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Postcards from Venice: the final chapter

Johanna and the rest of the Migrating Landscapes team just sent over their photos from the rest of their time in Venice. What a fantastic experience!  

Dear team, friends, family, partners + supporters,

I was hoping to get this last update out much sooner, but the mayhem surrounding the opening days and returning straight to some big deadlines in Canada have delayed things. We have an incredible roster of people to thank for enabling our whole team to enjoy this past week. It has been the adventure of a lifetime - one that I will surely remember for the rest of my career as one of the most exhilarating and inspiring experiences.

We have thoroughly enjoyed sharing this event with many of you in person and with the rest of you from a distance, and we consider ourselves very lucky to do, and to promote, what we love - architecture.

We've met so many incredibly talented and exceptional people through the course of this project and we are forever thankful for the opportunity to represent Canada.

Jordy, Rasa, Sasa and Jae, and a number of very generous Team Canada members - you know who you are - ended up working hard on Friday while us girls got a day off. THANK YOU!

 

Jayne collating the next poster shipment to take over Venice on Saturday, August 25, the morning of the first jury day.

Our pavilion attendants Finn and Lindsay showing up for the first official day of work.

Getting the press kits ready. Grazie Mille Ken and Zach!

Thanks to Rasa's and Jordy's meticulous work, the story screens are looking very sharp.

The calm before the (press) storm outside the Canada Pavilion.

 

Jae has transformed into 'holiday Jae'. More like Indiana Jones looking for lost architecture. P.S. You're missing a whip.

Getting ready with every detail. Unfortunately every girl's legs who worked on site looked more or less like this - battered and mosquito bitten. Not very glamorous.

Naomi Kriss is ready to take on the world press.

A huge thank you to Mark and Jordan for all their hard work, and for keeping the crew and pretty much all of Venice entertained for the month of August. These two were recognized on the streets as THE CANADIANS. 

It's here! The Common Ground is about to get filled with people.

All of the signage is up.

Just a reminder to our team members: you exhibited with Koolhaas, Foster, Hadid, Ito, Zumthor, etc...!

We are waving to Jean Nouvel here. We'd like to think he waived back. After the jury took a tour of the Pavilion we had a chance to grab a bite and see some of the other exhibitions.

Jae is greeting the Korean delegation at the cafe.

On to the more senior supporters. I can't believe even my country man and Architect God Alvar Aalto made it to the press days!

Sasa's mom Gorjana looking fab at the Biennale cafe.

Taking a sneak peak at one of the most beautiful buildings in the world, the Scandinavian pavilion by Sverre Fehn.

Naomi and Gorjana at the Russian pavilion, one of the most talked about shows at the Biennale.

Later that evening we bumped into Darcie, the Ontario regional coordinator, who had just arrived. Here she is showing off her beautiful apartment right next to the Biennale grounds.

Simon from the Department of Unusual Certainties, our research partners, came to sleep on the couch at Campo Ruga. Thanks to the DoUC for all of your hard work!

August 26 brought more celebrity sightings. Here Toyo Ito and Jean Nouvel are posing in the Japanese pavilion. As we learned a few days later, the Golden Lion went to Japan and Toyo Ito. Congratulations for a well deserved award covering a very important topic.

Here is Ito reviewing Enrique's video.

Jae (and Mira?) got to say hi to him.

No sight of Koolhaas at his exhibit, but we did see Tanner. That's something.

Sir Norman Foster prefers a golf cart to walking. In front of the British Pavilion.

Our posters are everywhere!

 

And the night turns into a bit of a pub crawl, especially for Sasa, here with some Finns on a bridge and Trevor Boddy in the background.

 

Dan Reeves, the Saskatchewan regional coordinator with Jordy in a fresh shirt and his best accessory, Shannon.

Everybody is here. Who wants to post this one on Facebook and tag it?

Sasa at the Canada Party that night with family: Rasa, Una, Tatjana and Gorjana. Thank you RAIC and Canada Council for an incredibly classy evening!

