Tate in Space Student Architecture Competition

Members of the public were invited to enter an open submission competition to design a proposal for the new Tate in Space. Whilst conceived of as a student competition we welcomed entries from all age groups and countries. The winning and shortlisted entries are displayed on this site.

The Competition The Judging First Place

Second Place Finalists and Specially Commended Downloadable Models

 
The Competition

Each entrant was invited to supply the following:

• one plan for a (downloadable) model of the new Tate which can be distributed online and assembled 'at home' by visitors to the site. In (Adobe Acrobat) PDF format, the plan should be able to be printed out on A4 paper or card.
• one jpeg photo of completed model
• one jpeg or gif 'visualisation' of the new Tate
• a 500 word (maximum) synopsis of your idea
• 125 words (maximum) of biographical information

The deadline for entries was 20 January 2003.

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The Judging

Entries were received from seven countries and the judging took place during February 2003.
The judges were Susan Collins (Director: Tate in Space), Dr Andrew Coates (Space Scientist, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London), Sarah Wigglesworth (architect) and Jemima Rellie (Director of Digital programmes, Tate).

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First Place

StudioCousins (UK)

Detail from Tate in Space Proposal, StudioCousins © 2003

click here to see StudioCousins' winning proposal and model for Tate in Space.

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Second Place

David Rickard (UK/New Zealand)

Detail from Tate in Space Proposal , David Rickard © 2003

click here to see David Rickard's proposal and model for Tate in Space.

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Finalists

Manuel Carballo Amat (Venezuela)

Dejan Mrdja (Yugoslavia)

Graham Gibbon and Vincent Young (UK)

Detail from Tate in Space Proposal , Manuel Carballo Amat © 2003

Specially Commended

Jakob Bohme and Andreas Fraueneder (Austria)
Ebevax - Sophie Ebert and Felix Hallwachs (Germany)
Jiang Feng and Jiang Xing Bo (China)
Oke Hauser and Max Schwitalla (Germany)
Nikolay Ivanov (Bulgaria)
Manuela Martorelli (Italy)
Sophia Thomson (UK/Poland)
David Wong (UK)

Detail from Tate in Space Proposal , Jiang Feng and Jiang Xing Bo © 2003

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Downloadable Models

A selection of Tate in Space Models from both the competition and invited architects can be downloaded from the Model section of the website and constructed at home.

Detail from Tate in Space Model, David Wong © 2003

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