Background:
In the present time the architectural discourse has been shifted to a purely political
and programmatic agenda. You are requested to take an antithectical position in
order to think about architecture in its most essential and fundamental values.
The current tendency implies a hierarchical order that doesn't consider composition
and tectonics until the end of the development of a project.
The aim is to revert the normal sequence of the design process. Architectural
choices will define a project based on pure spatial qualities rather than economic or
programmatic organisation.
and programmatic agenda. You are requested to take an antithectical position in
order to think about architecture in its most essential and fundamental values.
The current tendency implies a hierarchical order that doesn't consider composition
and tectonics until the end of the development of a project.
The aim is to revert the normal sequence of the design process. Architectural
choices will define a project based on pure spatial qualities rather than economic or
programmatic organisation.
Task:
You are requested to design a house. The house will be a place suitable for human
scale. A primary space that is conceived through your own intimate, personal and
critical vision of architecture.
Is it then possible to imagine architecture without site and program? If so how can
they complement initial spatial qualities? In the final moment you should
investigate these questions and reflect upon them.
scale. A primary space that is conceived through your own intimate, personal and
critical vision of architecture.
Is it then possible to imagine architecture without site and program? If so how can
they complement initial spatial qualities? In the final moment you should
investigate these questions and reflect upon them.
Authors: Mateusz Pietyrga, Marta Lata and Sergiusz Waluda.
The competition info: http://www.120hours.no/
2016 edition