Kenny B. is trying to win an award for the best Migrating Landscapes T-shirt. This one is a custom printed edition, apparently done with latex paint and masking tape.

Who's this guy? No wonder the venue chased us out at midnight. The word on the street is the Bauer Hotel - even Bjarke Ingles is apparently there.

The press days continue bright and early the next day. This is the face behind ArchDaily. Atlantic Cities calls Migrating Landscapes one of the best visual installations in Venice!

It's Zumthor, my living idol, in our pavilion, listening to Travis' and Jason's story!

I worked up the nerve to give him a tour (having practiced with Steven Holl the day before). Thank you Naomi for this picture!

Various interviews and hoopla later, its time for the Official Biennale Cocktail. Here on the way to meet the stars. Pinch me - we are so incredibly lucky to be here! Kate and I are trying to practice a Brigitte Bardot look, or maybe Marilyn? Getting ready to give David Chipperfield a kiss?

Here with my bodyguards. Watch out, the guy on the right does taekwondo and the one on the left was taught how to assemble a gun in high school. And while I don't have photographic evidence, I did share a look with Koolhaas at the cocktail.

Then it is off to BIG's party. It's probably for the best that this is the only picture I have. We were the life of the party!

On the morning of August 29 the Biennale is officially open to the public. 

The last supper on August 30 with Jae, Kate, Lindsey, DoUC and friends Finn and Darcie. Katrine and Karolina, the Quebec regional coordinators, were missing in action, but joined us later that night. Good times!

Last, but not least, Mark is writing down our big take away from the event. Yes, anything is possible.

Arrivederci Venice!

I'll end with a quote from our catalogue: '...after 31 weeks of architecture exhibitions in seven Canadian cities, eight venues, over 250 sponsors and supporters, 300 individuals and 120 entries submitted to the competition, 37 highly regarded jurors, hundreds of volunteers and thousands of volunteer hours, over 7,500 cubic feet of wood, over 120 (and counting) publications and media pieces in newspapers, magazines, radio, television and on the web. Migrating Landscapes is changing the landscape of architectural culture in Canada. Venice is one stop along the way.'

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your help and support!

Johanna & Sasa 

Postcards from Venice: setting up the Canadian Pavilion

We just received the latest batch of photos and an update from Johanna in Venice. Enjoy! 

Ciao from Venice!

We are now only days away from the Biennale press days, Canada Pavilion inauguration and the official public opening. It has been an eventful few days and the anticipation is definitely building as the general Biennale grounds are transformed with signage, lighting, ticket booths and the Biennale advertisements that seem to increase in numbers throughout the city.

At the national pavilions there is a mad dash to the finish, and we and our tools have been popular among the other teams when a little cutting, sanding or BBQing is required.

We are thrilled to see that the posters are used the way they were intended. It's important to remember to maintain a healthy, well-balanced diet when abroad.

This is our youngest crew member yet, Jacob, with mom Cynthia Penner. Jake is helping dad, and clearly proving to be excellent outside crew material.

Speaking of which, this is Mark and Jordan's subtle response to the German arrow signage... pointing to the canal. In order to stand a chance in the upcoming Biennale tribunal I had to insist that it come down before our neighbours had a change to see it.

The Germans had been pacing the grounds since the morning, clearly measuring out the appropriate share of territory, and shaking hands all day with rather important looking people that seemed to be dropping by their pavilion. We were certain they were up to no good.

Here I am getting final words of wisdom prior to the negotiations from my mentor Alex Rattray at the Biennale Cafe. Last time Alex and I were in Venice together was in 1998 and I was a second year architecture student. What a weird and wonderful world it is!

Inside the Canadian Pavilion we talked about the neon pink nail polish we were all wearing. Being a woman in architecture has its moments.

In the end we fulfilled our initial proposal (with no posts down). But the most forward was pushed back by a couple of meters. The outside crew had to disassemble a portion of the landscape behind the first post to make room for the move. 

The crane arrives to push the post over.

It's a definite gamble on whether the post will withstand the move or potentially crash down onto something or someone.

