Конкурс проводится компанией Akzo Nobel – крупным производителем краски. Перед участниками стоит задача по-новому взглянуть на архитектуру современного греческого города. Нужно выбрать конкретное здание (или тип зданий), и предложить решение по обновлению его фасада. Основой для проектов должны служить крашеные металлические конструкции. Акцент необходимо сделать не только на цветовом решении, но также на экологичности и долговечности проектов.
пресс-релиз:
AkzoNobel, the leading multinational corporation in powder coating for metal architectural components, and Archisearch.gr, invite young professionals up to the age of 40 and architecture students in the final year of their studies, to an open architecture competition:
We ask the participants to choose a specific building or a building typology in the Greek city they consider to fall within the problem stated (for instance, a polykatoikia, an office building, a school, a leisure facility etc.), and design a new façade that engages issues of sustainability and aesthetics.
The design research for the new façade will introduce a metal structure coated with color, supplemented by other coated metal elements (cladding or infill panels, doors, windows etc.). The argument should address issues of sustainability and convince that the new structure creates a suitable environment (sun protection, eco-friendly materials and coating), both for the building inhabitants as well as for the public at large.
We encourage the participants to form collaborations with architects, environmental engineers, facade engineers and artists; that way, the design research will be more comprehensive.
Furthermore, we ask the participants to prefer colors from the vast AKZO NOBEL inventory, as well as materials of the competition sponsors.