The Competition Grid

Experimenting With and Within Architecture Competitions

Maria Theodorou, Antigoni Katsakou (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2018
RIBA Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-85946-710-7 (ISBN)

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The Competition Grid: Experimenting With and Within Architecture Competitions is a comprehensive review of architectural competitions. Each section features international research overviews as well as lively discussions with experts that draw on first-hand experience of competition process.

The 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

Maria Theodorou is a Senior Lecturer and coordinator of History & Theory of Architecture at the Leeds School of Architecture, as well as Director and founding member of the Independent School of Architecture for All (SARCHA). Her research is well-known internationally and she has been an invited speaker at events in the US (Princeton), UK (AA, Bartlett, ESALA), Switzerland, Prague, and Greece. . Antigoni Katsakou PhD is a London-based architect and author. She has taught in the UK, Switzerland and Greece, presented her work worldwide and been awarded with several funding grants. She has published in several languages on architectural competitions, including the co-authored Concevoir des logements. Concours en Suisse 2000-2005 [Designing Apartments; Competitions in Switzerland 2000-2005].

Introduction
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)

Erscheinungsdatum	07.01.2018
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	1-85946-710-5 / 1859467105
ISBN-13	978-1-85946-710-7 / 9781859467107
Zustand	Neuware