In that unfortunate situation this cardboard would clearly be doing very little to save the British bench install from damage.

Fortunately all goes well and the skidmarks on the ground show the extent of the Common Ground compromise. 

The post is, however leaning like the tower of Pisa and has to be corrected back to vertical.

We get the crane to pull the whole assembly off the ground while our brave troops, Radovan ('Rasa'), Jordy and Jordan, shovel gravel under the base on the low side. Maybe the folks from Pisa should call these guys?

Inside things are looking brilliant, as the plexi mirror arrives in the nick of time.

Finally the very dominant geometry of the pavilion is starting to fuse with the landscape.

That gives team pink plenty of reason to smile about uptown!

The next day it is time to paint on our curatorial pull quotes onto the posts. The strap used to keep me in the tree is the same one that the post cluster was lifted with. Knowing this, I'm pretty confidant that it will hold.

Jordy and Rasa are chopping the last of the wood. I cannot believe the thirty-some palettes are finally gone. Man, that was a lot of cutting!

Later that evening it is clear that any dispute can be overcome with a little bit of sprits. Here were are enjoying the chief German's neighbourly gesture. All is well in the world again and he turns out to be a great guy.

What did we learn from architecture today? All world leaders should hit the bar before starting any negotiation. We worked util dark to try to finish up so that most of the entrants could begin installation of their models.

We are still looking forward to the arrival of more teams, our regional coordinators, friends and family, our pavilion attendants and many supporters and sponsors. 

Can't wait to get this show on the road!

Johanna & Sasa 

A lesson in history: Canada at the Venice Biennale throughout the years

Don’t get it twisted. The Venice Architecture Biennale is the single most prestigious international exhibition for architecture, with over 170,000 visitors in 2010. While ogling the Biennale in support of Team Canada, we realize there's more to Canada's presence in the city than meets the eye. The Canadian pavilion, for instance, has been around since 1958, and is one of 29 national pavilions in the Biennale's Giardini.

So, how did Canada represent itself in the Venice Architecture Biennale in the past few years? Who are the people that have put our country on the architectural map? Here are our findings. 

 

5th International Architecture Exhibition, 1991

Director: Francesco Dal Co
Commissioner: Canadian Centre for Architecture
Exhibiting Artists/Architects: Canadian Centre for Architecture building

 

6th International Architecture Exhibition, 1996
Sensing the Future - The Architect as Seismograph 

A photo of the Barnes Home, which won four architectural awards in the early to mid 1990s, gives us a sense of Patkau Architects' style.

Director: Hans Hollein
Commissioner: Canadian Centre for Architecture
Exhibiting Architects: Patkau Architects

 

7th International Architecture Exhibition, 2000
Less Aesthetics, More Ethics 

Director: Massimiliano Fuksas
Commissioner: Canadian Centre for Architecture
Curators: Helen Malkin, Phyllis Lambert
Exhibiting Artist/Architect: Melvin Charney’s UN DICTIONNAIRE...

 

8th International Architecture Exhibition, 2002
Next 

Director: Deyan Sudjic
Commissioner: InterAccess
Curators: John Knechtel and Michael Awad
Exhibiting Artists/Architects: NEXT MEMORY CITY, Michael Awad, David Rockeby and Eve Egoyan

 

9th International Architecture Exhibition, 2004
METAMORPH

Director: Kurt W. Forster
Commissioner: Saucier + Perrotte
Curator: George Adamczyk
Exhibiting Artists/Architects: Objets Trouvés, Saucier + Perrotte Architects

 

10th International Architecture Exhibition, 2006
Cities, architecture and society 

The main element of SweaterLodge was a giant polar fleece sweater. Talk about a warm (and unabashedly Canadian) welcome.

Director: Richard Burdett
Commissioner: Charles H. Scott Gallery
Curators: Greg Bellerby and Chris Macdonald
Exhibiting Artists/Architects: SweaterLodge by Pechet and Robb Studio of Vancouver 

 

11th International Architecture Exhibition, 2008
Out There: Architecture Beyond Building

The Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre by Hotson Bakker Boniface Haden Architects is just one example of a building that attempts to address the environmental and cultural challenges of sustainability, which was an overarching theme at the Biennale in 2008.

