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 invite 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.