Architecture That Reacts 2020

Architecture That Reacts 2020

The subject of the competition is architectural, urban, technological,or product design that is capable of dynamic interaction with its social, natural, or built surroundings. The main focus of the competition is on solutions developed through a process of changes and adjustments. Achieving such a goal requires an interdisciplinary approach that often goes beyond typical solutions.
The winning projects from the previous editions often took advantages from disciplines such as robotics, mechanics, digital fabrication, bio-design and bio-fabrication, computational design,materials science, bio-architecture, social sciences, industrial design, mobility, and more.

The participants are free to decide the project’s location, scale, size, and program. In 2019, the Laka Competition ‘Architecture that Reacts’ celebrates its fifth edition!

*Evaluation Criteria
Entries will be evaluated based on the criteria of
(1) overall idea and implementation;
(2) an ability to respond to social, economic, or environmental changes;
(3) the design’s level of social and environmental engagement;
(4) a relationship to a specific social, natural, and built context;
(5) the design’s level of flexibility and adaptability;
(6) an innovative use of technology and sustainable systems; and
(7) the design’s level of self-sufficiency. The main focus of the competition is on solutions developed through a process of changes and adjustments.
The submitted ideas should refer to the competition theme.

*Jury 2020
-Claudia Pasquero (architect, researcher, lecturer, cofounder of ecoLogicStudio)
-David Benjamin (founder and principal of The Living, professor at Columbia GSAPP)
-Daan Roosegaarde (artist, innovator, founder of Studio Roosegaarde)
-Emma van der Leest (biodesigner, product designer, founder of the BlueCity lab)
-Elizabeth Monoian (artist, founding director of LAGI, cofounder of Studied Impact)
-Robert Ferry (architect, founding director of LAGI and Studied Impact)
-Dr. Peter Kuczia (architect, initiator and curator of the ‘Design that Educates Awards’)