Director: Aaron Betsky
Commissioner: Cambridge Galleries
Curators: John McMinn and Marco Polo
Exhibiting Artists/Architects: 41° to 66°: Architecture in Canada – Region, Culture, Tectonics

 

12th International Architecture Exhibition, 2010
People meet in architecture

Director: Kazuo Seijima
Commissioner & Curator: PBAi
Exhibiting Architect:  Hylozoic Ground by Philip Beesley. High-rise images at designboom.

13th International Architecture Exhibition, 2012
Common Ground

And so we arrive to present day. Commissioned by Migrating Landscapes Organizer and directed by David Chipperfield, the Migrating Landscapes exhibition exposes residential design by young Canadian architects who have experienced migration. We've been covering this on our blog since December 2011, and the project is ongoing, so here are the latest updates from the Canadian team.

 

• At First Sight Films makes an awesome video of Migrating Landscapes, with some great film stills.
• Apparently, babies are into Migrating Landscapes, too. (via TheAcre.ca)
• Migrating Landscapes gets a spot in Canadian Architect, designboom and, our favourite, CBC, in July 

 

How does the official selection process work?

A call for submissions is issued to Canadian galleries and museums, and architectural firms, institutions and organizations. A peer assessment committee at the Canada Council for the Arts then makes a selection, providing base funding for the event. RAIC / Architecture Canada partner with the CCA to develop new project management, communications and fundraising support. 

2014 call for submissions

Want to become a part of architecture history? The Canada Council for the Arts sent out a call for submissions for 2014. Find out what it takes to submit your architectural project. 

 

Read more about the previous projects featured in this post via Canada Council for the Arts.

Postcards from Venice, Italy

 

August is a jam-packed month at Cityzen, but that doesn't mean we can't have time for some updates from the Migrating Landscapes team out in Venice, Italy.

 

 

The organizers of Migrating Landscapes, Sasa and Johanna, are preparing for the Canadian pavilion for the 13th annual world-famous Venice Architecture Biennale, otherwise known as the Olympics of Architecture. We love the idea of young architects making it big. That's why we support Canada at the biennale so much. Here's what the two Winnipeggers had to say from Serenissima, the most serene republic of Venice.

 

Greeting from Venice!

We have arrived with our enormous haul of luggage, but managed to 'negotiate' a good price for our two-stop boat taxi to our apartment in Campo Ruga. It is absolutely beautiful and we have a great roof terrace [see picture] with a view of the Giardini beyond. Today we bought most of our tools and supplies and spent the day hauling them to the pavilion...over the bridges and canals. Let me just say it's a work out!

See you all soon,

Johanna+Sasa

 

Johanna Hurme and Sasa Radulovic, Migrating Landscapes organizers

A beer well-deserved for Sasa. Wish we were there on those gondolas with you guys! Looks like a lot of packages were hauled over numerous stairs. What can we say, gotta do it for Team Canada.

Donate your Aeroplan Miles to Migrating Landscapes

Migrating Landscapes and RAIC never cease to amaze us with their creative fundraising initiatives. This time they're partnering up with sponsor Aeroplan Beyond Miles to support Canada at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale. 

To get there, Migrating Landscapes wants your Aeroplan Miles. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for young budding architects to showcase their work at the world's most prestigious architecture exhibition. 

Our goal is to raise 500,000 Aeroplan Miles by July 11, 2012. When we reach 90% of that goal, Aeroplan Beyond Miles will donate the remaining Miles to get us there.

Please donate 1,000, 5,000, 10,000, 15,000 or more Aeroplan Miles!

To donate your Aeroplan Miles, please click here.

Thank you for your generous support.

Read more about Cityzen's involvement with Migrating Landscapes and the Venice Biennale this year.

