Architects who work in the field have limited time to think about diverse ideas. Jehovah's Witnesses refused to serve in the German army or take an oath of obedience to Adolf Hitler and consequently were also targeted. Eliska Turanska, Jana Stofan Stykova and Katarina Stachonova from Slovakia! The topic that I worked on was very personal and I felt like I had something important to say. Architecture competitions also allow us to express our sense of creativity and explore different ways to create an architectural design.". "Transitioning from school to the real industry is challenging in that execution takes over the projects. ", "Competitions offer designers an opportunity to investigate design challenges with a different set of constraints. We have applied for a very specific reason: one of the founder of Cutwork (Antonin Yuji Maeno) is abird watcher since he is 8 years old, and has always dreamt of designing a bird home; this was the occasion.". In densely built-up areas, most individual buildings are omitted and an area tint is shown. Generally, we get to design things that we do not regularly have a chance to design sometimes for places and users we do not get to think about. David Cirocchi and Angelo Brollo from Italy! Lucas Yael Ibarra Lages, Cun Hernandez and Juliana Lareu from Germany! It is also a great experience to work in a team and add to everyone's experience and background to the proposal. Thanks to competitions, we can reach a larger group of recipients.". ", Kemeri National Park Observation Tower competition. "Competitions are usually a great opportunity to develop new ideas, to dream big or small, and to develop yourself as an architect. Edbert Cheng and Ivory Wang from United States! It can also provoque a dialog without imposing a constructed reality. ", "Competitions are a free space to challenge yourself as a creative and to challenge the cohesion of your team. "Architecture competitions give us a great opportunity to do something different from the daily work routine, still being engaged in our favorite occupation, experimenting and developing our skills. These competitions give us a site and context to visualise our ideas, put them to test and help us better understand the strengths and weaknesses of each iteration.". ", "Considering various historical and geographical factors and their relationships with architecture and cities; we are practicing design and research with the objective of clarifying the fundamental mechanisms of an excellent building environment. The basic and fair answer stands behind our personalities and is linked with our passion about architecture and the chance to challenge yourself. Through failures and successes, competitions are skill builders and thought-provoking bombs for those who participate.". We, architects are lucky that there are available competitions where we can express our creativity and leave the commercial boundaries behind. "Competitions are a chance to interpret new problems, programs, habitats, and people, broadening your horizons and enabling personal growth both as an architect and as a person. They are also an opportunity to share your work with a larger community.". Through improving the design philosophy and updating the traditional design style, we strive to pursue optimum solutions.". It is a rewarding opportunity to face a challenge and develop new design perspectives as a result.". ". ", MODERN COLLECTIVE LIVING CHALLENGE competition, "Architecture competitions give an opportunity to speculate on design and test the limits of what architecture can do for society. Gemma Annear and Paolo Kirsten from Belgium! When the red data point is omitted, the estimated regression line "bounces back" away from the point. German Goldschmidt and Eldar Hajdarevic from Austria! Convert true north on your compass to magnetic north: D. 10. ", THE LAST NUCLEAR BOMB MEMORIAL competition, "As junior architects in the beginning of our careers, we are starting to understand the bureaucratic world around architecture. These competitions stress the importance of conceptual design and research that challenges the profession to create more dialogue.". ", "By participating in architecture competitions, we learn the methods and ways of finding architectural ideas. It is an opportunity to work on innovative themes that go beyond traditional consultations/building competitions.". It offers the unique chance to use architecture to uncover the potential of a site and program. 1 win. "For us participation in architecture vision competitions is a great opportunity to develop our skills and broaden our perspective. "Participating in architectural competitions gives you a unique chance to express your ideas and challenge yourself against an exciting brief. "I participate in architecture vision competitions because they allow me to use my original ideas in architectural designs. Alexandra Berdan and Ancuta Costandache from Romania! "It's a good practice for improving ourselves and gaining experience, while having a little fun in a short period.". ", "Its great eld for exchange views and thoughts based on the work put into the design processes. Nowadays, we have an unique chance to compare our level to participants. In that freedom, it is truly possible to consider anything, and these unbiased visions I feel are essential in realizing our potential. It appears later in its context, providing meaning and experience.". Omid Kamvari, Masoud Saeedian, Faraneh Ghahremani, Faramarz Ensafi and Amir Armani Asl from United Kingdom! "Natsaw the call