Submission: August 21, 2013
Registration: August 21, 2013
Language: English
Location: Portland, USA
Prizes: 1st Prize $ 1.000
Type: Open competition for architects and architecture students
International architecture competition to design a temporary, freestanding, pavilion at the Center For Architecture (CFA) during the 2013 Portland Design Festival.
Utilizing the design guidelines of Portland’s Street Seats program the project will be a model for future street seat designs. The design shall provide a place for people to sit/gather for festival events as well as push the boundaries of what a street seat can mean for the urban environment.
The pavilion will have a 2 month life outside the Center for Architecture, from the beginning of October until the end of November. After which it will be donated to a nonprofit, or kept at the CFA for installation for subsequent events.
Digital Fabrication techniques for the construction of the pavilion is strongly encouraged. We are also looking for Multidisciplinary design teams to carry out the design and build of the project.