Bandstand winning design chosen
We went along to a presentation of the results of the Queen's Park Arena Design Competition last night. The designers of the five shortlisted entries were all there to give a five minute presentation explaining their bandstand designs and give a bit more depth to the entries and it really helped to give a better understanding of the five projects. We were pleased to see that two local residents were in the final three.
The final results were:
Winner - No 44 ZM Architecture
Second Place - No 19 Manifest Architecture
Third Place - No 24 Nicolas Ecob
There was also a special honorable mention prize for No 73 Superfusionlab who's entry was the most popular with the public following the public vote at the Glasshouse exhibition.
The winners ZM Architecture are a well known practice in Glasgow having worked on numerous projects including the Tramway and sculptures in Bellahousten Park. Their design is to act as a sculptural wall during the times when not in practical use. When performances etc are taking place then different sections of the wall fold open and change how the object looks. Its an unusual and ambitious idea, a modern reinterpretation of a bandstand and therefore I can imagine a few people being unsure about it. If its well detailed however with good quality materials and if it proves it can actually does the job its meant for then I think it will be a really interesting draw to get more people into and using the park. I'm looking forward to see how it evolves as the project is developed.
What do people make of the choices?
For previous comment on the project and the initial thoughts of locals visit all previous posts here.
For previous comment on the project and the initial thoughts of locals visit all previous posts here.
Labels: Architecture, QPPP
posted by Alburt at 13:05
7 Comments:
Looks like a bold idea, which has to be applauded, and it will be GREAT to see the bandstand being used again (indeed I'm hoping to get something going myself). My only concern is whether it does anything to deal with the traffic noise from behind it. I don't have anything concrete to back this up but I'd guess the Supersionlab design would have done more to focus performance sound back to the audience and deflect the traffic noise. A flat surface of the winner will do a bit but will not be anything like as effective.
My favourite was No.19 but I think this is a great, flexible design. It'll be good to see how it works in practise and what the space is like when there are no performances going on. It'll be fab just to have the space used again!
I don't mean to take away from the winning design, as although it's not to my taste I'm sure it will look a lot better than what's in the park at the moment, but I just wondered how the voting worked - if no 73 was the most popular with the public how come it didn't win?
I take it the panel had the final say, regardless of public opinion, in which case what was the point in us voting?
the winning entry looks functional, buildable and affordable. 73 looked good, but probably would have cost a pretty penny. maybe this criteria was on the judges mind more than the general public. The important thing is that something gets built, and more importantly, used!
The GIA speaker acknowledged the anomaly during his presentation. They'd chosen and advised five entries they were nominated for the final prize and then chose an additional five commended entries to make up the ten for exhibition.
Following the public vote, they discussed changing the shortlist but decided it wouldn't be fair to alter their original final five. They hope that the public’s thoughts on No 73 will be taken into account during the development of No 44, though they are quite wildly different so we shall see.
Totally agree that the most important thing is that the project is completed and that it is used and supported by the local and wider communities.
The Queens Park Performance Project group will be updating their website with all the stats and figures from the exhibition and the judging sessions and advising how to keep updated/ get involved.
Looking forward to seeing a new bandstand soon(ish).
It seems odd that the public vote included entries which were not on the shortlist so had no chance of winning, I wasn't aware of this when I cast my vote - for number 70.
Rectangles and boxes are clearly in vogue in architecture at the moment going by the top 3!
Good luck to the successful entry, I hope it proves itself a worthy winner.
I voted at the Glasshouses for no. 73 but I agree with the comment above that it would probably have cost a fair amount to go ahead with it had it been chosen.
I'm not overly keen on the winning design if I'm beng honest but I'll reserve judgement fully until it's completed.
It will just be lovely to see something at that area in the park.
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