708 proposals from 116 countries
First Prize
- HUBS designed by Sergio Castillo Tello and María Hernández Enríquez from Spain
- WATER FUEL designed by Rychiee Espinosa and Seth Mcdowell from the United States
4 Honourable Mentions
- "Massive Urban Recycling-Plastered Stadium", designed by Adrian Garcia from Mexico
- SKY CITY designed by Victor Kirillow from Russia
- RECIPROCITY designed by Jason Butz from the United States
- MOBILIZING VILLAGES designed by Do Trung Kien from Vietnam
Category | Idea Competition / Open to Students / Competition Result |
Type | International, Idea, Open, Single-Stage |
Genre | Architecture, Urban |
Country | Barcelona |
RegDeadline | 28 September 2009 GoogleCal iCal |
28 September 2009 (via Online) | |
Eligibility | All |
Jury
Mayors and former mayors
Jordi Hereu, mayor of Barcelona
Jaime Lerner, former mayor of Curitiba and former president of the IUA
Architecture Schools
Brett Steele, director of the Architectural Association (London, UK)
Stan Allen, director of the Princeton School of Architecture (Princeton, NJ, USA)
Bob Somol, director of the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois Chicago (Chicago, IL, USA)
Architects
Yung Ho Chang (Beijing, China)
Snøhetta (Oslo, Norway)
J. M. Lin (Taipei, Taiwan)
Aaron Betsky (Cincinnati, USA)
Bostina Vuga (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Experts
Neil Gershenfeld, physicist (MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA)
Michael Slitch, engineer (Germany)
Salvador Rueda, ecologist (Barcelona, Spain)
Alejandro Gutierres (Ove Arup, London)
Bigas Luna, film director (Spain)
IaaC
Vicente Guallart, Director of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia.
Lucas Cappelli, Director of the Advanced Architecture Contest.
Willy Müller, Co-director, Master in Advanced Architecture
Marta Malé-Alemany, Co-director, Master in Advanced Architecture
Areti Makopoulu, Coordinator, Master in Advanced Architecture
Partners
Representative of HP
Representative of the Spanish Ministry of Housing
Representative of Generalitat de Catalunya
Representative of Actar
Prize
The three teams leaders will receive cash prizes, and a one-year grant to take the Master in Advanced Architecture at IAAC and research in greater depth the manufacture of self-sufficient architecture.
All of the projects selected will be featured in a special book produced in conjunction with the ACTAR publishing house. Click here to see past edition book
1st Prize: 3,000 € + HP printer + Master in Advanced Architecture (value 12.500,00 €)
2nd Prize: 2,000 € + HP printer + Master in Advanced Architecture (value 12.500,00 €)
3rd Prize: 1,000 € + HP printer + Master in Advanced Architecture (value 12.500,00 €)
Entry Fee
None
Entries
Three (3) A-3 panels
Timetable
Announcement of the results: November 15th 2009
Links
Past winners
Organizer
Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia and HP
Official Website
http://www.advancedarchitecturecontest.org/