Architectural Competitions
Convener: Joris van Wezemael, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Architectural competitions have recently emerged as a significant
field of empirical research. For this conference, we invited papers
within the following themes:
• Two-stage (esp. prequalification) versus one-stage competitions:
relating procedures and outcomes
• “The perfect brief”: How much and what kind of scope does it
provide? How does it achieve that?
• Concepts and theoretical approaches in interdisciplinary
'competitions research'
• Tracing the political in planning competitions
• Expertise and judgment: Performing quality in design competitions
• Historical trajectories: places, cultures and ruptures in
legislation (e.g. impacts of WTO regulations/EU regulation from 1994)
• Knowledge creation and design competitions: from individual
answers, experiences and specific solutions to general, collective and
theoretical reflections.
The conference will help build a network for joint (comparative)
research across Europe and beyond.
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