about the accolades or monetary gains, as it is the ability to participate in the design process, the purity of creation and the idea of connecting with like minded individuals in this socially distanced world.". "I like the opportunity to test ideas and techniques in a very specific way. ", PARIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING CHALLENGE competition. For us, studying architecture turned out to be a passion which we are lucky enough to carry out in our everyday life.". ", "Being that both of us are recent graduates who are starting our professional careers, we both struggle at times to gain the level of authority desired in design projects at work. Maria Fernandez and Franois Chantier from France! "We believe, that attending architecture competitions can be a great opportunity to showcase your ideas and visions to a wider audience and broaden your own knowledge and- gain experience.