Gallaudet University - International Design Competition
Цель конкурса – разработать стратегию изменения облика комплекса Галлодетского университета и его интеграции в современное окружение. В частности, участникам необходимо предложить концепцию площади перед его кампусом, входного павильона, а также поработать над преображением некоторых объектов, которые находятся на территории университета. Идеи (эскизы, рисунки, видеоролики) и проектные предложения оцениваются отдельно.
Галлодетский университет – единственный в мире двуязычный гуманитарный вуз, где учебные и исследовательские программы для глухих и слабослышащих студентов ведутся одновременно на английском языке и на американском жестовом языке (ASL).
Историческое ядро кампуса спроектировано Ф.Л. Олмстедом, автором Центрального парка в Нью-Йорке, в 1866.
Gallaudet University, located in the heart of Washington, D.C., is launching an international two-stage design competition to create a new campus gateway and redefine its urban edge as a vibrant, mixed-use, creative and cultural district.
The project will transform the campus and its surrounding community, positioning the area as a focal point for the U.S. capital’s newly emerging creative economy.
Gallaudet University is the only bilingual liberal arts university in the world where education and research programs for deaf and hard of hearing students are conducted in American Sign Language (ASL) and English. The University benefits from an historic 99 acre campus, which is close to the Capitol, the U.S. National Arboretum, and the White House. The core of this was originally designed by Frederick Law Olmsted (known for New York’s Central Park) in 1866.
The Gallaudet University International Design Competition encompasses: the design of a new Gateway Plaza, a revitalization of the campus’ historic Olmsted Green, and the creation of a new public realm that will integrate the campus with the vibrant urban fabric of a wider regeneration project within Washington, D.C., including the emerging Florida Avenue Market area. This is adjacent to some of the city’s fastest growing and most dynamic mixed-use neighborhoods in NoMa and the H Street corridor.
The competition scope will include design proposals for a visitors’ pavilion located within the Gateway Plaza, as well as conceptual proposals for a landmark building at the epicenter of the campus, which will command views across a number of strategic routes.