06.04.2016 \/ News<\/p>\n
YOUNG TALENTS CONTRIBUTE IDEAS FOR A NEW SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE<\/strong><\/h1>\nSee the winners of the Open Design Competition<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>Young, relatively untested talents were behind two of the three winning projects in the open design competition for a new school of architecture at Godsbanearealerne in Aarhus. They were: Vargo, Nielsen & Palle and Atelier Lorentzen Langkilde, both Danish architectural firms. The third and more experienced winner was French\/Swedish Erik Ciudice Architects. The competition received a total of 230 entries from 47 countries.<\/p>\n
The form of the competition received much praise when the winners of the open design competition were announced at Aarhus School of Architecture on 4 April in an exhibition building that was packed to overflowing. All 230 entries were exhibited at the event. \u201cWe would not be here today, had it not been for the competition form that was chosen\u201d, Atelier Lorentzen Langkilde pointed out in their acceptance speech.<\/p>\n
Room for surprise<\/h5>\n
The specialist judges, Norwegian Reiulf Ramstad and Danish Jens Thomas Arnfred, also voiced their appreciation of the fact that the developer \u2013 The Danish Building & Property Agency \u2013 and Aarhus School of Architecture did not simply choose the architecture firms that will be competing for the final design of the new school of architecture by prequalifying them.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday, competitions are mostly launched in closed forums of architectural firms with high annual turnovers to find solutions that can be managed in such a way that control can be maintained, on paper, in the best possible way. One wouldn\u2019t want to be surprised or seduced! (\u2026)<\/p>\n
For this reason it is a good thing the developer and Aarhus School of Architecture chose a different approach. (\u2026) How delightful and wonderfully unusual to launch a competition to learn more\u201d, said Jens Thomas Arnfred.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>
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Young, relatively untested talents were behind two of the three winning projects in the open design competition for a new school of architecture at Godsbanearealerne in Aarhus. They were: Vargo, Nielsen & Palle and Atelier Lorentzen Langkilde, both Danish architectural firms. The third and more experienced winner was French\/Swedish Erik Ciudice Architects. The competition received a total of 230 entries from 47 countries.<\/p>\n
The form of the competition received much praise when the winners of the open design competition were announced at Aarhus School of Architecture on 4 April in an exhibition building that was packed to overflowing. All 230 entries were exhibited at the event. \u201cWe would not be here today, had it not been for the competition form that was chosen\u201d, Atelier Lorentzen Langkilde pointed out in their acceptance speech.<\/p>\n
Room for surprise<\/h5>\n
The specialist judges, Norwegian Reiulf Ramstad and Danish Jens Thomas Arnfred, also voiced their appreciation of the fact that the developer \u2013 The Danish Building & Property Agency \u2013 and Aarhus School of Architecture did not simply choose the architecture firms that will be competing for the final design of the new school of architecture by prequalifying them.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday, competitions are mostly launched in closed forums of architectural firms with high annual turnovers to find solutions that can be managed in such a way that control can be maintained, on paper, in the best possible way. One wouldn\u2019t want to be surprised or seduced! (\u2026)<\/p>\n
For this reason it is a good thing the developer and Aarhus School of Architecture chose a different approach. (\u2026) How delightful and wonderfully unusual to launch a competition to learn more\u201d, said Jens Thomas Arnfred.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>