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New urbanism for nature, activity and public space
The playhouse Park Competition calls on young architects to see tree houses in daily urban life as a replacement typology bringing man and nature closer together. The Istanbul based GAD Foundation, the organiser of the competition with partners Ege Yapi and Casper Computer, offers a complete prize of $15000 in awards and $8000 to the winning design and therefore the opportunity to create the proposal. the planning project selected 2nd are going to be awarded $4000 and 3rd are going to be awarded $2000.
The competition launched January 2021 requires registration with a “Statement of In- tent” and portfolio due March 15, 2021 . Design proposals got to be submitted by April 1, 2021. Award winners are going to be announced on May 15, 2021.
Brief
The “Tree House Park” competition seeks to increase design insight into architecture em- bedded and consonant with the wildlife with trees and tree habitation because the focus of ecological design. This competition proposes generation of architectural ideas also for outdoor activities for a forested area that would even be suitable for implementation in protected green areas throughout the town of Istanbul as an example of the conservation of nature within cities at a worldwide scale. Interaction and activity with and in natural environment may be a key focus of the competition.
Jury
The Jury consists of architects focused on ecological building, treehouse architecture and environmental sustainability.
WINKA DUBBELDAM
Architect and Professor
Winka Dubbeldam, MArch MS-AAD, may be a seasoned academic and style leader, serving as Chair and Miller Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design, where she has gathered a world network of innovative research and style professionals. She is that the founding partner of latest York base architecture practice Archi-Tectonics.
GOKHAN AVCIOGLU
Architect
Gokhan Avcioglu completed his education at the Konya Selcuklu University Department of Architecture. he’s the Principal and founding father of the architecture practice Global Architectural Development in Istanbul, established in 1994. In 2014, he founded the GAD Foundation to conduct research and development on architecture and concrete culture.
CHRIS PRECHT
Architect
Chris Precht is that the co-founder of architectural studio Precht. After training at University of Innsbruck, Technical University of Vienna and teaching at the Institute of Experimental Architecture, he established Precht within the mountains of Austria with Fei Precht where they live and work.
DAVID BASULTO
Founder and Editor in Chief of ArchDaily
David Basulto may be a graduate architect from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2006). he’s the Founder and Editor in Chief of ArchDaily, and its global sites in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese.
ANDREAS WENNING
Architect
Andreas Wenning of playhouse architecture expert practice Baumraum from Bremen, Germany features a unique style of architecture that has made him one among the foremost technical and innovative architects within the treehouse field globally.
Competition for Young Architects,
Two Phases
The competition are going to be organised in two phases and is hospitable all young architects 30 years aged and under who seek to explore the ecological possibilities of architecture for the 21st century. Competition registration is free.
1st Phase
The 1st phase would require entrants to submit a “Statement of Intent” of 500 words or less and a portfolio of relevant work due on March 15, 2021. Entrants can register individually or in groups. Those entrants registering as a gaggle will got to submit one consolidated portfolio representing their group with a gaggle name.
2nd Phase
The 2nd Phase will start on April 1, 2021 with the publication of the ten finalists chosen from the primary phase. All finalists are going to be awarded a Casper VIA L30 Tablet Computer. The Jury will select a winning scenario to be awarded the $8.000 main prize and invitation to create . Two other projects are going to be awarded $4000 for 2nd prize and $2000 for 3rd prize each for innovative design ideas that increase the development of urban life.
Location
The competition is about during a 19.250m2 site in Istanbul, Turkey, during a forested area within the district of Cekmekoy, a coffee density residential zone on the Asian side of the town . it’s home to 265,000 of Istanbul’s 15.5 million residents and has witnessed rapid urban growth within the 2000s and 2010s. Cekmekoy is today a mixture of low and high-density housing but also contains natural areas with wildlife and indigenous forest. The competition is organized by GAD Foundation in partnership with Ege Yapi and Casper Computer. The partners are stakeholders in sites neighbouring the competition site and are invested into improving the encompassing areas for the advantage of the general public at large with the cooperation of government and agencies.
Web site http://www.treehouseparkdesign.com
The GAD Foundation
The GAD Foundation located in Istanbul, Turkey works to positively affect practice and theory with attention on education, society and their intersection in architecture, politics and concrete development. The GAD Foundation team organizes workshops, arranges internships, curates exhibitions, creates student exchange programs, writes and publishes books, engages architectural figures with students and society.
www.gadfoundation.com
www.gadfoundation.com
Download the information related to this competition here.
Title
open call: TREE HOUSE PARK DESIGN COMPETITION FOR YOUNG ARCHITECTSType
Competition Announcement (Built Projects & Masterplans)Organizers
Submission Deadline
March 15, 2021 11:30 PMVenue
cekmekoyPrice
Free
