Introduction

COMPETITION ORGANISERS
Museum of 
Emotions

Buildner is excited to announce the results for the fourth edition of its Museum of Emotions Competition!

The event once again tasked participants with exploring the extent to which architecture can be used as a tool to evoke emotion. The brief called for the design of a museum comprising two exhibition halls: one designed to induce negative emotions; the other designed to induce positive emotions. Participants were free to choose any site, real or imaginary, as well as choose the scale of the project. The definition of ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ emotions was also up for interpretation: whether fear, anger, anxiety, love, happiness, how might a designer define or conceive a corresponding space?

The Museum of Emotions is one of Buildner's silent competitions, in which participants must communicate ideas using imagery void of text in any form: titles, captions, words rendered within visuals, even annotations related to scale or cardinal directions.

Buildner worked with a strong international jury panel to evaluate the received entries: Julien de Smedt is Founder of Brussels-based JDS Architects; Stephanie Deumer is a Canadian Visual Artist currently living and working in Los Angeles; Sonia Gagné is Partner at Montréal-based practice Provencher_Roy; Daniela Holt Voith is Founding Principal and Director of Design at Voith & Mactavish Architects; Lydia Kallipoliti is an architect, engineer, scholar and an Assistant Professor at the Cooper Union in New York and Principal of ANAcycle thinktank; James Krueger is Design Principal at HMC Architects’ in San Diego, California; Nuno Pimenta runs a transdisciplinary practice in Porto, with a portfolio that spans temporary architecture, installation, public art, exhibition design and performance; Italy-based architect Angelo Renna; and Lukas Rungger, Co-founder of NOA - architecture and interior design studio.

Buildner and its jury panel thank each participant for submitting to this event, which received outstanding entries from around the globe!

We sincerely thank our jury panel
for their time and expertise

Julien De Smedt

JDS Architects

Denmark

Stephanie Deumer

Visual Artist

USA

Sonia Gagné

Provencher_Roy

Canada

Daniela Holt Voith

principal and director of design, Voith & Mactavish Architects

USA

Lydia Kallipoliti

Tallin Architecture Biennale, ANAcycle thinktank

USA

James Krueger

Design Principal in HMC Architects

USA

Françoise N’Thépé

Françoise N'THEPE - Architecture & Design

France

Nuno Pimenta

NUNO PIMENTA

Portugal

Angelo Renna

Architect

Italy

Lukas Rungger

noa* network of architecture

Italy

Enter the next competition edition
Museum of 
Emotions

Use architecture to create different emotional states

Edition #6 ideas COMPETITION SILENT CONTEST For this competition, NO DESCRIPTION TEXT is allowed. The architecture ideas must be communicated strictly with visuals.

1st Prize Winner +
Buildner Sustainability Award

Project name

Open Secret

Authors
Deimjanas Gološčiapovas
Rimgaudas Prašmutas
Country
Lithuania
  • 8/10 Linework
  • 10/10 Quality of drawings
  • 10/10 Balance of color
  • 9/10 Layout
  • 10/10 Hierarchy
  • N/A Annotation
  • N/A Text
  • 9/10 Clarity of story
  • 10/10 Clarity of diagrams
  • 10/10 Quality of overall presentation

2nd Prize Winner +
Buildner Student Award

Project name

How do you affect others ?

The competition provides us with an opportunity to explore and challenge various topics, pushing us beyond our comfort zones to try different types, thus fostering a continuous learning process. In competitions, we are often faced with numerous requirements and constraints, similar to those encountered in future architectural practice. However, they are also more theoretical, which stimulates our imagination and creativity. This is particularly meaningful for us as students.

Read full interview
Authors
Yujie Weng
Mengmeng Bu
Country
New Zealand
+142 points Buildner University Rankings
  • 10/10 Linework
  • 10/10 Quality of drawings
  • 9/10 Balance of color
  • 9/10 Layout
  • 10/10 Hierarchy
  • N/A Annotation
  • N/A Text
  • 10/10 Clarity of story
  • 10/10 Clarity of diagrams
  • 10/10 Quality of overall presentation

3rd Prize Winner

Project name

Tower

Authors
Wenshan Peng
Rod Luo
Weiqi Fan
Country
China
  • 6/10 Linework
  • 9/10 Quality of drawings
  • 9/10 Balance of color
  • 9/10 Layout
  • 9/10 Hierarchy
  • N/A Annotation
  • N/A Text
  • 8/10 Clarity of story
  • 8/10 Clarity of diagrams
  • 8/10 Quality of overall presentation

Honorable Mentions

Show Honorables Mentions (6 of 6) Hide Honorables Mentions projects
Project name

Time Refurbishment

Participating in architectural competitions offers an even playing field for people at different stages and exposures within the profession. When students and professionals are given the opportunity to compete together the experience can push the boundaries of knowledge and creativity. This expansion can challenge preexisting concepts and ultimately push the profession forward by sparking innovation and solving existing challenges in new ways. Additionally, networking with peers while tackling intriguing challenges also presents a splendid opportunity.

