Laka Competition ’17
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Laka is an international network (including organizations, companies and individual experts) focused on social impact via design and architecture. Through a comprehensive strategy and with a support of our Partners, we develop projects and programs that underline the crucial role of architecture and technology in the process of social change.
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Laka Competition is an international architectural competition which seeks innovative ideas that go far beyond typical building solutions, are socially engaged, capable of reacting to unpredictable conditions (environmental, natural, social) and provide safety for its inhabitants.Laka Competition 2017 “Architecture that Reacts”
We invite 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 develops because of it.
Can architecture react to needs?
The subject of the competition is a conceptual project of architecture that is socially engaged and capable of reacting to unpredictable conditions and environmental, natural and social risks. Architectural study should focus on architecture as a key field heading towards social revitalisation and increased safety and freedom of its users. Proposed solutions should involve a thorough analysis of the problem, for example, starting from outlining global factors and indicating key directions for modern architectural solutions. The accuracy of this analysis and the potential of the proposed solutions are going to be the main components of the assessment of the project.
Laka Accelerator is an international program which aims to offer opportunities of investigation, promotion and implementation of the best designs by providing professional consulting, international press coverage and visibility for potential funders. Selected designs will be considered to receive support of Acceleration Partners through a qualification process, which will be separate from the process of awarding the main prizes.
Jury
Alexander Rieck
(Architect, Researcher, Co-Founder of LAVA Laboratory For Visionary Architecture)
Senior researcher at the renowned Fraunhofer Institute in Stuttgart. He studied architecture in Stuttgart and Phoenix. He started his research career in the virtual reality environment. Together with Chris Bosse and Tobias Wallisser he founded LAVA in 2007 as an international network using the latest research and technology to build efficient, sustainable and beautiful structures. Having led many “Office 21®” research projects, he is a renowned expert on innovations in the fields of office, hotel, living and future construction, and an author of many publications about working environments and building processes of the future.
(Architect, Researcher, Co-Founder of LAVA Laboratory For Visionary Architecture)
Senior researcher at the renowned Fraunhofer Institute in Stuttgart. He studied architecture in Stuttgart and Phoenix. He started his research career in the virtual reality environment. Together with Chris Bosse and Tobias Wallisser he founded LAVA in 2007 as an international network using the latest research and technology to build efficient, sustainable and beautiful structures. Having led many “Office 21®” research projects, he is a renowned expert on innovations in the fields of office, hotel, living and future construction, and an author of many publications about working environments and building processes of the future.
Carlo Ratti
(Architect, Engineer, Founding Partner of Carlo Ratti Associati, Director of the Senseable City Lab)
Director of the Senseable City Lab at MIT, founding partner of the international office Carlo Ratti Associati. He graduated from the Politecnico di Torino and the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, later earning his MPhil and PhD at the University of Cambridge, UK. In the last decade, Carlo has given talks around the world on the theme of Smart Cities. Two of his projects – the Digital Water Pavilion and the Copenhagen Wheel – were hailed by Time Magazine as ‘Best Inventions of the Year’. He has been included in Blueprint Magazine’s ‘25 People who will Change the World of Design’ and in Wired Magazine’s ‘Smart List: 50 people who will change the world’.
(Architect, Engineer, Founding Partner of Carlo Ratti Associati, Director of the Senseable City Lab)
Director of the Senseable City Lab at MIT, founding partner of the international office Carlo Ratti Associati. He graduated from the Politecnico di Torino and the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, later earning his MPhil and PhD at the University of Cambridge, UK. In the last decade, Carlo has given talks around the world on the theme of Smart Cities. Two of his projects – the Digital Water Pavilion and the Copenhagen Wheel – were hailed by Time Magazine as ‘Best Inventions of the Year’. He has been included in Blueprint Magazine’s ‘25 People who will Change the World of Design’ and in Wired Magazine’s ‘Smart List: 50 people who will change the world’.
Melanie Fessel
(Architect, Urban designer, Director at Terreform ONE, Initiator of ONE Odyssey)
Melanie is a director at Terreform ONE and an initiator of ONE (Open Network Ecology) Odyssey – an interdisciplinary research enterprise based on philanthropic design principles, to integrate ecological issues into the urban environment. Her process focuses on the synergy of design, urban studies, and ecological science. She received her post-professional degree Master of Architecture II from The Cooper Union. Prior to the Cooper Union, Melanie earned her Diploma in Architecture and Engineering from the Berlin University of Technology, Germany after attending the Escuela Superior de Architectura, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain.
