The Lying Door ///
Doors facilitate the transition between spaces, but it is taken for granted that those spaces are adjacent to one another. What if some doors could not be trusted to lead to the next room? Instead, a door may lead to another area of a building, or even to the other side of the world? How might people react to a dishonest door that teleports to unpredictable locations? What are consequences for buildings and society when any door could be deceptive? What happens when doors begin to lie?
Participants are asked to consider doors that are unpredictable rather than controllable portals to desired locations. Submissions may be technical, conceptual, practical, and/or artistic.
JURORS ///
Nadia Elokdah
Brooklyn, New York, United States
B.Arch - Temple University
Pursuing M.A. Theories of Urban Practice Candidate, Parsons The New School for Design
Firm: Perkins Eastman
Robert Palladino
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
B.Arch, Temple University
Firm: Landmark Architectural Design
Julie Tadros
London, United Kingdom
MA Architecture and Urbanism,
MArch. Manchester School of Architecture
RESULTS ///
ENTRIES ///
ENTRIES
Africa
Asia
Europe
N. America
S. America
Oceania
Siska Butar Butar
South Jakarta, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia
Dammy Lee & Hyun Chung
New York City, New York, United States
Matthew Bloomfield
London, United Kingdom
Fabrizio Gesuelli
Rome, Italy
Bennett Oh
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Alfredo Di Zenzo & Daniel Felix
Florence, Italy & Guimarães, Portugal
Rangsiwat Yamkasikorn
Chatuchuk, Bangkok, Thailand
Siska Butar Butar
South Jakarta, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia
JURY COMMENTS ///
"This entry presents a dense world seemingly without reliable thresholds, insisting upon alternative patterns and processes of moving through space. What becomes of a society where the door can no longer distinguish spaces of inhabitation? Does every surface become inhabitable? What is lost and what is gained through such deception?"
Dammy Lee & Hyun Chung
New York City, New York, United States
JURY COMMENTS ///
"This graphic encourages the idea that a material door is not necessary to create a barrier or entry point. The idea of an unexpected sensory experience interrupting a direct entry route is a creative response to the brief. This entry presents a lying door that provides an adventurous diversion."
Matthew Bloomfield
London, United Kingdom
JURY COMMENTS ///
"This graphic explores the idea that doors are entry points, but only when they communicate their function effectively to the user. This highlights the symbolic value of doors. Thought provoking and well illustrated with clear graphics."
"This entry really caught my attention. I can only imagine the mental anguish of trying to survive in a world in which walking through a common door may send me to the other side of the planet. To me, this seems to be the aftermath of someone’s mental breakdown. This entry really took into account the human condition."
Fabrizio Gesuelli
Rome, Italy
JURY COMMENTS ///
"This entry is intriguing as the participant introduces the process of navigating through doors within a mundane space as discursive when that space begins to lie to the user. The conversation between the characters and the disorienting relationship to the maze of doors allows for the visual complication of this process."
"I thought this was graphically well done. I enjoyed the imagery and what it provoked in me more than the intended concept itself. The imagery reminded me of some sort of traveler’s purgatory, or the in-between space which lies between destinations."
Bennett Oh
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
JURY COMMENTS ///
"I liked this one because it chronicles human consciousness and is somewhat analogous to how many of us live our lives. It makes you think about why we do certain things. In a world where these unpredictable portals exist, what would be our reasons for passing through them? For some of us it is to explore the unknown, for others it is not a choice, but a necessity. Some may choose never to step foot through another door ever again."
Alfredo Di Zenzo & Daniel Felix
Florence, Italy & Guimarães, Portugal
JURY COMMENTS ///
"This entry has reversed the role between walls and doors, inverting the balance between connections and barriers. This is a creative and playful response to the brief, which provokes one to think about doors as the part of the structure we can control and change, allowing for different possibilities within the internal layout of a plan."
Rangsiwat Yamkasikorn
Chatuchuk, Bangkok, Thailand
JURY COMMENTS ///
"This understated entry offers a unique perspective surrounding the role of the lying door; while compositionally simple, the context is intriguingly complex. Does this ghost door imply habitability or potential for comfort within an abandoned or discarded space? Is this door an entry or an exit? Preserving or offering escape?"
Pat Likitswat
Suratthani, Thailand
Jeffrey Lesh
Elmhurst, Illinois, United States
Anne Sewell
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Kim de Regt
Amsterdam, Holland
Andritsopoulou Nafsika
Athens, Greece
Divya Krishna Kumar
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Ivy Ju
Flushing, New York, United States
Sanya Bolia
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Jacob Pfahl
Dayton, Ohio, United States
Josie Northern Harrison
Vancouver, British Columbia, United States
Ninad Sadanand Warghade
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Dia Roi
Ecuador
Soumyajit Maiti
Kolkata, India
Tim Keesee
Clemson, South Carolina, United States
Ada Erdem
New York City, New York, United States
Diego Stefani
Milan, Italy
Mina Rafiee
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
