Shelter For Soul International Design & Installation competition

Shelter For Soul International Design & Installation competition

The Korean Institute of Architects (KIA) is pleased to announce the Shelter for Soul campaign and Shelter for Soul International Design & Installation Competition.
The main goal of this competition is to provide an opportunity for the public and students to understand the situation of the less-cared individual in our societies and to interact with those who are concerned with people desperately seeking a ‘shelter’ for oneself.“Everybody wants, rich or poor, not only a warm dry room,but a shelter for the soul.”
This is Samuel Mockbee’s legacy. Under the motivation of helping the less-cared in contemporary societies throughout the world, this Competition aims at exploring design and interpretations about the concept of ‘shelter’. As a shelter generally refers to an emergency gathering place for the victims of disasters, we ask our applicants to go further in their understanding, towards emotional comfort, and beyond simple physical function.
MAIN THEME :
The Korean Institute of Architects (KIA) is pleased to announce Shelter for Soul Campaign and Shelter for Soul International Design & Installation Competition. Shelter for Soul Campaign gets inspiration from various types of social minorities around us. This campaign is to care not only on a physical level of the social minority, but also on the soul level of the group around our community.
We believe that an architect group and artist group can initiate and conduct this mission efficiently. The main goal of this competition is to provide an opportunity for the public and student to understand the situation of the less-cared in our community and to interact with social groups who are concerned with those who desperately seek for a ‘shelter’ around us. To present a soul shelter for one, which comes the spirit of care and gives identity of each person, will be the expression of affirmation and an action of love.

“Everybody wants, rich or poor, not only a warm dry room, but a shelter for the soul.” This is what Samuel Mockbee’s legacy (1944 -2001, awarded the AIA Gold Medal in 2004, who dedicated his life as an architect, as a social reformer)

Under this motivation for the less-cared in contemporary society throughout the world, the Korean Institute of Architects plans to host the “Shelter for Soul International Design & Installation Competition”. This Competition aims at exploring design and interpretations about the concept of ‘shelter’. Shelter has basically two meanings: one is “refugee place” and the other is “rest place”. As a shelter generally refers to an emergency gathering place for the victims of disasters, we ask our applicants to go further in their understanding, towards emotional comfort, beyond physical function.
The process of shelter design is to be made in three steps: the first step is to look around and find a specific marginalized group(social minority) nearby one’s community; the second step is identifying what is most needed and what is a suitable design for an individual member of this minority; and the last step is to finalize design based on their overall circumstances. After choosing finalists, this work will be installed in an appropriate place for the individual. The final decision process will take place in September of this September. Upon the Jury’s decision, the selected projects will be exhibited in an indoor gallery preceded by a panel presentation, and then the works selected showing the second round will be chosen and installed outdoor nearby Seoul City Hall so that the public can easily access and appreciate it together.
We would like to have the opportunity to make a better world by getting along with you and your pursuit through this campaign in the Archi-Tect’s (Front-Builder) philosophy.

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MAIN THEME

“Soul Shelter for One“

“Can space heal?”

-design a physical environment for the soul.

CORE CONCEPT

– Participants should show their ideas on their understanding of how to care a social minority around their community;

– Participants should show how the design is inspired by not only the physical and environmental aspects of a marginalized group(social minority) but the aspect of one’s soul;

– Participants should show how the design responds to a marginalized group(social minority) around the participants.

– Proposals should show the evidence of a clear understanding of how the design is influenced by a marginalized group(social minority) around us.

– Proposals should show the space and form which accommodate the contextual flow of nearby environment.

​THREE STEPS FOR SHELTER DESIGN

The process of shelter design is basically three steps:

1) the first step is to look around and find out the specific marginalized(social minority) nearby one’s community;

2) the second step is looking for what is the most needed and what is the suitable design for the one’s soul;

3) the last step is to finalize design considering the one’s total circumstances

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DESIGN KEYWORDS

Some elements that participants should take into consideration may include:

the less cared, social minority, marginalized, outlier, nearby person, refugee, children, widow, patient, homeless, wounded, caring, soul touch, neighborhood, relaxation, free, interesting, fun, comfort, hope, healing, querancia, miracle, recycle, movable, temporary

SIZE & MATERIAL of a SHELTER

1) a shelter for one person

2) safe and not harmful materials

3) at least 1 season duration

4) movable system recommended

5) temporary structure & material recommended

6) eco friendly / recycle material recommended

7) design which is able to supply UNDP recommended

JURY MEMBERS
Jooyun Kim / Shuhei Endo / Katsuhiro Miyamoto / Kiok Lee / Taro Igarashi / Sujin Chung / Min W. Suh / Kyungen Kim / Young-chul Jang / Akinobu YoshikawaHost : KIA (Korean Institute of Architects)Official sponsor : UIA (International Union of Architects)
Organizer : BaMI (Builders as Mission International)
APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Language : English
One board layout A1 size & Design statement of 500 words (A4 / 1 page)After being selected at the initial jury, the design must be available to install in the public place.