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Twenty-five land art designs shortlisted for 2018 LAGI St. Kilda Triangle competition
“The Rainbow Serpent”, a submission to the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) 2018 Competition for Melbourne. TEAM: Arthur Stefenbergs, Lucian Racovitan, Keith Mc Geough, Ovidiu Munteanu. TEAM LOCATION: Sydney, Australia. ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES: luminesce
The biennial LAGI competition seeks the most innovative proposals for large-scale, public art installations that are capable of producing clean energy in sites across the world, from Copenhagen and Glasgow, to Santa Monica, California and Willimantic, Connecticut. In this latest edition, hundreds of participants from over 50 countries submitted designs for St. Kilda Triangle in Melbourne. Now, the LAGI jury has narrowed down the competition to a shortlist of 25 entries.
“The submissions for LAGI 2018 have met with our extraordinarily high expectations,” commented Jodi Newcombe, Carbon Arts founder and LAGI 2018 regional director.
The winning teams will be announced during a LAGI exhibition launch at Fed Square in Melbourne on October 11. Although there is no guarantee that any of the projects will be realized, the shortlist intends to inspire the St. Kilda community with how the Triangle's masterplan can become net-zero carbon, while also fostering innovation in sustainability and public art.
“We really need things that will link people between the world we know and the world we know we need,” says Guy Abrahams, CLIMARTE co-founder and LAGI 2018 jury member. “My hope is that the winning design will display imagination, creativity, and technical know-how, but also is something which, given the appropriate support, could actually be built.”
In no particular order, here are the shortlisted projects:
“The Rainbow Serpent”, a submission to the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) 2018 Competition for Melbourne. TEAM: Arthur Stefenbergs, Lucian Racovitan, Keith Mc Geough, Ovidiu Munteanu. TEAM LOCATION: Sydney, Australia. ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES: luminesce
“2000 Murnongs”, A submission to the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) 2018 Competition for Melbourne. TEAM: Azin Emampour, Xiao Lin, Qidi Li. TEAM LOCATION: Melbourne, Australia. ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES: spring-type piezoelectric generators, aerostatic flutter (Windbelt™). ANNUAL CAPACITY: 150 MWh.
“A New Citizen of Melbourne Who Lives at a Piece of Sea in the Sky”, A submission to the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) 2018 Competition for Melbourne. TEAM: Zhang Hao, Chen Bocong, Zhu Jing, Yang Qiurun. TEAM LOCATION: Shenzhen, China. ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES: thin-film photovoltaic, vertical axis wind turbines. ANNUAL CAPACITY: 400 MWh.
“Breathing Totems”, A submission to the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) 2018 Competition for Melbourne. TEAM: Rafael Sánchez Herrera, Laura Camilla Mesa Arango. TEAM LOCATION: Bogota, Colombia. ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES: thermal chimney with vertical axis wind turbines. ANNUAL CAPACITY: 800 MWh
“Glass Boulders”, A submission to the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) 2018 Competition for Melbourne. TEAM: Luis Guzmán, Cody Anderson, Natalia Bezerra, Andrew Ioannou, Jiao Di, Rebecca Sutton, Mungki Dewi, Audrey Yeo TEAM LOCATION: Edinburgh, UK ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES: luminescent solar concentrators ANNUAL CAPACITY: 690 MWh
“Light Up”, A submission to the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) 2018 Competition for Melbourne. TEAM: Martin Heide, Dean Boothroyd, Emily Van Monger, David Allouf, Takasumi Inoue, Liam Oxlade, Michael Strack, Richard Le (NH Architecture); Mike Rainbow, Jan Talacko (Ark Resources); John Bahoric (John Bahoric Design); Bryan Chung, Chea Yuen Yeow Chong, Anna Lee, Amelie Noren (RMIT students). TEAM LOCATION: Melbourne, Australia. ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES: flexible mono-crystalline silicon photovoltaic, wind energy harvesting, microbial fuel cells. ANNUAL CAPACITY: 2,220 MWh.
“Swings”, A submission to the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) 2018 Competition for Melbourne. TEAM: Lu Chao, Weng Shenxia TEAM LOCATION: Guangzhou, China ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES: thin-film photovoltaic, kinetic wind harvesting (with human assist) ANNUAL CAPACITY: 1,200 MWh
“St Kilda Halo”, A submission to the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) 2018 Competition for Melbourne. TEAM: Pete Spence, Hiroe Fujimoto, Sacha Hickinbotham, Michael Richards, Alison Potter, Jason Embley (Grimshaw Architects). TEAM LOCATION: Melbourne, Australia. ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES: silicon photovoltaic thin-film (Sphelar®). ANNUAL CAPACITY: 2,000 MWh.
“Ngargee”, A submission to the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) 2018 Competition for Melbourne. TEAM: Soren Luckins, Ashleigh Adams, George Thompson, Kate Luckins, Alan Pears, Erin Pears, Peter Bennetts, Jasmine Sarin, Elder Arweet Carolyn Briggs, Rae Fairbairn, Dave Stelma. TEAM LOCATION: Melbourne, Australia. ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES: amorphous silicon thin-film photovoltaic. ANNUAL CAPACITY: 400 MWh.
“PITCH!”, A submission to the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) 2018 Competition for Melbourne. TEAM: Bryan Fan, Shelley Xu. TEAM LOCATION: Melbourne, Australia. ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES: luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) photovoltaic (ClearvuePV® or similar). ANNUAL CAPACITY: 100 MWh.
“Rotor”, A submission to the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) 2018 Competition for Melbourne. TEAM: Louis Gadd, Aimee Goodwin, Danny Truong. TEAM LOCATION: Melbourne, Australia. ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES: vertical axis wind turbines. ANNUAL CAPACITY: 105 MWh.
“Solar Orbs”, A submission to the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) 2018 Competition for Melbourne. TEAM: Kaitlin Campbell, Chad Grevelding, Bridget Snover, Kyle Stillwell. TEAM LOCATION: Latham, NY, USA. ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES: dual-axis tracking concentrated photovoltaic thermal (CPV+T) (similar to Rawlemon®). ANNUAL CAPACITY: 550 MWh.
“Soundscape”, A submission to the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) 2018 Competition for Melbourne. TEAM: Jordan Pulling, Patrick Alexander, Eric Bischof, Ryan Mackerer. TEAM LOCATION: Syracuse, NY, USA. ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES: aerostatic flutter (Windbelt™), thin-film photovoltaic, kinetic energy harvesting pavers (Pavegen™ or similar), high-capacity sodium-sulfur battery. ANNUAL CAPACITY: 800 MWh.
Don't forget to see the rest of the shortlist in the gallery below!
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