Foreword

The competition for an auditorium at the Riga International Convention Centre invites critical consideration of an all too often neglected urban function. The importance of this competition arises from its social and cultural circumstance: a reappraisal of the convention center, a somewhat problematic though ubiquitous paradigm in its current form, besmirching the fabric of many contemporary cities.

A product of global corporatism and commercialism from the last century, kinfolk include convention facilities, civic and convention centers worldwide. Poised as an architectural competition, the prompt optimistically recalls and aspires to the architectural heritage of this program’s archeology, conjuring perhaps in principle the Greek agora or Roman fora, and more resolutely, early manifestations of the global industrial revolution, the monumentality and polity of long span structures and exposition halls of the great world fairs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The competition demands a well considered alternative to sprawling multi-block exhibition structures of the last quarter century, precedented by car parks and urban reclusion.

While submissions to the competition varied, successful proposals demonstrated shared characteristics and vision, effectively engaging and integrating disparate elements of both program and site, reinvesting an estranged program in the urban landscape. Selected projects establish a compelling argument to redefine and reestablish the public and civic facility of the contemporary typology for an exhibition center.

COMPETITION ORGANISERS
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Auditorium Kip Island 
Auditorium

1st Prize Winner

Project name

The Urban Lighthouse

We enjoy participating in Architectural Competitions as we see them as a healthy, refreshing way of putting our ideas out in the open, and a constant stimulus to move forward from from what we have already accomplished within our realm.

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2nd Prize Winner +
BB STUDENT AWARD +
BB GREEN AWARD

Project name

Kip Island Auditorium

The way we see it, these competitions are a great way to try new things out. Their informal nature allows us to experiment with the way we design, work and collaborate. They also provide a platform to broadcast our ideas to a bigger audience.

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Authors Deyan Saev, Panayiotis Hadjisergis,
Country Netherlands
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3rd Prize Winner

Project name

Agir

This kind of competitions allows us to concentrate on the new design methods and relationships that could offer new form-type buildings with new uses and promote rapid change in our society. In the case of Kip Island Auditorium, we wanted to study how plans, sections and the building-type-form of a concert hall or an auditorium from the past century have changed to a new direction. Architecture vision competitions are the right place to explore the question of how to combine urban context, program solutions and the way users will interact with the building.

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Authors Moisés Royo, Carlos Orbea, Gonzalo García-Robledo, Cristina Martín Consuegra
Country Spain

Honorable Mentions

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Project name

Kip Island Auditorium

Authors Jacques Brandt, Leonardo Ronchi, Fangyi Chang,
Country Italy
Project name

360° Kip Island Auditorium

Company Mias architects
Country Spain
Project name

Kip Island Auditorium

Project name

Kip Island Auditorium

Authors Riccardo Renzi, Jovana Markovich, Arokiagracy Sagayam, Gabriele Marinari,
Country Italy
Project name

Kip Island Auditorium

Authors Jean Pierre Porcher, Margarida Oliveira, Iciar de las Casas, Jose María Sierra
Country Portugal
Project name

