Prize
2010 Chairs
Daniel Spruth und Sofia Rivadeneira, RWTH Aachen University
An invasion of chairs. What looks like a piece of furniture, can have power when they appear en masse. They can temporarily change the viewer’s perception of a city. “2010 Chairs” appear at five different places in the city of Pécs in a temporal sequence. The installation follows a path through the new cultural premises and establishes a symbolic bridge between the city centre and the revitalized Zsolnay Cultural Quarter. Whether as chaotic, linear or incremental structure, the logic of the arrangement draws the attention to the potential of the recently planned urban spaces and encourages a new dialogue between man and space. On each yellow stool the inscription “Take a seat, take part” can be read. The sentence invites the Pécs visitors and inhabitants to take a seat in the public spaces and become an active part of the installation. The initially static picture of the arrangement is dissolved because of this constant use of chairs. New formations are generated that can create bizarre impressions and memories. Thus the installation remains in constant movement and the public space is revived. With the help of accompanying artistic and music presentations, “2010 Chairs” will create a spatial experience that we expect will be remembered beyond the temporary intervention. The project aspires to be a metaphor for the transformation of Pécs to the European Capital of Culture 2010.
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Recognition
Shared Quarters – Share your street, connect your life ("Geteilte Quartiere – Teile deine Straße, verknüpfe dein Leben")
Pia Lüttke and Viktoria Schmidt, TU Dortmund University, Faculty of Spatial Planning
A cultural mile, attractive to inhabitants and tourists, is planned on the connecting axis between the Pécs city centre and the Zsolnay porcelain factory. The basic idea is not to destroy the public space’s patina and homegrown identity but to take up and intensify the cultural and social structures of the existing urban quarters. By re-planning the street, an atmosphere of togetherness and mutual exchange will be created. The street space will become a space of personal contact. A principle of sharing will apply to the concrete urban design as well as social interactions.The, currently, very wide street will be partly returned to residents’ hands and offer more room for pedestrians and residents. The quarters’ residents, visitors, artists and children can use this newly created space. For example, they can be creative, can do chalk drawings or similar works of art to their heart’s content. Zsolnay porcelain will be inserted into the ground and will thus symbolise the connection with the new Zsolnay Cultural Quarter. The area’s recreational quality will be increased with the help of a new green park - common land that can be used by the public. The social planning level intends to divide the street into three different quarters: a retail quarter, a gastronomy quarter, and a recreational area and hip part of the town that integrates particularly the culture of the Rroma and Sinti people living in the area.
Recognition 2
Under Construction
Sebnem Soher, Ozan Can Özübal and Gülin Rahvanci, Yildiz Technical University and Istanbul Bilgi University
The design work counts on visibility to establish the missing connection between the city centre and the Zsolnay area. What view do we have onto the city from here? How does the city feel from this new point of view? The aim of the design Under Construction was to try this out and to allow us to experience this new perspective. Around the old smokestack of the porcelain manufacture a temporary scaffold with various walk-in platforms will be constructed. It will serve as an observation tower. A connection to the neighbouring buildings will be established by using additional structural elements. In the city, corresponding elements will appear referring to the installation located in the new cultural quarter.
