[MOSCOW] Circus School Competition, Russian Design Contest, Temporary Structure

[MOSCOW] Circus School Competition News

Open International Architectural Contest in Russia – hosted by [AC-CA]

18 Nov 2015

[MOSCOW] Circus School Competition 2015

[MOSCOW] Circus School competition in 2015

Moscow is the capital and the largest city of Russia with 12.2 million residents within the city and 16.8 within its urban area. It is a major political, economic, cultural, and scientific centre in Russia and Eastern Europe, as well as the largest city in the entire European continent.

A Circus is a company of performers that may include clowns, acrobats, trapeze acts, musicians, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclist and other object manipulation and stunt-oriented artists. Animals were widely used in traditional circus but less so now. Contemporary circus combines traditional circus skills and theatrical techniques to convey a story or theme.

Compared with the traditional circus, the contemporary genre of circus tends to focus more attention on the overall aesthetic impact, on character and story development, and on the use of lighting design, original music and costume design to convey thematic or narrative content. The Moscow State Circus company is widely applauded for its levels of originality and artistic skill.

AIM OF THIS COMPETITION
The aim of this International Competition is to design a new Circus School in the heart of Moscow city to serve as an academy for young aspiring circus performers. The architecture of this new building should reflect contemporary design tendencies. The proposal must not only attend to the specific function but also take into consideration the urban context and impact. This competition hopes to achieve the following:

_Encourage the employment of sustainable design in all aspects of the proposal.
_Encourage and reward design excellence at a large scale which integrates function, structure and details.
_Research, respond to and highlight the unique aspects of designing an academic building.
_To generate the discussion of ideas regarding the relation between Architecture and Culture
_Encourage the employment of sustainable design in all aspects of the proposal.

COMPETITION STRUCTURE
This is a single stage Competition with the aim of identifying the most appropriate proposal, which best satisfies the general and specific objectives of the contest.

THOSE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE
Architects, Architecture Graduated, Engineers and Students. Interdisciplinary teams are also encouraged to enter the Competition.
Submissions can be the work of an individual or a group up to 4 members.

AWARDS
Winning participants will receive prizes totalling US$ 5,000 with the distribution as follows:
1st PRIZE: US$ 3,000
2nd PRIZE: US$ 1,500
3rd PRIZE: US$ 500
There will also be 7 Honourable Mentions.

Note: this is an open international competition hosted by [AC-CA] to generate progressive contemporary design ideas.There are no firm plans for the school to be built.

SCHEDULE
_Competition Officially Announced – 27th October 2015
_Start of Competition – 10th November 2015
_Closing Date for Registration – 19th February 2016
_Closing Date for Submissions – 19th February 2016

All deadlines are 11:59 pm – 00:00 GMT (London)

[email protected]
www.ac-ca.org

Location: Moscow, Russia