12/14/2012
PIDPR 2012 COMPETITION
Winner’s Announcement and PIDPR Symposium
December 9, 2012, DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Bryan Bell, co-founder of SEED, founder and executive director of Design Corps, Raleigh, North Carolina, and one of the leading voices in Public Interest Design (PID) movement, presented a lecture on PID and sat on the PIDPR symposium discussion panel, as part of the PIDPR 2012 Competition, which was hosted by [gD]³ & PIDPR group. The symposium focused on PIDPR and was attended by students and faculty from area schools and by local Detroit area professionals. The symposium was held on November 28 at Lawrence Technological University (LTU) in Southfield, Michigan. The symposium panelists included Bryan Bell, Gina Reichert (co-founder of Design 99, Detroit), and Scott Shall (founding director of International Design Clinic). The panel discussion was moderated by Professor Joongsub Kim of LTU, and director of [gD]3 , and PIDPR group and Detroit Studio. The panel dialogue was passionate and informative, with a lot of back and forth conversations between the panelists and the audience throughout the symposium and even after it ended. A number of students asked the panelists how they can get started in PID, how to fund it, and the like.
Bryan Bell was the primary juror for the PIDPR Competition. He deliberated from the Detroit Studio, a community outreach program of LTU, for one day, November 29. He stated at the end of his deliberations that several of the entries included interesting ideas or approaches, and that many of the entries have great potential.
The top three prizes represent many different approaches to PIDPR. Each entry stands in contrast to the other winning entries. The jury stated that each winning entry demonstrated something valuable. The jury also stated that all of the entries, not just the winning entries, can be catalysts for a continued conversation of the possibilities for PID.
Winning Entries
First Place Winner:
Project: “Reinvention of a Detroit Icon”
Team: Andrew Sommerville and Alex Gormley
Second Place Winner:
Project: “North End”
Team: Marissa Zane and Eric Blyth
Third Place Winner:
Project: “Redline”
Team: Dina Elawad and Youngjin Song
Project: “Igniting Detroit”
Team: Regina Stack and Diana Chan
Project: “Abandoned Buildings”
Team: Jia Liu and Mohammad Al Omran
Project: “Solutions at the Root”
Team: Brendan Cagney and Angele Dmytruk
About [gD]³ & PIDPR Competition
[gD]³
Students and professionals around the world are invited to participate in the PIDPR International Competition. PIDPR aims to expand the discipline of architecture by challenging the traditional definition and boundaries of the architectural profession, and by exploring alternative design practices. [gD]³ investigates the goals, theories, principles, methods, and values of PIDPR. Through the application of public interest design practice, through collaboration with local stakeholders and via digital networking to engage a worldwide audience, [gD]³ proposes an alternative practice model to fully articulate public interest design and research. [gD]³, through the PIDPR Competition, seeks design projects that explore new and innovative ways of practicing architecture to empower and assist disadvantaged groups around the world. A distinguished group of experts in the field of PIDPR will judge the competition.
Competition Sponsors
NCARB (National Council of Architectural Registration Boards)
Biography of Competition Juror
Bryan Bell, DESIGN CORPS
http://www.bryanbell.org
Bryan Bell founded Design Corps in 1991 with the mission is "to provide the benefits of architecture to those traditionally un-served by the profession."
