What are the three projects got in common? They will never be published in a renowned architecture magazine. This news is not surprising: only a few projects around the world have the right to be released. Editors set trends, focus on current topics, giving visibility to emerging businesses and confirm architectural stars.
A printed magazine has limited space and must engage in a strict, decision-making process; only very few are displayed. In this Darwinian selection some architects worthy and brilliant perish. In addition, a website has the possibility to expand the range of projects. The web has a virtually unlimited space - but still, this space should not be wasted. Very few benefit from a site that has published all the land on architecture projects
These unique projects are not outstanding or interesting. they could be "fine" or worse. Frank Gehry said that "98 percent of everything that is built and designed today is pure crap." I do not know where he got his information (and personally I would save this dismissal a little off-hand ), but basically I agree with his statement. So you will find the best projects published in magazines and on websites, and the worst you unfortunately have the opportunity to discover yourself, simply walking around almost any city.
If the real world is like this, one can imagine architectural competition could reflect this trend. with the winners from the basket competition often come finalists and honorable mentions, usually all acceptable proposals despite their failure. and where is the "shit"? Deeply hidden in the warehouse organization committee. what we normally see is the tip of the iceberg, so it is easy to be convinced that only the best practices competition in architecture. In October 2014, everything changed: we were overwhelmed by thousands proposal for the Guggenheim Museum Helsinki, many of whom were part of what I call now The share of Gehry
See. All 1,715 registrations Guggenheim Helsinki online competition
the Helsinki competition was open to everyone, you have no special requirements, was free and involved a brand renowned: the perfect mix to attract every single architect on earth.
Combine this with a cost-effective software and hardware, the possibility of collaboration given by the Internet and social media, and you have the most popular architectural competition in 'history. Malcolm Reading Consultants, the Guggenheim Helsinki organizers of the international competition, decided to publish each file they got participants.
In a sudden bout of Finnish transparency, they gave birth to a brand new "Helsinki effect" too, too bad, too soon. Almost no one (outside of the jury and myself) have had time to see all images :. Take 1 minute to read the description of the project and another to see each image should have been 8 days, 8 hours per day
Among this mess, several magazines and critics published their list of good, hilarious and strange projects. The most absurd projects spread all over the internet, across the small world of magazines to conquer newspapers. In a few days, the most horrible project on earth were the most famous (or infamous) despite overwhelming odds against them.
View all 1,070 competition entries Bamiyan Cultural Centre online UNESCO
I know it is easier to laugh at funny projects that debate on fair proposals, but the effect is that until the winner is announced, the absurd proposals will be more visible than the finalists, and it is. rather clumsy
After this turning point, another popular international competition - International Competition Cultural Center of Bamiyan - published all their entries. This time, the field contains "only" 1070 entries. The conditions and eligibility competitions were very similar to those of the Guggenheim Helsinki. new UNESCO Centre has not attracted the attention of newspapers, but the relationship between good and bad design also seems to follow the rule of The share of Gehry strange objects no theft or tricks, just good, bad and mediocre. Perhaps this is why the press' lack of interest.
Recently, we have also been able to admire all entries in the Nine Elms to Pimlico Battersea Bridge Competition. Immediately a debate emerged about the "expressiveness" of the bridge -. A "visible landmark" as if you believe that the organizers of the competition, or "wild ideas", according to the architecture of the Guardian critic Oliver Wainwright
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This is to say both the Guggenheim Helsinki and competitions Nine Elms Nine Elms bridge have been controversial from the beginning not just by design. on one side there is the city of Helsinki, which can not withstand the museum and perhaps feared costs. across the Londoners attempt to contrast political lobbies that push the bridge as a promotional design for urban development, as well as proximity and future Green bridge.
in both competition notice the project was designed as a reference point, "Visionary" in the case of the Guggenheim and "expressive" for Nine Elms Bridge. Inevitably this could lead to hate / love design. As a partner OMA Reinier de Graaf wrote:
"It is exactly this type of tailored competitions media, which, calling for" benchmarks "end cause a large number of public hassles in the process. by soliciting extravagant designs, they inevitably seek extravagant public spending. "
of course, he was referring to his project CityMetric labeled "one who is certainly not a bridge" in his article "12 of the most ridiculous design of the new Battersea bridge."
I do not want to see all projects scrapped all the architectural competition in history. If the jury had thrown them for a reason! Similarly, for modern competitions, I do not want to spend my nights in an attempt to find something interesting in the manure. Above all, I do not want ordinary people think architects never propose the odd design, non-functional and absurd
Please, organizers of the world competition :. If you still tips discarded burn.
Federico Reyneri is an architect and partner at RAP associated architects (Italy). Previously, he contributed an article about his preliminary research on the use of parametric techniques in Helsinki Guggenheim competition -. Therefore, his claim to have seen each of the 1,715 projects of competition
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