The massive Migrating Landscapes update

The Venice Architecture Biennale starts in just over two months and we're getting excited -- not only for the awesome architecture but also about Italy in general. As the August 26, 27 and 28 preview dates approach, we can't help but wonder how these young, talented architects will represent Canada through their architectural works. 

 

Migrating Landscapes in five minutes

Here's a very cool five minute video that Migrating Landscapes Organizer (MLO) shot in Winnipeg. It's actually a great overview of what the project is all about.

If you haven't donated to Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Foundation to sponsor Migrating Landscapes -- the official Canadian entry at Venice this year -- then you should do so here. Every donation receives a charitable tax receipt. 

You can also contact Sascha Hastings with any questions you have about supporting Migrating Landscapes and Canada at the Biennale.

 

Sponsor the next Frank Gehry

 


Migrating Landscapes has launched the "Sponsor a Winner" drive for each of the 18 winning entries. We are proud to offer you the opportunity to sponsor a winner with a gift of $3,000. The money will defray travel costs, shipping costs for the models, and wood costs for the landscapes in Venice. 

In return for your $3,000, your name will be displayed on the Canada Pavilion sponsor wall at the Biennale and on MigratingLandscapes.ca as the sponsor of a the entry you choose, as well as in RAIC's monthly e-newsletter to 4,300+ members. You'll also receive a charitable tax receipt from the RAIC Foundation.

Smaller donations are also welcome. Your gift will still be allocated as outlined above, and you will receive the same benefits but your name will be listed on the Canada Pavilion sponsor wall and on the Migrating Landscapes website at the level corresponding to your gift ($2,500 Patron I, $1,000 Patron II, $500 Supporter,$250 Friend I, $100 Friend II).

For more information, contact:

Johanna Hurme | johanna@5468796.ca | 204-480-8421
Sascha Hastings | shastings@raic.org | 416-934-1595 

 

Cityzen has renderings!

Here's what's really getting us jazzed: renderings for the Migrating Landscapes installation at the Canada Pavilion! Remember in our last post we mentioned those bright fluorescent pink beacons? Well, here's what they will look like. 

 

Wear Migrating Landscapes: Shop now open

Yes! It's true. You can wear your triangle on your sleeve for Migrating Landscapes now that they've launched an online shop. We can't get over how much neon pink there is. Five of everything, please. 

 

Recent press

Model of Grand Bruit’s migrating landscape bound for Venice 
RAIC Foundation’s first College of Fellows Centennial Fund for Intern/Intern Architects
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Migrating Landscapes spring update: Jam-packed edition

Today we received a special update from Migrating Landscapes Organizer (MLO) to find out what's new with the team. Here's what's going on as Team Canada packs for the Venice Architecture Biennale this August. 

What to expect from the Venice Biennale this year

The 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale takes place in the context of common ground. "I want this Biennale to celebrate a vital, interconnected architectural culture, and pose questions about the intellectual and physical territories that it shares," says David Chipperfield, director of the 2012 Biennale. That being said, Migrating Landscapes and Venice 2012 were clearly meant to be.

How to charm visitors into the Canadian Pavilion

To make a statement on space and landscape, Migrating Landscapes plans on scattering wooden modules out from the confines of the Canadian Pavilion. Shorter wood pieces will evolve into seating, while the taller wood pieces will act as bright fluorescent pink beacons for the Canadian Pavilion.

The team hopes this exterior installation will represent notions and values that can be negotiated with neighbouring nations. The idea is that visitors shouldn't be required to find their ways into the boundaries of the Canadian Pavilion but rather be immersed in the experience on common ground.

How to make it in Venice, Italy

The 18 finalists of Migrating Landscapes are constantly revisiting their entries and making updates for Venice. Some are crafting new models while others refine their video content. MLO is collaborating with local Winnipeg filmmakers At First Sight to convey its curatorial message in Venice.

Put the "fun" in Fundraising

MLO is launching a shop by the end of this month! We're stoked to get our hands on carrying bags and attire with limited edition designs, but we're most excited to see what kinds of wood furniture and products will be available. 

