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We have just completed the 1st International Design Competition entitled
AN ARCHITECT – THE DRAWER OF DREAMS.
The Beggining
FAKRO company decided to organize an International Design Competition for the first time wondering if there is any excisting possibility to create new kind of vision of FAKRO products – especially roof windows.
As the competition showed – architects using their imagination – after receiving the main idea of the project were able to design really breathtaking projects. New visions gave a new look on FAKRO roof windows.
FAKRO company has been cooperating with Stadslab European Urban Design Laboratory since 2007 during Stadslab's Masterclasses (more information about Stadslab masterclasess – www.stadslab.eu and www.fakro.pl). Both Stadslab and FAKRO company tried to strenghten the idea of using a wide range of products while creating innovating urban visions of towns and cities. This time Stadslab and FAKRO decided to organize the competition in order to find out how this idea may be interesting worldwide.
It occured that architects not only exceeded our expectations but showed the new look on creation – what was highly appreciated by the jury of the competition.
Participants
Visualization works sent for the competition came not only from all different countries of Europe ( France, Germany, Netherlands, Serbia, Hungary, Slovakia, Spain, Portugal) but as well from Japan, Australia, or the USA. We were happy to notice that our roof windows are so widely known, and that architects are able to use them worldwide in different kind of architectural designs and visualizations.
Jury
S.Sujew (FAKRO PL), M.Glaudemans (Fontys), D.Rebois (Ecole d'Architecture), T.Peters (FAKRO NL), B.Peters (FAKRO NL) The jury met on June 17th in the office of Fakro Netherlands, located in Groesbeek. The jury consisted of three persons. Chair of the jury was Didier Rebois – architect and architectural critic. He is Secretary-General of Europan Europe in Paris, France. He was visiting professor of Stadslab Master Classes 2007 and 2008. He lectures at Ecole d'Architecture of Clermont Ferrand. Other members of the jury were Marc Glaudemans – architect and dean at Fontys Academy of Architecture and Urbanism in Tillburg and Sabina Sujew – Master of Arts, graphic designer and Export Manager at FAKRO Sp. z o.o.
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Projects
26 projects were selected by FAKRO to be enrolled in the competition. Other entries didn’t meet the regulations of the competition. Sabina Sujew gave an overview of all the selected projects and explained how the different proposals were innovative in the application of FAKRO products and whether they met the technical requirements. The projects were presented and judged anonymously, without any reference to name or nationality of the designers. After the quick overview the jury examined all the files in more detail. The following criteria were used to evaluate the different designs:
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D.Rebois (Ecole d'Architecture), M.Glaudemans (Fontys), S.Sujew (FAKRO PL) |
From the 26 preselected entries, the jury selected 8 projects, which scored high on several or either of the criteria.
Winners
After careful deliberations the jury selected two winning projects: Jun Shibata with his “Porous House” and Rita Martins with S-CY Loft. These projects stand apart in consistency and quality.
Three projects received an honorable mention: Stefan Matzke, Marija Blagojevic and Luke Waldron.
FAKRO Company is going to present the most interesting visualizations on our web site. This way we would like to honor those whose work wasn't awarded. We hope that this year's visualizations will help next year's participants to look through the works of their colleagues and gather useful ideas.
Awarded projects
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Rita Martins - S-CY Loft - the part of the project |
Jun Shibata - Porous House - the part of the project |
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