Site Monastery _ São Domingos da Baralha Fortress, Cape Espichel, Portugal
an international architecture ideas competition (November 01, 2019 - February 15, 2020)
On behalf of ArkxSite, we would like to congratulate the following winners and honorable mentions for their compelling competition submissions!
The results are composed of (9) teams of young professional architects and (1) team of architecture students!
A special thank you to the Jury members for their expertise, valuable time and dedication throughout the evaluation period!
Pep Ripoll + Juan Miguel Tizón (Spain) _ RipollTizon
Poppy Taylor + Mat Hinds (Tasmania) _ TAYLOR & HINDS ARCHITECTS
Branko Pavlović + Luca Montanarella (Chile, Italy) _ whale!
Thank you to all of the participants for submitting your ideas, enjoy browsing through the diverse design proposals!
WINNERS
1ST PRIZE
SM48162 Julien Sarale + Jules Burguet (FRANCE)
Jury remarks:
The program is organized in two volumes strategically arranged in the place that dialogue with the pre-existing. The added constructions are incorporated with courage, valuing the ruins and offering new readings of the place, very surprising and appropriate to the activities that are going to take place there.
A fine proposition which ‘casts’ the intervention and entombs the original monastery, creating a new interiority of deep reflection and poise. The ground plan is elevated as a significant encounter in the proposition, by creating a series of deep light ‘fields’, or ‘hortus concluses’ - generated by two economical interventions. With limited formal means, the whole site is recalibrated and experientially enlivened.
The design proposal is characterized by a careful relationship with the pre-existing: the new volumes complete the geometries suggested by the ruins, revealing fragments of architecture and hidden interpretations of the landscape. The silence of the deep shadow represents a counterpoint to the bright light that embraces the cliff.
Congratulations !
2ND PRIZE
SM48101 Nils Pyk + Tania Utomo (JAPAN)
Jury remarks:
The proposal is resolved among the existing ruins in a clear and logical way. The result is a building with a little visual impact. It’s respectfully integrated into the topography and takes care of the views that can be had of the building from the top of the mountain. The relationships between excavated spaces and the most open ones are very attractive.
A calm and powerful horizontal plane activates the ruined floor of the Monastery. A very compelling and restrained proposition, which maximises the spatial encounter with the fabric of the ruin and heightens the encounter with the horizon. Simultaneously intimate and immense; delicate and monumental.
The project is characterized by its ability to respond to architectural needs while deeply respecting the ruins and the landscape. An anti-object architecture, hypogean and silent, which presents, as a unique gift, a long cover as a shelter from the sun and the strong winds.
Congratulations !
3RD PRIZE
SM48134 Roman Joliy + Alice Cecchini (ITALY)
Jury remarks:
The project solves the proposed program in a sensitive, respectful manner and with minimal visual impact. The program spaces fit between the ruins in an intelligent way. The tours through the complex offer an exciting sequence of spaces where the dialogue between the new and the existing can be appreciated.
This proposal establishes a tension between enclosure and revelation. This tension manifests in a play of proximity of the intervention within the ruined fabric of the monastery. It is further tuned through mass, and light. A marvellous, episodic proposition - which creates a strong narrative encounter with the site. Architecture - in its highest form - allows us to see ourselves encountering the world, and each other. This proposition speaks of solitude, loss, searching and love.
The project, through the introduction of new volumes, completes the forms of the ruins in a square geometry that aspires to abstraction, perfection and encounters with the spiritual. The circulation proposed is surprising owing to the alternation of open and closed spaces, of lights and shadows.
Congratulations!
HONORABLE MENTIONS
SM48196 Simone Porfiri (ITALY)
SM48169 Wei Ying Lu + Chen Hsin Chang (JAPAN)
SM48122 Tim Scheuer + Felix Martin (GERMANY)
SM48158 Laura-Ioana Oniga + Paul Calin Machedon + Theodor Alexandru Dinu (ROMANIA)
SM48166 Luis Mendiola + Daniela Manrique (PERU)
SM48123 Aleksandra Kubiak + Marta Buchner (POLAND)
SM48225 Barry McBrien + Dominic Walker (UNITED KINGDOM)
Congratulations!
ALL REMAINING COMPETITION ENTRIES:
OVERVIEW:
This international one-stage architecture ideas competition invites all architecture students, young architects and young professionals with a degree in architecture studies (≤ 40 years old) to develop and submit compelling ideas for the design of a Site Monastery located at the São Domingos da Baralha Fortress, in Cape Espichel, Portugal.
The São Domingos da Baralha Fortress is a historical landmark located within a remarkable place, a powerful natural scenery where the remains of the Fortress and the steep cliffs are prominent features within this setting.
When generating a vision for an intervention located within such a spectacular place, it is essential that each design proposal emphasises, respects and celebrates the site and existing ruins, while providing a unique and memorable experience.
JURY:
Pep Ripoll + Juan Miguel Tizón (Spain) _ RipollTizon
Poppy Taylor + Mat Hinds (Tasmania) _ TAYLOR & HINDS ARCHITECTS
Branko Pavlović + Luca Montanarella (Chile, Italy) _ whale!
MEDIA PARTNERS:
Arqa _ Argentina
Afasia _ Spain
Architime _ Russia
Arquimaster _ Argentina
Blog de Concursos _ Spain
Competitionline _ Germany
Competitions archi _ Poland
Wettbewerbe Aktuell _ Germany
World Architecture Community _ United Kingdom
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NOTE:
This is strictly an ideas competition, an academic exercise and will not be built. ArkxSite nor any other organisations do not have the authority nor intention to award contracts for design services as a result of this competition. Awarded proposals should consider their award as recognition of excellent work in this competition.
