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IBIZA ARTIST HOUSE
BRIEF
INTRODUCTION
THE HIDDEN IBIZA
For many people Ibiza is synonymous to party, fun and nightlife, and in
a way it is true, since the island of Ibiza has become in recent years a
focus of “night tourism” looking to enjoy in pubs , discos and beach bars on
the beach. At the same time of this reality of tourism, Ibiza has been and
always will be a pole of attraction of a tourism of relaxation, of enjoyment
of beaches, coves, landscape and nature, and this affirmation is totally true.
The island of Ibiza makes a place where the clear waters, the white sand
and red corals are constant. In previous rethinking competitions where the
landscape was key we asked ourselves how we can intervene without
outshining it. That balance, that delicate line is what we propose to re-
explore since this place can be considered an enclave so spectacular, very
meaningful, where water, nature, cliffs and architecture make this “Island of
hidden landscape” a unique enclave.
WHAT ARCHITECTURE SAYS ABOUT THIS?
This is an exercise of reflection. We can, on the one hand, hide, camouflage
ourselves and make our presence a mere rock that stands in the landscape.
We can also discover the landscape, that our intervention involves
rediscovering new views in the landscape but without ceasing to think that
we, or rather, our architecture is not important in the intervention. On the
other hand, we can do the opposite, consider that architecture must be
seen, in order to rediscover we must risk, and to risk we must explore, and
to explore we must conquer.
Hide, camouflage, take off your head or invade. They are not the only
options, of course, but they are generally the most used. It will be the
contestant who rediscovers new forms, new architectures, new ways of
creating, thinking, reflecting and that is the beauty of these contests where
there is nothing written to dialogue with the landscape.
PIRATE TOWER
Sunsets occur every day since the world is world, and the world never
tires of contemplating them or finding the best places to do so. In Ibiza this
search ended 80 years ago, when the first tourists discovered the Pirate
tower.
The pirate tower, in Ibiza, is one of the most famous defensive constructions
on the island, which every year attracts hundreds of tourists who want to
visit the well-known defense tower. Its true name is the Torre de Es Savinar
or Cap d’es Jueu, and it is the highest tower in Ibiza, although its main
attraction is that from the top of the tower you can enjoy a unique view of
the islet of Es Vedrà and It is Vedranell, and you can even see the massif of
Montgó de Denia on the clearest days.
Being a defensive construction, the area has cliffs, areas with a softer slope
and last areas in direct contact with the sea in its lower part, exactly the
lower bay. That is why the place of intervention to develop the proposal
will be totally free where the contestant must choose how to settle their
architecture and get the most out of the place by choosing what kind of
strategy to follow.
Absolute freedom sometimes scares but this decision should be taken as
an absolute degree of freedom but at the same time of some risk, since as
we have previously told in a delicate landscape, with a great landscape
potential where the concept of limit, the horizon, the detail, the earthly, the
vegetation, the pre-existence, .. should be put on a scale and try to balance,
as it is said, virtue.
PROGRAM
• It is the fact that this place is one of the most inspiring that we can
find on the island, the reason why it has been decided that it is an
ideal point to develop a home conceived as a space of relaxation,
of inner peace where culture, passion, art can flow thanks to the
architecture that is proposed. Being a point of visual, musical or
physical creation for an artist (architect, musician, poet, painter, ..).
The proposal can be conceived as an occasional refuge-house or
as a permanent home for its inhabitant. That is why the contestant
will decide on the one hand the profession of his tenant, then decide
the exact location of the house and finally the program, taking
into account that they must develop at least the following spaces:
• 1 room – studio – living room – dining room
• 1 viewpoint
• 1 bathroom
FEES
Early – 35 € + IVA
Regular – 50 € + IVA
Advanced – 70 € + IVA
IVA: 21%
AWARDS
The amount of 5,000 € will be distributed as follows:
First Prize 1.500 €
3 Accésits – 3 x 500 €
+ 10 Honourable Mentions
No economic prize
Grant for Master’s degree
MArch Valencia 2.000 €
(The winner will be chosen by Fran Silvestre between the prizes and accesits.)
The winner of € 2000 Grant for the International Master’s degree MArch
program of the School of Architecture and Polytechnic of the European
University of Valencia will be chosen by Fran Silvestre between the prizes
and accesits
In addition the rethinking team is committed to the dissemination of the
project through:
• Publication in magazines
• Publishing in blogs / architecture websites
• Publication in reTHINKING me
SCHEDULE
MARCH 26TH 2018 – Early registration starts
APRIL 26TH 2018 – Early registration ends
APRIL 27TH 2018 – Regular registration starts
MAY 17TH 2018 – Regular registrations ends
MAY 18TH 2018 – Late registration starts
JUNE 8TH 2018 – Late registration and FAQ ends
JUNE 8TH 2018- 18:00H – GMT+1:00 (MADRID TIME) – Submission deadline*
JUNE 9TH 2018 – PAdmission List publication in reTHIN
JURY
Fran Silvestre Navarro (Fran Silvestre arquitectos)
Chang Kyu Lee (GEBDESIGN Architecture)
Sara Galante (Ganadora Concurso #014 Sahara Eco House)
Carmen Moreno Álvarez, Arquitecta
WEBSITE
http://rethinkingcompetitions.com/calendar
