Competition curator Anton Kochurkin:
“The organizers of the competition received 227 projects from 35 countries. The jury's work took place in two stages. The first stage resulted in a long list of 20 projects. It includes works, noted primarily for the depth of the idea. The criterion of the project's feasibility at the first stage was not the main one. According to one of the jury members Boris Bernasconi, in addition to the noted criteria, “it was important to select good samples, examples of such objects that could appear in Nikola-Lenivets”.
The short list has already included the works selected on the basis of compliance with the terms of reference of the competition. The only exception was the 'Sousveillance project. Under Big Brother's', which only partially meets the specified parameters of the Belvedere. At the same time, the "floating lens" is a completely new type of gazebo, without cumbersome implementation into the environment, which explains the choice of the jury.
The organizers would like to thank all participants in the competition for original and ingenious solutions. The shortlisted participants will continue to work on competitive projects in order to finalize the design solution and improve such characteristics as the manufacturability and efficiency of the structure. And already at the beginning of March the jury will choose the only winning project”.
We publish the works included in the shortlist of the competition:
Project under the motto 6893ХХ1 (name not specified) Benjamin Reynolds, Valle Medina (Great Britain)
From the project description:
“The project promotes industrial aesthetics brought to the natural environment of Nikola-Lenivets. There are three platforms inside the tower that serve as observation platforms. On the ground floor there is a venue for concerts."
Belveder Air project. Bureau K O N T O R A / Dmitry Baryudin, Igor Aparin (Russia)
From the project description:
“Intangible architecture and disorientation for a beautiful view. Simple, iconic shape of a round tower with a perimeter spiral staircase and a circular panoramic view in the direction of travel. The first tier is blocked for a chamber concert hall. Upstairs there is a circular observation deck. White cloth canvases are hung around the perimeter of the gazebo.
Crown of Love. Jimenez Lai, Bureau Spectacular (USA)
From the project description:
“A project is a collection of arch-symbols grouped together. At the top of the belvedere there are several observation platforms located at different heights, which opens up interesting opportunities for visitors to view."
Dacha Tower. Chloe Lam Shang Leen, Theodore Molloy, Steven Wilkinson (UK)
From the project description:
“The project is a dacha, which is located not on the ground, but in the sky. She balances on top of a tall pipe, in the heart of an almost immaterial, mesh tower."
Earth tower. Aurora Armental & Stefano Ciurlo Walker (Spain)
From the project description:
“The volume of the belvedere is made up of vertically placed logs. Upstairs there is an observation deck, to which an internal staircase leads."
Forest tower. KATO Hiroshi (Japan-Denmark)
From the project description:
“Nikolin Belvedere is assembled from local materials obtained on the banks of the Ugra. The observation tower rises 33 meters in height, gaining floor by floor, created from the tree trunks of the Nikola-Lenivets park."
Sousveillance. Under Big Brother's Skirt. Royce Mar H. Nicdao, WTA Architecture and Design Studio (Philippines)
From the project description:
“The project is a lens suspended at a height. Rotating the lens and looking at it from different angles opens up a panoramic view of the area in such a way that the viewer sees himself in the context of the surrounding landscape."
The spiral. Bureau MADETOGETHER (Russia)
From the project description:
“The Belvedere is a double spiral staircase - for descent and ascent. As you climb, a person sees a panorama of the landscape. The upper platform is located at a height of 28 meters. The bar and stage are in a free-standing light structure."
Bell tower. "A-B Studio", Andrey Savin, Mikhail Labazov (Russia)
From the project description:
“The main material is round timber. Steel brackets are used for connections. There are wooden stairs inside."
Multi-storey rotunda. Sergey Sobolev (Russia)
From the project description:
“Fantasy on the theme of classical architectural canons, but in a forest performance. The tower consists of logs with bark and deliberately rough boards."
