At a time when the experience of dining at a restaurant is as important as the food they serve, the COOK8 International Competition by the Domés International Review of Architecture challenged entrants around the globe to design a unique 4-30 m² dining and social space. Out of 280 entries from 24 countries, three prize winners were awarded, along with seven commendations to nine other entries (two ties were awarded). The top three prize-winning entries will be realized at a 1:1 scale for the COOK8 Exhibition at the Benaki Art Museum this June.
Scroll down for a look at the top-winning designs.
'Glorious Holistic' by Costas Alivizatos & Ioannis Kitanis
Project summary: Costas Alivizatos and Ioannis Kitanis propose 'Glorious Holistic', as a ritual whereby the diners, by means of a procession in the dark, are exposed to smells of life and death, sounds of nature and of craftwork, and contemplations of organic matter, before finding themselves reclining in an illuminated white box, glorifying the meal and their gathering.
'Sea Sex & Sun' by Danae Vlachaki, Daphne-Christina Papadopoulou & Katiana-Maria Lioga
Project summary: Proposed by Danae Vlachaki, Daphne-Christina Papadopoulou & Katiana-Maria Lioga , ‘Sea Sex & Sun’ is a heterotopia that interrupts the expectations of urban life, offering the promise of a carefree experience. A themed dining area which produces a rift with space and time and composes an illusion of carefree life in summertime, which in the end becomes an exhibit in the city as a shop-window that constantly challenges and invites.
'Nefos' by Felix Chun Lam, Ziyang Luo & Yi Ran Weng
Project summary: Felix Chun Lam, Ziyang Luo & Yi Ran Weng, in commenting on the influence of social media, propose 'Nefos' as an experience in which natural and virtual reality co-exist in the present in a cloud of mirrors. Each diner, by means of eight staircases, ascends, alone. Twenty-four reflecting mirrors, which represent the 24 hours of the day, reinforce a solitary, but orgiastic, experience, in between real and virtual space.
Commendations
1st commendation: 'Urban spectacle happens' by Andreas Anagnostopoulos, Marina-Eleni Mersiadou & Yorgos Michailidis.
2nd commendation: 'Cuisinography' by Ben Adams Architects (Nikoletta Goka) & Crab Studio (Christos Mellios).
3rd commendation: 'Socialisation up to your taste' by Custom Architectural Workshop (Myrto Vravosinou & Alkiviadis Korbize).
4th commendation (tied): 'Chapter 8: The Sweet Escape' by Sophia Sofianou & Tina Marinaki, 'Ex Machina' by Anastasia Lekkou Zuloark, Alfredo Borghi, Alberto Rey & David Berkvens.
5th commendation: 'Untitled' by SuKKKu (Apostolos Kalfopoulos, Maria Kriara, Constantinos Stefanidis & Ioannis Karababas).
6th commendation: 'Untitled' by Yun Fu, Wenting Guo & Chang Su.
7th commendation (tied): 'Izakaya "Konoji"; by neuob ltd. (Hiroshi Ota, Yuya Ishida, Takeshi Ishijima), 'Mahaia@ by LA-NA (Sara Navazo & Edorta Larizgoitia).
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A museum show that follows the disastrous formula that created the New York 5 and the glorification of shitty architecture as "art".
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