Nobel Center Matching Game
UPDATE 11/15: Three finalists have been announced. See my new post to find out all of the entries, or see the bottom of this post for the answer key.
Back in April the Nobel Foundation selected twelve architects to vie for the design of the Nobel Center in Stockholm. Eleven of the firms (minus Herzog & de Meuron) submitted designs at the end of September, and each of them can be viewed on the Nobel Center website. Oh, and each entry is anonymous. According to the website: "The jury will not comment on any proposal until 2-5 of them in November 2013 have been selected to proceed to the competitions [sic] second stage. The names of the architects behind each submission will at that point be revealed." Below are the proposals, followed by the list of the architects at bottom. So which architect goes with which proposal?
Design Proposals (in alphabetical order):
A. Archipelago:
B. Beyond 1210:
C. Butterfly:
D. Landing Seagulls:
E. Nobelhuset:
F. Nobel Sphere:
G. P(a)lace to Enjoy, A:
H. PRISM:
I. Room and a Half, A:
J. Space Between, The:
K. "We believe in...":
Participating Architects (in alphabetical order):
(Thanks to Fred B. for the idea!)
UPDATE 11/15: The winning combination:
A6
B8
C1
D7
E3
F9
G11
H2
I4
J10
K5
Back in April the Nobel Foundation selected twelve architects to vie for the design of the Nobel Center in Stockholm. Eleven of the firms (minus Herzog & de Meuron) submitted designs at the end of September, and each of them can be viewed on the Nobel Center website. Oh, and each entry is anonymous. According to the website: "The jury will not comment on any proposal until 2-5 of them in November 2013 have been selected to proceed to the competitions [sic] second stage. The names of the architects behind each submission will at that point be revealed." Below are the proposals, followed by the list of the architects at bottom. So which architect goes with which proposal?
Design Proposals (in alphabetical order):
A. Archipelago:
B. Beyond 1210:
C. Butterfly:
D. Landing Seagulls:
E. Nobelhuset:
F. Nobel Sphere:
G. P(a)lace to Enjoy, A:
H. PRISM:
I. Room and a Half, A:
J. Space Between, The:
K. "We believe in...":
Participating Architects (in alphabetical order):
If you care to guess, leave a comment below matching the proposals (letters) and architects (numbers), e.g. A1, B2, etc.
- 3XN
- BIG
- David Chipperfield Architects
- Johan Celsing Arkitektkontor
- Lacaton and Vassal Architectes
- Lundgaard and Tranberg Arkitekter
- Marcel Meili, Markus Peter Architekten
- OMA
- SANAA
- Snøhetta
- Wingårdhs Arkitekter
(Thanks to Fred B. for the idea!)
UPDATE 11/15: The winning combination:
A6
B8
C1
D7
E3
F9
G11
H2
I4
J10
K5
To get the ball rolling, here are my guesses:
ReplyDeleteA6
B8
C1
D4
E3
F9
G11
H2
I7
J10
K5
9 out of 11 correct.
DeleteNot being familiar with all of them, I'll try:
ReplyDeleteB6
C1
D2
E3
F9
G11
H10
I7
J8
K5
And I really can't figure out who did the A, and I can't find anything that the 4 could have done :P
I also think that BIG could have suggested the F, too!
We'll see ^^
5 out of 11 correct.
DeleteA9
ReplyDeleteB8
C10
D7
E3
F11
G6
H1
I4
J2
K5
5 out of 11 correct.
DeleteA6 because lundgaard and tranberg seem to build stuff on layers
ReplyDeleteB8 OMA that's for sure
C11 Wingårdhs Arkitekter because of the nice curved glass surfaces
D7 Marcel Meili, Markus Peter Architekten for no reason at all... I don't really know who this is...
E3 David Chipperfield, one of the easier choices... that rendering of the inside says it all
F9 SANAA, light and airi+vegetal+white, but they never did spheres before.lol
G1 3xN because of the facade
H2 BIG tends to do those raised corners, but the renderings are awful
I4 guesswork, they seem to do fairly bland stuff and inferior renderings...
J10 Snohetta because it reminds me of Oslo
K5 Lacaton Vassal no doubt
9 out of 11 correct.
Deleteedit
ReplyDeleteD10
J7
Make that 7 out of 11 correct. Oops! Trust your instincts, El Jiji. : )
DeleteI'm not even going to try but is it only me that doesn't yet get excited by any of the proposals?
ReplyDeleteJan - Always hard to tell from one—even two or three—renderings, but I find A and I/K (very similar) appealing.
DeleteHmm, I really like the day-time rendering for E ... I would go for that.
DeleteFrom ”Summary of Stage 1” by the Nobel Foundation:
ReplyDelete“Feasability:
Design that takes into consideration the cultural and historical value of the site and national interests.”
Unfortunately all three winning proposals will, if built, demolish a maritime heritage of cultural and historic value; a customs house built in 1876 and two unique warehouses built in 1910.
The Customs House has great historical value as a representative of late-19th-century government and administrative buildings in general and of Stockholm’s customs services, in particular. It is a link in the chain of customs houses in Stockholm from different periods and was designed by renowned architect Axel Fredrik Nyström, who was also responsible for the old National Archives building.
The warehouses from 1910, together with the ground cover of large paving stones, reflect efforts made in the early 20th century to improve customs’ work environment and to create better and more modern storage facilities at the harbours of Stockholm’. Today, the warehouses are unique in Stockholm, since there are no longer any similar warehouses remaining at the harbour of Stockholm.