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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Harvard GSD 2017 Wheelwright PrizeCambridge, MA — The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is pleased to announce the fifth cycle of the Wheelwright Prize, an open international competition that awards $100,000 annually to a talented early-career architect to support travel-based research. The 2017 Wheelwright Prize is now accepting applications. Deadline for submissions is January 31, 2017. This annual prize is dedicated to fostering new forms of architectural research informed by cross-cultural engagement.
The Wheelwright Prize is open to emerging architects practicing anywhere in the world. The primary eligibility requirement is that applicants must have received a degree from a professionally accredited architecture program in the past 15 years (after 2002). Applicants are asked to submit a portfolio, a research proposal, and a travel itinerary that takes them outside their country of residence. Applicants will be judged on the quality of their design work, scholarly accomplishments, originality and persuasiveness of their research proposal, and evidence of ability to fulfill the proposed project.
In 2013 Harvard GSD revamped the Arthur W. Wheelwright Traveling Fellowship, which was established in 1935 in memory of Wheelwright, Class of 1887. The original fellowship was intended to encourage the study of architecture outside the United States, giving outstanding GSD alumni a classic Grand Tour experience at a time when international travel was rare. In the 81-year history of the prize, fellows have included Paul Rudolph, Eliot Noyes, William Wurster, Christopher Tunnard, I. M. Pei, Klaus Herdeg, Farès el-Dahdah, Adele Santos, and Linda Pollak. The new Wheelwright Prize invites architects to imagine a Grand Tour for the 21st century, to propose travel itineraries propelled by compelling research agenda.
“The overwhelming response to the prize reflects the strong desire of an emerging generation of architects to push the boundaries of the profession,” remarked Harvard GSD Dean Mohsen Mostafavi. “Having reviewed hundreds of applications from around the world, it’s clear that young architects everywhere are interested in alternative practices tied to a global spectrum of political, social, cultural, and environmental concerns.”
An international jury will be announced in January 2017. Standing members of the Wheelwright Prize Organizing Committee include Dean Mostafavi and Professors K. Michael Hays. Applications are accepted online only, at wheelwrightprize.org. Finalists for the 2017 prize will be invited to present at Harvard GSD in April 2017, and a winner will named shortly thereafter.
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Beatrice Galilee
Beatrice Galilee is the Daniel Brodsky Associate Curator of Architecture and Design at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Trained in architecture at Bath University and in history of architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, Galilee specializes in the dissemination of architecture and design through media, curatorial practice, research, editing and teaching. She was the Chief Curator of the 2013 Lisbon Architecture Triennale, Close, Closer, and has curated exhibitions and events around the world including the 2009 Shenzhen Hong Kong Biennale, 2011 Gwangju Design Biennale, and 2012 and 2013 Milan Design Weeks. She is the cofounder and director of the Gopher Hole, an exhibition space in London, a critic for Domus, and associate lecturer at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. She was the architecture editor of icon magazine between 2006 and 2009.
Beatrice Galilee is the Daniel Brodsky Associate Curator of Architecture and Design at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Trained in architecture at Bath University and in history of architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, Galilee specializes in the dissemination of architecture and design through media, curatorial practice, research, editing and teaching. She was the Chief Curator of the 2013 Lisbon Architecture Triennale, Close, Closer, and has curated exhibitions and events around the world including the 2009 Shenzhen Hong Kong Biennale, 2011 Gwangju Design Biennale, and 2012 and 2013 Milan Design Weeks. She is the cofounder and director of the Gopher Hole, an exhibition space in London, a critic for Domus, and associate lecturer at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. She was the architecture editor of icon magazine between 2006 and 2009.
Gordon Gill
Gordon Gill, FAIA, is one of the world’s foremost exponents of performance-based architecture. His work, which includes the world’s largest buildings as well as sustainable communities, is driven by his philosophy that there is a purposeful relationship between formal design and performance. “Form follows performance” is a driving philosophy of his Chicago-based firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. His works include the world’s first net-zero-energy skyscraper, first large-scale energy-positive building, the world’s tallest tower, as well as the Astana Expo 2017 and its sustainable legacy community.
Gordon Gill, FAIA, is one of the world’s foremost exponents of performance-based architecture. His work, which includes the world’s largest buildings as well as sustainable communities, is driven by his philosophy that there is a purposeful relationship between formal design and performance. “Form follows performance” is a driving philosophy of his Chicago-based firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. His works include the world’s first net-zero-energy skyscraper, first large-scale energy-positive building, the world’s tallest tower, as well as the Astana Expo 2017 and its sustainable legacy community.
