TRANS-FoRM-ers

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This blog is no longer in operation but instead acts as an archive of the 2009 TRANS-FORM-ers project.

2010 Project

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The 2010 project is called SKYRISE City. You thought TRANS-FORM-ers was good, this year its all about height! Link here

coming soon

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TRANS-FORM-ers 2009 was a huge success. You can read reviews of it on the Architecture Week website and in issue 6/2009 of Architecture New Zealand.

Keep looking here for links to the 2010 project . . . coming soon

Video by Blossoming Spaces, Unitec

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video by Juxtapose, from Unitec

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Lost and found

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In shed 5 (with the inflatable projects) , Friday Oct 16th - brown coat and a black top - and it has my wallet in it

Thanks!
Roslyn. C

Zeal and Frank's (UofA) TRANS-FORM-ers video

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very cool TRANS-FORM-ers video made by Unitec students

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The Winners!

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Winners of the public vote on the night:
#16 Spacebook(105 votes)
#10 Nom Inflate (72 votes)
#09 This Way Up (57 votes)
Thanks for casting your vote. All proceeds from the voting are to support the work Emergency Architects Australia are undertaking in Samoa and Tonga. (http://www.emergencyarchitects.org.au/) Nearly $1000 was raised.

Pip Cheshire (http://www.cheshirearchitects.com/) very kindly agreed to select projects of special merit. After 2 hours of trawling across and through sheds 12 + 5 and all 45 TRANS-FORM-ers projects Pip chose to give the following awards -
First prize: #10 Non Inflate
Runner Up: #09 This Way Up

And highly commended for "heroic failure"-
#35 Dynamic Folding
#38 Belladonna
#20 Stretch

These projects grappled with difficult architectural and design issues, and while they may not have fully resolved all of these they were ambitious in scale and the groups clearly learnt a great deal by realising the projects.

Congratulations to all of these students. Photos and videos of TRANS-FORM-ers coming soon, watch this space!

Weather Update

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This just in, according to the latest forecasts we're in for fine and only 'cloudy spells', so we can confirm the convoy will be going ahead as planned this afternoon.

Don't forget to check out the route, which is leaving from 5pm today. Best of luck to all the groups, see you there!

October 16!

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TRANS-FORM-ers
Shed 12
Friday October 16th, from 6pm
Voting until 9pm

Sponsor!

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The Unitec students would very much like to thank New Zealand Window Shades Commercial for their generosity and help. We have been trying to upload their logo to this blog in the sponsors column for some time, but for some reason, that we don't understand, it will not load. Instead you might like to check out their website at http://www.newzealandwindowshades.co.nz/commercial-division.html

TRANS-FORM-ERS teasers II

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More teasers . . . some of the Unitec architecture students work in development

TRANS-FORM-ERS Registration form

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click here for registration form (pdf)
click here for registration form (MS word doc)
Once you have the registration form on your screen print for manual completion or download to complete on your computer. It is two A4 pages.

Please return by 9:00am Monday 28 September, 2009 to:
Kathy Waghorn, School of Architecture and Planning, The University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142. Or by email attachment to k.waghorn(at)auckland.ac.nz

TRANS-FORM-ERS teasers

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some images from U of A work in production . .

Convoy Route

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Click on map to see it larger. The meeting point is the TAPAC carpark, Motions Road, Western Springs.

Holmes Consulting Group prize winner

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Space-book, from Unitec, have won the Holmes Consulting Group engineering award. Hamish and Chris from HCG will meet the team (Haosu Zheng, Erxin Shang, Yuan He, Stephanie Wade and Nicole Yalevich) for a project briefing. They will then assist them in designing the structural components of their project. In looking through the final four projects Hamish and Chris were excited about the potential this project offered in terms of finding workable solutions to the folding components. Many thanks to HCG for this prize and their support of the TRANS-FORM-ers competition.

Space-book statement:
Our focus is on the transformative aspect of the project. We are trying to
transform simple flat surfaces into unexpected, complex and interesting 3D
spaces, while at the same time giving the space within a unique architectural quality. The transformation involves movement of horizontal and vertical planks of laminated cardboard to create an illusion of curves, the key to success is a well designed joint that allows for smooth movement. The end result that we are aiming for is finely detailed craftsmanship and a well built project to showcase the spatial experience of our transformative architecture.

