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One of a kind endeavor of Architecture for Architecture

Q: What is "One of a kind endeavor of Architecture for Architecture" about?

This article covers topics related to Urban Planning, Concept Architecture. Digging for an 'Athenaeum'

Background

Architects are not endowed with designing just buildings but with time, they are now building ecosystems. This expanded role of architecture is becoming more and more evident with the passing century, where the profession found itself from making enclosures for functions to defining how the functions would be.

The early architecture of Brazil finds its identity in Europe, especially Portugal, which goes back 500 years. Portuguese, during their colonization, brought this capsule of architectural lore, that framed the foundation of today’s Brazilian architecture. 19th century Brazil embraced new European trends and adopted Neoclassical with Gothic Revival architecture, which formed the basis of its progressive philosophy and openness to modernist ideas. With the advent of the 20th century, Brazil experimented with Modernist architecture, especially in Brasilia.

BRIEF: Let's define and decode

This competition called out designers to design an Athenaeum for Architecture at Rio De Janeiro, that resonates with the evolving trends of world architecture. The word “Athenaeum” in the 21st century is more than just a space for learning. This one of a kind endeavour of Architecture for Architecture disseminates the past and its links to the current architectural trends, which shall pave the way to the future of world architecture ideologies.

The users of this Athenaeum ranged across various educational backgrounds and not just architects or designers but people at large. This is dedicated to architects of ideas and concepts, inspiring more people to know about the hidden lines between architecture.

Objectives

The following objectives were provided to guide the design of the Athenaeum:

Curate Content: to frame the various themes of how the Athenaeum of World Architecture and its evolving patterns are presented. The programme should also have various activities associated with learning and leisure.

Craft Experience: to craft how this journey or the message of architectural evolution is conveyed to people and designers from all around the world who would be visiting this place.

Create Form: to give a form to this experience crafted from the contents you have created for the Athenaeum. This can be springing from either the Brazilian fabric of Architecture or your interpretations from the world.

Home to over six million people, living in neighbourhoods coming from various cultural diversity, Rio De Janeiro is the melting pot of unique flavours that carve an unforgettable identity of the place. The combination of mountainous terrain, lush rainforest, and the ocean inspires many to create lively and unique architecture.

The site was located on the coastal face of the Flamengo precinct, surrounded by various parks and beaches that have a clear view of the place. It made it possible for the general public to discover about the Athenaeum and be a part of it. The parking for the site was shared with the common parking next to the restaurant.

Considering the site was waterborne, the participants also had to mitigate the flooding risks as well. The access to the site was from the rear part of the land touching side only. No other bridges were allowed.

Here are some of the best competition entries :

Winning project: INSIDE OUT

By: Kutlu Bal & Hakan Evkaya

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Description: Inside-Out is highlighting the educational side of architecture, going beyond the rules. Inside-Out aims to spread an out-of-the-box architectural approach by creating an interface between sea and land. The project creates the main space on water instead of land, which shall be considered as a tangible example of how uniquely architecture can touch the planet. Alternative Space created by in the water, below the sea level, by opening a clear slit, exposing the seafloor.

Production Technique: Even though it is a challenging structure that has the characteristics of an iconic form, it should not go far from the conventional production methods. The structure forming the slit are designed as reinforced concrete whereas load-bearing wall, pier and bridges are designed as lightweight steel construction in order not to dominate the space.

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Honorable Mention: GATHERING THE SPACE

By: Gülnur Aktaş & Gaye Gültekin

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Description: Architecture has been changed and enhanced in parallel with environmental conditions. Today, we have an unstable environment. Therefore, architecture will take form in these conditions. Climate change, population growth, the annuity will cause the loss of architecture’s context, this architecture has to determine new living spaces.

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Honorable Mention: THE MESH

By: Clément Meynard & Thomas Labarthe

Description: A place for discovery, experimentation and sharing. It is here, facing one of the symbols of modern architecture, the MAC Niteroi by Oscar Niemeyer, that the Athenaeum emerges, as a ground movement in the seabed. The mesh appears in the bay as an artificial topography in the landscape, inspired by the mountains surrounding the city of Rio de Janeiro

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People’s Choice: CHRONO MUSEUM

By: Sofya Tutsenko, Mariya Shchekotikhina & Vlad Shapovalov

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Description: "Chrono Museum" is an architecture for the time of the sun, the time of the moon, and "individual time" that each person has. Here, people are made to be sensitive to various "Times". This "architecture for architecture" not only presents "time and space" as the origin of architecture but also presents the future democracy of our human beings.

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People’s Choice: THE HOVERING BUILDING

By: Khadidja Moussa Abakar,Dana Amro, Noura Ezzaroualy & Farbod Fathi

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Description: This structure aims to create a form that acts as an exhibition object for architecture while including activities of leisure and education. The programs are architecture-related and the user target of this building is mainly craft's people. Although it is designed to attract tourists as well as locals.

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Organizer’s Choice : BEAT
By: Thomas Gössler

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Description: The proposal imitates the waves of music coming from the ocean to the beach. Visitors can discover what a building means to them as an individual through experiencing a space since there is no meaning to a building without anybody experiencing it. Every corner contains unique architecture filled with exciting exhibition pieces. In the 21st century, reducing the impact on the immediate and global environment is pertinent when creating architecture. This encompasses materials, renewable energy, passive heating and using local resources. Although passive heating and tidal power plants are used, future use – after the events 2020 – is considered the most important ecological aspect.

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The purpose of the Athenaeum was to act as a gateway from the old and the new and act as a vault of knowledge and ideas that initiated dialogue for the future of architectural philosophies of the world. This competition explored new dimensions of architecture, which was not just a place for designers at large. The projects were not just dedicated to built environments but for the architects of ideas and concepts, inspiring people.

The esteemed jury for the competitions were as follows:

Etan Kimmel, Co-Founder, Kimmel Eshkolot Architects, Tel Aviv | Cristina Verissimo, Partner, CVDB Arquitectos, Lda Lisbon | Ertuğ Uçar, Co-Founder, Teget, Istanbul | EunSeok Lee, Partner, Atelier KOMA, South Korea | Kerem Erginoğlu, Partner, Erginoğlu & Çalışlar |

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