YAC – Young Architects Competitions announces the winners of Seduction Pavilion, an ideas competition that was launched last June in cooperation with the FRI – Fashion Research Italy foundation and aimed at designing a pavilion for a temporary exhibition for the first Fashion Film Festival organized by Cineteca di Bologna.

There was a total cash prize of € 10,000 to reward to the winner projects: the 1st prize of € 5,000 has been awarded to the Spanish team “laub”, the 2nd prize of € 3,000 to the Irish team “AI studio” and the 3rd prize of€ 1,000 to the Italian team “CDC”. 

The 2 Gold Mentions, of € 500 each, have been assigned to two Italian teams: “Marianna Tedeschini” and “Fabiola Mele”. 10 Honorable Mentions and 30 Finalist Mentions follow up as the completion of this huge and international podium.

Seduction Pavilion aimed at designing the pavilion for a temporary exhibition for the first Fashion Film Festival organized by Cineteca di Bologna. Participants were asked to create an architectural installation. Through a selection of rare photographs, they will describe the forgotten world of failed female stars: enchanting beauties that have almost been part of the Hollywood and Italian star system but never achieved fame.

How to represent the world of aspiring female celebrities and pin-ups? How to express- through architecture- the seducing power of the female universe? 

By answering these questions, designers would have the opportunity to pay tribute to the seducing fascination of nameless female stars. They would have the chance to create their own museum installation, which would be in the world a symbol and expression of style and femininity. Moreover, it will redeem the celebrity dream of stars that never achieved fame.

The selected installation will be displayed to the world during the first edition of the Fashion Film Festival curated by the Cineteca di Bologna. The installation will welcome visitors with a story of sensuality and beauty able to connect them to a fragment of one of the most stunning and mysterious mosaics of history: the woman.

See the winning projects below:

1st prize: laub by Simone Marcolin, Diletta Trinari, Kim-Lou Monnier, Miguel Pereira Vinagre

2nd prize: AI studio by Andrada Ispas, Alexandra Sinitaru

3rd prize: CDC by Debora De Carlo, Nicoletta Centioni

Gold Mention: Marianna Tedeschini

Gold Mention: Fabiola Mele

See all the winning projects on YAC's competition website.

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