Kip Island Auditorium

Authors Matthew Coulombe, Austin Crowley,
Country United States

Shortlisted projects

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lap chi kwong

alison von glinow

United States

kito samson

carmem aires

kamilla koyama

Brazil

amy slattery

Odimo

United States

aalhad pande

jasvinder singh

bilal khan

pragati swaraj

N+u design studio

India

ingmar vitvitskiy

Ingmar

Russian Federation

jared winchester

farrokh rostami kia

cory greenfield

United States

alireza danesh

savannah alhaj

mathew hagen

Canada

motoki yasuhara

atsuo arii

komuro tatsuaki

Japan

Kip Island Auditorium

matthew coulombe

austin crowley

United States

arief isrefidianto

ardho ghufron utoma

Indonesia

muath muayyad

ahmad al refai

qusai jallad

Jordan

matthias bürgel

Germany

bogdan-george drig

andrea-alexandra luca

ana-maria sirbu

Romania

victor gaspar chavez alcantara

mariana yollohtzin tafoya garcia

Mexico

Agir

moisés royo

carlos orbea

gonzalo garcía-robledo

cristina martín consuegra

Spain

ahmed khouja

alina oueishek

Damj design + craft

Lebanon

john myefski

josh sacks

matt carlton

morten kristensen

Myefski architects

United States

fabrizio capolei

pierfrancesco capolei

florindo ricciuti

benedetta gaiani

Capolei cavalli architetti associati

Italy

brandon mooi

tomas mashidlauskas

affan adil khan

roger mushtaq

roger mushtaq

haider saeed

sadia faisal

Anjum adil and associates

Pakistan

ramla benaissa

United States

yan li

teng yang

China

johan meisel

branko kovacevic

Sweden

The Urban Lighthouse

michele busiri-vici

clementina ruggieri

matteo biasiolo

pino pavese

Space4architecture

United States

kohki hiranuma

Japan

manuel caicoya jaquete

fernando reyes bernal

Yeah

Spain

lewis mazzoli

jason tam

Australia

brett moss

daniel rodriguez

jorge san martin

jorge rodriguez

United States

ali Önalp

burak yardımcı

erhan arslan

güney gültekin

Turkey

ismini theodosopoulou

stella pavlidou

Greece

nicola brembilla

francesco diamante

tommaso lolli

matteo bianchi

Italy

winfried verheul

Academie van bouwkunst amsterdam

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Netherlands

kacper gronkiewicz

jan gronkiewicz

konstanty stajniak

Poland

grant alford

United States

sung goo yang

United States

michael wacht

United States

ji-hwan park

blake pettus

ben blakeman

United States

raul grioni

donatella iacobelli

yuleica verenzuela

francisco carreño

Venezuela

Kip Island Auditorium

jean pierre porcher

margarida oliveira

iciar de las casas

jose maría sierra

Portugal

Kip Island Auditorium

erol erdem

evren can dursun

United States

Kip Island Auditorium

raniero botti

marco dondolini

amin marandi

masoud mehrabi

Sycamore s.r.l. uninominale

Italy

danielle farebrother

megan heaton

kurt dietrich

Kreate architecture and design ltd.

Canada

aidan doyle

sarah wan

United States

inga kruliene

shahab heidari faroughi

keith lindberg

matthew hart

Design republic partners architects, llp

United States

bartosz bochynski

liliana szulakowska

ostap nenich

piotr kluszczynski

Poland

Kip Island Auditorium

riccardo renzi

jovana markovich

arokiagracy sagayam

gabriele marinari

Italy

tomas deverill

Argentina

louis massonnet

France

simon bonne

rafael gil

sandra gaitan

Andrzej frycz modrzewski krakow university

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Poland

dominic lloyd

Ireland

jakub swidzinski

jakub swidzinski

Silesian university of technology

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Poland

foivos sigalas

anna salti

Greece

lauren pui lam tang

andy hadley

United Kingdom

quirin batsch

Staatliche akademie der bildenden künste stuttgart

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Germany

KIP ISLAND AUDITORIUM

yonatan e. lópez páez

Mexico

margherita manzon

giovanni vendrame

alvise moretti

Italy

josep mias

marc subirana

ona marija auskelyte

Mias architects

Spain

myat htoo aung

yiyi zhou

United States

Kip Island Auditorium

jacques brandt

leonardo ronchi

fangyi chang

Italy

leila rouhani

France

bosseno eddy

France

alexander ovcharenko

alon rozen

Israel

omar isaías moreno silva

maría teresa bustamante morales

alejandro lozano

Mexico

Kip Island Auditorium

deyan saev

panayiotis hadjisergis

Technical university delft

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Netherlands

quyet tien ngo

quyet tien ngo

Vietnam
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