OCTOBER 2014 COMPETITION
The Fornicating Form ///
Architectural form is not created in a vacuum; it is part of a larger lineage of local patterns, technological trends, and architectural styles. As with biologic evolution, progress in architecture is composed of more incremental refinements than monumental shifts. While designers facilitate the inheritance of architectural form, most biologic reproduction is without intention or aim. What if buildings could procreate independently through nature-inspired mechanisms? How might the form of multiple buildings be hybridized to create new forms? How is our relationship to architecture changed when its production is out of our control? What happens when architectural form begins to fornicate?
JURORS ///
Jessie Couture
Wilmington, Vermont, United States
B.S. Arch, Keene State College
Firm: LineSync Architecture
Caterina Gatti, Architect
Milan, Italy
M. Arch, Politecnico di Milano
Alfredo Di Zenzo
Florence, Italy
M.Arch, University of Florence
Firm: EDz+ Architetti
ENTRIES ///
17 Entries from 10 Countries
Tommaso Modesti
Rome, Italy
Marilena Synodinou
London, United Kingdom
Dominika Galandová
Snina, Slovakia
Pat Likitswat
Bangkok, Thailand
Shui Cheung, Hui
Hong Kong
Niyati Gala
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nicholas Paley
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Tommaso Modesti
Rome, Italy
JURY COMMENTS ///
"Fascinating image that clearly expresses the complexity and 'casualty' of biologic reproduction by using a recognizable architectural language. The landscape it creates is both very beautiful and very apocalyptic, almost romantic in the strict sense of the term."
"The concept expressed in this proposal fully responds to the questions raised and shows with a fascinating design what could happen if 'architectural forms begins to fornicate.' "
Marilena Synodinou
London, United Kingdom
JURY COMMENTS ///
"It is interesting how the brief is taken to an urban scale. The drawing shows the chaos of a fornicating, growing city through the sensitive use of organic forms and sexual allusions."
Dominika Galandová
Snina, Slovakia
JURY COMMENTS ///
"Very nice drawing. I like the idea that the independent growth of the building still depends on the 'catalogue' of architectural forms set by the designers."
"Even with creating the obvious, it does what we all wish to try. Procreate a style. Formatura dares to be the next modern."
Pat Likitswat
Bangkok, Thailand
Shui Cheung, Hui
Hong Kong
JURY COMMENTS ///
"The entry encompasses the description visually and simply. It relates to form in the mixture of light and shadow. I enjoyed the creation of a skyline cast by a 'nature-inspired mechanisms.' "
"The image clearly expresses the relationship between the built form and the natural biological evolution, but the graphic result is not very attractive."
JURY COMMENTS ///
"The stated objective of this proposal is fascinating. However, the result is not expressed with graphic clarity."
Niyati Gala
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
JURY COMMENTS ///
"The adaptation of space though neighboring buildings drew my attention. This idea inspired me to think of reproduction through a negative space, positively."
Nicholas Paley
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Sanya Bolia
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dinto Antony Chungath
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Katerina Krupickova
Prague, Czech Republic
Rangsiwat Yamkasikorn
Bangkok, Thailand
Niyati Gala
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Fanny Vareil
Toulouse, Haute Garonne, France
Mohd Faheem
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Zuzana Sojkova
Košice, Slovakia
Will Ogburn
Arlington, Texas, United States
