International Architecture Competition

Adelaide Creative
Community
Hub

Results

Foreword

Competition organisers

Adelaide Creative 
Community 
Hub

Official Partners

Adelaide Creative 
Community 
Hub

The competition challenged participants to design an urban catalyst for Adelaide with the option of designing either a temporary pavilion or fixed landmark within the recently-redeveloped Victoria Square, a well-used public park. The Adelaide Creative Community Hub has the potential to become a space that stimulates innovation and contributes to the vibrancy which makes Adelaide one of the world’s most livable cities. In order to have a broad array of concepts for addressing this design brief, Bee Breeders chose to conduct an competition with no restrictions on eligibility. The competition jury was composed of experienced professionals in the fields of architecture and urban planning.

The quality of the submissions was high. While the design brief was written intentionally open to interpretation, the winners were chosen for their ability to develop and express a clear concept. The judges found that the submissions generally fell into three categories: those which provided open platforms to be filled in by various program types; those comprising equal part landscape, equal part building, thereby offering open spaces that connected with the surrounding city; and temporary pavilions. The jury reviewed each entry in detail, and analysed the designs for their potential to function as places where innovation might be sparked, rather than simply exhibited; where people might come together to generate ideas, rather than simply enjoy an afternoon in a park. The jury feels each of the selected winners promises to offer Adelaide a new form of creative hub.

Bee Breeders would like to thank all the entrants who took part.

 

Results announcement event in Adelaide:

 

1st Prize Winner

Project name

Creative Jungle

Authors

Lucas Monnereau
Thomas Leblond

France

Why do you enter architecture
competitions?

As young architecture students, taking part in an international competition like this is rich on so many levels. It allows us to raise new questions about very current themes, but it is also an opportunity to see how students and architects from all over the world would look at the same given situation. It's a good way for us to see and understand what the other proposals are and also a good way to evaluate ourselves. In that sense, being confronted by a jury anonymously is also a chance to get a different kind of critical feedback than the one we might be used to.

Jury feedback summary

This project shows great potential for inviting people of all types to explore, watch, or contribute to creative production. The sunken first floor and variations in below grade levels permit myriad lines of view among interior levels and the street. While the jury remains not entirely convinced of the form taken by the exterior shell and wave-form roof as shown in the exterior rendering, it found the building’s transparency compelling and to positively contribute to the city’s street life, the building’s openness, and the site’s ability to function as a public space. The plans and sections are especially strong in expressing an organic layout of program and volumes which seem to float about an internal forest. This fluid organization creates a variety of engaging, dynamic spaces.

2nd Prize Winner

Project name

The Factory

Authors

Judith Busson Taridec
François Cattoni

France

Why do you enter architecture
competitions?

For young architects, architecture vision competitions are a great opportunity to work on programs and scales that the first commissions of a young company can't reach. These competitions are good exercises, to experiment but also to be aware of the reality of the demand. It's also a way to choose projects that really inspire us and develop a creative process with more liberty than your usual client.

Jury feedback summary

The Live-Play-Work nature of this building is clear, and it was one of few entries which offered residences as part of the program. Indeed, all around the globe today there is a tendency for residential and work programs to be fused as a way of bringing people together around the clock, where they can simultaneously relax, work, and discuss ideas. The jury found the entry somewhat undeveloped in that the form of the building is taken as a direct reference to its programmatic diagram; it is also not completely clear why each of the tower forms - an L, rectangle, and circle - is shaped as such. However, the intelligent connection of the ‘make’, ‘live’, and ‘show’ tower volumes within a common ground-level podium for ‘sharing’ ideas expresses great promise for this building to function as an ideas factory for the city of Adelaide.

3rd Prize Winner

Project name

The Hub of Creativity

Authors

Kathrine Vand
Emil Trabjerg Jensen
Sebastian Appel

Denmark

Why do you enter architecture
competitions?

We participated in this competition thanks to the openness of the brief and our common interest in the theme: creativity. It gave us the opportunity to test the tools we have learned during our degrees in the real world without the restrictions of a university assignment.

Jury feedback summary

This project was well-received by the jury for its ability to establish a village within the city. Such a design could take shape in any site, on any landscape. The project’s collection of small buildings set about a central square reminds of such typologies as markets, summer camps, and small towns - all types of shared spaces where people live or work together closely, gather for common events, and come together to share products or ideas. The small-scale nature of the project was unique and stood out among many entries that built up the site to its full extents.

BB STUDENT AWARD

Project name

Versatile Pavilion

Authors

Banny Fabian Sandoval Salinas

University

Universidad austral de chile
+74 points Buildner University Rankings!

Chile

Why do you enter architecture
competitions?

Because I have found them a great opportunity to express the way to make architecture on a human scale, through the vindication of previous concepts. When I had some freedom to design, but at the same time respecting certain parameters of design, i had the opportunity to design from the other side of the world for a place that has been recognized worldwide for having great potential in every field, and was the gateway to the new look of architecture
FESTIVAL STATE (SA Chapter) AWARD

Project name

Adelaide Creative Community Hub Competition

Authors

Luke Carter
Dain McClure-Thomas
Mukesh Vanjani

Company

Sandbox studio pty ltd

Australia

Why do you enter architecture
competitions?