Read full interview
Authors
Sara Hoxha
Maria A Patino-Ayavaca
Country
United States
Project name

It's Up To You

Competitions provide opportunities to tackle innovative design challenges, fostering skill development and creativity, and exploring new ideas and design approaches that might not be encountered in everyday work.

Read full interview
Authors
Francesco Corvino
Maria Valentina Cosani
Country
United Kingdom
Project name

Everflow

Authors
Ken Hayashi
Long Xu
Milica Cetković
Country
Italy
+72 points Buildner University Rankings
Project name

The price of The Oasis

Participating in architecture competitions allows us to challenge ourselves and see our group dynamic with a project outside university. It is a way for us to test our abilities and explore our boundaries.

Read full interview
Authors
Aaron Bione
Cristina García Nogueroles
Bianca Lorena Patcas Benedic
Country
Spain
+72 points Buildner University Rankings
Project name

Sentinel of Emotions

Despite many years of graduation, this is the first competition I have participated in. The fascinating theme and the opportunity to express a project about emotions, without texts and captions, instigated me to invite my colleagues to join me and together we formed a vibrant and creative team of ideas.

Read full interview
Author
Lucila Machado Campiglia
Country
Brazil
Project name

Limbus 235

Taking part in architecture competions is a way for us to break the routine of our day to day job. It allows us to push design boundaries and take to the extreme concept ideas that stem from our unique approach to briefs and architecture visions.

Read full interview
Authors
Lorenzo Pio Paladino
Maria Lucia D'alessio
Country
United Kingdom

Shortlisted projects

Show Shortlisted projects Hide Shortlisted projects

The Hill

Hoemin Kim
South Korea

A/ENIGMA

Danai Papaioannou
Nefeli Athanasia Bougioukou
Afrodite Morelatou
Almperto Otsifos

The University of Nicosia, UNIC

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Cyprus

Your Abyss

Shouta Kanehira
Japan

labyrinth

Yiqin Wang
China

Sentinel of Emotions

Lucila Machado Campiglia
Brazil

Impressions in Impressionism

Ruth Hunter Iglehart
United States

EXIT

Bohdan Kurnitskyi

DARgroup&partners

Ukraine

Agoraphobia

Chen Junheng
Lei Lu
China

Prejudice

Seohee Kim
South Korea

Take The Stairs

Max Stephen
Australia

How you'll take your emotions

Woochan Lee
Yuri Cho
South Korea

Limbus 235

Lorenzo Pio Paladino
Maria Lucia D'alessio
United Kingdom

About duality

수민 유
South Korea

IMBRICATED

Ryou Youngmin
Kim Jiyeon
South Korea

Open Secret

Deimjanas Gološčiapovas
Rimgaudas Prašmutas
Lithuania

Surrogacy

Hsuan-Te Li
Marko Ristovski
Colin Chan
Canada

7 BLIND MICE

Unji Shin
Minju Suk
South Korea

The price of The Oasis

Aaron Bione
Cristina García Nogueroles
Bianca Lorena Patcas Benedic

ETSAM: Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (UPM)

+72 points Buildner University Rankings!
Spain

Round Rhapsody

Ye Lyu
Tianhao Fu
United States

Tower

Wenshan Peng
Rod Luo
Weiqi Fan
China

Ambivalence of Light

Jungha Kim
Lee Yujin
Hyejeong Kim
South Korea

Circle of Life

Tobias Fred Bryhagen
Edna Omeragic
Sweden

It's Up To You

Francesco Corvino
Maria Valentina Cosani
United Kingdom

Dissemblance

Sinhong Wang

Toronto Metropolitan University - TMU

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Canada

The Rock

Elena Damaševičiūte
Kristina Sutkutė
Lithuania

How do you affect others ?

Yujie Weng
Mengmeng Bu
New Zealand

Time Refurbishment

Sara Hoxha
Maria A Patino-Ayavaca

Antonucci & Associates Architects & Engineers

United States

Overflow of Emotions

Athikpreuk Hang
Cambodia

Everflow

Ken Hayashi
Long Xu
Milica Cetković

Politecnico di Milano / Polytechnic University of Milan

+72 points Buildner University Rankings!
Italy

The living museum

Sarah Marion Benard
France

The Solace Shores

Jiaxuan Qin

University of Nottingham Ningbo

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Japan

The Path of Life

Stephany Xiomara Melgar Montoya

Norwalk Community College

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
United States

The allegory of liberty

Luning Zhang
国轶 马

Taiyuan University of Technology

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
China

Light Play

Elian Salmimaa
Finland

ESSENCE OF ABSENCE

Demián Flores

Faculty of Architecture (Facultad de Arquitectura UNAM)

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Mexico

Emotional Maze

Julia Maria Wieckowska
Patrycja Jolanta Iskra

Silesian University of Technology, Politechnika Śląska

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Poland

Inner Quest

Cristian Ignacio Salas Tobar
Florencia Ignacia Nitrigual Paredes
Daniela Andrea Leon RodrÍguez

The Adolfo Ibáñez University - Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Chile

Being Myself

Jose Carlos Huaman Torres
Peru

By a thread

Malin Jenny Maria Persson
Sweden

Dear Child

Ebba Diamanti
Sweden