Architecture Competition

Ignaz Strebel and Jan Silberberger are senior researchers within the Center for Research on Architecture, Society and the Built Environment, Department of Architecture, ETH Zurich. They have collaborated on various research and design projects, including the development of the internet platform KONKURADO | Web of Design Competitions 1.0.

Almost all texts on architectural competition engross it for particular intentions, whether it be for celebration of the procedure, or dismissal. From this view point Architecture Competition is a revelational study on what really happens when competitions take place. But the story is not just about architecture and design; it is about the whole construction process, from the definition of the spatial program, to judgment and selection of projects and the realization of the building.

Introduction: unpacking architectural competitions - project design and the building process (Ignaz Strebel and Jan Silberberger); PART I - MANAGING THE PROCEDURE; 1. Two geographical logics in architectural competitions (Ignaz Strebel and Jan Silberberger); 2. The competition between creativity and legitimacy (Kristian Kreiner); 3. The best of both worlds? Client decision making in architect selection processes (Leentje Volker); 4. Design in conversation (An interview with Malcolm Reading); PART II - INSIDE THE COMPETITION; 5. The progressive differentiation of judgement criteria (Jan Silberberger and Ignaz Strebel); 6. Jury board at work: evaluation of architecture and process (Peter Holm Jacobsen and Andreas Kamstrup); 7. Jury boards as 'risk managers': analysing jury deliberations within architectural competitions against the background of risk management (Camille Crossman); 8. Competitions beyond spatial specifications (An interview with Dietmar Eberle); PART III - MAKING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT; 9. The obligatory passage point (Jan Silberberger and Ignaz Strebel); 10. Architecture as process: OJEU tender and procurement without design (Torsten Schmiedeknecht); 11. Advanced structural engineering (An interview with Werner Sobek)