Stage 1 IDEAS Jury Winner Announced

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The winner of stage 1 is Jessica Mentis, from AUT. The jury saw Jessica's scheme as one that spans time, offering a medieval image of the tower and the contemporary image of the city as being threaded through with "tweets". The tower changes from acting as a kind of aerial in the convoy, receiving the tweeting signals, to a stage in Shed 12, allowing the audience to climb it and send their own messages out into the tweet-o--sphere. (Click on images to view them at a larger scale).

The jury also awarded a runner up prize to the group Inflatable Lego, (Esther Mecredy, Dylan Kane and Rui Peng) from UofA. This project engages the audience in building their own architecture from a balloon module. The balloon module has 3 states, a floating state, an air state, and a weighty water state. The balloon modules can also be rotated to activate different lighting effects.

PRIZES

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The prize package for stage 1, The IDEAS Jury is now confirmed.
The winning project at stage one will:

Lead Auckland's first ever architecture convoy on October 16
Choose their location in Shed 12
Receive $250 of store credit from Gordon Harris Art and Graphics supplies
Receive $350 of store credit from Placemakers Cook Street
Have an afternoon tea with award winning Japanese architect Shigeru Ban

Also, a special Holmes Consultancy Group prize will be awarded to support one of the four finalist projects with engineering design.

A big thank you to all of our supporters who have made these prizes possible.

TRANS-FORM-ERS Ideas Jury

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Date: Monday August 10
Venue: Fale Pasifika
The University of Auckland
Building 275
20-26 Wynyard Street
(click on map below to make it larger)

There is no parking adjacent to this building.
For drop off of heavy items you can access Wynyard Street off Alten Road, push call button at barrier and let security know you are making a delivery. No vehicles are allowed onto the tiled area in front of the fale.

Parking: $4 per hour under Owen G Glenn Building (Business School, 12 Grafton Road). Payment by cash and credit card on exit.

PROGRAMME:
10:00-12:00 Registration.
Bring your work, register, get assigned a time and jury, X or Y .
Digital work: should be loaded to the computers provided at this time. Files should be powerpoint, pdf, quicktime movie etc, nothing that requires non-standard software to run. Bring files on mobile device with a CD back up.

Students can store work on tables in middle of fale until their presentation time approaching. Timetables for each jury will be posted on wall.

1:00 Welcome and introduction of jury members
Jury X: Sue Evans (Design manager CBD projects Auckland City), Jun Tsujimoto (Jasmax and wikicity project), Tracey Collins (designer and artist)
Jury Y: Christina van Bohemen, Architect/Director, Chair, New Zealand Institute of Architects, Auckland Branch, Nick Stevens, Director Stevens Lawson, Jim Speers, Artist.
1:15 presentations commence: to both jury X and Y
Tag team presentations. At each jury one team setting up while one presenting. (We will have panels, projectors and screens, and a selection of plinths. Bring own pins)
3:00 – 3:15 tea break
3:15-4:30 juries continue
4:30-4:45 jury confers, announcement of 4 finalists (2 from each jury)
4:45-5:00 four finalists re-present
5:00-5:30 drinks and jury confer
5:30 winners announced

TRANS-FORM-ERS at Pecha Kucha

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Come along to Pecha Kucha to hear about plans for the TRANS-FORM-ERS project.

http://www.pechakucha.co.nz/
PKN_AKL_13 // Wednesday 05 August 2009 // Galatos / 17 Galatos Street / off K-road / Auckland City // doors open 7.30pm / start 8.20pm // $8 doorsales only // come early, there are limited seats available

Shed 12 entry dimensions

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The entry to Shed 12 measures 4500mm x 4500mm, your project must be able to pass through this opening.

TRANS-FORM-ERS: Stage 2 competition regulations:

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contestants are responsible for the following:

All entries at stage 2 must register by 4pm Friday 2 October. Registration forms will be available from this website from September. http://trans-form-ers.blogspot.com/
Projects must be self powered (there is no power available for projects on the site
For entry to site projects and vehicles must be able to pass through the door of 4.5x4.5m (see post on this)
Maximum height when installed at Shed 12 is: TBC/ Kathy to confirm
Maximum footprint when installed at Shed 12 is: TBC/ Kathy to confirm
The project may not attach to the venue building fabric or structure in any way.
Projects must comply with all road use regulations. Consult the guide to safe loading and towing. Refer to: http://www.landtransport.govt.nz/road-user-safety/motorists/glovebox-guide.html
All vehicles must be driven to and from site by fully and appropriately licensed drivers
All drivers and passengers must obey road regulations while in transit.
It is the responsibility of the contestants to ensure that the fabrication, transport (to and from the event) and performance of the project does not in any way break any laws or bylaws.
The project must be removed from the site by midnight on 16 October.
It is the responsibility of the contestants to ensure that waste or detritus are not left at the site
No use of fireworks or any other incendiary devices
If using a generator on your vehicle you must register make and model on the registration form.

