Karissa Rosenfield(click here for original article)
eVolo is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 Skyscraper Competition. Established in 2006, the annual competition recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine skyscraper design through the use of new technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations, along with studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution. This is also an investigation on the public and private space and the role of the individual and the collective in the creation of a dynamic and adaptive vertical community. The award seeks to discover young talent, whose ideas will change the way we understand architecture and its relationship with the natural and built environments.
Continue on to view the 2012 winners and honorable mentions!
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2012 Jury:Maria Aiolova [principal Terreform One]Chris Bosse [principal LAVA – Laboratory for Visionary Architecture]Gaël Brulé [principal Atelier CMJN, winner 2011 Skyscraper Competition]Julien Combes [principal Atelier CMJN, winner 2011 Skyscraper Competition]Marc Fornes [principal THEVERYMANY]Florian Idenburg [principal SO-IL Solid Objectives – Indenburg Liu]Minnie Jan[principal MisoSoupDesign]Mitchell Joachim [principal Terreform One, professor at New York University]Jing Liu [principal SO-IL Solid Objectives – Indenburg Liu]Daisuke Nagatomo [principal MisoSoupDesign]Alexander Rieck [principal LAVA – Laboratory for Visionary Architecture]Michel Rojkind [principal Rojkind Arquitectos]Michael Szivos [principal Softlab, professor at Pratt Institute]Tobias Wallisser [principal LAVA – Laboratory for Visionary Architecture]Ma Yansong[principal MAD Architects]
The Jury was formed by leaders of the architecture and design field. Together, they selected 3 winners and 22 honorable mentions. eVolo Magazine received 714 projects from all five continents and 95 different countries.