Submission: August 31, 2014
Registration: August 31, 2014
Language: English
Location: New York, USA
Prizes: 1st Prize US $5.000 + winning entry to be developed for construction. 2nd Prize US $2.000 3rd Prize US $1.000
Type: Open competition for architects and architecture students.
International competition ONE Lab seeking design proposals for the Smart Dock that are both symbolic and buildable . The design should symbolize the ideas and values of ONE Lab: Interdisciplinary learning, studio-based design, collaborative space, DIY making, hacking. The Smart Dock should address the future of learning environments that inflects the trajectory of experimental design schools into the new spaces of socio-ecological design in times of climate change.
Competition entries should develop strategies for the identity for ONE Lab as the educational and public component of this vibrant center for design and science, with interfaces to state-of-the art equipment and a network of creative and entrepreneurial affiliates. We intend to build the winning entry.
The Smart Dock is to be built within the building envelope of the overall renovation and engage it in imaginative and productive ways. It should include approximately 2,000 sf of (interior) dedicated space as well as (approx. 2,000) additional borrowed / transformable space inside the building. The Dock should provide studio / workspace for 30 students, office space for 8-10 faculty / administrators, as well as pin up / presentation / exhibition and event space(s). There should be some additional research facilities, as well as lounge space / furnishings. A lab/kitchen and eating space should be part of the program. Lighting, ample data and power should be provided, and possibilities for projection of images should be integral to the concept. Capacities for transformation and flexible use will be encouraged. The Smart Dock will not need climate control or its own WC facilities, as these will part of the renovation of the existing structure. Some secondary elements can be located in the courtyard, but these are not required.
