· BRIEF ·
· introduction ·
The 2018 Soccer World Cup ended a few weeks ago. With it ends an intense month of an event that not only affects the sports world, but has direct repercussions in the economy, tourism or urban planning of the host country.
On this occasion Russia was chosen to host the event. A total of twelve stadiums in eleven Russian cities have been built and renovated for the FIFA World Cup. But have you ever thought about what happens when Olympic arenas, World Cup stadiums or other costly sporting venues close at the end of the colourful events for which they were designed? Many go on to host local sports clubs. Others, though, become proverbial ‘white elephants’, scraping by as glorified parking lots, dirt tracks for stock-car racing and even, as in the case of Montreal’s spectacular Olympic Stadium, as a swine-flu vaccination centre. In RESIDENTIAL STADIUM: ADAPTIVE REUSE, Archstorming will analyze how architecture can provide solutions in stadium designs, so they can always be reused after the event has finished. |
· challenge ·
Archstorming is calling for proposals to design an adaptive stadium that could also be used as a residential building.
Giving the fact that the World Cup 2026 will be held in North America (USA, Canada and Mexico), the project for the stadium will be located in New York City (USA). The proposed stadiums can:
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· THE WINNERS ·
[first prize]
INSIDE | OUT
Mazyar Kahali, Ehsan Karimi, Pooneh Nasri, Amir Keyvan Alimohmmadi
CALIFORNIA, USA
[SECOND prize]
BREATHING CITY: TOWARDS THE OPENNESS
Shan Qi, Qiliang Tang, Zhenghang Ren, Ke Wang
NEW YORK, USA
[THIRD prize]
THE PERCH
Yueqi Li, Shuang Bao, Braham Berg, Nan Wei
NEW YORK, USA
[HONORABLE MENTIONS]
· JURY ·
Aidin Ardjomandi
Arena Design Studio Tehran (Iran) |
· faq ·
Q. How does the registration system work?
A. Registration fees will depend on how many teams are already registered in the moment of your registration. The value of the prize will be determined by the number of participants that will be registered by the registration deadline.
Q. If I register paying 50€, am I eligible to win 20,000€?
A. Yes, if you have paid 50€ is because you are one of the first 100 participants. When competition reaches 500 participants, the prize will be 20,000€ for all the participants, regardless of the registration fee you have paid.
Q. Can more than 500 teams participate in the competition?
A. No, in order to make sure all the proposals are correctly analyzed, the competition will close when it gets to 500 teams registered.
Q. Can I register today and modify later the members of my team?
A. Yes, you can always add, eliminate or change your team members.
Q. I am not studying architecture, can I participate?
A. Yes! People from other disciplines can also participate, such as engineers, philosophers, sociologists, photographers, etc.
Q. Is the competition restricted only to students or professionals?
A. No, competitions are open to all architects, designers or thinkers who want to show the world their solution to the issues we propose .
Q. Is there any age restriction?
A. Participants must be at least 18 years old.
Q. Is my team able to submit more than one proposal?
A. You are free to submit more than one proposal as long as you register each one separately and pay its correspondent fee.
A. Registration fees will depend on how many teams are already registered in the moment of your registration. The value of the prize will be determined by the number of participants that will be registered by the registration deadline.
Q. If I register paying 50€, am I eligible to win 20,000€?
A. Yes, if you have paid 50€ is because you are one of the first 100 participants. When competition reaches 500 participants, the prize will be 20,000€ for all the participants, regardless of the registration fee you have paid.
Q. Can more than 500 teams participate in the competition?
A. No, in order to make sure all the proposals are correctly analyzed, the competition will close when it gets to 500 teams registered.
Q. Can I register today and modify later the members of my team?
A. Yes, you can always add, eliminate or change your team members.
Q. I am not studying architecture, can I participate?
A. Yes! People from other disciplines can also participate, such as engineers, philosophers, sociologists, photographers, etc.
Q. Is the competition restricted only to students or professionals?
A. No, competitions are open to all architects, designers or thinkers who want to show the world their solution to the issues we propose .
Q. Is there any age restriction?
A. Participants must be at least 18 years old.
Q. Is my team able to submit more than one proposal?
A. You are free to submit more than one proposal as long as you register each one separately and pay its correspondent fee.