Register February 13, 2019 | Submit February 13, 2019 | FREE ARCHITECTURE COMPETITIONS
BENCHmark
BRIEF
Storefront Manitoba and The Winnipeg Trails Association ask designers to put their skills to work and challenge the concept of a ‘common’ bench. This design competition looks for intervention that has the power to stop people in their tracks and provide a place to wait, rest, read and more.
The Winnipeg Trails Association and Storefront Manitoba invite design teams to submit proposals for a permanent bench to be located along the Trans Canada Trail.
SCHEDULE
November 13, 2018 Launch of the Call for Proposals
February 13, 2019 Deadline for Competition Submissions [electronic]
February 20, 2019 Adjudication
March 1, 2019 Announcement of the chosen projects
March 22, 2019 Deadline to submit Preliminary Construction Drawings & Budget
April 8, 2019 Submission of Final Construction Drawings / Construction Budget (incorporating comments from the Technical Advisors)
April – June 2019 Fabrication of benches begins June 2019 Benches are unveiled
FEES
FREE
JURY
The Competition Jury is composed of the following individuals:
Nils Vik Senior Director of Brand Development, EQ3 Tom Monteyne Architect, Monteyne Architecture Works Inc. Renee Struthers Interior Designer, Studio Hiraeth Leanne Muir Landscape Architect & Instructor, Faculty of Architecture, University of Manitoba Chris Baker Pedestrian and Cycling Planner, City of Winnipeg Karl Thordarson Park Superintendent, City of Winnipeg
alongside Co-Curators of Benchmark 2018 / 2019:
Anders Swanson Curator, BENCHmark 2018/2019; Coordinator / Manager, Winnipeg Trails Association Suzy Melo Curator, BENCHmark 2018/2019; Board Member, StorefrontMB; Landscape Architect, ft3
Post-selection Technical Advisors:
Christina Harris City of Winnipeg Andy Farrer City of Winnipeg Kyle Lucyk City of Winnipeg Karl Thordarson City of Winnipeg Darcy Granove Trails Manitoba
WEBSITE
https://storefrontmb.ca/about-benchmark/
DOWNLOAD
https://storefrontmb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/BENCHmark2018_19.pdf
For more information about this competition, please contact us.
