Interisland Terminal presents Competition For New Community Architecture

Interisland Terminal presents Competition for New Community Architecture

Emerging-career architects in Hawaii have relatively few prospects to see their own work complete the process of design-to-build.  The current economic downturn further exasperates this lack of opportunity, creating even more uncertainty around the question, “How will Hawaii’s next generation of architects shape our community’s built environment and contribute to creating a robust, local civic life?”

Today, 50 years since Statehood, Interisland Terminal endeavors to (re)build an architecture and design vernacular in Hawaii that is truly civic and that will draw renewed attention to emerging local talent working in architecture and design.  We will do so by launching an annual Competition for New Community Architecture to create new opportunities for the community to determine its own architectural landscape, and support the skilled, local architectural talent who will shape our built-environment through the next 50 years.

The Competition’s purpose is three-fold:
Support and highlight the work of emerging-career architects in Hawaii
Create challenging opportunities to design and build new work from start-to-finish
Raise awareness of contemporary architecture and its potential to uplift our civic landscape and improve our day-to-day lives

The Competition will launch in January 2010 and be open to early- to mid-career architects (including students) practicing in Hawaii to submit designs according to the Competition Briefing, which addresses an organizational challenge faced by the Competition “Client,” Ballet Hawaii.  Registration for the Competition can be found here.  Specifically, the Competition challenges Hawaii architects to design and build a transportable merchandising and information kiosk that Ballet Hawaii can use at its various performance venues to help promote its unique programs and facilitate merchandise sales that support the organization.

A jury of local and national leaders in architecture will select a winner in April 2010:
Amy Anderson, Associate Professor, University of Hawaii School of Architecture
A. Kam Napier, Editor, Honolulu Magazine
Marion Philpotts, Board Member, Ballet Hawaii, Senior Designer, Philpotts and Associates
Jennifer Siegal, Founder and Principal, Office of Mobile Design (OMD) (Los Angeles)
(Guest Juror Jennifer Siegal, will also be giving a talk at the University of Hawaii School of Architecture on April 8, 2010. Siegal is known for her work in creating the mobile home of the twentieth century. She is founder and principal of the Los Angeles’ based firm Office of Mobile Design, which is dedicated to the design and construction of modern, sustainable and precision-built structures.)

The winning design will be refined, built and put into use in August 2010 to coincide with the opening of Ballet Hawaii’s fall season.

The expected short-term impacts of the Competition are:
Renewed confidence and vigor from emerging-career local architects
Growth in ticket sales and a diversified audience at Ballet Hawaii
Heightened public awareness and participation in partner organizations

For more information, please contact [email protected].

www.interislandterminal.org
http://www.interislandterminal.org/exhibitions/current/newcommunityarch/