Bullhorn - Cembrit Design Competition 2012

The objective is to find concept-level solutions for the improvement of the quality of a transit area and its surrounding environment by using fibre cement as a material. Another objective is to find universally applicable ways to improve the attractiveness of suburbs.

Category Idea Competition / Open to Students
Type International, Idea, Open, Single-Stage, Onymous
Genre Material
Country Helsinki, Finland
RegDeadline 27 January 2012 GoogleCal iCal
27 January 2012 (Must be Received)
Eligibility All

Description
Architects and designers are invited to participate in an open international design competition to reinvent the use of fibrecement as a material in urban environments. The competition brief is related to transit areas and the station area of Malmi in Helsinki is the location where the competition proposals are to be placed.
Entrants are asked to think about the “Arrival to Malmi” by 5 different means: train, bus, car, bicycle and walking. Each of the means of arrival has specific areas to be addressed. However the concept should also address the challenge on a general level, in which the emphasis should be placed on the overall concept. Fibre cement should have a major role in the proposal; although other complementing materials and solutions can also be used.
The organizers warmly invite ideas-level proposals to be submitted in the competition to be evaluated by a distinguished international jury. The jury will select the top 3 proposals to be further developed into prototypes, to be re-assessed before the final order is decided. The winning proposals will be realized in an exhibition as prototypes during the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 (WDC Helsinki 2012) in May 2012.

Jury
Mr Esa Ruskeepää, Architect, Heikkinen-Komonen Architects (FI)
Mr Jan Deding, CEO Cembrit (DK)
Mr Arni Aromaa, MA/IDBM, CEO Pentagon Design Oy (FI)
Mr Thomas Carstens, Architect MAA, ARKITEMA (DK)
Ms Ulla-Kirsti Junttila, Urban Designer, Senior Adviser, Sito Oy (FI)
Mr Elias Rainio, Architect, Helsinki City Planning Department (FI)
Ms Monica Förster, Designer, Monica Förster Design Studio (SE)

Prize
1st prize: 10,000 EUR and invitation to Helsinki to participate ceramony
2nd prize: 7,500 EUR and invitation to Helsinki to participate ceramony
3rd prize: 5,000 EUR and invitation to Helsinki to participate ceramony
(Travel expenses will be covered with max. of 2500 eur for international teams and 1000 eur for domestic participants.)

Entry Fee
None

Entries
A2 panels (maximum of 3)

Submission Address
Minna Kaipainen / Competition moderator
POB 46,
FIN - 08681 LOHJA,
FINLAND

Timetable
Results published: May 10, 2012

Organizer
Cembrit, Pentagon Design, in cooperation with Helsinki City Planning Department

Official Website
http://cembrit.com/bullhorn-27000.aspx