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Round Building Reuse: 360
Result
First Place
Jürgen Lehmeier and René Rissland / Nuernberg, Germany
Second Place
Matthew Hutchinson / San Francisco, California
Honorable Mention - Architecture
Fielding W. Featherston, AIA and Rebecca Talbert, AIA / Orlando, Florida
Honorable Mention-Sculpture
L2 Studios / Orlando, Florida
Honorable Mention- Site
JEFRË Figueras Manuel / Orlando, Florida
Honorable Mention- Organizer's Choice
Kim Headland, Giancarlo Giusti, Eric Rice, John Thompson and Larry Wilder / Tampa, FL
Overview
RBR:360 asks the applicant to develop their own program and locate a site or sites to reuse the brise soleil of the iconic Round Building in Downtown Orlando.
| Category | Idea Competition / Open to Students / Competition Result |
| Type | International, Idea, Open, Single-Stage, Anonymous |
| Genre | Public, Renovation |
| Country | Orlando, United States |
| RegDeadline | 8 August 2008 GoogleCal iCal |
| 8 August 2008 (Must be Received) | |
| Eligibility | All |
Description
Downtown Orlando is changing. The citizens of Orlando and Orange County have approved the much needed and highly anticipated 3 Venues projects, Including the Orlando Events Center, The Citrus Bowl expansion and modernization and the Dr. P. Phillips Performing Arts Center (DPPAC).
The American Federal Building (The Round Building) occupies the southwest corner of the site of the DPPAC and is scheduled for complete demolition.
It is our objective to have the competitors develop an innovative reuse of the Round Buildings precast concrete brise soleil on another site or sites.
Competition entries will provide valuable creative material to support the preservation effort of Central Florida Modern. Designs and Ideas will be used to create excitement, support, funding and a new purpose to a vestige of Central Florida’s Modern heritage.
Jury
The Jury will be composed of Design professionals, Central Florida Modern directors and several practicing architects who will select the winning entries.
Prize
Exhibition and Publication
Entry Fee
$35
Entries
One 30" x 42" board and a CD with the digital data and a statement (maximum 250 words)
Timetable
Jury deliberation: August 09. 2008 - August 16. 2008
Public Display/ Winner Announced: to be determined
Promoter
Nils M. Schweizer Fellows
Official Website
http://www.rbr360.com/