A "Sponsor a Winner" campaign is presently in the works where sponsorship money is needed for the finalists at the Biennale. Part of the costs cover the cost of shipment of the finalists' model to Venice, and the other part covers travel expenses. More information will be available soon.

RAIC Festival of Architecture 2012

MLO will be making a presentation at the Foundation Luncheon on June 14th, and will also have a booth set up selling merchandise and disseminating fundraising info. 

The final countdown: The national exhibition from YWG to VCE

The national exhibition at the Winnipeg Art Gallery ended on April 29. From there, the installation was taken down immediately in preparation for shipment to Venice. In case you missed it, here is the list of 18 individual and team entries that won the national competition. 

British Columbia
 

• Amirali Javidan
• Mira Yung and IMu Chan 
• Olena Chytra, Philipp Dittus, Alana Green, Katy Young 
• D’Arcy Jones with Amanda Kemeny, Daan Murray and Melani Pigat

Alberta

• Tiffany Shaw-Collinge

Saskatchewan

• April Hiebert, Brad Pickard, Robyn Robertson, Mark Sin and Victoria Yong-Hing 
   

Manitoba

• Jason Hare
• Travis Cooke and Jason Kun
• Andre Silva, Chris Gilmour and Kory Kaspersion 

Ontario

• Andrew Batay-Csorba and Jodi Batay-Csorba
• Erica Pecoskie and George Simionopoulos
• Kfir Gluzberg and Liana Bresler 

Quebec

• Enrique Enriquez
• Felix Tue
• Jean-Nicolas Bouchard and Philippe Charest
• Anca Matiyku and Chad Connery

Atlantic

• Marianna de Cola
• Stephen Kopp, Monica Adair, John Leroux, Jessie Croll and Alicia Halas

Together with Migrating Landscapes organizers and curators 5468796 Architecture + Jae-Sung Chon, these winning entries will form Canada’s official entry at the 2012 Venice Biennale in Architecture (August 29 – November 25). A special thanks goes to the national jury: Eleanor Bond, Ian Chodikoff, Anne Cormier, Bruce Kuwabara, and John Patkau.

For more information and images of the winning entries, visit MLO and scroll down. To see tons more photos of the national exhibition in Winnipeg, visit Migrating Landscapes' album on Facebook. All of Cityzen's previous updates on Migrating Landscapes can be found here.

Recent press

National Post | Cultural memories come packed with the moving boxes
National Post | 'Even when we live in one country, we feel like two persons'
National Post | Harnessing ocean energy for remote Newfoundland coast
Edmonton Journal | Edmonton artist wins spot in Venice Biennale exhibition

Photo credits: Jacqueline Young

Things you need to know about the Venice Architecture Biennale

Frank Gehry was awarded the Golden Lion lifetime achievement award in 2008

Now that the Venice Architecture Biennale is on Cityzen's radar, we thought we'd give you real estate/developer folks a brief run-down of what's going on. You might know that Cityzen is a diamond sponsor of Migrating Landscapes, the national architectural competition for designers under 40.

Select winners from provinces across Canada will be heading to Venice,  Italy, to participate in Olympics of architecture. So, what is the Venice Architecture Biennale all about? Here's what you need to know.

 

The Netherlands' 2010 pavilion
 

The Architecture Biennale happens once every two years, but only on even years (i.e. 2008, 2010, 2012), rotating with the Art Biennale every other year. The Architecture portion was officially established in 1980, giving big-shots and starchitects the chance to showcase their new projects in various curated pavilions. Now the event has over 170,000 international attendees.

This year's theme "Common Ground" makes perfect sense for Team Canada's Migrating Landscapes initiative, which is about contemporary design within a global context, cultural memory and migration. David Chipperfield, director of Venice's 2012 biennale, wants to explore architecture in intellectual and phyiscal territories. We're looking forward to seeing how other nations interpret this challenge.

 

Poland's 2010 pavilion
 

Spain's 2010 pavilion
 

Hungary's 2010 pavilion
 

Canada's 2010 pavilion
 

See more photos Canada's 2010 entry here. It's quite the visual delight. Are you going to the Venice Biennale? Talk to us!

