Introduction

COMPETITION ORGANISERS
Gaudi La Coma 
Artists’ Residences
Official partner
Gaudi La Coma 
Artists’ Residences

Buildner is pleased to announce the results of its Gaudi La Coma Artists’ Residences International Competition!

This is the first in a series of design competitions to be run in partnership with the Gaudi Knowledge Association and Inngenium Lab to celebrate Gaudi’s intellectual heritage. For this competition, participants were asked to submit proposals for a sustainable artists’ residence and education complex to be located in Huesca, Spain, designed in alignment with Antoni Gaudi’s principles of sustainability, functionality, aesthetics and innovation. Buildner and its jury sought designs that have the potential to become iconic landmarks while still remaining sensitive to the site’s natural surroundings.

Buildner worked with an outstanding jury consisting of a mix of Spanish and international architects to evaluate and select the winning entries: Bárbara Bardin and Julio Cano are co-founders of Madrid-based studio Canobardin; Julien De Smedt is the founder and director of JDS Architects based in Copenhagen and Brussels; Arturo Mc Clean is Communications Manager and Architect at Barcelona-based Miralles Tagliabue EMBT; Inés Olavarrieta is an architect and designer at Madrid-based selgascano; Anna Maria Orrù is an Affiliated Senior Lecturer at Konstfack – University of Arts, Crafts and Design with a focus on sustainability, and co-founder and co-director of Nordic Biomimicry; and Patricia Grande is Project Manager and Partner at Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos

Buildner and its jury panel would like to thank each of the participants and teams from around the globe who submitted proposals for this event.

We sincerely thank our jury panel
for their time and expertise

Ben Van Berkel

UNStudio

Netherlands

Julien De Smedt

JDS Architects

Denmark

Anna Maria Orrù

Co-founder/director, Nordic Biomimicry and Affiliated Senior Lecturer in design ecology, Konstfack

Sweden

Julio Cano

founder of canobardin

Spain

Arturo Mc Clean

Architect at Barcelona based Miralles Tagliabue EMBT

Spain

Inés Olavarrieta

Architect and designer at selgascano

Spain

Miguel Rusca Mestre

Co-founders, Nordest architecture SLP

Spain

Jordi Riembau Ribot

Co-founders, Nordest architecture SLP

Spain

Bárbara Bardin

Co-Founder of Madrid-based studio Canobardin

Spain

1st Prize Winner

Project name

Opus Loci

We are extremely glad about this result, and we hope that this success will enable us to develop our collective. At the very least, the competition will help us create common basis for our urban and architectural approach, and debate about the shared values that we want to express across our architectural practice.

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Company
Collectif Carré Noir
Authors
Nathanaël Pinard
Marc Viaud
Victor Dussap
Félix Roudier-Canler
Country
France
  • 10/10 Linework
  • 10/10 Quality of drawings
  • 9/10 Balance of color
  • 8/10 Layout
  • 8/10 Hierarchy
  • 8/10 Annotation
  • 8/10 Text
  • 10/10 Clarity of story
  • 10/10 Clarity of diagrams
  • 9/10 Quality of overall presentation

2nd Prize Winner

Project name

Parc Modernisme'

Architectural competitions allow a sense of freedom to test my own ideas and inventions, free from client constraints and agendas of office life. To me, they provide the perfect training and challenge of my own architectural ability and provide a welcome break for architectural self-reflection.

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Author
Matthew Pratt
Country
United Kingdom
  • 9/10 Linework
  • 9/10 Quality of drawings
  • 8/10 Balance of color
  • 8/10 Layout
  • 9/10 Hierarchy
  • 10/10 Annotation
  • 9/10 Text
  • 9/10 Clarity of story
  • 9/10 Clarity of diagrams
  • 9/10 Quality of overall presentation

3rd Prize Winner

Project name

THE METABOLISM OF RAW EARTH

Our team members include professional architect, young scholars, and students, and we are consistently exploring what design is and what architecture is. Participating in competitions helps us make these discoveries. We exchanged existing design principles during these processes, discovered new design methodologies, and disputed new techniques and materials. Regarding architecture as a living organism, and giving each part of the building a definition in biology is the new methodology we found, and is effective for connecting each part.

