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Dubai Architecture School Tower Competition

UAE Design Contest by [AC-CA]

19 Mar 2014

Dubai Architecture School Tower Competition 2014

[DUBAI 09]
[AC-CA] Architectural Competition

[DUBAI] Architecture School Tower Winners’s Announcement

Winning building design:

JURY
This International Competition was jugded by an internal panel of professionals including Architects.

EVALUATION AND JUDGING PROCESS
The Jury reviewed the submitted proposals based on the competition objectives and from the shortlisted competition entries selected the competition winners with an [AC-CA] consultant overseeing each stage of the process.

Winning design:

EVALUATION CRITERIA
Proposals were evaluated based on the following 5 main criteria:
_Intelligent and appropriate use of all design principles.
_Use of space and perceive traffic flow within the space.
_The Design’s aesthetics and originality.
_The use of sustainable material.
_Clarity and comprehensibility of the design.

DELIBERATION DATES
From 28th February to 8th March 2014

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
A total of 204 proposals received.

COMPETITION PROJECT DISCLAMER
This was an open international competition hosted by [AC-CA] to generate progressive contemporary design ideas. There are no plans for the Architecture School Tower to be built.

WINNER

Evan Shieh + Ali Chen
Country: United States
Team Type: Student

SECOND

Niculae Grama + Valentin Ionascu + Mihai Chisarau + Marius Pandele
Country: Romania
Team Type: Architect

THIRD

Kacper Radziszewski + Jakub Grabowski
Country: Poland
Team Type: Student

HONORABLES MENTIONS
Jerome Chiarodo + Regis Maillet + Julien Gougeat + Laure Besson
Country: France
Team Type: Architect

Kyungsik Kim + Tengjia Liu + Kun Qian
Country: United States
Team Type: Student

Jovan Kocic
Country: Serbia and Montenegro
Team Type: Architect

Ognjen Dzomba + Djordje Kuridza
Country: Serbia and Montenegro
Team Type: Architect

Filomena Visone + Adrian Eugen Cornea
Country: Italy
Team Type: Architect

Marta Komorowska + Bartosz Koszalka
Country: Poland
Team Type: Architect

Atelier du Pont
Country: France
Team Type: Architect

JUDGES’S REPORT

1st Place

This proposal presented a clear and high degree of understanding in relation to the Competition brief by providing a well designed tower comfortably supporting the Program set within it. The presentation is clear with well controlled night view.

The iconic shape of the tower as well as the choice of tower implantation appealed to the judging panel. Addressing the wider urban issue of mass movement and transportation with the use of a seamless connecting bridge to the Dubai metro is impressive and expresses the importance of the school being connected to the reality of the city.

It is also interesting that the proposal chose to distribute the professional practice zones within the entire tower to create a sense of a permanent connection with the study of Architecture.This is a tower that is realistic, feasible, blends well and integrates with the chosen site.

2nd Place

The proposal presents a nice interpretation of periscope idea a simple form by expressing the importance of the need for students to observe as part of the learning and training process. This very idea is then pushed further with each tower being designated for a specific academic year of study giving a “structured guide” to the students in the different academic year of study as they will be clearly able to cross observe each other. It can be seen as a problem in term of lack of inter-connection and exchange, however the project redeems this with the connection at the base and the top within the “Social Zone”.

They can also use the different horizontal links between towers if necessary. The Jury like this project for the strong image it represent and deserved to be on the top3.

3rd Place

The re-use of unfinished towers from the 2008 recession as basis for the new Architecture School Tower gives proposal a real sensibility in terms of the need for an ecological approach – A proposal that manages to re-think the original building with such elegant simplicity in adding elements to it.
The tower may not stand as an icon, strong on the idea and concept. This very ideology is one that young architects will have to pay more attention to and will be ever necessary in proposals of the future.

8 Nov 2013

Architecture Competition in Dubai

[DUBAI 09]

INTRODUCTION

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This new International Competition is to offer an alternative environment for studying and training to acquire the vocational and practical skills and knowledge required to become an Architect within this global city.
The new building should create a strong architectural symbol and statement within the city. Participants are challenged to create and suggest the most desirable vertical educational environment with their design proposal that best serves these students aiming to be part of the unique profession of Architecture.

AIM OF THIS COMPETITION

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The aim of this International Competition is to design an Architecture School Tower in Dubai that offers an alternative environment for studying and training to become an Architect within this global city. This competition hopes to achieve the following:

_Encourage and reward design excellence on a large scale which integrates function, structure, detail, etc..
_Increase research for design of “vertical” education environments or structures.
_Generate discussion and ideas about educational buildings together with the employment of sustainable design consideration.
_Offer students an opportunity to experience the best education through the use of the most functional pedagogical tool of which this tower will form an integral part.

COMPETITION STRUCTURE

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This is a single stage Competition with the aim of identifying the most appropriate proposal, which best satisfies the general and specific objectives of the contest.

THOSE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE

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Architects, Architecture Graduated, Engineers and Students. Interdisciplinary teams are also encouraged to enter the Competition.
Submissions can be the work of an individual or a group up to 4 members and there is no age limit.

AWARDS

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Winning participants will receive prizes totaling US$ 6,000 with the distribution as follows:
1st PRIZE: US$ 3,500
2nd PRIZE: US$ 1,700
3rd PRIZE: US$ 800
There will also be 7 honorable mentions

SCHEDULE
_Competition Officially Announced – 06th November 2013
_Start of Competition – 08th November 2013 _Closing Date for Registration – 21st February 2014
_Closing Date for Submissions – 24th February 2014

This is an open International Competition hosted by [AC-CA]™ to generate progressive contemporary design ideas.
There are no plans for the Architecture School Tower to be built

Dubai Architecture School Tower Competition images / information from The [AC-CA] Team

Location: Dubai, UAE