Call for projects eme3_2012 !

CALL FOR PROJECTS UNTIL 15TH APRIL

BOT TOM-UP

www.eme3.org

NEW WAYS OF UNDERSTANDING ARCHITECTURE

CALL FOR PROJECTS BOTTOM-UP Deadline for the call for projects: 15th April 2012

2 MODALITIES SHARE-IT + BUILD-IT

PRESENTATION OF EME3 Eme3 was born in 1999 in response to the need to find spaces for architects, urbanists and creatives from different disciplines, where they could present innovative and unconventional projects that went beyond majoritarian trends in urban planning and construction. It was precisely the concept of volume, the unit of measure in cubic meters that gave it the name and maintained it up to nowadays.

Although the parameters and context have changed since then, eme3 still operates as an opportunity and platform for expression and presentation of ideas. Away from dogmas and conventionalisms, eme3 has become a forum of interaction and a shuttle of proposals that retrospectively can be fully defined as avant-garde architecture.

Starting from the architecture, and combining both art and design, eme3 brings together the new creators of emergent architectures in a space of experimentation, exposition and

debate. Eme3 generates projects that materialize in different formats (installations, urban projects, workshops, lectures, discussions and audiovisual projections) and locations, through a continuous program, eme3_on, and an annual encounter, eme3_festival.

Once more, we open the period for the submission of projects to take part in the 7th edition of eme3 Festival that will be held in Barcelona from June 28th to July 1st 2012 in COAC (Official Catalan Chamber of Architects) while the exposition will remain open until July 15th.

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LIKE A THINK-TANK, EME3 IS AN ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE THE CREATOR WITH A PHYSICAL AND INTERACTIVE SPACE FOR THE FREE EXPRESSION OF IDEAS, AS WELL AS THE POSSIBILITY FOR THE VISITOR TO DISCOVER A DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURE YET CLOSE TO THE REAL AND CURRENT PROBLEMS IN SOCIETY.

EME3_THEME 2012 The topic of the 7th edition of the International Festival of Architecture EME3 starts from an exploratory analysis of the application of the concept “BOTTOM-UP” in architecture and its relationship with society.

When we talk about a bottom-up approach, counterposing it to the top-down, as the name suggests, it means starting with the detailed design of the individual parts, to afterwards link them to form larger components who will end up conforming a complete system. Strategies based on bottom-up information flows are potentially necessary as they are based on the extensive knowledge of all variables that may affect the elements of the system.

In a changing environment like the current, where the foundations of our system are constantly questioned and challenged, a series of actions, which to date had a fairly minor implementation in developed societies, emerge now strongly, relying on creativity and innovation to fight this moment of crisis and uncertainty:

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FOOD AND GROWING

URBAN GARDENS

CITIES IN PROGRESS THINK COMMONS NEW WORKING METHODS ENHANCING RELATIONAL CONNECTIONS EVOLUTIONARY STRATEGIES

NETWORKING

INCLUSIVE CITY HYPER LOCAL

RE-USE OUT OF CONTEXT

PARTICIPATIVE DESIGN CO-DESIGN

SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY CONSTRUCTION OF SPACE SHARING BEST PRACTICES

CREATIVE COMMUNITIES

RE-UTILIZATION OF VACANT LOTS

OBJECTIVE OF THE CALL FOR PROJECTS FOLLOWING THE PHILOSOPHY OF EME3 TO GIVE VISIBILITY TO EMERGENT CREATIVES AND INNOVATIVE PROPOSALS, WE ARE LAUNCHING A CALL FOR ALREADY BUILT, IN PROCESS OR TOBE-BUILT PROJECTS THAT GO IN THE LINE WITH THE THEME OF 2012 BOTTOM-UP, AND THAT MIGHT BE PRESENTED UNDER TWO MODALITIES AND IN DIFFERENT FORMATS:

SHARE-IT! It aims to show both realized and to-be-realized projects, in the format of a panel, a small scale prototype, a video, web and interactive application or any other volumetric format that may fit in 3x3x3m and will be produced and installed by the participant. The originality of the proposals and the presentation will be an added value for the selection criteria, therefore we make a call to the creativity and inventiveness of the participants.

Eme3 will be in charge of producing the material in the format of a panel according to the measures that’ll be communicated by the organization, whereas all the other materials will be produced by the participating team.

Those proposals in a volumetric format will be exposed in the exterior space, in the open, which shall be taken into account by the participating teams while designing it.

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BUILD-IT! We are opening a call for ideas where participants can submit proposals for the use of abandoned or degraded sites in the District of Ciutat Vella in Barcelona. The purpose of the call for ideas is to encourage the creation of spaces that give character and singularity to the neighborhood and facilitate the appropriation by the neighbors of the vacant lots in a participative bottom-up process, in order to allow the spaces recover their utility and maintain a certain dynamism and evolution over time. We have located several sites and/or corners in the District of Ciutat Vella in which it would be possible to work (see some examples of the sites in the annex).

Projects can be either focused like a direct intervention in any of the detected spaces or be presented through the realization of methodological proposals: workshops or construction of participatory processes.

Projects may have a middle or long term duration, following the ultimate goal of providing solutions to the

degradation of unused or underused spaces in the District of Ciutat Vella in Barcelona. The Jury will choose a maximum of three ideas to be constructed or implemented during the Festival. The sites that are listed in the annex are a selection of the detected spaces in Ciutat Vella, whereas the winning proposals may end up being implemented in different spaces to those they were designed for.

