Introduction

COMPETITION ORGANISERS
Pavilion Of Humanity: 
First Contact Pavilion Of Humanity: 
First Contact

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!

We sincerely thank our jury panel
for their time and expertise

James Biber

Biber Architects

USA

Michele Molè

Founder and Director, Nemesi Architects

Italy

Juan Pablo R. Frade

Frade Arquitectos

Spain

Lydia Kallipoliti

Tallin Architecture Biennale, ANAcycle thinktank

USA

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
Project name

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

Authors
Claire Roy
Adélie Collard
Country
France
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