Register 04 April 2018 – Submit 25 April 2018
Kaira Looro International Architecture Competition
CULTURAL CENTER IN SENEGAL, AFRICA
Hundred-years old cultures give birth to Communities, being transmitted through rhymes of those who are narrating it and interpretating tha past through wisdom. One’s accomplishments result from rituals and metamorphosis, bonding the human being to its own roots through dance, history, music, colours, flavours, materials and landscapes.
Space and Matter relate themeselves with the power of rituals, drawing together the lines of an architecture encharged of passing and preserving History.
THEME
The intervention area represents a breeding ground of centuries-old cultures, rich in rituals and experiences coming from father to son, and telling stories about Africa. Cultures here are mixing together in harmony, within an environment full of experiences. Some of those ethnic groups are deeply rooted in history, and, since they never had any archives or written works, they passed those stories only thanks to words coming from the Elders.
Globalization effects are reflecting today on communities, putting ancient rituals and the preservation of cultural identities down the risk.
The town of Sedhiou, one amongst the less well fixed, has no places to let its own community spread its culture and habits, where to have the chance for everyone to relate and express themselves through arts those art the region is rich in. Here it comes the need to design a meeting place, promoting culture and witness of a location put in discussion during regional conflicts occurred between 1980 and 2005.
PURPOSE
The purpose of the contest consists in creating an iconic architectural structure in order to preserve local cultures coming from the region of Sedhiou, voted to respect towards environment and local cultural balance existing in the area, improving uncertainty conditions of communities and aimed to preserve customs. The winning project must be be intended as a donation to the International Non Profit Organization (INPO) Balouo Salo, in order to be shared with communities and institutions of Sedhiou, who will have the chance to realize it cooperating with other Organizations (ONG, Institutions) or to proceeding on their own. The Balouo Salo Organization itself has the right to adopt the project as a future donation one, reserving its right to include winners during working period and to occasionaly modify the project, in order to deal with specific requirements such as costs, operational and developing ones. Furthermore, all proceeds will be devolved to the Balouo Salo Organization, being the contest planned as economical contribution to its humanitarian projects.
CALENDAR AND DEADLINES
15 January 2018 (start) (end) 13 February 2018 >> Early registration 60€/ Team
14 February 2018 (start) (end) 10 March 2018 >> Normal registration 90€/ Team
11 March 2018 (start) (end) 04 April 2018 >> Late registration 120€/ Team
25 April 2018 (h 23.59 GMT) >> Submission deadline
1-7 May 2018 >> Jury Summoning
20 May 2018 >> Results announcement
JURY
Kengo Kuma
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Azzurra Muzzonigro
Stefano Boeri
Agostino Ghirardelli
SBGA Associati
Rainer Kasik
Giuseppe Mazzaglia
Rene Bouman
Sebastiano D’Urso
JDiez Pilar
Angelo Ferrara
Ignazio Lutri
Camillo Magni
Raoul Vecchio
Balouo Salo
Toshiki Hirano
AWARDS
1st PRIZE
€ 2,500
Internship at Kengo Kuma Associates, Tokyo
Award plaque
Possible realization of the project
Publication on websites and architectural format
Exposure in architectural events
2nd PRIZE
€ 1,000
Award plaque
Publication on websites and architectural format
Exposure in architectural events
3rd PRIZE
500 €
Award plaque
Publication on websites and architectural format
Exposure in architectural events
2 HONORABLE MENTIONS
150€
digital certificate
Publication on websites and architectural format
Exposure in architectural events
5 MENTIONS
digital certificate
Publication on websites and architectural format
Exposure in architectural events
15 FINALISTS
digital certificate
Publication on websites and architectural format
Exposure in architectural events
All the awarded proposals will be published in the official book of competition.
All the awarded proposals will be transmitted to architectural magazines and websites, will be hosted in international exhibitions.