Eme3 will support the realization of each of the proposals with a quantity up to 2.000 euro per project, understanding that any cost surpassing this budget shall be on the participants account.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE APPLICANTS: WHO CAN PARTICIPATE

To the call for projects eme3 invites to participate architects, designers, multidisciplinary groups, artists and other professionals or citizen who have a proactive attitude when approaching inherent problems to contemporary cities and architecture, understanding that the necessities of the actual metropolis go beyond a merely buildable approach.

WHAT TYPE OF PROJECTS CAN PARTICIPATE We are searching for projects that are product of a critical reflection to reality, with an eye on the political, economic and social context. These projects may address issues that revolve around society, ecology, politics, the transmission of knowledge or even the own architectural and urbanistic discipline. There is no specific format that defines the type of proposals, therefore publications, strategies and systems of work, prototypes of building materials, artifacts, mappings and/or architectural and urban projects are accepted.

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REGISTRATION PROCESS:

Registration is free of cost.

Proposals whose presentation is incomplete won’t be taken into account in the selection process.

The projects will be received only by email to the following address: mercado@eme3.org. Any presentation of the project has to be accompanied by the registration form (to be downloaded on the web). The files shouldn’t exceed the 15Mb, while those over 6Mb have to be send through a web for big files transfer (wetransfer.com, yousendit.com, dropbox.com, etc). The subject of the message has to be “call for projects Eme3_2012”.

For any questions or further information please get in touch via mail to: mercado@eme3.org before the 12th April.

PRESENTATION OF THE PROJECTS PROJECTS HAVE TO BE PRESENTED IN SPANISH OR ENGLISH. ALL PROJECTS, EITHER FROM SHAREIT OR BUILD-IT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED WITH A PRESENTATION OR BRIEF BIOGRAPHY REFERRING TO THE PERSON OR TEAM IN A MAXIMUM OF 200 WORDS INSIDE THE REGISTRATION FORM.

SHARE-IT! The projects will be presented in a maximum of 3 dinA3, with images and texts using a typography not smaller than 8. They’ll have to include the description of the concept and the intention of the project without surpassing the 500 words. Images, renders, photographs or plans that help explaining the project can sum up to 8 images. The names of the team and the project should appear on all sheets.

BUILD-IT! Projects will be presented in a maximum of 3dinA3, with images and texts using a typography not smaller than 8. They’ll have to include the description of the concept and the intention of the project without surpassing the 500 words. Images, renders, photographs or plans (at scale) that help explaining the project can sum up to 8 images. An accompanying document shall contain an explanation of the assemblage of the proposal, the estimated time of montage, and a detailed budget. The names of the team and the project should appear on all sheets.

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PLAZO DE PRESENTDEADLINE FOR ACIÓN SUBMISSIONS: EL ÚLTIMO DÍA THE LAST DAY PARA ENVIAR LAS TO SEND THE PROPUESTAS ES EL 15 PROPOSALS IS DE ABRIL DEL 2012.

15TH APRIL 2012

PROCESS OF SELECTION: THE TEAMS AND/OR PRESELECTED PEOPLE WILL BE CONTACTED BY THE ORGANIZATION TO CLARIFY ANY DOUBTS BEFORE THE CONFIRMATION OF THEIR SELECTION. THE PROJECTS WILL BE SELECTED ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:

QUALITY AND CREATIVITY OF THE PROPOSAL

DISCURSIVE COHERENCE WITH THE THEMATIC OF 2012 CAPACITY OF TRANSFORMING THE REALITY

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JURY The Jury will be composed by: Members of the Scientific Committee of eme3 and the Board of Directors from the Jesús Serra Foundation and the COAC.

CALENDAR Monday 19th March: opening of the call for projects Thursday 12th April: closing of the period for questions & answers Sunday 15th April: submission deadline of the call for projects Monday 23rd April: confirmation of the selected participants Wednesday 23rd May: closing of the reception of the material for the catalog, web page and panels according to the specified features by the organization on 23rd April.

Thursday 28th June: inauguration of the Festival

ECONOMIC AND LOGISTIC VIABILITY OF THE PROPOSAL

Any change in the calendar will be announced on the web of www.eme3.org

EME3_WHERE ARE WE

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LOCATION OF THE FESTIVAL COAC (Official Catalan Chamber of Architects) COAC Barcelona, architectonic enclave and home of the Festival for the second consecutive year.

Square of the Cathedral in Barcelona District of Ciutat Vella (old town of Barcelona)

Square of the Cathedral, high density of passage

District of Ciutat Vella, the heart of the city.

AWARDS BUILD-IT!

SHARE-IT! During the Festival eme3, the Foundation JesĂşs Serra will reward three projects selected by the Jury.

All the participants of the modality SHARE-IT, regardless the format of their participation, will be eligible for the Award.

First prize: Second prize: Third prize:

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3.000 euro 2.000 euro 1.000 euro

The prize consists in the financing of a maximum of 2.000 euro (VAT included) to carry out the chosen proposal. From the listed 6 spots, three proposals will be selected to be implemented. If the chosen proposals excede the budget of 2.000 euro, the additional costs will be provided by the participants, either through sponsorship, materials transfer or through own funding.

If the participants in the Build-it have to commute over 100 km2 to reach Barcelona, accommodation will be covered for one person of the winning team for a maximum of 7 nights, as well as the meals for those days.

*The Jury reserves the right to leave the Awards vacant if none of the proposals accomplishes satisfactorily the objectives (valid for both modalities of participation).

Property rights: The selected projects might be subject to publications or promotional material, and may be used in the communications done by eme3 as long as there is a reference made to their authorship.

EME3_CONTACT

EME3_2012 PLAÇA NOVA 5 08002 BARCELONA

mercado@eme3.org

www.eme3.org

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