Description
Book SynopsisThe Competition Grid: Experimenting With and Within Architecture Competitions is a comprehensive review of architectural competitions, exploring them as a tool for public policy planning, as well as an effective device that a variety of civic advocates can use to experiment with the formation of the built environment. UK and international practitioners, academics, developers and members of the press combine to reflect on contemporary competition practices and draw conclusions on the latest political, legal and social aspects. Each section features lively discussions with experts that draw on first-hand experience of competition processes, providing the book with a unique blend of theory and practice.
- Written by a range of leading practitioners, experts and actors involved in architecture competitions
- Insight in to both British and international competition practices
- The first book on architectural competitions to provide a bridge between theory and practice
- Interdisciplinary approach that reviews operational framework, design trends and experimentation
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Architecture Competitions between Experience and Experiment (Maria Theodorou and Antigoni Katsakou)
PART 1 – THE RULES OF THE GAME;
The Evolution of the UK Competition System (Judith Strong)
On Competition Rhetoric and Contemporary Trends (Elisabeth Tostrup)
International Competitions after World War II (1948-1975) and the International Union of Architects (UIA) (Aymone Nicolas)
Discussions – Part 1:
Competition Practices in the UK and the Role of the RIBA (Paul Crosby)
RIBA-USA: A Different Take on Competitions (Jonathan Wimpenny, Tim Clark, Angela Brady and Phil Allsopp)
PART 2 – EXPERIMENTING WITHIN ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITIONS
Architecture Competitions Made in Denmark (Kristian Kreiner)
Experimentation within Swedish Competitions (Magnus Rönn)
Managerial Practices in Dutch Competitions and Impact on Architects (Leentje Volker and Marina Bos-de Vos)
Discussion – Part 2:
Professionals Winning over the Competitions’ System (Sara Grahn, Stefan Thommen, Angel Borrego Cubero and Cindy Walters)
PART 3 – EXPERIMENTING WITH ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITIONS
E-procurement Delivering Better Design Competitions (Walter Menteth)
BIM, A Discussion in Norwegian Competitions (Birgitte Sauge)
New Proposals for the Representation and Assessment of Competition Proposals (Tiina Merikoski)
Discussion – Part 3:
Experimentation in Context (Tom Bloxham, Cilly Jansen, Susanna Sirefman and Thomas Hoffmann-Kuhnt)
PART 4 – RE-VISITING ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITIONS' STRUCTURES AND FORMS
Competitive Strain Syndrome (Jeremy Till)
Designing the High Line: Defining the High Line through Design Competitions (Robert Hammond)
Strategien Für Kreuzberg – Relocating the Urban Regeneration Debates into the Neighbourhood (Florian Kossak)
Discussions – Part 4:
Community before Competitions (Peter Wynne Rees)
Competitions and Educational Structures (Craig Stott & Simon Warren)
Competitions and Genders – A Feminist Approach (HI-VIS Feminist Design Collective on Reproductive Labour and Competitions)
Afterword (Antigoni Katsakou and Maria Theodorou)
