Results of the International Competition for the Information Pavilion at the London 2012 Olympics
In the competition [London] Olympic Games Information Pavilion, which involved several hundred international architectural teams, Czech architects Kurtis+partners [Iveta Kolláriková, Marta Bímová, Vlado Hrivňák, and Gabriel Sedlak] from Brno made it to the top ten.
The competition task was to design a temporary information pavilion at Trafalgar Square in London. The goal was to encourage architects to push boundaries. To find and appreciate the masterful design of a small object combining function, construction, detail, and the spirit of the Olympic Games, to highlight new perspectives on designing an information pavilion, and to also utilize methods of sustainable construction. The pavilion is intended to promote the Olympic Games during their occurrence in London in 2012.
The competition organizer, the London company [AC-CA], focuses on organizing architectural competitions. Its activities create opportunities for expressing talent, visions, and architectural passions. It becomes a space for showcasing architectural visions and concepts arising from competitions. Winning designs are published on the company's website www.ac-ca.org and in prestigious international architectural magazines - the Portuguese About:Blank Architecture Magazine, the United States - Surface Magazine and Metropolis Magazine, and the Indian Architecture+Design magazine.
The winner of the competition was a team of Portuguese architects consisting of Jose Carlos Cruz, Ines Guedes, Miguel Santos, and Antonio Cruz. The second place was taken by a French team comprising Stephanie Durniak, Marie Fade, Baptiste Franceschi, Lionel Cesarole, and the third place belongs to a team from the United States - Mathew Clare and Rob Duncan. The team Kurtis+partners received an honorable mention for their design, thus placing among the top ten.
1st place - project no. 012249
Jose Carlos Cruz, Ines Guedes, Miguel Santos, Antonio Cruz (Portugal)
2nd place - project no. 011809
Stephanie Durniak, Marie Fade, Baptiste Franceschi, Lionel Cesarole (France)
3rd place - project no. 012765
Dowling Duncan - Matthew Clare, Rob Duncan, Krista Mollion, Nikolay Grozev (USA)
Award - project no. 013014
Kurtis + partners - Vlado Hrivňák, Gabriel Sedlák, Marta Bímová, and Iveta Koláriková (Czech Republic)
Award - project no. 011195
Yasuhiro Yoshida, Masafumi Yanada (Japan)
Award - project no. 012485
Sang-Uk Park, Heeyun Bang (South Korea)
Award - project no. 012029
Nuno Fontarra (Netherlands)
Award - project no. 012005
Lee Dongsub, Park Jinyoung, Choi Heonyoung (South Korea)
Award - project no. 012344
Shahram Agaajani, Thierry Cruchten, Serge Schmitgen, Matthieu Ristic (Luxembourg)
Award - project no. 011665
Sachin Bhoite, Chintan Raveshia, Ahmad Harun (United Kingdom)
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The competition task was to design a temporary information pavilion at Trafalgar Square in London. The goal was to encourage architects to push boundaries. To find and appreciate the masterful design of a small object combining function, construction, detail, and the spirit of the Olympic Games, to highlight new perspectives on designing an information pavilion, and to also utilize methods of sustainable construction. The pavilion is intended to promote the Olympic Games during their occurrence in London in 2012.
The competition organizer, the London company [AC-CA], focuses on organizing architectural competitions. Its activities create opportunities for expressing talent, visions, and architectural passions. It becomes a space for showcasing architectural visions and concepts arising from competitions. Winning designs are published on the company's website www.ac-ca.org and in prestigious international architectural magazines - the Portuguese About:Blank Architecture Magazine, the United States - Surface Magazine and Metropolis Magazine, and the Indian Architecture+Design magazine.
The winner of the competition was a team of Portuguese architects consisting of Jose Carlos Cruz, Ines Guedes, Miguel Santos, and Antonio Cruz. The second place was taken by a French team comprising Stephanie Durniak, Marie Fade, Baptiste Franceschi, Lionel Cesarole, and the third place belongs to a team from the United States - Mathew Clare and Rob Duncan. The team Kurtis+partners received an honorable mention for their design, thus placing among the top ten.
1st place - project no. 012249
Jose Carlos Cruz, Ines Guedes, Miguel Santos, Antonio Cruz (Portugal)
2nd place - project no. 011809
Stephanie Durniak, Marie Fade, Baptiste Franceschi, Lionel Cesarole (France)
3rd place - project no. 012765
Dowling Duncan - Matthew Clare, Rob Duncan, Krista Mollion, Nikolay Grozev (USA)
Award - project no. 013014
Kurtis + partners - Vlado Hrivňák, Gabriel Sedlák, Marta Bímová, and Iveta Koláriková (Czech Republic)
Award - project no. 011195
Yasuhiro Yoshida, Masafumi Yanada (Japan)
Award - project no. 012485
Sang-Uk Park, Heeyun Bang (South Korea)
Award - project no. 012029
Nuno Fontarra (Netherlands)
Award - project no. 012005
Lee Dongsub, Park Jinyoung, Choi Heonyoung (South Korea)
Award - project no. 012344
Shahram Agaajani, Thierry Cruchten, Serge Schmitgen, Matthieu Ristic (Luxembourg)
Award - project no. 011665
Sachin Bhoite, Chintan Raveshia, Ahmad Harun (United Kingdom)
More information >
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