Services for Persons with a DisabilityCompetition News: Europan 10 Results
02 February 2010Europan 10 is Ireland's second time participating in Europan. Submissions were received from 49 teams throughout Europe for the two sites in Ireland proposed by the respective city councils. In Dublin, the site in Ballymun had a theme of regeneration. Competitors were asked to design a project comprising a mix of residential and non-residential studios for artists, a small gallery and associated ancillary spaces.
In Galway, the greenfield site was in Ballyburke to the west of Galway city and had a theme of colonisation. Competitors were asked to create a connected, permeable, sustainable neighbourhood which linked with surrounding developments and to design a block layout that maximised solar gain and encouraged a well defined, enclosed, safe and attractive streetscape.
Conor Sreenan (IE) with his submission entitled 'Terroir' won the competition for the Galway site in Ballyburke. The runner-up submission was Donal Colfer.
Europan's objective is to bring to the fore Europe’s young architecture and urban design professionals, and to publicise and develop their ideas. In addition, it helps the cities which have provided sites to find innovative architectural and urban solutions for the transformation of urban locations. The open competitions are anonymous and public calls for ideas are on a European scale. Europan 10 was open to any team of young architectural design professionals and candidates had to be under 40 years old on the closing date for submission of entries
Exhibitions:
The Galway submissions will be exhibited digitally in the Galway City Museum from 18 February for two weeks, with an opening on Saturday, 20 February 2010.
