The National Gallery of Victoria has announced the shortlisted teams for its NGV Architecture Commission, which returns in 2021 after a year of absence.
The Architecture Commission is a two-stage open competition calling for architects and multi-disciplinary teams led by a registered architect to consider innovative ways to activate NGV’s Grollo Equiset Garden at NGV International with a thought-provoking temporary installation.
More than 100 submissions for 2021 have been whittled down to a shortlist of five.
The shortlisted teams for 2021 are:
- Aileen Sage Architects with Michaela Gleave
- Common
- MDF Architecture
- Simulaa and Finding Infinity
- Taylor Knights
Entries were assessed by an expert jury comprising: Tony Ellwood (NGV director andjury chair), Ewan McEoin (NGV senior curator of contemporary design and architecture), Sophie Rzepecky (Assemble Papers editor), Felicity Stewart (Stewart Architecture director), and Louise Wright (Baracco and Wright Architects co-director).
The jury said submissions for the 2021 commission were “rich with concepts grounded in both playfulness and attentive to human scale qualities. Submissions showcased a breadth of research into fabrication techniques and sensitivity to the afterlife of structures.”
The five shortlisted submissions will be further developed and refined in Stage Two, for presentation to the competition jury. The winner will be announced at the 2021 Melbourne Design Week, which begins 26 March, and will be commissioned by the NGV to complete the design development and delivery of the 2021 Commission.
Previous Architecture Commission were designed by John Wardle Architects (2015), M@ Studio Architects (2016), Retallack Thompson and Other Architects (2017), Muir + Openwork (2018), and Yhonnie Scarce and Edition Office (2019).
Source: Architecture - architectureau