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Authors
Delong Yang
Rixi Ye
Rongjie Zhang
Dan Liang
Country
China
  • 8/10 Linework
  • 9/10 Quality of drawings
  • 7/10 Balance of color
  • 7/10 Layout
  • 7/10 Hierarchy
  • 8/10 Annotation
  • 7/10 Text
  • 8/10 Clarity of story
  • 8/10 Clarity of diagrams
  • 7/10 Quality of overall presentation

BUILDNER STUDENT AWARD

Project name

Vine Art District

Architecture competition is field of opportunity to testify your architectural knowledge and aesthetic perception through out rapid pace of design process. From this process, you can strengthen your design ability by exploring yourself to the ocean of idea that you have never experienced. Also, it is the best resource for us to express our design capability to the public. Exposing our work throughout renowned medium can give us opportunity to develop ourselves as young architects.

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Authors
Myungju Ko
Seonggeun Hur
Country
United States
+72 points Buildner University Rankings
  • 10/10 Linework
  • 9/10 Quality of drawings
  • 10/10 Balance of color
  • 10/10 Layout
  • 10/10 Hierarchy
  • 10/10 Annotation
  • 9/10 Text
  • 10/10 Clarity of story
  • 10/10 Clarity of diagrams
  • 10/10 Quality of overall presentation

BUILDNER SUSTAINABILITY AWARD

Project name

Canopy

We think that architecture competition is a really productive way for students to experience the architectural design workflow in the real world. The brief requirement is very detailed yet imaginative enough for us to propose progressive solutions that can best suit the social and cultural context. This is very similar to how professional architects are encountered in everyday scenarios. Given the immense time limitation, it also encourages us to work collaboratively and think outside of the box, while compiling it in a professional manner. The process of design also helps to strengthen our graphic and digital skills in a short time, such learning progress is very important in our education in the future.

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Authors
Michael Kan
Kelly Tanim
Kevin Chen
Country
United Kingdom
+72 points Buildner University Rankings
  • 9/10 Linework
  • 10/10 Quality of drawings
  • 10/10 Balance of color
  • 10/10 Layout
  • 10/10 Hierarchy
  • 10/10 Annotation
  • 8/10 Text
  • 10/10 Clarity of story
  • 10/10 Clarity of diagrams
  • 10/10 Quality of overall presentation

Client Favorite

Project name

The Common Ground

Working in competitions challenge me to jump out of my comfort zone. To work on projects that are in a different context than my usual work. It is also a great way to test out my skills in problem-solving and graphic communication.

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Author
Phoebe Tse
Country
Australia
+22 points Buildner University Rankings

Honorable Mentions

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Project name

La Coma Hive

Company
Authors
Alexander Herrera-rojas
Kasia Ziolkowska
Rafael Dominguez
Country
United Kingdom
Project name

In nome di Gaudì

The main aim of the participating in architectural competitions is to keep up with the times and constantly develop creativity, to learn with others and from others.

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Company
Authors
Ekaterina Ivanova
Pietro Giromini
Country
Italy
Project name

A Local Symbol

Authors
Mohamed Ait oual
Phan Dang phan
Country
France
Project name

Natural Neural Networks

Project name

embedded grounds

Authors
Kwang Hoon Lee
So Jung Lee
Jeongwoo Kim
Country
South Korea
Project name

Harvest Arches

University
Authors
Franny Chang
Erin Judkins
Country
Australia
+72 points Buildner University Rankings

Shortlisted projects

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El Fil

Daler sofia Alvarez medina

Universidad Francisco de Vitoria

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Spain

Organic Growth

Rose Niakan

The University of Adelaide

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Australia

Unfurling the Dragon

Aaradhana Aiyappa
Pragati Nayak
Purvi Sharma
Joel Joseph

Atelier Array

India

Gaudi La Coma artists' residence and cultural center

Asa Barak
Daniel Cazap
Sofia Modesti Funes
Romy Zheng
United States

With Strings Attached

Melissa Cordova argueta
Raquel Arnaiz

Universidad Francisco de Vitoria

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Spain

A Local Symbol

Mohamed Ait oual
Phan Dang phan
France

Parc Modernisme'