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Shed 12
Site for Auckland Architecture Week Transformers competition and Pecha Kucha events.

TRANS-FORM-ERS Brief

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TRANS-FORM-ERS

mobile architectures between interior and exterior
Auckland Architecture Week 09 competition

Movement and migration are pressing themes of contemporary life. Whether driven by political and economic necessity or resulting from a surplus of leisure time, people are more globally mobile than ever before. How might design, architecture and art respond to this relentless fluidity of people, capital, data, ideas and commodity goods? As the global financial crisis of late 2008 unfolds this competition might address the implications for contemporary mobility.

TRANS-FORM-ERS invites students to fabricate “mobile architectures”. These will take part in a convoy that will move through Auckland city, creating a public spectacle and rousing curiosity. On arrival at the Architecture Week venue, Shed 12, your project will undergo transformation, revealing an interior, to be exhibited and experienced as part of the Architecture Week Pecha Kucha evening.

The “mobile architecture” projects in this competition will examine the relationship between exterior and interior through transformative actions. The provocative potential of your project may recall a state of flux, even limbo, the contemporary condition for many of the globe’s inhabitants. Your proposal may celebrate individuality, public expression and diversity in the manner of a masquerade. And, as with the masquerade, deception and surprise can be strategic provocations. They goad responses by promoting the unexpected and unpredictable. Provocations can disturb or confound. Sometimes they are simply absurd.

This is a two-stage competition.

TRANS-FORM-ERS Stage 1:
This part of the competition is for proposals. In this part of the competition you will present your project to a special guest jury, who will short list then select a winning project. The winning TRANS-FORM-ERS project will receive support for further design and fabrication, including cash and specialist consultancy services.

Date: Monday 10th August, registration for Stage 1 between 9:00-11:00am, jury commences 1:00pm
Venue: Fale Pasifika, Wynyard Street, The University of Auckland
Presentation time limit: each project has 3 minutes (including showing any animation or slides)
Format: digital presentations, A0 poster, models (supply own plinth or stand)
Jury: Sue Evans (Design manager CBD projects Auckland City), Jun Tsujimoto (Jasmax and wikicity project), Tracey Collins (designer and artist), Christina van Bohemen, Architect/Director, Chair, New Zealand Institute of Architects, Auckland Branch, Nick Stevens, Director Stevens Lawson, Jim Speers, Artist.
Prizes: The winning project at this stage will receive a substantial development prize to aid with project fabrication.

TRANS-FORM-ERS Stage 2:
This part of the competition is for completed TRANS-FORM-ERS projects. In this part of the competition you will convoy your fully fabricated project, with all other entries, to Shed 12, along a pre-determined route, then transform your project, in public view. While the Architecture Week Pecha Kucha is taking place the public will experience your projects and vote for the winners, with prizes awarded at the end of the evening.

Deadline: Friday 16th October. Convoy will congregate at 4:30pm, further details on meeting place and route will be published on this website.

TRANS-FORM-ERS stage 2 competition regulations:
contestants are responsible for the following:

All entries at stage 2 must register by 4pm Friday 2 October. Registration forms will be available from this website from September. http://trans-form-ers.blogspot.com/
Projects must be self powered (there is no power available for projects on the site
Maximum height when installed at Shed 12 is: TBC/ Kathy to confirm
Maximum footprint when installed at Shed 12 is: TBC/ Kathy to confirm
For entry to site projects and vehicles must be able to pass through the door of 4.5x4.5m (see post on this)
The project may not attach to the venue building fabric or structure in any way.
Projects must comply with all road use regulations. Consult the guide to safe loading and towing. Refer to: http://www.landtransport.govt.nz/road-user-safety/motorists/glovebox-guide.html
All vehicles must be driven to and from site by fully and appropriately licensed drivers
All drivers and passengers must obey road regulations while in transit.
It is the responsibility of the contestants to ensure that the fabrication, transport (to and from the event) and performance of the project does not in any way break any laws or bylaws.
The project must be removed from the site by midnight on 16 October.
It is the responsibility of the contestants to ensure that waste or detritus are not left at the site
No use of fireworks or any other incendiary devices
If using a generator on your vehicle you must register make and model on the registration form.

check this space!

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Tune in here for regular TRANS-FoRM-ers updates, coming soon.