(Architect, Urban designer, Director at Terreform ONE, Initiator of ONE Odyssey)
Melanie is a director at Terreform ONE and an initiator of ONE (Open Network Ecology) Odyssey – an interdisciplinary research enterprise based on philanthropic design principles, to integrate ecological issues into the urban environment. Her process focuses on the synergy of design, urban studies, and ecological science. She received her post-professional degree Master of Architecture II from The Cooper Union. Prior to the Cooper Union, Melanie earned her Diploma in Architecture and Engineering from the Berlin University of Technology, Germany after attending the Escuela Superior de Architectura, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain.
Peter Kuczia
(IARP and BAK Architect, author of CO2 Saver House)
Educator and expert in ecological constructions with more than 20 years of experience. 2008 PhD dissertation on Solar Architecture in Germany. Author of “Educating Buildings – Learning Sustainability through Displayed Design”. He has been awarded international prizes e.g. 1st prize of Polish GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL for ZERO-ENERGY Research and Educational Complex Wroclaw University of Technology; National nomination – MIES VAN DER ROHE AWARD for European Architecture and many others. His work which covers a wide range of building types has been exhibited and published around the world.
(IARP and BAK Architect, author of CO2 Saver House)
Educator and expert in ecological constructions with more than 20 years of experience. 2008 PhD dissertation on Solar Architecture in Germany. Author of “Educating Buildings – Learning Sustainability through Displayed Design”. He has been awarded international prizes e.g. 1st prize of Polish GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL for ZERO-ENERGY Research and Educational Complex Wroclaw University of Technology; National nomination – MIES VAN DER ROHE AWARD for European Architecture and many others. His work which covers a wide range of building types has been exhibited and published around the world.
Thom Faulders
(Architect, Founder of FAULDERS STUDIO, Professor of Architecture at California College of the Arts)
Founder of FAULDERS STUDIO. He works at the intersection of commissioned architecture, speculative design research, permanent public art installations, and international museum and gallery exhibitions. His participation in leading international museum and gallery venues includes the FRAC Centre Orleans in France, Oslo Triennale, SOMarts Cultural Center San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, New York Museum of Modern Art and many others. Thom is licensed to practice architecture in California. He has taught at UC Berkeley and KTH in Stockholm, and is currently Professor of Architecture at CCA.
(Architect, Founder of FAULDERS STUDIO, Professor of Architecture at California College of the Arts)
Founder of FAULDERS STUDIO. He works at the intersection of commissioned architecture, speculative design research, permanent public art installations, and international museum and gallery exhibitions. His participation in leading international museum and gallery venues includes the FRAC Centre Orleans in France, Oslo Triennale, SOMarts Cultural Center San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, New York Museum of Modern Art and many others. Thom is licensed to practice architecture in California. He has taught at UC Berkeley and KTH in Stockholm, and is currently Professor of Architecture at CCA.
Vincent Callebaut
(Archibiotect, Designer, Lecturer, Founder of Vincent Callebaut Architectures)
Vincent is an ecological architect focused on ecodistricts, which take into account a variety of aspects of sustainability, eg. renewable energies, biodiversity, urban agriculture. He is one of the most important leaders in green architecture and low carbon emission living. He graduated from the Institute Victor Horta with his Parisian project of the Metamuseum of Arts and Civilisationsª Quay Branly. A laureate of the Grand Architecture Prize Napoléon Godecharle of the Fine Arts Academy in Brussels awarding the best hope of Belgian architecture. In 2013, Vincent has been featured on the list of the Top 50 Sustainable Architecture Award Members of the Green Planet Architects.
(Archibiotect, Designer, Lecturer, Founder of Vincent Callebaut Architectures)
Vincent is an ecological architect focused on ecodistricts, which take into account a variety of aspects of sustainability, eg. renewable energies, biodiversity, urban agriculture. He is one of the most important leaders in green architecture and low carbon emission living. He graduated from the Institute Victor Horta with his Parisian project of the Metamuseum of Arts and Civilisationsª Quay Branly. A laureate of the Grand Architecture Prize Napoléon Godecharle of the Fine Arts Academy in Brussels awarding the best hope of Belgian architecture. In 2013, Vincent has been featured on the list of the Top 50 Sustainable Architecture Award Members of the Green Planet Architects.
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