The Chicago Architecture Biennial will provide a platform for groundbreaking architectural projects and spatial experiments that demonstrate how creativity and innovation can radically transform our lived experience.

The Chicago Architecture Biennial announces the Lakefront Kiosk Competition, organized in partnership with the Chicago Park District and the City of Chicago.

In keeping with the mission of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, the Lakefront Kiosk Competition is an opportunity to support innovative architectural work and to use the city—more specifically, the iconic shoreline of Lake Michigan—as a laboratory for architectural experimentation.

The competition calls for the inventive design of a new kiosk that will be installed on Chicago’s lakefront, one of the city’s most vibrant public spaces. A jury of architects, curators, and city representatives will select one winner to receive the BP Prize, which includes an honorarium for design development and a construction budget to realize the design.

The winning competition entry will be part of a broader initiative, envisioned by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Park District, to enhance cultural life on the lakefront. Along with the winning competition entry, three additional new lakefront kiosks will be constructed, each designed by an architect in collaboration with students from a local school of architecture. Participating schools include the Illinois Institute of Technology, the School of the Art Institute, and the University of Illinois Chicago. Details on these collaborations will be announced in early 2015.

All four new kiosks—the winning competition entry, and the three design collaborations with local schools—will be displayed in Millennium Park during the Chicago Architecture Biennial (October 2015 – January 2016) as a featured component of its exhibition program. In the spring of 2016, the four kiosks will be installed on the lakefront.

Eligibility

The competition is open to domestic and international applicants. Individuals or design teams may apply. Design teams may be multidisciplinary, however the lead applicant of the team must have graduated from an accredited professional architecture program.

The winning designer or design team will work with a local architect of record appointed by the Chicago Park District and the Chicago Architecture Biennial.

Criteria for Evaluation

Originality

• Original and inventive contribution to the field
• Creative use of materials and technology
• Innovative fabrication
• Thoughtful engagement of the lakefront landscape
• Sustainability

Feasibility

• Realizable within the budget
• Ease of on-site installation
• Transportable
• Weather sustainable design
• Demonstrated capacity to complete the project

Schedule

Mar 23, 2015 Submission deadline
Apr 2015 Jury deliberation
May 2015 Winner announced
Jun–Aug 2015 Fabrication
Sep 2015 Installation at Millennium Park
Oct 2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial Opens to public
Oct 2015 BP Prize ceremony
Apr 2016 Installation on lakefront

Jury

David Adjaye,Adjaye Associates

Jeanne Gang,Studio Gang Architects

Joseph Grima,Co-Artistic Director, Chicago Architecture Biennial

Sarah Herda,Co-Artistic Director, Chicago Architecture Biennial

Sharon Johnston,Johnston Marklee & Associates

Michael O’Brien,Retail Design Director, BP

Michael O’Brien,Director of Planning and Construction, Chicago Park District

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