FIGMENT has once again teamed with the Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA) of the American Institute of Architects NY Chapter (AIANY) and the Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAoNY) to host the competition named ‘City of Dreams Pavilion.’
In the City of Dreams Pavilion Design competition, the entrants are asked to consider how they will construct this temporary structure in the most efficient and sustainable way possible.
In order to create a pavilion that has net zero impact and that serves as a prototype for a new, truly sustainable, way of thinking about design and construction, entrants are being asked to consider using borrowed materials from existing construction sites and from places where the materials can be returned after the season is over and the temporary structure is disassembled.
The City of Dreams Pavilion will be an imaginary future New York City, where nothing is impossible. It will be a gathering place for people to meet and learn about the arts programs on the island. Here people can enjoy a performance or lecture, and experience the interaction of art and the historic context of Governors Island.
The City of Dreams 2013-2014 Pavilion Design Competition will be a two-stage process, in which a jury of leading architects and other industry professionals will review initial submissions and select a number of finalists. These finalists will receive comments and will have the opportunity to revise their proposals. The jury will meet again and select the competition winner in September 2013.
The confirmed jurors for the 2013-2014 City of Dreams Pavilion competition are: John Czarnecki, Assoc. AIA, Editor-in-Chief, Contract; Susannah C. Drake, ASLA, AIA, Principal, dlandstudio; Mark L. Gardner, AIA, NOMA, Principal, Jaklitsch/Gardner Architects; Marc Leff, AIA, LEED AP, Partner, Deborah Berke Partners; Scott Lomax, Vice President, Thornton Tomasetti and Kate Raudenbush, Sculptor, Photographer, Designer, Kate Raudenbush
Experiments. Aleksey Lukyanov-Cherny, Partner, Situ Studio, will serve as a design mentor to the finalists and winning design team.
The 2013-2014 competition will be the fourth City of Dreams Pavilion Design Competition. The winning entry will be installed and open to the public on New York City’s Governors Island throughout the entire 2014 summer season on Saturdays and Sundays. Governors Island is open from 8 June until 22 September 2013.
Entries are encouraged from individuals or teams of architects and non-architects of any age or experience level. The registration deadline for this project is 1 May while the submission deadline is 1 June 2013.
Since its opening to the public in 2004, the Governors Island has increased exponentially. In 2012, over 300,000 people visited the island through its summer season to engage in a variety of arts and cultural programs.
