Regardless of one’s origins, everyone is somehow fascinated by harbors.
The sound of the siren, the pungent salty smell in fall foggy nights, the rumble of the wind and the roaring of the waves in turbulent winter days. There are numerous nuances that connote seashores. Yet, there is a constant touch of mystery when cities immerse in the sea. There is always a sense of tenderness when waves are tamed.
For centuries, harbors have been more than places. They have been the scene of adventures, a jumble of cultures and oddities of all kinds. They have been the place where memories become stories, stories turn into legends and legends often become myths. In times forged by the industry, the race to the space and the rumble of shuttles, harbors seem to be outdated places that are frequently desolate or heavily industrialized. They are now severed from the cities they once used to liven up as cultural epicenters and beating hearts.
What is the role of harbors in the web and smartphone era then?
This is the question Leisure Harbor aims to answer. This is the competition by BT and Marina di Loano to define the future of harbors by redesigning one of the 10 most important marinas of Europe. It is indeed a remarkable opportunity to rediscover harbors as lively places, city epicenters overlooking the sea and privileged cultural and social places.
Harbors are the place of the soul and not just nautical infrastructures; harbors are the beginning and the end of the most outstanding adventures.
The current world has indeed moved its barycenter. Great explorations are not carried out with compasses or sails billowed by the wind anymore. Yet, now more than ever the world needs dreams. Now more than ever the world needs beauty and a return to nature. In this sense, harbors are an extraordinary opportunity. Harbors are the place of the soul and not just nautical infrastructures. This is because harbors are the beginning and the end of the most outstanding adventures. This is also because harbors are the most recent expression of the atavistic impulse to the unknown that roars and will always roar behind the rational composure of all times.
Yac thanks all the architects who will take part in this challenge.
Winners
First Prize
MDarchitetti
Carlo D'Alberti, Alessandro Massaro
Second Prize
picture to oneself
Pavlo Babiienko
Third Prize
rēs design studio
Veronika Merlin, Michele Corna
Gold Mention
DG
Gabriel Gallo Lopez, Diego Arturo Castro García
Gold Mention
COMETLAB
Adrien Folliot, Cristiana Mazzoni, Angel Badillo, Franck Senet, Lang Fan, Pierre-Baptiste Tartas, Steven Bachimont
Gold Mention
Norma studio
Marcelo Cardoso, Carlota Mendes, Bruna Cardo, Gonçalo Fernandes
Gold Mention
70*3/8
Suyeon Han, Haein Yang, Donghee Kim
Mention
FZ design
家俊 严, 铭延 肖, 博浩 王, 加强 木
Mention
NANHAE
NAN YOUNG CHA
Mention
Bogdan
Bogdan Palade
Mention
SOEEZY
Changhyun Cho, Kyumin Ko, Cheolhyeong Park, Yehsol Kim, Kyuri Kim, Hongin Kim, Jisu Yang, Jack Li
Mention
MAS
Alex Chiang, Leo Chen, Qi Wang, William Wang, Nuo Zheng, Xu Zhang
Mention
ibrahim nawaf joharji
ibrahim nawaf joharji
Mention
UNBOUND
HESHAM EMAM ALI, Osama Abdelmohsen, Mostafa Aladdin
Mention
Jolma Architects
Kasmir Jolma, Judyta Maciejiczek, Duccio Toti, Ondřej Král, Sari Naito , Merve Koc
Mention
Of Art
Raquel Nunes, António Macara
Mention
InHU
Hyeon-jae Jung, Jeong-sik Choi , Won-hee Lee