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The Overall Winner of the 2021 Architecture Drawing Prize was announced on 25 January at Sir John Soane’s Museum in London as Dafni Filippa with “Fluid Strada – Flood-responsive landscape performance”: a hybrid drawing combining different rendering techniques.
Sir John Soane’s Museum: “Filippa’s project takes the climate emergency as its starting point, imagining a future London in which the Thames Barrier has been overwhelmed and flash floods are a regular occurrence. She proposes a solution which involves injecting hydro-membranes deep underground, protecting the infrastructure from flood waters. The image began with a photograph of a physical model which was then digitally manipulated”
Ken Shuttleworth, founder of Make Architects and a judge, commented on Dafni Filippa’s drawing: “As a jury, we were all impressed by Fluid Strada and the way it blurs the lines between physical objects and drawing with great skill and imagination, making it a truly exceptional example of a hybrid rendering."
Sir John Soane’s Museum is hosting a dedicated exhibition of The Architecture Drawing Prize until 19 February 2021. The exhibition features Dafni Filippa’s “Fluid Strata”, as well as drawings by last year’s finalists and category winners. Also included are works from the 2020 Prize that could not be exhibited earlier due to the pandemic.
In response to COVID restrictions, the curatorial team from Sir John Soane’s Museum, together with Make Architects, created a virtual 5-year retrospective of the Prize. You can access it here: https://vca.gallery/
Exhibition at the Museum:
Until 19 February 2022
Sir John Soane’s Museum
13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3BP
Entry is free - details of opening hours/ planning visit:
About The Prize
Created as a collaboration between Sir John Soane's Museum, Make Architects, and the World Architecture Festival, The Architecture Drawing Prize is now in its fifth year. It attracts entries from around the world and displays the best and most innovative architectural drawings of today. The extent to which the drawing makes a proposition about the possibilities of architecture is an important criterion in the judging process, as are technical skill and originality of approach.
The Exhibitions
As part of The Prize programme, finalists and winners are exhibited at Sir John Soane's Museum. This year, there are two exhibitions: Sir John Soane's Museum is hosting the 2020-2021 Prize exhibition, and has also curated a virtual exhibition with Make Architects, a 5-Year Retrospective of the Architecture Drawing Prize. Both exhibitions celebrate how communicating ideas or design concepts are effectively at the heart of what makes a strong architectural drawing, be it purely conceptual or relating to a project intended to be built.
The 2020-21 Prize Exhibition at Sir John Soane's Museum
The exhibition explores the latest developments in the art of the architectural drawing, with a strong focus on how traditional rendering techniques are combined with the latest digital tools. Entries from the past two year’s demonstrate how drawing has been an important medium in reconnecting with one’s surroundings during the pandemic, and in viewing those surroundings from a fresh perspective.
A heightened sense of place has emerged front and centre in applicant submissions, which is thought-provoking considering that many architects have been physically distanced from their projects, and the design process has been increasingly screen-based during lockdowns and work-from-home periods.
The exhibition at the Museum is a snapshot of the online retrospective, exploring many of the similar themes, but also demonstrating how architects and students, in particular, are excelling in the use of digital tools in an artful, mature way. 2021 was the first time that all category winners were comprised of students, thus exhibiting the artistry possessed by the latest generations of architecture graduates.
The 5-Year Virtual Retrospective of The Architecture Drawing Prize
The Retrospective showcases drawings by the winners and finalists of The Architecture Drawing Prize since its inception in 2017. It exemplifies how virtual space is able to facilitate the mounting of large exhibitions that can work as a strong complement to smaller, more focused physical exhibitions.
Greg Willis from Make Architects, who led the design of the virtual gallery and collaborated closely with Curator, Louise Stewart, on Sir John Soane’s Museum retrospective exhibition design, says:
“The Vault of Contemporary Art uses our placemaking skills to create a digital platform that plays with materiality, light, sound, and sense of place in an innovative and distinctive way, giving great care to how objects are displayed. The idea has been to improve our experience of digital space, making it more memorable and distinct.
Curator of Exhibitions at Sir John Soane's Museum, Louise Stewart, has organised the Retrospective around ten themes ranging from "Light, Space, Shade, to "This Crowded City" to "Dystopian Visions" and says:
"In this group of drawings, artists grapple with future threats. In doing so, they take account of issues such as climate change, overpopulation, and energy provision. Their unsettling imagery demonstrates architecture’s impact on people and planet, and its potential to underpin, exacerbate, and solve the problems faced by society."
The 2021 Architecture Drawing Prize is sponsored by Gleeds
It is chaired by Paul Finch, Programme Director of the World Architecture Festival, co-curators of The Architecture Drawing Prize along with Make Architects and Sir John Soane’s Museum.
For more information about The Architecture Drawing Prize, visit: https://thedrawingprize.worldarchitecturefestival.com/
For the latest updates, follow @architecturedrawingprize on Instagram
2021 Overall winner: ‘Flood Responsive Landscape Performance’ by Dafni Filippa
2021 Hand drawn winner: 'Reconfiguring Addis Ababa’s Narratives’ by Antonio Paoletti
2021 Hybrid category: This year there are two joint Winners
-‘Fluid Strata’ by Dafni Filippa
-‘(Un)homeliness’ by Boji Hu.
2021 Digital category winner: ‘Site(s) of Flux’ by Zachary Higson.
2021 Lockdown prize winner: ‘Site(s) of Flux’ by Zachary Higson.
Judges:
Louise Stewart, Sir John Soane's Museum
Paul Finch, World Architecture Festival
Ken Shuttleworth, Make Architects
Robin Brodie Cooper, Gleeds
Pablo Bronstein, Artist
Lily Jencks, LilyJencksStudio and JencksSquared
Narinder Sagoo, Foster + Partners
Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell, Langlands & Bell artists
About Sir John Soane’s Museum
Sir John Soane’s house, museum, and library at No. 13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields has been a national museum since the early nineteenth century. On his appointment as Professor of Architecture at the Royal Academy in 1806, Soane (1753-1837) began to arrange his books, classical antiquities, casts, and models so that students of architecture might benefit from access to them. In 1833, he negotiated an Act of Parliament to preserve the house and collection after his death for the benefit of ‘amateurs and students’ in architecture, painting, and sculpture. Today, Sir John Soane’s Museum is one of the country’s most unusual and significant museums, with a continuing and developing commitment to education and creative inspiration.
About Make Architects
Make is an award-winning international architectural practice with a reputation for challenging convention and pursuing design excellence. The practice brings projects to life across a broad range of sectors and locations, pushing for innovation in each one, whether it’s a small community-led scheme, or a landmark new structure. This approach has produced designs for several noteworthy arts and culture projects, including a dynamic exhibition space for emerging artists in Hong Kong. Over the past decade, Make’s work has been enhanced by the talent and commitment of many other members of the creative sector, including artists like Kenny Hunter and Catherine Bertola – collaborations that have produced an array of beautiful, inspiring public works of art. Make’s founder, Ken Shuttleworth, has also been recognised for his skilled draughtsmanship over the years, earning him the nickname “Ken the Pen.”
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