Matthew Pratt
United Kingdom

Terrazas Artist Residences

Sergio Bernier
Abel Juarez
Isuí Rodriguez

Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Spain

GüEBRA

Ignacio Pardo de santayana

Universidad Francisco de Vitoria

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Spain

Opened to the horizon

Gabriel Mascaraque navarro

Universidad Francisco de Vitoria

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Spain

Mimesis

Marina Del barrio
Paula Fernández-layos

Universidad Francisco de Vitoria

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Spain

Gaudi La Coma Artist Residences

Refael De la fontaine
Dima Zaretsky
Miran Calmanovici

De La Fontaine Architects ltd.

Israel

embedded grounds

Kwang Hoon Lee
So Jung Lee
Jeongwoo Kim
South Korea

La Coma Hive

Alexander Herrera-rojas
Kasia Ziolkowska
Rafael Dominguez

ARTES London

United Kingdom

The Stone Path

Gareth Cotter
United Kingdom

ILLUSORY TRANSLATED INTO GROTTOES

Jingyang Huang
Yu zhou Tong
Zeng jian Wei
Dan Liang
United Kingdom

THE METABOLISM OF RAW EARTH

Delong Yang
Rixi Ye
Rongjie Zhang
Dan Liang
China

JOYA - Residential and Educational Complex

Chang Yang
Leyang Ding
Jiayu Lu
United Kingdom

Canopy

Michael Kan
Kelly Tanim
Kevin Chen
United Kingdom

La Plataforma

Sabrina Findlay
Delan Aribigbola
Cristian Liu Chang
United Kingdom

Lines in the Landscape

Bartu Tort
Allegra Keys
Ellis Shiels
United Kingdom

Opus Loci

Nathanaël Pinard
Marc Viaud
Victor Dussap
Félix Roudier-Canler

Collectif Carré Noir

France

Retrace the Earth

Ryo Murata
Isabelle Nobayashi
Chenyin Xu
Hiroki Moriya
Japan

Gaudi La Coma - Artist Education Hub

Irwan arifin Lubis
Clarisa amanda Baker
Alifa azzahra Nasution
Reynaldi Azmi
Indonesia

Los Pasos

Atikah Rizkiyah
Deden ikbaltrus Kaban
Rafiqah Zhafirah siregar
Keumala Shatila Harahap
Indonesia

Natural Neural Networks

Yue Liu
Australia

La Rama : Connected Space

Laviana Tan
Kristin Regina
Devin defriza Harisdani
Puguh ramos Swardana
Indonesia

Gaudi La Coma Artists’ Residences-Nature

Maria Pepelanova
Bulgaria

The Olive Garden

Jared Clark
Australia

ROMPECABEZA

Aurora chiara Ianniello
Paolo Mezzadri
Chiara Felice
Lucia Concetta Vincelli
Italy

La C(,)ma, the place where imagination and reality meet.

Catalina Adelgoss-mejia
David Geiman
Germany

The Common Ground

Phoebe Tse
Australia

Herència Cultural Center

Orlando Echevarría garcía
Jean C Vega Díaz
Puerto Rico

Artestructura

Gerard thomas Joson
Kiel Aranda
Amado magne ii Lopez
Karlson spencer Ty
Philippines

Gaudi La Coma; La Puebla De Mosaic

Eunseo Choi
Myungsun Kim
South Korea

Harvest Arches

Franny Chang
Erin Judkins
Australia

Vine Art District

Myungju Ko
Seonggeun Hur

GSAPP, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture

+72 points Buildner University Rankings!
United States

LEAF

Stephen Lloyd
United States

In nome di Gaudì

Ekaterina Ivanova
Pietro Giromini

URGES SRL

Italy

Gaudi La Coma Artists' Residences

John Le harivel
New Zealand