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The Architect’s Chair, International Competition
International ideas competition inviting architects and designers to distil architectural thinking into a single chair, testing ergonomics, craft and authorship beyond buildings.
This international ideas competition challenges architects and designers to design a single chair as a concentrated expression of architectural thinking. The brief reframes furniture as a testing ground for spatial logic, material judgement and ergonomic intent, asking entrants to translate architectural values into an object-scale proposition. Participants are invited to explore comfort, construction, adaptability and material innovation without a prescribed site or client. The competition positions the chair as both a functional object and a conceptual artefact, testing how architectural identity operates when stripped of programme, context and building scale.
Sector
arts-culture
Tender Portal
Tender Stage
Open design competition
Deadline
2 Apr 26
Consultant Team
Open to architects, designers and creative practitioners, including students, entering individually or as teams.
Submission Criteria
1st Place – € 5k, 2nd Place – € 2.5k, 3rd Place – € 1k
Buildner Student Award – € 1k
Buildner Sustainability Award € 500
6 Honorable mentions & certificates + Buildner will acknowledge the outstanding performance of all winners and honourable mentions with Certificates of Achievement.
Submissions must be made electronically via online upload panel (access issued after registration), and in English.
Anonymous submission is mandatory.
Deliverables:
– One A2 landscape presentation panel
– Concept design for an original chair
– Explanation of design intent and architectural approach
– Consideration of ergonomics, materials, construction and adaptability
– Visual representation of the proposed chair
Content Requirements:
– Design concept and rationale
– Material and construction logic
– Functional and ergonomic considerations
– Potential for production, adaptability or sustainability
Registration Fees:
— Architect / Enthusiast / Company — €140
— Student — €120
(Details of instalment payment options are published on the organiser’s website)