Introduction

COMPETITION ORGANISERS
Painters'
Lake House

Buildner is pleased to announce the results of its Painter’s Lake House International Competition!

For this competition, Buildner sought designs for a painters' residence to be located on the beautiful shore of Cernostes Lake, in one of Europe’s greenest countries, Latvia.

The site includes an existing home once inhabited by two brothers with their families. The site owners are now looking to transform it into a temporary home and workshop for painters. It will need to replace the current building and accommodate two painters with their own families for residencies that turn over every three months. The project is intended to be a prime example of sustainability and one which respects its natural environment.

Buildner worked with an international jury whose own portfolios include projects of similar scale, typology and ambition: Sam Brown is Co-founder of Glasgow-based O’DonnellBrown, a studio with a strong social conscience and a mission to bring about positive change: Marta Frazão, Filipe Rodrigues, and Inês Vicente are Partners at Atelier Data, a Lisbon-based office; Benedikt Hartl leads the activist architecture studio Opposite Office, which draws, writes, imagines and builds architectural stories: Marco Lavit runs Paris-based Atelier LAVIT which has completed such projects as a series of floating cabins for a hotel in Châteauneuf-du-Pape; Marta Maccaglia is Founder of Peru-based Asociación Semillas and a Professor at the architecture department of Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de América Latina (Ucal); Francesca Perani runs Francesca Perani Enterprise based in Bergamo, Italy, and is co-founder and curator of activist project RebelArchitette advocating for equality in architecture; and Tom Schroeder is a senior architect with Patkau Architects and a guest critic and faculty member at the University of British Columbia.

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

Marta Maccaglia

Asociación Semillas

Peru

Tom Schroeder

Patkau Architects

Canada

Francesca Perani

Francesca Perani Enterprise

Italy

Marco Lavit

founder of Atelier LAVIT

France

Sam Brown

O’DonnellBrown

Scotland

Marta Frazão

Partners at Atelier Data

Portugal

Filipe Rodrigues

Partners at Atelier Data

Portugal

Inês Vicente

Partners at Atelier Data

Portugal

Benedikt Hartl

Opposite Office

Germany

1st Prize Winner

Project name

Trio for Duo

After years of architectural study and subsequent work, the understanding and views of architectural design have gradually accumulated or changed. As a profession between rationality and art, there are many aspects in the design process that can restrict architects from expressing their ideas and showing their unique style. Through architectural competitions, we can better, and to some extent more freely, show our creativity. Even many buildings that are difficult to realize in real life can be boldly attempted in architectural competitions, which also promotes the development of the architectural industry to a certain extent and provides more possibilities for architectural design.

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Authors
Shilan Yu
Moye Guo
Guisong Zhang
Country
Germany
  • 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

2nd Prize Winner

Project name

Picturesque

Participating in competitions allows me to focus on conceptual thinking. I always try to pick something new, a subject or a programme I haven’t had the chance to approach before, so I learn a lot in doing research this way. It is an excellent way to better your concept approach, learning about new technologies, adding a great project to your portfolio, etc.

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  • 10/10 Linework
  • 10/10 Quality of drawings
  • 9/10 Balance of color
  • 9/10 Layout
  • 9/10 Hierarchy
  • 9/10 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

MUZA HOUSE

Collaboration elevates design quality by fostering a broad range of perspectives and creative problem-solving by integrating the design approach of various architects. Competitions produce demanding programmes that call for these original and comprehensive concepts. By participating in architecture competitions, we hope to promote improved design quality through collaborative design.

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Authors
Kaan Oncuoglu
Ekin Guzer
Sevin Erkenek
Orcun Cinar
Country
Turkey
  • 6/10 Linework
  • 7/10 Quality of drawings
  • 9/10 Balance of color
  • 6/10 Layout
  • 5/10 Hierarchy
  • 7/10 Annotation
  • 7/10 Text
  • 7/10 Clarity of story
  • 7/10 Clarity of diagrams
  • 7/10 Quality of overall presentation

Buildner Student Award +
Buildner Sustainability Award

Project name

The Ripple

I wasn't entirely satisfied with my academic projects, and so external competitions were both a way of improving my skills in designing, and also served as an act of redemption to prove myself.

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  • 10/10 Linework
  • 10/10 Quality of drawings
  • 8/10 Balance of color
  • 10/10 Layout
  • 9/10 Hierarchy
  • 10/10 Annotation
  • 10/10 Text
  • 10/10 Clarity of story
  • 10/10 Clarity of diagrams
  • 9/10 Quality of overall presentation

Client Favorite

Project name

Studio by Still Waters

It is an opportunity to challenge ourselves and think in unconventional ways, working with other themes, settings, and frames than what our common projects provide. It is not every day we are asked to design dwellings for bats for example. Competitions also give us the opportunity to work in landscapes and environments which are different from ours. In addition, it allows us to immerse ourselves in new knowledge, find new inspiration and develop new ways of communicating our projects.

