Arch Is_ Competition Winners and Public Forum

If you're in the LA area, don't miss the public forum at the A+D Museum tomorrow night, held by the Arch Is_ competition.

The AIA Los Angeles chapter, organizer of this design competition, recently announced the winners of the 2011 edition which invited young architects and designers to share their portfolios and philosophies with an esteemed panel of judges. The winners are David Freeland and Brennann Buck of FreelandBuck, as well as Georgina Huljich and Marcelo Spina of Patterns. Both winning teams are based in Los Angeles, CA.

The 2010 Arch Is_ Jury is composed of Neil Denari, AIA (Neil M. Denari Architects), Lisa Iwamoto,  AIA (IWAMOTOSCOTT Architecture), Mia Lehrer, FASLA (Mia Lehrer + Associates), and Geoff  Manaugh (BLDG BLOG).

DAVID FREELAND and BRENNANN BUCK (FreelandBuck): "Architecture is difference"

David Freeland and Brennann Buck of the design team, FreelandBuck, explored the heterogeneity of architecture as a stimulus for social, economic, and personal development. "Difference allows our built environment to adapt to ever-changing conditions, produce distinct yet interconnected identities for our organizations and institutions," the design duo says, "and prioritize the varied needs of actual individuals over the homogenous 'masses.'" With soaring, spatial structures and innovative, geometric designs, FreelandBuck encourage an inspiring look into the universality, connection, and plasticity of difference in architecture.

GEORGINA HULJICH and MARCELO SPINA (Patterns): "Architecture is embedded"

"Architecture is embedded, entrenched, and deeply rooted within its territory, that is, both its discipline and practice," state Georgina Huljich and Marcelo Spina of the design firm, Patterns. "In our work, Embedded indicates an internal mechanism for design at all scales that aims to infiltrate and integrate distinct environments into composite and articulated wholes." Their complex, layered designs echo this "embedded" perspective, propagating a deeper look into the influence that architecture and design have across physical and metaphysical levels.

Colleagues, mentors, and the design community at-large are invited to join Arch Is winners at a public forum on Thursday, March 24 at 7PM at the A+D Museum (6032 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036), where each of the two winners will give a presentation followed by a moderated discussion. The event is open to the public. Please RSVP to [email protected].