City of Dreams Pavilion 2019: STUDENT ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

City of Dreams Pavilion 2019

BRIEF

We are excited to announce that we are now accepting entries for The City of Dreams 2019 Pavilion Design Competition!

FIGMENT has teamed with the Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA) of the American Institute of Architects NY Chapter (AIANY) and the Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAoNY) to host a competition to design and construct an architectural pavilion in Lighthouse Park on Roosevelt Island, the City of Dreams Pavilion. The 2019 pavilion will be our ninth City of Dreams Pavilion, and our first on Roosevelt Island.

The City of Dreams Pavilion will be a gathering place for people to meet, learn about the arts programs on Roosevelt Island, enjoy a performance or lecture, and enjoy this temporary structure. Our theme for the pavilion, the City of Dreams, points toward the future. If we imagine a future New York City where anything is possible, what would it look like? In our wildest and most optimistic dreams, what is the future of the city?

The current state of the world is such that both economic and natural resources are limited and unequally distributed. A new way of thinking is necessary to solve the problems that the world faces. Inevitably, the result will be a change in the basic practices that have driven the world to its current state. One place to start to activate and energize these changes is within the architecture and design community, where the movement toward sustainable design has only scratched the surface of what is possible and necessary.

The 2019 City of Dreams Pavilion Design Competition will be a two-stage process, in which a jury of leading architects and other industry professionals will review initial submissions and select a number of finalists. These finalists will receive comments and will have the opportunity to revise their proposals. The jury will meet again and select the competition winner in January 2019.

SCHEDULE

Registration and submissions open: September 10, 2018
Registration deadline: October 15, 2018 (11:59pm ET)
Deadline for proposal submission: October 30, 2018 (11:59pm ET)
First jury meeting to select finalists: around November 1, 2018
Notification of finalists, with comments: around Novemer 15, 2018
Finalist proposal revisions due: around December 15, 2018
Second jury meeting to select winner: early January, 2019
Winner notified: by January 15, 2019
Public announcement of winner: around January 31, 2019
Fundraising campaign begins: around January 31, 2019
Fabrication and Construction Begins: around March 15, 2019
Installation Begins on Roosevelt Island: May 1, 2019
Installation Complete: June 1, 2019
Public Opening: Saturday, June 1, 2019
FIGMENT NYC 2019: June 1-2, 2019
De-Installation: To be determined, Fall 2019

FEES

Student entries – $40

Individual entries – $90
Group entries – $140
After you have registered, you will receive a link to download a submission packet with the City of Dreams Pavilion 2018 Design Guide and reference images of the project site, and previous City of Dreams Pavilion competition winners.

JURY

Hayley Eber, Studio Eber
Joann Gonchar, FAIA, LEED AP, Senior Editor, Architectural Record
Amy Mielke, Project Architect, Ennead
Pascale Sablan, AIA, NOMA, LEED AP, S9 Architecture

Our competition mentor, who will support each of the finalists and winner, is Lisa Ramsburg, Designer at Schlaich Bergermann Partner.

City of Dreams Pavilion 2019: STUDENT ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION