EL PANTÀ DE SAU - A BEACON FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE

We are asking for applicants to design a piece of vernacular architecture that will be environmentally conscious with a minimal carbon footprint. It should set an example for how architecture can work with the surrounding landscape and benefit areas such as this protected natural park.

Category Idea Competition / Open to Students
Type International, Idea, Open, Single-Stage
Genre Sustainability
Country Spain
RegDeadline 20 December 2021 (See "Entry Fee" below) GoogleCal iCal
20 December 2021 (via Online)
Eligibility All designers and design students

Description
El Pantà de Sau is one of the most prominent features of its kind across the whole of Spain. The valley in which it lies was home to the small village of Sant Romà de Sau which is now submerged beneath the reservoir, apart from the Church steeple, which is still visible when the water level is low. The reservoir is one of many that provides water for Catalonia's Capital city, Barcelona and is therefore of huge importance to the area.
The reservoir sits within Les Guilleries national park, a protected area spread across 8,300 hectares of the pre-Pyrenees within central Catalonia. Its mountainous landscape is made up of tree topped undulating mountains and dramatic sheer cliff edges. Steeped in nature, activities and rich history, the area has become a haven for the people of Catalonia and visitors to the region.
Considering the current environmental crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic that we are experiencing globally, it is important that we use our expertise as designers to create considerate and thoughtful sustainable architecture that feeds and nourishes both the earth and us as people. With this in mind, we are asking for applicants to design a piece of vernacular architecture that will be environmentally conscious with a minimal carbon footprint. It should set an example for how architecture can work with the surrounding landscape and benefit areas such as this protected natural park.
The idea is to provide an architectural beacon for the area that will attract short stay visitors and act as a gathering point. The building should also provide a space for meditation and reflection for visitors and the local community to come and step out of their everyday troubles, with a close connection to the surrounding nature and scenery.

Jury
RYAN WENHAM, Liverpool & Barcelona, University of Liverpool - Architecture
MARC PRATS I NUÑEZ, Barcelona & Liverpool, University of Barcelona - English Studies, Leeds Beckett University - Psychology
DANIELA PICO PEREZ, Quito, Liverpool & Shanghai, XJTLU University Architecture
ISABELLA D'IPPOLITI, Barcelona & Rome, Sapienza Università di Roma - Architecture, Neoland - Ux/Ui Designer
CONNAH O'NEILL, Liverpool, John Moores University - Architecture, LYA Society

Prize
WINNING TEAM: a cash prize of £500 and publication
Winners will be offered the opportunity to act as jurors for one of our next competitions.
Free entry into one of our next competitions.
The top 5 runners up: publication
An open vote will select one of these five entries to be first runner up and therefore, the Public Favourite.
The first runner up will also receive a 50% discount off the entry fee for one of our next competitions.

Entry Fee
Standard Registration £35/team (2nd July - 1st October 2021)
Late registrations £50/team (2nd October 2021 - 20th December 2021)

Timetable
Results Announcement: 15th January 2022

Organizer
Larsen Liverpool

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