Design for Biocities

Laia Pifarre

Description

The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) calls its 9th Advanced Architecture Contest as a global reflection to rethink human settlements at a time when our natural environments and the human habitats are more clearly intertwined.

We look to the model of Biocities, cities that follow the principles of ecological principles in order to promote life and biodiversity, to provide us with potential design solutions. How can we reimagine our cities as Biocities, capable of creating an ecologically attuned and reciprocal relationship with nature? This year’s competition challenges students and professionals from all over the world to propose how to design urban spaces, cities, buildings, objects, or solutions of any scale, directed towards the transition to Biocities. The contest encourages participants to propose a design at any scale, anywhere in the world, that reflects different cultural, environmental, economic, or social conditions.

Sujets

• urban planning
• Architecture

Informations

• Publié par: Actar D
• Date de parution: 19 janvier 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781638400981
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 34 Mo

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Introduction 10
Rules and Delivery 12
International Jury 14
Results of the 9th advandced arch. contest 18
Winners 21
Honorable mentions 43
Finalists 73
Selected projets 175
Events 506












Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, From Here to Ear. 2017




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Biosphere 2




Cheonggyecheon Restoration Project. 2003




Plan for Space Settlements, NASA Ames. 1970s




Salón Verde, MVRDV. 2021




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Results of
the 9th
Advanced
Architecture
Contest


Introduction





9th Advanced Architecture Contest


The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) calls its 9th Advanced Architecture Contest as a global reflection to rethink human settlements at a time when our natural environments and the human habitats are more clearly intertwined. The planet is immersed in a fast process of urbanization while we are simultaneously facing a serious climate crisis that must be addressed. We look to the model of Biocities, cities that follow the prin- ciples of ecological principles in order to promote life and biodiversity, to provide us with potential design solutions. How can we reimagine our cities as Biocities, capable of creating an ecologically attuned and reciprocal relation- ship with nature?


This year’s competition challenges students and professionals from all over the world to propose how to design urban spaces, cities, buildings, objects, or solutions of any scale, directed towards the transition to Biocities. These responses should explore how we might adapt to the changing relations between human and natural systems in a moment of climate crisis. Cities have always reflected the civilizations that built them, and at this critical moment where climate change is transforming our living environment, we must rethink our position of domination in relation to all that surrounds us. To respond to rising concerns of the bursting of planetary boundaries, which regulate the stability and resilience of the earth system as it currently stands, we urge the need to simultaneously look at nature based as well as advanced technological solutions to reimagine resilient cities of the future.
The contest encourages participants to propose a design at any scale, any- where in the world, that reflects different cultural, environmental, economic, or social conditions.



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Criteria of Eligibility and Restrictions
Eligibility
The competition is opened to students and professionals.
There is no age limit; the projects may be carried out be individually or in groups, with no restriction on the number of members of the team.
Restrictions
The following will not be eligible to take part in the competition:
Any individual or organization related to the promoting organization, such as members of the advisory committee or sponsored re- searchers, and anyone professionally associ- ated with the promoter;
Members of the Competition Jury and orga- nizing Staff, or any person to whom a mem- ber of the jury acts as director, supervisor or adviser;
Any person directly or indirectly involved in the summary of the Competition.


Rules & Delivery





9th Advanced Architecture Contest


Documents and Graphic Materials Required
Write a brief description (max 200 words) that outlines key concepts around proposals or changes for our living habitats at the time for the fight for life and climate
Graphic description: Site plans, floor plans, elevations, sections, perspective drawings, photographs of physical or digital models and axonometric drawings at any scale and descrip- tive texts explaining the project are allowed. The descriptive texts must be in English.
Format
The proposals should be presented on three (3) DIN A-3 panels and comply with the follow- ing format:
Each panel will be presented in PDF format. The size of each file must not exceed 1MB.
The same panels will also be presented in a JPG format and maximum dimensions of 1920px by 1080px. The size of each file will not have to exceed 1MB.
Video (optionary): You have the option to submit a 1 minute (max.) video to explain in, a few words, the key concepts of your proposal. Please use English subtitles even if you are speaking English. (It is not mandatory to speak in the video, you may also use text, images, animation etc).


To submit the video: First upload the video to YouTube, then login in to your competition profile page and paste the YouTube link to the video section of the submission.


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international jury


Barcelona Environmentalist, Parc de Belloch


CLAUDIA NIETO


Torino CARLO RATTI ASSOCIATI


CARLO RATTI


London Director, Ecologic Studio


CLAUDIA PASQUERO


Amsterdam Partner at UNStudio


ASTRID PIBER


Barcelona Anna & Eugeni Bach Architects


ANNA BACH


Barcelona Director, Fundació Mies Van der Rohe


ANNA RAMOS


Barcelona Phd Architect,IAAC Director of Advanced Architecture G.


ARETI MARKOPOULOU


Barcelona IAAC MRAC Director, IAAC Co-Director 3dpa


ALEX DUBOR





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Los Angeles Founder Florencia Pita & co, Professor at SCI-Arc


FLORENCIA PITA


London Founder Farshid Moussavi Architecture, Professor GSD Hardvard


FARSHID MOUSSAVI


Turin DIBAF – University of Tuscia


GIUSEPPE SCARASCIA


Blacksburg Virginia Tech


ENRIC RUIZ-GELI


Melbourne Lab Arch. Studio, Chair of Architectural Design Melbourne School of Design


DONALD BATES


Moscow Bureau CHEKHARDA


DARIA BYCHKOVA


Madrid Suma Arquitectura


ELENA ORTE


Boston Phd Architect, Harvard GSD, IAAC Co-Founder


DANIEL IBAÑEZ


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international jury


Mexico Co-founder Gaeta Springall Arquitectos


LUBY SPRINGALL


Barcelona Phd Architect, IAAC Head of Studies


MATHILDE MARENGO


Los Angeles Director SCI-Arc


HERNAN DIAZ ALONSO


Joensuu European Forest Instiute


MARC PALAHI


Barcelona MDBA


MARIA DIAZ BLANCO


Barcelona Excecutive Director at IAAC Fab Lab Barcelona


GUILLEM CAMPRODON


Thailand 8th IAAC Contest Winner


SUWAPAT RODPRASERT


Barcelona Architect, Researcher, Communicator


NURIA MOLINER





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Barcelona IAAC Founder, Director of Urban Sciences Lab


WILLY MULLER


Barcelona Chief architect of Barcelona


XAVIER MATILLA


Barcelona IAAC Founder, Director of Valldaura Labs


VICENTE GUALLART


Bangkok 8th IAAC Contest Winner


PONGPOL PUNJAWAYTEGUL


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The 9th edition of the Advanced Architecture Contest has been organized under the title Design for Biocities. On June 5th 2022, the deadline to receive projects was closed, having received 202 proposals from over 50 countries. The organization made a first selection of 130 projects that will appear in the publication made by ACTAR that are detailed here and a second selection with 28 projects that were qualified as finalists.
The international jury submitted their votes with the following results:


Results of
the 9th
Advanced
Architecture
Contest


GS= Giuseppe Scarascia EO= Elena Orte AP= Astrid Piber DB= Daria Bychkova CN= Claudia Nieto DB= Donald Bates LS= Luby Springall SR= Suwap