Today, in San Francisco, the winners were selected for the Hayes Valley neighborhood design competition, sponsored by SF Prize and the city.
View all entires here and here.
Competition Winners
First Awards:
Amit C. Price Patel , Dorchester, MA(#9) $10,000 Award
Envelope A+D , Oakland, CA(#133) $10,000 Award
• Douglas Burnham
• Michael Lofton
• Robert Pei
• Tolya Stonorov
• Chris Weir
Second Award:
George Edwin Tolosa , Hayward, CA (#4) $5,000 Award
Honorable Mentions:
Montalba Architects, Santa Monica, CA (#17) $1,500 Award
• Jennifer Anderson
• Michael Knopoff
• David Montalba
Kennerly Strong Architecture, San Francisco (#38) $1,500 Award
• Owen Kennerly
• Jon Oelschig
• Addison Strong
COIL Collaborative, Alameda, CA (#105) $1,500 Award
• Veronica Hinkley Reck - Ignition Architecture
• Gregory L. Klosowski - ellipsis a+d
Awards for Meritorious Community Ideas:
The Jury added this award category to state that architecture is more than building design as the ideas are often programmatic. The ideas of the following can add value to the neighborhood.
The Octavia Produce Market, Oakland, CA (#94)
The idea of this open market with flexible, changing uses, and the level of transparency, was seen as having great potential for the neighborhood.
• Chesney Floyd
• Sarah Lopez
Atherton - Chan - Davids, San Francisco (#102)
The idea of building in a very different way, by exploring the topography was commended.
• Jacob Atherton
• Aimee Chan
• Rene Davids
Opticos Design, Berkeley, CA (#120)
The idea of communal indoor - outdoor living was highly regarded.
• Leo Casas
• Aaron Cook
• Christopher Janson
• Karen Parolek
• Daniel Parolek
• Asa Prentice
• A.J. Remen
Asian Neighborhood Design & Geoffrey Holton Assoc., San Francisco (#123)
The idea of different development strategies, in this case communal living for artists, was commended.
• Daniel Adams
• Geoffrey Holton
• Fernando Marti
Elevation Architects, San Francisco (#135)
The idea of locating community-driven uses at key neighborhood places was seen as having great value.
• Michael Albrecht
• Wayne Campbell
• Jonathan Pearlman
• Eli Pearlman-Storch
16 Comments
as an almost-participant and active viewer of all the submissions, I proclaim: Pragmatic!
Is it just me or are some of the winning schemes a bit disappointing compared to some of the other entries?
Disappointing indeed -- some of the others are far better than all but one or two of the winners. And that the Wes Jones imitation scheme got second is an embarassing commentary on the whole judging process (one of the jurors obviously thought they were picking Wes -- the rip-off of his graphic style couldn't be more obvious)...
I doubt that scheme passes for Wes Jones
are we talking just graphic style, or are we talking elements from previous jones designs as well? i flipped throuhg jones' book last night, and could swear almost all elements were previously done.
i still like the design, and i can understand that people can become so into thw owrk of others it becomes a part of them and their own work, i just have to hope that that is the case here.
you're all coming across as snotty-nosed pricks.
these people deserve credit. for all you know, the 'wes jones' guy may have actually worked for wes jones (he did mention that he worked in LA). Besides, there are a lot positive aspects of the project worth mentioning other than the superficial graphic style.
If you're so much better, why didn't you enter?
's bit-o-coverage.
let me mention, that i still like the design, and it is still my favorite, and i wish it would have won. my guess is the person who did it either works there, or has had a strong influence from wes jones, i was suprised it hadn't come out of jones's studio to be perfectly honest.
also, no one ever said they were better. i do not know this person, and if i did, i would congratulate them on placing in something like this. it is pretty nice to place or win in a competition.
as for not entering, i didn't know about the competition, and if i did, i probably wouldn't have entered, because i was to busy with another competition and work with a couple of studios.
"Snotty Nosed Pricks"?
I say Greatest Common Denominator you simpleton!
This was an "IDEAS" competition, so where are the new ideas? IF actually built, these buildings would be "nice" and "tasteful" but nothing more, and considering that they would be whittled down by clients, contractors, officials, and the ubiquitous informative citizen of Sanfr'o; they would probably end up as just one of a another set of boxes. I say nay.
In other words:
"Pish-Posh!"
mies: you must not have looked very closely, if you don't think there were ANY compelling ideas. true, it may require that you actually stop and dare I say, actually READ the boards to grasp the ideas fully. but there were definitely a handful of thought-provoking projects, for those of us who have the capacity to think.
your cynicism regarding the challenges of building "NEW IDEAS" in the real world are understandable. But also loser-talk. Get over the negativity and do something about it. you'll get NOWHERE as an architect with an attitude like yours.
pish posh, indeed.
can someone point out where to read the ideas behind the projects?
thanks.
Cottonmouth!
A rebuttal!
I did read the boards, and you're right about there being compelling ideas out there, it's just that they weren't the ones selected.
Also, you said:
"But also loser-talk. Get over the negativity and do something about it. you'll get NOWHERE as an architect with an attitude like yours."
Now that is ridiculous, sir! All architects hate each other! Don't you know this? Tell that to FLW! Also, am I required to prove entire self worth as an architect on the archinect piddly internet board? You have no idea of what I may or may not have done! Ridiculous! Do something about what?
This is a place for, by and consisting of punditry sir! You get over it!
mies
ashley -
I would continue to check the website,
www.sfprize.org
Where they may eventually post the final winners in higher resolution. I read them (or as many as possible in two and a half hours time) on display at the CCA in Sanfr'o. If you're in the area, I think they will be on display there for maybe another week.
mvdr
has some coverage of the Octavia history and context, in case you hadn't gotten enough already.
I just talked to a friend who did in fact work with the "wes jones" guy, at wes jones' office. So that at least explains the inspiration...
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