We participate in architecture vision completions to have a say in shaping the society. We appreciate the democratic nature of competitions and the platform it offers to express ourselves and make us better architects. Our designs are informed by research and the concerns of the context. However, we enjoy the flexibility vision competitions offer in flexing the creative muscle.

Jury feedback summary

The winning entry owes it success to the noble practice of restraint in architecture. The design proposal shows a clear understanding of the way life and people are at the front of successful urban design. It is recognised that the proposal has extended the brief past providing a space for communities and goes further to encourage wellness through individual creative pursuit. Coupled with a beautifully rendered scheme it further articulates the design approach through a sense of immediacy and depth. 

An intentionally under programmed collection of external and internal spaces are seamlessly woven into the site, suggesting a link to Victoria square without dominating the intent. It is foremost a pocket of public space that feels accessible and inviting. Spaces to explore in whatever way you wish to interpret them. This is the power of an architecture that truly activates the mind and spirit.

The Ideation Hub sits as a veiled centrepiece to and exceptionally balanced green forecourt. Internally a tech black hole allows us to escape our over-connected lives and truly detach from the pressure of every day. A Theatre shopfront veneers the street, proudly showing willingness to connect to the life of the city. Materiality is restrained as a silent backdrop to the rich invitation for creativity and community. The designers are commended for their refreshing and thoughtful approach to a competition that is not seduced by the realm of architectural folly. It recognises the complexity of our pursuits as humans and reminds us of the beauty and fragility of our existence.

Honorable mentions

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Project Name

The Flow Of Creativity

Country

Australia

Project authors

Kevin Pham
Alex Hoang

Project Name

Empty Creative

Country

Australia

Project authors

Adam Brown
Kirsty Hewitt
Kirsty Butler

Project Name

The Commons Hub

Company

Deraz architects

Country

Libya

Project authors

Srur Alakari
Mohamed Stifador
Reem Ownis

Project Name

The Tree House

Country

Australia

Project authors

Sofiya Yunovidova
Kash Moghaddam
Andrew Luong
Sam Boyce

Project Name

A Habitat For Creativity

Country

Turkey

Project authors

Hasan Murad Adali
Burak Çıkırıkçı
Mine Aydemir
Buse Öztürk

Project Name

Forum in Flux

Country

United States

Project authors

Chang Yuan Max Hsu
Hadeel Ayed Mohammad
Veronika Volkova

Shortlisted projects

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India

N+u design studio

aalhad pande
bilal khan
jasvinder singh
priyank jaiswal

Australia

Deakin University

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jacob blennerhassett

Australia

sofiya yunovidova
kash moghaddam
andrew luong
sam boyce

Australia

Aspect studios

tim conybeare
ying qian
sean coughlin
tingweiwei wang

Australia

University of Adelaide

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
jackson li
wan i wan i

Australia

graham crist
nicola garrod
taylor wiley

Australia

mitchell eaton
nancy ji
simon dinh

France

maxence fougère
charline michel

United States

tae jung
pauline sipin
amit vajaria

Australia

Sandbox studio pty ltd

luke carter
dain mcclure-thomas
mukesh vanjani

Australia

mirai morita
bernice chua seen whui
benedict koh jing
li heng chue

Australia

jacobus pienaar
natale zappia

France

judith busson taridec
françois cattoni

Thailand

King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi

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sira temjai
janejira hu

Russian Federation

daniil fedotov
vladimir fedotov
efanova tatyana

Serbia

bojan stojkovic
miljana zekovic
visnja zugic
slobodan jovic

Singapore

National University of Singapore

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
yi loong ng
sarah lee

United States

chang yuan max hsu
hadeel ayed mohammad
veronika volkova

Thailand

sesinee nimsuwan
phonchanok chaksuthip
puriwat chaimeesook
chira amnuaysit

Turkey

erhan keçebaşoğlu
dİlan Şenses

Australia

ian nazareth
kayden lau
natasha maben

Australia

Westonwilliamson pty ltd

mena kubba
sebastien menudier
richard hill
euric thor

Libya

Deraz architects

srur alakari
mohamed stifador
reem ownis

United Kingdom

University of Sheffield

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
chenjun liu

Australia

adam brown
kirsty hewitt
kirsty butler

Greece

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

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athanasios rodiftsis
eleni vafeidou

Romania

georgiana andreea bivolariu
ica aura papari

Poland

zygmunt maniaczyk
marcin kitala

Chile

Universidad Austral de Chile

+74 points Buildner University Rankings!
banny fabian sandoval salinas

Turkey

hasan murad adali
burak Çıkırıkçı
mine aydemir
buse Öztürk

Denmark

kathrine vand
emil trabjerg jensen
sebastian appel

Australia

Jwh architects pty ltd

john henry
husna fuzi
 

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