Schindler Award
The Schindler Award is a European competition for architecture students and universities, advertised by Schindler Holding AG . It was carried out for the first time in the "European Year for People with Disabilities" 2003. Schindler now offers the competition every two years. After Brussels , Paris , Vienna and Berlin , the 2012 award will take place in Bern .
Leitmotif
Under the motto “Access for All”, the differentiation between “handicapped accessible” and “normal” architecture is to be overcome. The contestants should not plan specifically for the disabled. Rather, what is needed is barrier-free architecture that does justice to all people, regardless of their individual abilities and disabilities.
The Schindler Award aims to change the way young architects approach their work. They are asked to think beyond forms, light and materials and to deal with the needs of the people who ultimately inhabit the buildings and spaces they have designed. Its aim is to improve accessibility and general mobility for all people regardless of age, status or physical ability.
The Schindler Award is an excellent opportunity for budding architects to have their designs judged by an expert jury. It is open to students who are either in the final year of a bachelor's degree or who are completing a master's degree at a European university / architecture school.
The competition also awards school prizes, thereby motivating schools of architecture to include the basic principles of “accessibility for all” in their curricula and to offer appropriate courses.
Task 2012
The 2012 competition is expected to take place in Bern .
Previous winners
2009/10
Task: Transformation of the Berlin Olympic site into an attractive, functional and barrier-free sports and leisure park.
- 1st prize: Simon Moser, Daniel Meier, Simon Peter Roesti ( Bern University of Applied Sciences for Architecture, Wood and Construction , Switzerland)
- 2nd prize: Haydar Alward, Mikael Pettersson ( Lund University , Sweden)
- 3rd Prize: Milyausha Gabdrakhmanova, Tatyana Polyakova, Inna Tarasova, State Petroleum Technological University, ( Ufa , Russia)
2007/08
Task: Revitalization of a fallow area of a former gasworks in the center of Vienna .
- 1st prize: Nils Krieger, Thorsten Stelter ( FH Koblenz , Germany)
- 2nd prize: Jakub Krcmar, Martina Sotkovska ( TU Prague , Czech Republic)
- 3rd prize: Krisztian Csemy ( TU Bratislava , Slovakia)
2005/06
Task: Disabled-accessible bridge over the Seine and redesign of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris .
- 1st prize: Marta Neic, Marco Di Nallo, Manfred Sponseiler ( TU Vienna , Austria)
- 2nd prize: Adam Beard, Marie Henrike Haase ( Technical University Delft , Netherlands)
- 3rd prize: group around Elin Algotsson ( Lunds tekniska Högskola , Sweden)
2003/04
Task: Redesign of a district in Brussels .
- 1st prize: Cécil Tirard ( Ecole d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville , Paris-Belleville / France)
- 2nd prize: Bartlomiej Hominski, Michal Jezierski ( Politechnika Krakowska , Krakow / Poland)
- 3rd prize: group around Lizet Blenke ( Lunds tekniska Högskola , Sweden)
See also
- Concrete head (price) - negative price for grossly disregarding the regulations on barrier-free construction
Web links
- Schindler Award (English)
- Schindler Holding AG (English)