Open ideas competition

This open ideas competition invites practicing architects, architecture students and designers to design an Academic Interchange for the University of Bremen, Germany. The Academic Interchange is envisioned as an incubator for interdisciplinary collaborations and international relations for academics at the university.

Entrants are encouraged to pay particular attention to the immersive experience of a visitor or visiting resident of the Academic Interchange with respect to their experience/understanding of the building and movement/flow through it. The design concept should originate from the perspective of the building user and be designed from the bottom up.

Main awards include stipends for participation in a symposium held in New York City, November 2011, Spatial Cognition for Architectural Design

Prize winners

A big thank you to everyone who entered the competition. The quality and quantity of entries was very high and hence the selection process was extremely competitive.

The two junior prizes go to:

• Jonas Tratz with Sebastian Kern, Berlin
• Alessandro Ayuso, with Dragan Pavlovic and Harpreet Lota, London

Senior prize goes to:

• David Flynn, Dublin

Commendations go to:

• Mathias Zielinski with Aleksandra Zielinski; Cardiff
• Pawel Pietkun, Krakow
• Richard Schaffranek, Vienna

Congratulations! We are intending to host an exhibition in New York in November of selected entries. More information about the exhibition will be announced here.