Shrinkage Worldwide Awards

The Shahneshin Foundation (SF) is pleased to announce that the distinguished jury of the Shrinkage Worldwide Awards after careful review and considered assessment of entries chose the works by Elena Giacomolli (City Empire), David Holt (untitled), Christopher Patten (Picnic), Stephanie White (Vital Fluid), Giovanna Zanghellini (Time is running out), have been selected from a highly-regarded worldwide practices and institutions in the Shrinkage Worldwide Awards this year to design a multi-purpose poster capable of delivering the shrinkage nature. http://www.shahneshinfoundation.org/news/pressroom.html

The entries came from Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Croatia, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, and from an array of diverse fields -both academics and practitioners- in arts, architecture, graphic design, industrial design, landscape-architecture, planning, product-design, publicity, robotics, and so-forth.

The Shrinkage Worldwide Awards is jointly promoted by several international institutions including the Architectural Association (AA), American Institute of Architects (AIA NY), Dansk Design Centre (DDC), Design Austria (DA), Design Singapore Council (DSC), the Institute of Landscape Architects of South Africa (ILASA), International Council of Graphic Design Associations (Icograda), and many others Institutional friends.

St Leger Homes Bungalow Design Competition Result

The Crawford Partnership has won the RIBA competition for the design of a suitable and innovative solution for the extension and adaptation of a number of one bedroom bungalows scattered throughout the Doncaster area. 

The existing bungalows are managed by St Leger Homes which is the Arms Length Management Organisation (ALMO) that manages council housing for Doncaster Metropolitan Borough.  Currently these bungalows offer limited accommodation with the kitchens and bathrooms being particularly small and are increasingly failing to meet the aspirations of customers.  Consequently a competition was launched on behalf of St Leger Homes seeking innovative design proposals to alter and extend these bungalows.

Fourteen practices initially submitted expressions of interest to the competition and four were shortlisted and invited to present their initial design proposals to the jury panel.  The other shortlisted teams were: AIR Architects from London; Bauman Lyons from Leeds and Cottrell and Vermeulen from Hebden Bridge and London.

The Crawford Partnership was judged the winning entry because of the modest scale of the extension; alterations to both sides of the bungalow; a range of green features including the possibility of a sedum roof and an option for car parking if it was required.

Gill Robinson, RIBA Adviser commented: “This scheme provides a simple yet elegant solution to remodelling the one bedroom bungalow, which is flexible and economical to build. I particularly like the ingenious use of a small lightwell to link the extension to the bungalow. Overall a practical and imaginative design.”

Alan Crawford from The Crawford Partnership said: “We are looking forward to working with St Leger Homes.  The essence of our proposal centers on providing a simple, flexible and economic solution to extend each home and is based on a collective of cost effective, sustainable ideas that the practice is currently exploring and implementing on other projects.”

The design will be used in the future for a pilot project when funding becomes available for the work to take place.

New Practices New York 2008

New Practices New York 2008 is the second juried portfolio competition and exhibition in a new biennial tradition sponsored by the New Practices Committee of the AIA New York Chapter. It serves as a platform to recognize and promote new, innovative and emerging architecture firms within New York City that have undertaken unique and commendable strategies - both in the projects they undertake and the practices they have established.

Schedule
2 April -Information Session for Entrants, 6:00pm
8 April -New Practices in the Mix, hosted by Poliform, 6:30pm
16 May -Registrations Due
30 May -Submissions Due, 3:00 pm
4 June -Juror Symposium, 6:00pm
5 September -Exhibition Opening, 7:30pm
15 October -Winners’ Symposium, 6:00pm

Eligibility
The New Practices Showcase has the following eligibility requirements:
New practices are defined as licensed architectural firms that have been founded after January 1, 2002. (Please include a copy of “Certificate of Firm Incorporation” or a signed certification that practice was founded after January 1, 2002).
Selected firms must be located within New York City.
Registration and Submission
All Entrants $100
Late fee for registration $50
Entry fees are non-refundable.
To register, click HERE
When registration and payment are complete the entrant will receive a username, password and instructions.
The submission deadline of May 30, 2008 is for the receipt of the portfolio at the Center for Architecture, not the date of its postmark.
Competition, exhibition, and related programming are organized by the AIA New York Chapter’s New Practices Committee and the Center for Architecture Foundation.
Sponsored by:
Underwriter: Häfele
Lead Sponsors: MG & Company, Poliform, Thornton Tomasetti
Media Sponsor: The Architect’s Newspaper

For more information please contact Jesse Lazar, Program Committee Coordinator, at jlazar@aiany.org.

Prefab Futures: New Agendas for Mass Customization in Architecture

Pratt Institute School of Architecture
Spring 2008 Kullman Center Conference,
Date Thursday, April 3 2008

Location
Higgins Hall Auditorium
Pratt Institute School of Architecture
61 St James Place
Brooklyn, New York

Prefab Futures: New Agendas for Mass Customization in Architecture is the inaugural event for the Kullman Center, a research center residing within the School of Architecture with an emphasis on developing new and innovative approaches to modular construction and industrialized building techniques. The one-day conference will present research and scholarship related to the history of prefabrication, contemporary and emerging techniques and approaches to prefabrication, as well as the social and sustainable potential of prefab and prefab technologies. These three topics are key research areas for the Center, which will function both as an intellectual resource and ideas clearinghouse as well as an important laboratory for industrial construction.

Schedule

8:00 Morning Reception

9:00 Opening Remarks
Avi Telyas CEO Kullman Buildings Corp.

Morning Address
Kent Larson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

9:45 Prefab Precedents
Moderator: Bill Menking
Colin Davies, London Metropolitan University
Andrew Blauvelt, Walker Art Center

11:15 Prefab Futures Session I
Moderator: Thomas Hanrahan
Wes Jones, Jones Partners
Charlie Lazor, Lazor Office
Rocio Romero, Rocio Romero
Michael Pitt, Design Buro

2:30 Prefab Futures Session II
Moderator: Evan Douglis
John Nastasi, Nastasi Architects / Stevens Institute of Technology
Marcelo Spina, PATTERNS / Sci-Arc
Ada Tolla, Giuseppe Lignano, LOT-ek

4:45 Prefab Futures Session III
Moderator: Philip Parker
Michael Meredith, MOS / Harvard University
Jeremy Edmiston, SYSTEMarchitects / City University of New York
Joseph Tanney, Resolution: 4 Architecture

7:00 Closing Remarks
Barry Bergdoll, The Museum of Modern Art

7:30 Conference Reception. Siegal Gallery