Mariana Ibañez
Mariana Ibañez is an associate professor at Harvard GSD, where she is part of the Responsive Environments and Artifacts Lab. She received her MArch from the Architectural Association in London before joining the offices of Arup Advanced Geometry Unit and Zaha Hadid Architects. In 2012 she cofounded Ibañez Kim, a design practice based in Cambridge and Philadelphia that engages the fields of material performance, spatial interaction, and robotics within architecture and urbanism. Her book Paradigms in Computing (Actar, 2014) is an inquiry into design agency and revitalizing its scope of work. Her work includes collaborations with Grace Kelly Jazz, the Dufala Brothers, and Philadelphia Opera. Her work has appeared at the Museum of Modern Art, Milan Fashion Week, and National Art Museum in Beijing.
Mariana Ibañez is an associate professor at Harvard GSD, where she is part of the Responsive Environments and Artifacts Lab. She received her MArch from the Architectural Association in London before joining the offices of Arup Advanced Geometry Unit and Zaha Hadid Architects. In 2012 she cofounded Ibañez Kim, a design practice based in Cambridge and Philadelphia that engages the fields of material performance, spatial interaction, and robotics within architecture and urbanism. Her book Paradigms in Computing (Actar, 2014) is an inquiry into design agency and revitalizing its scope of work. Her work includes collaborations with Grace Kelly Jazz, the Dufala Brothers, and Philadelphia Opera. Her work has appeared at the Museum of Modern Art, Milan Fashion Week, and National Art Museum in Beijing.
Michael Hays
K. Michael Hays is Eliot Noyes Professor of Architectural Theory and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Harvard GSD. Hays has played a central role in the development of the field of architectural theory and his work is internationally known. His research and scholarship have focused on the areas of European modernism and critical theory as well as on theoretical issues in contemporary architectural practice. He was the founder of the scholarly journal Assemblage and the first adjunct curator of architecture at the Whitney Museum of American Art (2000 to 2009).
K. Michael Hays is Eliot Noyes Professor of Architectural Theory and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Harvard GSD. Hays has played a central role in the development of the field of architectural theory and his work is internationally known. His research and scholarship have focused on the areas of European modernism and critical theory as well as on theoretical issues in contemporary architectural practice. He was the founder of the scholarly journal Assemblage and the first adjunct curator of architecture at the Whitney Museum of American Art (2000 to 2009).
Gia Wolff
Gia Wolff is a designer interested in architecture that embodies a reciprocal relationship between the user and the built environment and questions the performative aspects of the discipline. In 2013, Wolff was the first winner of the relaunched Wheelwright Prize, with her proposal Floating City: The Community-Based Architecture of Parade Floats, a study of elaborate temporary and mobile constructions realized annually in carnivals worldwide. Her work has been exhibited widely, including Canopy at the Tate Modern (London, 2014). She recently served as Architecture Director for the processional opening of the OMA-designed Faena Forum (Miami 2016). Wolff is an ongoing collaborator with Freecell Architecture and curator Claire Tancons, and is a member of the Phantom Limb Company, a New York marionette theater group. She is an adjunct assistant professor at Pratt Institute and a visiting professor at Princeton University.
Gia Wolff is a designer interested in architecture that embodies a reciprocal relationship between the user and the built environment and questions the performative aspects of the discipline. In 2013, Wolff was the first winner of the relaunched Wheelwright Prize, with her proposal Floating City: The Community-Based Architecture of Parade Floats, a study of elaborate temporary and mobile constructions realized annually in carnivals worldwide. Her work has been exhibited widely, including Canopy at the Tate Modern (London, 2014). She recently served as Architecture Director for the processional opening of the OMA-designed Faena Forum (Miami 2016). Wolff is an ongoing collaborator with Freecell Architecture and curator Claire Tancons, and is a member of the Phantom Limb Company, a New York marionette theater group. She is an adjunct assistant professor at Pratt Institute and a visiting professor at Princeton University.
Mohsen Mostafavi
Mohsen Mostafavi is an architect, educator, and Dean of Harvard University Graduate School of Design and the Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design. His work focuses on modes and processes of urbanization and on the interface between technology and aesthetics. He serves on the steering committee of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture and the board of the Van Alen Institute, and consults on numerous international design and urban projects. His publications include Landscape Urbanism: A Manual for the Machinic Landscape (AA Publications, 2004) and Ecological Urbanism (Lars Müller Publications, 2010).
Mohsen Mostafavi is an architect, educator, and Dean of Harvard University Graduate School of Design and the Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design. His work focuses on modes and processes of urbanization and on the interface between technology and aesthetics. He serves on the steering committee of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture and the board of the Van Alen Institute, and consults on numerous international design and urban projects. His publications include Landscape Urbanism: A Manual for the Machinic Landscape (AA Publications, 2004) and Ecological Urbanism (Lars Müller Publications, 2010).
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