Do you have a vision of what Roskilde Festival (Denmark) 2012 could look like? The Danish Architecture Centre and Roskilde Festival are proud to announce an open design competition with a special focus on engaging, temporary architecture. Participants are invited to submit a plan and design for an urban installation at this year’s Roskilde Festival.

The competition is called BUILD WHAT HERE, and the deadline for submission is March 1st. Participants are given the opportunity to submit their ideas on the design and building plan of the Poor City – an area within Roskilde Festival hosting 10,000-15,000 guests. The winning proposal will be the site for numerous events and activities taking place in the area.
“We want to involve other people as much as possible in our development process. Therefore, it is important that we give competition participants the opportunity to work alongside and collaborate with other teams on proposals, enabling mutual development along the way”, says Signe Brink Pedersen, curator of Roskilde Festival.

This year, BUILD WHAT HERE will operate through the open innovation platform, Innosite.dk. This means that the ideas for the competition are continuously developed and improved through feedback from site users, competition authorities, representatives from Roskilde Festival and The Danish Architecture Centre and, last but not least, the festival’s massive number of audience. Innosite.dk went online in November 2011 with the objective of bringing together those in need of innovation with those with good ideas. It is an open platform enabling all voices to be heard, regardless of profession or nationality.

>> www.innosite.dk

In 2011 and 2012, Roskilde Festival has taken a statement on poverty and inequality. This year the Poor City, located in the East Area at Roskilde Festival’s camping zone M, is focusing attention on communicating the important issue of the conditions for young asylum seekers in Scandinavia. The vision of BUILD WHAT HERE is to promote this cause through the creation of an interesting, functional, sustainable and engaging installation. A physical plan of the area must also be able to sufficiently accommodate the activities that will take place there.
BUILD WHAT HERE was first conducted in 2011 to great success. Architects, designers, artists and students from across the globe contributed a vast range of inspiring and innovative proposals for the competition. The winning project, ‘Why don’t we do it on the stairs?’ was constructed and excelled both as a residence and as a landmark at Roskilde Festival 2011. This year, even more entries are anticipated to the competition. BUILD WHAT HERE is supported by Realdania.

Facts:

• The competition is open from 17th January till 1st March 2012.
• The winner, decided by a jury, will be announced by the end of March and will be awarded with tickets to the festival and the opportunity to have their design constructed on the festival.
• The winning proposal, along with other notable entries, will be included in an exhibition at The Danish Architecture Centre in May 2012.

To obtain more information about the competition, and to submit your design proposal visit www.innosite.dk

Innosite - Open innovation in the construction industry. An initiative from Realdania and the Danish Energy Agency.

Read more about BUILD WHAT HERE 2011 at www.dac.dk/builwhathere and about Roskilde Festival’s statement at www.roskilde-festival.dk/om_festivalen/standpunkt/

For further information contact:
Ingeborg Christiane Hau, project manager BUILD WHAT HERE, DAC, +45 5083 0978, email: ich@dac.dk

Signe Brink Pedersen, curator of Roskilde Festival, +45 2728 8123, email: signe.pedersen@roskilde-festival.dk