The Trimo Urban Crash international competition "Urban Breakthrough" is held every two years, and the competition in 2013 has become the fourth in a row. The participants were given the task of developing a modular pavilion using Trimo products, where they could relax after a bike ride, recharge gadgets and an electric bike, and also carry out maintenance of the bike. Of course, when designing, the participants paid special attention to the environmental "sustainability" of the pavilion and the originality of the design solution.
Out of 31 projects included in the shortlist, three projects were selected that won prizes according to the results of the jury's assessment, the winner of the audience vote on the competition website, as well as several projects that won in special nominations.
The Grand Prix of the 2013 competition was taken by Manus Leung from the University of New South Wales, Australia, and Kacper Krywult from the Warsaw University of Technology. Their project, called SHIFT, received not only high praise from the professional jury - according to experts, the work took 2nd place, but also public recognition during the voting on the site. Having collected the largest number of points based on the results of two voting (expert and audience), the work received the main prize of the competition: the pavilion project will be implemented in Ljubljana.
Grand Prix 2013 + 2nd place according to the jury
The SHIFT Pavilion is located in a green parkland surrounded by multi-lane roads. Thus, the bike depot is in a “contrasting” environment: on the one hand, the urban landscape, on the other, lush vegetation. This interaction between “urban” and “natural” was the basis for the concept of the pavilion.
In spatial terms, the velocenter consists of three modular blocks, shifted relative to each other. This solution allows to increase the interior space and the roof area on which the solar panels and the rainwater collection system are located. According to the authors of the project, the pavilion is universal: its modules can be combined in various ways depending on the circumstances of its specific location.
Inside the bike base, the central place is occupied by a spacious cafe, into which the visitor enters after passing through a small open terrace. Thus, the interior design of the pavilion continues the theme of the game in contrast given by the location: large spaces are opposed to small ones, open spaces are opposed to closed ones, dark rooms are well lit. Also in the pavilion there is a mini-workshop and recreation areas - a terrace opened into the park. In general, the planning solution allows, with a small total area, to combine several functions in the bike base building, placing them in different zones.
1st place according to the jury
The competent jury chose as the winner a project of a team of students from the University of Cologne (Jorge Lopez Sacristan, Christina Codjambopoulo, Beatriz Gomez Martin, Jorge Lopez Sacristan, Sara Rebollo), whose bicycle base project is called Bike-Connect-Chill. Participants also focused on the contrast between the track and the park, emphasizing the relationship between dynamics and a relaxed pace, cars and nature, work and play.
The pavilion consists of three modular blocks located at different heights. The first block - Bike - is located at sidewalk level and includes a workshop and e-bike rechargers. Inside there is a staircase leading to the second level. The second block - Connect - is located on the second floor and serves as a kind of connecting element between the street and the park. In it, the authors set up a cafe inviting passers-by to look inside. The third block - Chill - is opened into a park area. Visitors will be able to work here, have a cup of coffee or calmly communicate, admiring the surrounding nature.
Audience Vote Winner
According to the public, the best project was the pavilion of a team of students from Spain: Ignacio Chavero García, Roberto Baños Pantoja and Alvaro Borrego Plata. The slogan "Charge your bike, charge your world, charge yourself" became the motto of their project, codenamed CG2BP.
The pavilion also consists of three modular blocks located on two levels. Multilayer facade panels are hung outside the pavilion frame. This design makes it possible to make some of the panels transformable: they can be folded to the side, making the interior space more open, and some of the panels hide mobile furniture, which can be used both in the interior and on the street. For example, in the upper block, the window shutters fold back, turning into a table, and in the blocks of the lower level, the wall panels become bar counters, behind which you can drink coffee while on the street.
Velocenter panels are perforated. At the same time, the perforation imitates the trees surrounding the pavilion, and the density of the holes depends on the room that is hidden behind the panels. At night, the pavilion is illuminated by LED lamps hidden behind perforations, turning the bike base into a fabulous flashlight.
3rd place according to the jury
The jury awarded the third place to the project 14034 by Malgorzata Wawrzyniak from Slovenia.
Special award from Akripol
Akripol, the sponsor of the competition, honored 2 projects: dNAMO project by Jose Bernal and Iuliia Fomina from the University of Florida, USA, and project 20436, sponsored by students Joseph Goodwin, Nick Bastow and Richard Breen from UK.
Honorable Mention. Minimalism
The Bike Stop project received an honorable mention in the “Minimalism” category. The authors of the project are students from Poland: Piotr Woldan, Michal Romanski, Justyna Turowska.
Honorable Mention. Interior
An honorable mention in the category "Interior" went to a student from the UK named Alexandr Valakh for the Pixel project.
Honorable Mention. Unique circuit
The award in the category "Unique circuit" was received by the LJUbo project of Mexican students: Luis Fernando Osorio Lua, Jose Abraham, Buenrostro Valadez
Honorable Mention. Working with context
The G4804 project of a student from Serbia named Dusan Lilic was awarded for “work with the place”.
Honorable Mention. Space for communication
Petra Karlova, a student from the Czech Republic, received an honorable mention for the best solution of the “Space for Communication”.
