Title & Author:

Architecture competitions and the production of culture, quality and knowledge : an international inquiry / edited by Jean-Pierre Chupin, Carmela Cucuzzella, Bechara Helal.

Publication:

Montreal (Quebec), Canada : Potential Architecture Books, 2015.

Description:

403 pages : illustrations (some colour), plans ; 27 cm

Notes:
"This book comprises a series of 22 case studies by renowned experts and new scholars in the field of architecture competition research. In 2015, it constitutes the most comprehensive survey of the dynamics behind the definition, organizing, judging, archiving and publishing of architectural, landscape and urban design competitions in the world. These richly documented contributions revolve around a few questions that can be summarized in a two-fold critical interrogation: How can design competitions--these historical democratic devices, both praised and dreaded by designers--be considered laboratories for the production of environmental design quality, and, ultimately, for the renewing of culture and knowledge?"--Page 4 of cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
A world of potentialities : competitions as producers of culture, quality and knowledge / Jean-Pierre Chupin, Carmela Cucuzzella, Bechara Helal -- We have never been "Swiss" : some reflections on Helvetic competition culture / Joris van Wezemael, Jan M. Silberberger -- The finger and the moon : Belgian competitions in their representational context / David Vanderburgh, Carlo Menon -- The president's choice : an eventful history of the 1982 Tête Défense competition / Loïse Lenne -- A universal space for ageing : demographic changes, eldercare, and competitions in Denmark, Norway and Sweden / Jonas E Andersson -- Greek concerns and global regulations : four competitions for the New Acropolis Museum (1976-2000) / Sofia Paisiou -- Should competitions always be international? : political reasons in a multipolar world (1988-2012) / Jean-Pierre Chupin -- Competing by architectural design : index of cited competitions -- Judging in a world of expertise : when the sum of the parts is less than the whole / Carmela Cucuzzella -- Judgment criteria and competition juries / Camille Crossman -- A study on Swiss housing competitions (1997-2010) / Antigoni Katsakou -- The honourable mention : a fictitious discussion / Jan M. Silberberger -- Competitions as generators : from the redevelopment of Les Halles to a theoretical critique of "compositional" urbanism / Françoise Fromonot -- Design combat : American competitions and decision-making / Susanna Sirefman -- Competitions as laboratories : on the so-called 'experimental' nature of architecture competitions / Bechara Helal -- The Canadian competitions catalogue : digital libraries of projects as collective legacy / Jean-Pierre Chupin -- Capturing competition data : involving stakeholders in a Swiss competition database / Ignaz Strebel, Jan M. Silberberger, Denis Raschpichler -- Design competitions in Brazil : building a (digital) culture for architectural quality / Fabiano Sobreira -- Wettbewerbe aktuell : competitions as impetus for German building culture / Thomas Hoffmann-Kuhnt -- www.competitions.org : competing globally in the information age / G. Stanley Collyer -- D'architectures : regional identity and cultural diversity in the wonderful world of starchitects / Emmanuel Caille -- Competitive process : leveraging design competitions for effective urban development / Ian Chodikoff -- NAJA and EUROPAN : Advantages and constraints of two French trademarks / Jean-Louis Violeau -- Final cut : a remarkable cross-section of architectural tendencies / Georges Adamczyk.
Issued also in electronic format.

Summary:

"This book comprises a series of 22 case studies by renowned experts and new scholars in the field of architecture competition research. In 2015, it constitutes the most comprehensive survey of the dynamics behind the definition, organizing, judging, archiving and publishing of architectural, landscape and urban design competitions in the world. These richly documented contributions revolve around a few questions that can be summarized in a two-fold critical interrogation: How can design competitions -- these historical democratic devices, both praised and dreaded by designers -- be considered laboratories for the production of environmental design quality, and, ultimately, for the renewing of culture and knowledge?"--Page [4] of cover.

ISBN:

9780992131708 (bound)
0992131707
9780992131715 (pbk.)
0992131715

Subject:

Architecture Competitions Case studies.
Architecture Concours Études de cas.
building construction.
design.
evaluation.
Architecture Competitions.

Form/genre:

Case studies

Added entries:

Chupin, Jean-Pierre, author, editor.
Cucuzzella, Carmela, 1962- author, editor.
Helal, Bechara, 1973- author, editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 289290
Call No.: NA2335 .A73 2015
Status: Available