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Authors
Mats Kemppe
Kristina Masyte
Country
Norway

Honorable Mentions

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Project name

Under a Common Sky

Author
Flynn Lewer
Country
Finland
Project name

COEXISTANCE

Author
Mohamed Isak
Country
Denmark
Project name

Borderline

Authors
Linnea Holmberg
Kalle Zetterholm
Tobias Puhlmann
Charlie Tomlinson
Country
Sweden
Project name

Painters' Lake House

Project name

Levitated House

Authors
Daeho Lee
Beomki Lee
Jaeyual Lee
Country
United States
Project name

Āderu Namas - Ader House

Authors
Jakub Wichtowski
Tomasz Bekas
Country
Poland

Shortlisted projects

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Painters' Lake House

Łukasz Rossa
Adam Górka

Warsaw University of Technology , Politechnika Warszawska

+72 points Buildner University Rankings!
Poland

Picturesque

Cristina Popescu

Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism - UAUIM

+92 points Buildner University Rankings!
Romania

A House for Painters

Nichola Barrington-leach
United Kingdom

STUDIO:RECREATE

Tor Möller
Sweden

Four Seasons House

Claudio Carrieri
Vittorio Gemignani
Francesco emanuele Capaldi
Italy

Safe Haven Barn

Alexandru v. Chirita
Romania

X HOUSE

Junfu Cui
Baiyang Kong
Jingyi Xu
Zhaoxuan Yang
United States

Modular Art House

Mat Winter
Canada

Canvas Painters' House

Skarlet Escobar

The University of La Serena - University of La Serena

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Chile

Turnaround

Ioana otilia Popescu
Madalina Facaeru
Alexandra Moise
Carolina Zecheru

Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism - UAUIM

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Romania

Villa Atelier

Devin Dobrowolski
United States

Cut through the woods

Anastasiia Vinidiktova
Olena Dobrovolska
Nikolay K
Marian Beresh

balbek bureau

Ukraine

THE IN-BETWEEN. A concept for a lake house

Marcos Panayides
Dionysios Kakoulis
Cyprus

Levitated House

Daeho Lee
Beomki Lee
Jaeyual Lee
United States

Split house

Julien De muynck
Julien de Muynck
Marine Burtonboy
Belgium

Painters' Hiding

Sándor Cseke
Norbert Virág

Ybl Miklós Faculty of Building Science (Óbudai Egyetem Ybl Miklós Építéstudományi Kar)

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Hungary

Borderline

Linnea Holmberg
Kalle Zetterholm
Tobias Puhlmann
Charlie Tomlinson
Sweden

Studio by Still Waters

Mats Kemppe
Kristina Masyte
Norway

Āderu Namas - Ader House

Jakub Wichtowski
Tomasz Bekas
Poland

COEXISTANCE

Mohamed Isak
Denmark

Of A Thousand Frames

Lorin Wiedemeier
Switzerland

THE NEST OF CREATION

Gabriel-andrei Alexoiu
Bianca-maria Paun
Cristiana-alexandra Comanici

CONIC DESIGN STUDIO SRL

Romania

Easel House

Shizuka Watanabe
Belgium

Painters' Lake House

Cristina Chen
Leticia naomi Umehara
Maria fernanda del giovannino de Oliveira
Larah agostinho Barbosa

USP – Universidade de São Paulo

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Brazil

The Painter's Lakehouse

Sara Venusti
United States

PAINTERS`LAKE HOUSE

Dean Li
XU LI
WEI LI
China

Lake View House

Miruna-liana Alexandru
Diana Oancea

Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism - UAUIM

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Romania

Trio for Duo

Shilan Yu
Moye Guo
Guisong Zhang
Germany

Canvas

Wenqi Huang
United States

The shelter

Pierre Fortunel

ENSAM - La Réunion, École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Montpellier (ENSAM École Nationale Supérieure D'architecture De Montpellier)

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
France

Under a Common Sky

Flynn Lewer
Finland

Painter's Cove

Mihai Moga-paler
Sergiu andrei Zamfir
Sorin Lepădatu
Romania

"praise of the shadow"

Felix Beyer
Vanessa Ebert

Dresden University of Technology (Technische Universität Dresden), TU Dresden

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Germany

Sojourn to the Shore

Peter Byrne
United Kingdom

Painter´s Lake Home

Ivana Milosevic
Austria

Viensētas

Nikita Lina
Vicky jia bao Wang
Canada

The Ripple

Hao Wen
Australia

Two studios. Two Living units. Under a single roof

Matan Gal
Dana Lieber gal
United States

MUZA HOUSE

Kaan Oncuoglu
Ekin Guzer
Sevin Erkenek
Orcun Cinar
Turkey

The Artist Village

Brandon Haarer
Austin Pelfrey
United States