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Want to create a new vision for Stuttgart? Submit Your Ideas to EnBW's Open Realization Competition Stöckach

2019-09-05T08:00:00-04:00

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It's not too late to submit your ideas to create a new vision for Stuttgart!

EnBW, host to this open, 2-phased competition with the aim of implementation, is looking for outstanding concepts and urban designs for a disused industrial area (40.000 square metre) in the east of Stuttgart. “Der neue Stöckach” should be transformed into a well-connected, urban district taking social, ecological and economical aspects into account and linking it to its surrounding neighborhood.

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With the intention to develop a sustainable and substantial part to Stuttgart’s apartment supply the district won’t be solely used residentially. Evolving from a place to work, to an integrated neighborhood where people live, work, share and laugh together, the essential question is how people want to live in the future. Even though being build in 2020, the new Stöckach shall still be inspiring in 2100’s and obtain international appeal.

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Winners of the Competition of Competitions

2014-05-08T17:44:00-04:00

The winners were finally revealed for Storefront's Competition of Competitions, where entrants got to question the boundaries and shortcomings of competition brief formats by writing their very own. From the 18 finalists announced back in February, the jury picked 4 prize-winning projects, 7 honorable mentions, and a Storefront Special Prize.

All selected projects will be publicized and given support to reach the pertinent agents and authorities. The Storefront Special Prize winner will get to run their submitted competition as part of the 2014 Storefront for Art and Architecture program calendar.

Below are the winning competition briefs:

1ST PLACE WINNER - US$2,000: Deploy Yourself, Not Your Designs
By The Coalition for the Improvement of Refugee Camps (Marcy Monroe & Lee Dykxhoorn)
2ND PLACE WINNER - US$1,000: Labyrinth
By grey_matter(s) (Annie Charleston William McCommon Megan McDonough Shota Vashakmadze)
3RD PLACE JOINT WINNER - US$500: Amazonia 2020
By Civic Projects (Kati Rubinyi, Deborah Richmond , Michael Powell, Ewan E. Branda)
3RD PLACE JOINT WINNER - US$500: Open Source Open Space: Hacking the Built Environment
By Boot/Trunk (Nicole Lindahl, Louise Mackie and Samantha Senn)

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

The City is The Room. The Room is The City by FormFictionFormat [Elena Palacios Carral, Manijeh Verghese]
dePOLITIsign: An open ...

Finalists of Storefront’s Competition of Competitions

2014-02-08T11:23:00-05:00

Competition briefs for urban development can overlook the most pressing and relevant needs of local communities, and architects are usually limited to satisfying the brief's requirements in their proposals. As a response, Storefront set up the Competition of Competitions, where interdisciplinary teams got to ask the questions in creating their own competition briefs.

Eighteen finalists were chosen out of 100 submissions. The jury will then select 3 winners, 7 honorable mentions, and a Storefront Special Prize. The Special Prize will get to run their submitted competition as part of the 2014 Storefront for Art and Architecture program calendar.

The 18 finalists are:

TAKING BUILDINGS DOWN by IncA
THE DISCREET ARCHITECT by Local provision Studio
OPEN SOURCE OPEN SPACE, HACKING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT by Boot Trunk
THE CITY by Form Fiction Format
NO TITLES by GroundLAB
NATURE, ERROR, BABIES by Metonymy's Architecture
DEPLOY YOURSELF, NOT YOUR DESIGNS by CIRCa
DEPOLITISIGN by Min Chen & Kristin Enright
AMAZONIA 2020 by Civic Projects .
THE NEXT SUBURB by The Thirteenth Hour
OFF-THE-RADAR: THE ARCHITECTURE OF NON-EXISITING SPACE by MITNICK-RODDIER
LABYRINTH COMPETITION by Gray_matter(s)
ARCHITECTURAL WORK by The Architecture Lobby
BLISS [BETTER LIVING THROUGH INTUITIVE SOFT SURVEILLANCE] by Yeadon Space Agency
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