Foreword

With the society deeply entrenched in the social, political, and economic complications of COVID-19 and climate change, this competition poses that now is the time to reflect on the positive aspects of humanity and its achievements.

The Pavilion of Humanity: First Contact ideas competition tasked participants with designing a structure encapsulating the best and brightest of our species in a way that, should we ever be visited by extraterrestrial lifeforms, would appropriately communicate the achievements of human civilization in a single space, constructed on a site chosen by the participants located anywhere on Earth.

Much like the Pioneer Plaques, placed aboard the 1972 NASA Pioneer 10 and 1973 Pioneer 11 spacecraft, that were intended to communicate a pictorial history of humanity, the Pavilion of Humanity is meant to represent the human race through architecture.

The jury gave preference to projects that established a clear conceptual, architectural position and that reconciled the abstract and theoretical with the physical. The jury was sensitive to each project’s position and the underlying assumptions driving each proposal’s conceptual framework. The shortlisted and winning projects contribute to architectural discourse on the purpose of form, meaning, abstraction, and experiential design. Bee Breeders teamed up with a fantastic jury panel with extensive experiences in exhibition or pavilion design. We thank this group for its time and thoughtful analysis of submissions.

Bee Breeders and its jury panel would like to thank all participants for their submissions!

COMPETITION ORGANISERS
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1st Prize Winner +
BB STUDENT AWARD

Project name

Human Civilization Monument

Architecture competitions have been an important part of innovation in the field for centuries. Over the past decades, architectural competitions have been able to find the best and unique designs for projects, and sometimes even to focus on social issues and promote social development.

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Authors Jinghua Yuan, Siyu Li, Wenhai Zheng, Dayou Du
Country China
+178 points Buildner University Rankings

2nd Prize Winner

Project name

The Visitor Center

Participating in architecture competitions is not an easy task, whether you are a professional or a student. It takes time to prepare a good project for any competition, and, quite frankly, it is not easy to win them. So, surely, they could start to feel like a wasted effort and a drain of intelligence, as Rem has put it. But at the same time, architectural competitions provide a platform for both the student and the professional to deliberate on a dissimilar typology, which can be beneficial in a number of different ways.

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Authors Shahram Arashzad, Fatemeh Kazemi
Country United States

3rd Prize Winner

Project name

The Stanford Binary Array

After graduating, opportunities to express and develop personal philosophies and ideas without constraints are rare for a young designer. Entering competitions has allowed me to do exactly this.

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Author Thiam Yi Donovan Ong
Country Australia

BB GREEN AWARD

Project name

Reforging the Ark of Humanity

We believe competitions are a platform for us to express our thoughts on social issues with architecture. It is a great way to explore and refine our architecture ethos through different architecture competitions.

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Authors Ryan Wai Yin Tung, Jacky ​Ho Yin Cheung, Long Kwan
Country Hong Kong

Honorable Mentions

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Project name

The Embrace

Authors Karlotte Kang, Kia hong Ngiam
Country Singapore
Project name

future ruins

Authors Marco Rosati, Lorenzo Rinaldi
Country Italy
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An Empty Room

Authors Alexa Burkle, Santiago Esquivel
Country Mexico
Project name

An Introduction to Humankind

Authors Sanad Wir, Diogo André Gonçalves Ferreira, Juan Manuel Jaramillo Londoño
Country Italy
Project name

Arcaibh

Project name

The Treasury

Authors Ziyu Zhao, Yongyi Liang
Country Sweden

Shortlisted projects

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INSIDE GOLDEN SPHERE IN THE PANTHEON

Vera Grieneisen

Felicitas maria Metzler kemmsies

Ulf torsten Kemmsies

Brazil

Quincunx

Agata Marzec

Poland

Arcaibh

Claire Roy

Adélie Collard

RERUM architectes

France

from being errant to being situated

Matias Bravo

Fernando Rodriguez

Chile

future ruins

Marco Rosati

Lorenzo Rinaldi

Italy

Eye contact matters

Sonia Szydłowska

Paulina Grosicka

Daria Lewandowska

Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Poland

Vita Mirabilis

Ryan Ford

New Zealand

The Visitor Center

Shahram Arashzad

Fatemeh Kazemi

United States

Khorismos

Daniel Eslava tovar

Universidad de los Andes

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Colombia

Pavilion Of Humanity

Marcus Simonet

Sönke Förster

Technische Universität Braunschweig

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Germany

US

Rolando jesús Vázquez martínez

Jose maría Alvarado alvarado

Mexico

Reforging the Ark of Humanity

Ryan Wai Yin Tung

Jacky ​Ho Yin Cheung

Long Kwan

Hong Kong

Pavilion of Humanity: A Venue for Mass Culture

Jared Barnett

United States

Pavilion of Perspectives

Gyo sun Hwang

Washington University in St. Louis

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
South Korea

PAVILION OF HUMANITY_the 4th wall

Jisun Kwon

Daphnie D'costa

United States

The Teotihuacan Passage

Arno Decorte

Nok yi Leung

Chayapa Udombunditkul

United Kingdom

Wandering Among Wonders

Rachel Livesey

United Kingdom

Zoetic

Silvia Galdamez

Aileene Han

Roberto Villasante

United States

An Empty Room

Alexa Burkle

Santiago Esquivel

Mexico

TIME TUNNEL

Hüseyin Gül

Sezer Yüzüak

Turkey

An Introduction to Humankind

Sanad Wir

Diogo André Gonçalves Ferreira

Juan Manuel Jaramillo Londoño

Italy

The Stanford Binary Array

Thiam Yi Donovan Ong

Australia

Serendipity

Roxanne Makountz

Julien Chalancon

France

THE GRAVEYARD

Saifur Rahman

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Bangladesh

Human Civilization Monument

Jinghua Yuan

Siyu Li

Wenhai Zheng

Dayou Du

China

" a_dubious_binary_digit"

Manuel jesus Ruiz valdivia

Patricio josé Martínez garcía

Inés Ruiz alcérreca

Universidad Europea de Madrid

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Spain

Perennial / Non Perennial

Nicolas enrique Ocampo hurtado

Andres felipe Rodriguez restrepo

Karen daniela León carrillo

Christian gerardo Arias guerrero

Colombia

Pantheon of humanity

Hye seung Kim

So young Yoon

South Korea

The Treasury

Ziyu Zhao

Yongyi Liang

Sweden

NFO ISLAND

Jakub Jurga

Poland

From Canons to Ploughshares

Matteo Calafiura-soleri

Illinois Institute of Technology

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
United States

Pavilion of Humanity

Ketelyn Schiochet jardim

Kauã Domingues

Brazil

Umwelt

Victor(seulmir) Yu

Geonhee Park

Eric Lee

Derek Jeong

New Zealand

The Bridge

Federico Caputo

Netherlands

The Ark

Ben Mc quaid

Ireland

POST-ANTHROPOCENE

Luming Xiao

Shanle Lin

OMAR AL-HASSAWI

Washington State University

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
United States

House of Man - Chernobyl

Yichen Zhai

Jimmy He

Australia

The Embrace

Karlotte Kang

Kia hong Ngiam

Singapore

ORIGINS PAVILION

Sebastian Guzman

Ahmed Mohamed

Ecuador

The Oculus

Thomas Connolly

Molly-ann Fitzgerald

Waterford Institue of Technology

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Ireland