The Greek Institute of Architects in New York [GIANY] announced the results of the COCOON competition. The jury was thrilled with the evocative proposals and the freshness of the ideas presented. Five equal winning entries and fifteen finalists were selected. All the selected proposals will be exhibited during the event “A Shelter for Architecture” on April 15th at the General Consulate of Greece in New York. The five winning entries will be included in the event`s catalog which will be published in the future.
WINNING ENTRIES (in alphabetical order)
CEREBRAL CASE
Vagelis Arvanitis, Maita Chatziioannidou, Vasilis Giannakis, Michael Velenis
PASSIVHAUS IN A BOX
Maria Avramidou
THE BLACK BOX
Bernoit Bourd
EMERGENCY DEPLOYMENT HABITATION UNIT
George Kontaroudis, Michail-Karolos Keranis
HOMESPOT
George Vlasis Pakalidis , Spyros Nikolopoulos
FINALISTS (in alphabetical order)
HOMEWEAR: LIVING IN THE GARMENT
Georgia Anagnostopoulou
UNFOLDING COCOON
Aikaterini Bousia Alexaki
PENDULUM HOUSE
Kristoffer Castro
MY BUBBLE
Maria-Laura Casu
MULTIPLY
Neeraj Chatterji
ABSORPTIVE CITY
Rennie Jones, Abby Stone
SPATIAL BATTERY
Olga Ktena, Kelly Spanou
COMMUNAL COCOON
Carl Laffan
FOR(N)EST
Beomki Lee
LIVING APPARATUS
Nikos Michelis
DEVIANT HABITATS
Frixos Petrou, Guillermo Fernandez, Laura Garcia
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Anastasia Spyropoulou, Angeliki Koutsandrea
KATAFI.GEO
Angeliki Tzifa
MEMBRANE HOUSE
Athanasios Vaglas, Ilia Politopoulou
DRAGON SKIN
Kun-Lin Justin Yang, Andreina De Abreu, Anna Lim, Alberto Altamirano
The COCOON competition jury was comprised by:
Marc Fornes, Architect, THEVERYMANY
Michael Gonzales, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Houston, Gerald. D Hines College of Architecture & Design
Mariana Ibañez, Architect, Assistant Professor, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Sameer Kumar, Architect AIA, Director, Enclosure Design, SHoP Architects
Troy Conrad Therrien, Curator, Architecture and Digital Initiatives, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum
Constantine Bouras, Architect, Leroy Street Studio
Evita Fanou, Architect, Fogarty Finger Architecture
Electra Kontoroupi, Architect, studioMDA
Ioannis Oikonomou, Director, oiio architecture studio
Foteinos Soulos, Architect, SHoP Architects
Dimitra Tsachrelia, Architect, Steven Holl Architects
Cover photo: HOMESPOT by George Vlasis Pakalidis & Spyros Nikolopoulos
THE BLACK BOX BY BENOIT BOURD
EMERGENCY DEPLOYMENT HABITATION UNIT BY GEORGE KONTAROUDIS, MICHAIL-KAROLOS KERANIS
PASSIVHAUS IN A BOX BY MARIA AVRAMIDOU
CEREBRAL CASE BY VAGELIS ARVANITIS, MAITA CHATZIIOANNIDOU, VASILIS GIANNAKIS, MICHAEL VELENISREAD ALSO: THE NEW RAW - PLASTIC: TRANSFORMING THE PLASTIC PACKAGING RUBBISH OF AN ISLAND