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Laka Competition’15: Architecture that Reacts
United Kingdom Architecture News - Jun 08, 2015 - 11:17 3823 views
Laka Architecture is a public arts initiative that gathers architects, artists, designers, engineers and scientists in order to start an international panel for sharing innovative ideas about the future of society. They share a vision of architecture that can play an important role in social revitalization, and can provide a positive impact on global issues by helping to develop more sustainable societies. Laka Architecture was founded by Damian Przybyla and Rafal Przybyla
Laka Competitions invites designers from around the world to submit their ideas of ‘architecture that reacts’. That means architecture which is able to respond and adjust dynamically to the current needs and circumstances. These circumstances are often unpredictable, but their consequences can be crucial. The architecture that reacts is the architecture that lives as a living organism, since it responds to the external stimuli and it develops because of it.
Awards — much more than money.
1st Prize 2500$ 2nd Prize 1500$ 3rd Prize 1000$
Winners and special mentions will be published in several international online magazines, and at the Laka Competitions website. The best proposals will be selected and commented on by the international panel of judges.
After two editions – Laka will publish a book “Architec- ture that reacts - volume 1“. The publication will in- clude the best projects from the Laka Competitions and biographies of their authors.
Schedule
Registration opens June 1, 2015
Early Registration: 50 USD until July 1, 2015
Regular Registration: 75 USD until October 1, 2015
Late Registration: 100 USD until October 20, 2015
Project submission deadline: October 31, 2015
Winners’ announcement: December 1, 2015
UTC time zone for all dates
Jury — meet the international professionals
Maria Aiolova (Architect, LEED AP, Assoc. AIA) Co-Founder of Terreform ONE
Her work is focused on the theory, science and appli- cation of ecological design. She has been a visiting lecturer and critic at Harvard GSD, Columbia Universi- ty, Cornell University, CUNY and many more. She is an inventor, who holds 18 technology patents.
Chris Bosse (Architect, Educator)
Co-Founder of LAVA
He explores frontiers that merge future technologies with the patterns of organisation found in nature. He won an Emerging Architect Award from RIBA in 2008 London and a 40 Under 40 Award in 2012.
Giacomo Costa (Artist, Photographer)
Author of The Chronicles of Time
He fuses traditional photography and digital technol- ogies. Known from his artistic visions of cities which redefine our idea of the metropolis through fantastic cityscapes.
Marc Fornes (Architect DPLG, Educator)
Founder of THEVERYMANYTM
His studio engages Art and Architecture through the filter of systematic research and development into ap- plied Computer Science and Digital Fabrication.
Guy Hoffman (Ph.D, Roboticist)
Co-director of IDC Media Innovation Lab
He heads the Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) group, focusing on human-robot collaboration and compan- ionship, nonverbal behavior in HRI, robotics for the performing arts, and non-anthropomorphic robot de- sign.
Peter Kuczia (Ph.D., IARP and BAK Architect) Author of CO2 Saver House
Educator and expert in ecological constructions with more than 20 years of experience. Author of “Educat- ing Buildings – Learning Sustainability through Dis- played Design”.
Dave Pigram (Designer, Researcher, Educator) Co-director of SUPERMANOEUVRE
He co-founded the International Fabrication Robotics Network; co-directs research into robotic fabrication at the University of Michigan; and is a Research Affili- ate at MIT’s Media Lab
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