for this competition one day, and it appeared to us all as a great opportunity to sharpen our innovation and designing skills. "We participated in this competition because it gave us a chance to exercise our muscles on a different project type and in a different context. ", "An architecture vision competition make us go to the essence of an idea, we have to translate it as directly as we can. Above all it challenges us and in doing so it forces us to evolve. Alessandro Carrea and Djavan Cardona from Switzerland! Not to mention that they make me want to acquire more knowledge in a fun way! I am sure that developing my imagination has improved the quality of my daily work in the office. USGS Unnumbered Series, GIP: Topographic Map Symbols In other words, we envisioned a new space that would satisfy their innate fantasy by utilizing Paris underutilized rooftop and we would like to consider how a new pattern of life could be realized there.". ", "We believe in the importance of competition in the field of architecture to push beyond boundaries of creativity; and architecture vision competitions provide a platform to achieve these goals.". Derin Kinacigil and Juan Franco from United Kingdom! Thinking conceptually, applying new ideas and developing sketches into actual buildings and concepts in some small measure, it is a feeling of the divine, because you are allowing something that was not there to be created. The whole process gives us a nice opportunity to formulate our argument in answering an architectural question.". Liliana Krzycka, Rafa Pieszko and Szymon Tobias from Poland! It makes me happy! This is like participating in an F1 match. A prospective client with a site, a program of requirements with room for change, and a deadline challenges her out of her comfort zone to do it. We conducted in-depth research and discussion on the position of those who actually needed affordable housing in Paris. ", "For us, it is a unique opportunity to participate in those fields that are not fully developed inside the bureau, or in that typologies that are not required at the moment by the client but will be definitely in demand in future.". Mattias Dahlberg and Annapaola Busnardo from Sweden! We are able to learn from the process by thinking through and solving the challenges. Vaia Vakouli and Orestis Gkouvas from United Kingdom! Danaiporn Pongamornprom (Nat), Thongchai Wongsrisuppakul and Veeramon Suwannasang (Ivy)from Thailand! ", SKYHIVE 2020 SKYSCRAPER CHALLENGE competition. Competitions require us to think and work fast, while retaining a sense of art direction.". "We think that entering an architecture competition like this means exploring new and innovative design ideas, without the constraints that other types of projects often have. And knowing that a lot of people will participate anonymously giveseven more stimulus to think of more driven and revolutionary projects.". Matas Salas Ramrez, Miled Lahoud and Francisca Lopez Gonzales from Italy! "Competitions, such as this one, allow us to push our limits and expand our boundaries. Now make some sounds the class can hear and have the class guess them. I see it as a tool for learning and an opportunity to be creative and experiment with new ideas. Bernardo Aguilar Len, Eder Eulogio Lescano and Lorenzo Barghini from Peru! Features are shown as points, lines, or areas, depending on their size and extent. They are refreshing, motivating and remind me why I started studying architecture. Discovering (new) subjects, each one more varied than the others, while having the freedom to give an answer true to myself. Lucia Rehermann, Renzo Bonina, Christian Flores and Rodrigo Zagarzazu fromUruguay! "We participate because it encourages us to explore and share some new perspectives about contemporary architecture, as well as the possibility of materializing these new ideas and to approach to other cultures. ", Construction Container Facelift competition. Every project and every competition is individual, and therefore a new challenge to broaden my personal horizon. Roman Krajcarz, Marko Blazevic and Luka Jecic from Croatia! Victims of Persecution. The competition provided a great opportunity to revisit and polish the idea, and share it with others. Georgia Ntoutsi and Lukas Goumas from Greece! ", "We participate in competitions to strengthen our own opinions and ideas. ", Iceland Greenhouse Restaurant competition. Combining this with exposure to real world project delivery, weve always learnt something new that we carry with us into future pursuits.". ", "Architecture competitions give us the chance to explore forms, contexts, materials, or languages different from those that we encounter in our day-to-day work. It is only about the effective transport of an idea. A competition is also that, a puzzle to be solved, but its even more enjoyable because at the end you can see all those infinite answers that you dismissed or didnt think about. Katharina Kocol and Olga Bialczak from Germany! ", "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.". The L4 spinous process is typically larger than the L5 process. Tomasz Bekas and Jakub Wichtowski from Poland! It is not just about to solve the task. Participating in architecture competitions excitingly positions you to face that discomfort and come to a resolution. Also, acting as not just a designer in a team helped us develop a deeper understanding about the operation of a project. Additionally, it provides us with a platform for not only exploration but also growth and put us in a critical condition.