about the book

O livro reúne 22 artigos, de especialistas renomados assim como novos pesquisadores, no campo de pesquisas sobre os concursos de arquitetura. Trata-se do mais amplo levantamento já realizado sobre as dinâmicas subjacentes à definição, organização, julgamento, arquivamento e publicação de concursos de arquitetura, paisagismo e urbanismo no mundo. As contribuições, fartamente documentadas, abordam uma série de questões que podem ser resumidas em uma grande inquietação: de que forma os concursos de projeto – instrumentos históricos e democráticos, ao mesmo tempo elogiados e temidos por arquitetos e planejadores – podem ser considerados como laboratórios sobre a qualidade da produção do ambiente construído e, em última análise, como instrumentos de renovação de cultura e conhecimento?

Sumário

Opening Words

A World of Potentialities – Competitions as Producers of Culture, Quality and Knowledge (Jean-Pierre Chupin, Carmela Cucuzzella, Bechara Helal)

Section 1 — Organizing Architectural Democracy

1.1. We Have Never Been ‘Swiss’ - Some Reflections on Helvetic Competition Culture (Joris Van Wezemael, Jan M. Silberberger)

1.2. The Finger and the Moon – Belgian Competitions in Their Representational Context (David Vanderburgh, Carlo Menon)

1.3. The President’s Choice – An Eventful History of the 1982 Tête Défense Competition (Loïse Lenne)

1.4. A Universal Space for Ageing – Demographic Changes, Eldercare, and Competitions inDenmark,NorwayandSweden(Jonas E Andersson)

1.5. Greek Concerns and Global Regulations – Four Competitions for the NewAcropolisMuseum(1976-2000) (Sofia Paisiou)

1.6. Should Competitions Always Be International ? Political Reasons in a Multipolar World (1988-2012) (Jean-Pierre Chupin)

Section 2 — Competing by Architectural Design – Index of Cited Competitions

Section 3 — Judging Architectural Quality

3.1. Judging in a World of Expertise – When the Sum of the Parts is Less than the Whole (Carmela Cucuzzella)

3.2. Judging Architectural Quality – Judgment Criteria and Competition Juries(Camille Crossman)

3.3. Quality and Iconicity – A Study on Swiss Housing Competitions (1997-2010) (Antigoni Katsakou)

3.4. The Honourable Mention – A Fictitious Discussion (Jan M. Silberberger)

3.5. Competitions as Generators – From the Redevelopment of Les Halles to a Theoretical Critique of “Compositional” Urbanism (Françoise Fromonot)

3.6. Design Combat – American Competitions and Decision-Making (Susanna Sirefman)

Section 4 — Archiving Architectural Knowledge

4.1. Competitions as Laboratories – On the So-Called ‘Experimental’ Nature of Architecture Competitions (Bechara Helal)

4.2. The Canadian Competitions Catalogue – Digital Libraries of Projects as Collective Legacy (Jean-Pierre Chupin)

4.3. Capturing Competition Data – Involving Stakeholders in a Swiss Competition Database (Ignaz Strebel, Jan M. Silberberger, Denis Raschpichler)

4.4. Design Competitions inBrazil– Building a [Digital] Culture for Architectural Quality (Fabiano Sobreira)

Section 5 — Publishing Architectural Ideas

5.1. Wettbewerbe Aktuell – Competitions as Impetus forGermanBuildingCulture (Thomas Hoffmann-Kuhnt)

5.2. www . competitions . org – Competing Globally in the Information Age (G. Stanley Collyer)

5.3. d’architecture – Regional Identity and Cultural Diversity in the Wonderful World of Starchitects (Emmanuel Caille)

5.4. Competitive Process – Leveraging Design Competitions for Effective Urban Development (Ian Chodikoff)

5.5. NAJA and EUROPAN – Advantages and Constraints of Two French Trademarks (Jean-Louis Violeau)

Final Cut – A Remarkable Cross-Section of Architectural Tendencies (Georges Adamczyk)

about the author

Jean-Pierre Chupin
Jean-Pierre Chupin é professor da Faculté d’Aménagement da Universidade de Montreal, onde é responsável pelo Laboratório de Estudo de Arquitetura Potencial, L.E.A.P.

Carmela Cucuzzella
Professora assistente de Design e Arte Computacional do Department of Design and Computation Arts, Concordia University.

Bechara Helal
Ph.D., École d’Architecture, Faculté de l’Aménagement, UdeM (2008-)

how to quote

CHUPIN, Jean-Pierre; CUCUZZELLA, Carmela; HELAL, Bechara (Orgs.). Architecture Competitions and the Production of Culture, Quality and Knowledge. An International Inquiry. 1ª edition, Montreal, Potential Architecture Books, 2015.

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