Tent London

The Workspace Group Urbantine Project® emerged from the realization that there are limited opportunities for unrecognized architects to showcase their ideas three-dimensionally. Tent London’s fast architecture competition seeks to redress this issue, affording the winning entry the chance to put their design in front of the world’s press and the industry’s most influential players during London Design Week at Tent London, Truman Brewery, Brick Lane. The winning entry will also have the opportunity to engage with an organisation, Workspace Group, which aims to provide progressive, appropriate, affordable and considered workspace accommodation for London’s creative industries.

Project Brief

We want you to tackle the issue of rapid change in the 21st century workplace, such as the phenomenal rise in the use of digital technology and its impact on our work and office environments. Tremendous claims are made as to its possible effect on our communication, social interaction, mobility, productivity and creativity.

Working lives: Do these developments really enable us to maximise our potential or do they make our lives over-complicated?

Working tools: Is design practice becoming excessively computer-reliant or does this technology radically transform the way we shape our world?

Write a short scenario and respond to it through your design for a physical installation or pavilion to be constructed within a £10K budget in one of the Tent London buildings at the Truman Brewery during London Design Week. Maximum dimensions: 6m L x 5m W x 4m H. The structure should provide a space that the public can interact with. Innovative material and creative assembly concepts, such as modularity and preassembly, will be valued. You must be able to assemble your structure in 48 hours and disassemble it within 24 hours, ready for repeat use to enable future exhibition opportunities.

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Judging Criteria
* A design which demonstrates your solution to the brief.
* The illustrated ability of the designer or practice at the application stage to produce a professionally presented 1:1 scale installation within a £10K budget.

Prize
* £10K materials, construction & disassembly budget.
* Free venue for 4 days at Tent London, Truman Brewery, Brick Lane.
* Access to over 35,000 designers and architects during the London Design Festival.

Click here to download Full Brief and Application Form

Application Deadline: 10 June 2008

Judging Panel

Nick Crosbie, Inflate
Sarah Ichioka, London Festival of Architecture
Ben Kelly, BKD
Kieran Long, The Architects’ Journal
Jimmy MacDonald & Ian Rudge, Tent London
John Nordon, IDE Architecture
Harry Platt, Workspace Group PLC
Kerstin Zumstein, On Office

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