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Swiss Architect Takes First Prize at Bab Al Bahrain Competition

By Bustler Editors|

Monday, Feb 20, 2012

Detail from the competition-winning entry Pearl Dive by Lukas Lenherr

Winners have been announced at the Bab Al Bahrain Open Ideas Competition with the proposal "Pearl Dive" by Swiss architect Lukas Lenherr taking home the $15,000 First Prize. Awards for the Second and Third Place were given to teams from Italy and the Netherlands.

The competition invited ideas from urban planners, architects, designers, students and creative thinkers to redesign Bab al Bahrain square, one of the few existing public squares in Bahrain. Significance was added to this competition by the recent political events that have taken place across the region, encouraging questions about social representation, public identity, urban integration, sense of place, and historic importance.

The jury was comprised of Italian Domus magazine editor-in-chief Joseph Grima, Lebanese architect Bernard Khoury, Dutch architect Bjarne Mastenbroek, Emirate architect Ahmad Al Ali, Bahraini urban planner Ma'moun Almoayed and the Culture Minister of Bahrain Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa.

1st Prize: Pearl Dive

by Lukas Lenherr, Switzerland

From the jury report: "This project was awarded the first prize because it went beyond the limitations of the Bab al Bahrain site and explored new frontiers for an urban proposal.
While it completely disregards the conventions on public water accessibility, it offers a convincing urban attractor through a very simple and radical gesture of inversion. The collage of ordinary programs, through their careful assembly, create a powerful urban device. The jury appreciated the simplicity and power of the proposal, supported by a very precise architectural expression which was reduced to its strict intentions."

1st Prize: Pearl Dive by Lukas Lenherr, Switzerland
1st Prize: Pearl Dive by Lukas Lenherr, Switzerland

2nd Prize: Two Rooms

by Baukuh and Guido Tesio, Italy

From the jury report: "Members of the jury were intrigued by the architect's decision to break down the site into two smaller components - one responding to the context of Bab al Bahrain and the other to the larger open space. Working within the existing urban pattern, the project creates a sense of curiosity with elements of surprise introduced at an urban level, creating an introverted version of a public plaza. Once more, the jury was impressed by the clarity of the proposal and its conciseness. Although it is a very architectural proposal it creates a new typology for public space within the city."

2nd Prize: Two Rooms by Baukuh and Guido Tesio, Italy
2nd Prize: Two Rooms by Baukuh and Guido Tesio, Italy

3rd Prize: New Times Square

by Partizan Publik- Dus Architects, the Netherlands

From the jury report: "Through a very pragmatic approach to what citizens expect from a public space, this proposal did not exclude any element of public life and instead embraced all those elements with a particular focus on the automobile. It allows for a self-programming of the space through its undetermined state and offers through very little means an immediate and feasible response to the site and acknowledges the importance within the city of the immaterial means of communication."

3rd Prize: New Times Square by Partizan Publik- Dus Architects, the Netherlands
3rd Prize: New Times Square by Partizan Publik- Dus Architects, the Netherlands

All images courtesy of Bab Al Bahrain Competition.

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Swiss Architect Takes First Prize at Bab Al Bahrain Competition

By Bustler Editors|

Monday, Feb 20, 2012

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Detail from the competition-winning entry Pearl Dive by Lukas Lenherr

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urban design ● square ● middle east ● landscape ● bahrain ● bab al bahrain

Winners have been announced at the Bab Al Bahrain Open Ideas Competition with the proposal "Pearl Dive" by Swiss architect Lukas Lenherr taking home the $15,000 First Prize. Awards for the Second and Third Place were given to teams from Italy and the Netherlands.

The competition invited ideas from urban planners, architects, designers, students and creative thinkers to redesign Bab al Bahrain square, one of the few existing public squares in Bahrain. Significance was added to this competition by the recent political events that have taken place across the region, encouraging questions about social representation, public identity, urban integration, sense of place, and historic importance.

The jury was comprised of Italian Domus magazine editor-in-chief Joseph Grima, Lebanese architect Bernard Khoury, Dutch architect Bjarne Mastenbroek, Emirate architect Ahmad Al Ali, Bahraini urban planner Ma'moun Almoayed and the Culture Minister of Bahrain Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa.

1st Prize: Pearl Dive

by Lukas Lenherr, Switzerland

From the jury report: "This project was awarded the first prize because it went beyond the limitations of the Bab al Bahrain site and explored new frontiers for an urban proposal.
While it completely disregards the conventions on public water accessibility, it offers a convincing urban attractor through a very simple and radical gesture of inversion. The collage of ordinary programs, through their careful assembly, create a powerful urban device. The jury appreciated the simplicity and power of the proposal, supported by a very precise architectural expression which was reduced to its strict intentions."

1st Prize: Pearl Dive by Lukas Lenherr, Switzerland
1st Prize: Pearl Dive by Lukas Lenherr, Switzerland

2nd Prize: Two Rooms

by Baukuh and Guido Tesio, Italy

From the jury report: "Members of the jury were intrigued by the architect's decision to break down the site into two smaller components - one responding to the context of Bab al Bahrain and the other to the larger open space. Working within the existing urban pattern, the project creates a sense of curiosity with elements of surprise introduced at an urban level, creating an introverted version of a public plaza. Once more, the jury was impressed by the clarity of the proposal and its conciseness. Although it is a very architectural proposal it creates a new typology for public space within the city."

2nd Prize: Two Rooms by Baukuh and Guido Tesio, Italy
2nd Prize: Two Rooms by Baukuh and Guido Tesio, Italy

3rd Prize: New Times Square

by Partizan Publik- Dus Architects, the Netherlands

From the jury report: "Through a very pragmatic approach to what citizens expect from a public space, this proposal did not exclude any element of public life and instead embraced all those elements with a particular focus on the automobile. It allows for a self-programming of the space through its undetermined state and offers through very little means an immediate and feasible response to the site and acknowledges the importance within the city of the immaterial means of communication."

3rd Prize: New Times Square by Partizan Publik- Dus Architects, the Netherlands
3rd Prize: New Times Square by Partizan Publik- Dus Architects, the Netherlands

All images courtesy of Bab Al Bahrain Competition.

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