
lab/RAD and the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation here announce the winners of the IMAGINING RECOVERY open international design ideas competition.
On April 29, the 100th day of the Obama Presidency, IMAGINING RECOVERY received submissions from designers in 25 different countries.
The competition called on designers to act as mediators between policy and the public by producing an image of the lived experience of recovery, increasing the transparency and intelligibility of the charts, maps and graphics of RECOVERY.GOV. This image is to be supported by a design strategy offering a means to get from the present to this image of recovery.
The competition brief was a living document, collectively written by the design participants and a select panel of public policy students from prestigious policy schools around the world.
On May 13th, the distinguished jury met at the ART DIRECTORS CLUB in New York to select a total of ten projects for recognition. Of these, three were selected to receive prizes from APPLE.
COMPETITION JURY
Bernard Tschumi, Barry Bergdoll (MoMA), Mark Wigley (gSAPP), Mabel O. Wilson (Studio 6Ten), Michael Rock (2x4), Kate Orff (ScAPe), Damon Rich (cUP), Brian Loughlin (JcHA)
PRIZE WINNERS

Jill Stoner & Marie Sorensen
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David Ruperti & Andrew Miller
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Benjamin Loeffler & Kathryn Spurr
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REMAINING JURY SELECTION

Leor Lovinger
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Sharif Khalje
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Gwendolyn MacFarland
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David de Cespedes
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Will Robinette
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Zachary Colbert & Daniel Kidd
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Matthew Lutz & Nicole Koltick
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EXHIBITION
Competition chairs Troy conrad Therrien and Wayne congar will collaborate with european architects SPEEDISM (speedism.net) on the traveling exhibition which will open at the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam on June 16.
For more information, go to imaginingrecovery.com or contact (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).