In depth: Ontario's regional winners

From T.Dot to the Peg, who's heading off to represent Team Canada in Venice?

Thought Migrating Landscapes was over? Nah, it's just getting started. The Ontarian starchitects-to-be may have conquered Toronto's Brookfield Place, but on March 16 to April 29, 2012, they're heading to the national finals at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. From there, the winners will head to the Venice Architecture Biennale.

Some of you might be vaguely familiar with the four Ontario regional winners announced at the end of February. We thought we'd give you a more in-depth view of who's really competing in Winnipeg from Ontario.

Andrea Lacalamita & Gillian Tyrrell

Both Andrea Lacalamita and Gillian Tyrrell are Toronto-based emerging designers and recent graduates of the University of Waterloo Graduate School of Architecture. Although they were born in Canada, their current work focuses on the migration of their ancestors. Gillian has shown her work at the Design at Riverside Gallery in Cambridge. Andrea is a contributor to Canadian Art Magazine and has taught as an adjunct professor in Waterloo.

See Andrea and Gillian's video submission here.

Andrew Batay-Csorba & Jodi Batay-Csorba

Created in Los Angeles, Batay-Csorba is a design studio founded by Andrew Batay-Csorba and Jodi Batay-Csorba. In 2010, they relocated to Toronto with a progressive design outlook in their luggage, as well as bringing fourteen years of work experience at internationally renowned firms. 

See Andrew and Jodi's Vimeo submission.

Erica Pecoskie & George Simionopoulos

Erica Pecoskie and George Simionopoulos are dedicated to quality, context, necessity and delight. Interested in how excavation is rooted in construction, Erica values projects that are reactive, collaborative, poetic and enduring. George is an intern architect, craftsman, critic and lecturer with knowledge of materiality.

To see Erica and George's Vimeo submission, click here.

Kfir Gluzberg & Liana Bresler

Kfir Gluzberg and Liana Bresler are originally from Israel. Kfir studied at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia in Barcelona and McGill University in Montreal. Liana's thesis was completed at the University at Waterloo where she also taught design, as well as in Rome. She exhibited in Canada and abroad as part of the collaboration, In-Between Cities. She currently practices at Levitt Goodman Architects in Toronto while Kfir pursues projects in Tel-Aviv.

Click here for Kfir and Liana's Vimeo submission.

PEOPLE’S CHOICE WINNERS

Emre Yurga & Christina Kalt

Watch Emre's and Christina's Vimeo submission.

Wishing everyone the best of luck in Winnipeg! Ciao.

Migrating Landscapes: In the Spirit of Young Architects in Ontario

Brookfield Place was packed with over 300 people last night as the winners for Ontario's exhibition of Migrating Landscapes were announced. Cityzen are advocates of young and emerging architects, and this is one of many competitions Sam Crignano has personally supported. 

 

The four winners (excluding people's choice) will be heading to the national competition at the Winnipeg Art Gallery March 15 – April 29, and possibly on to the Venice Architecture Biennale (August 29 – November 25, 2012).

So, who wants to go on a road trip?

Congratulations to Ontario winners Andrew Batay-Csorba and Jodi Batay Csorba, Andrea Lacalamita and Gillian Tyrrell, Erica Pecoskie and George Simionopoulos, and Kfir Gluzberg and Liana Bresler, and People's Choice winners Emre Yurga and Christina Kalt.

The winners were selected by an Ontario jury made up of An Te Liu, Michael Moxam, Chris Pommer, Lisa Rochon and Brigitte Shim.

Sam with the winners and Migrating Landscapes Organizer

Thanks to Peter and Pauls, Malivoire Wine and Burning Kiln Winery for supplying the event, the sponsors and everyone who has so far donated to get the team to Venice. We will be providing updates as they come. For more photos, visit our Facebook page. 

Migrating Landscapes is a nation-wide competition and series of seven regional exhibitions across Canada that explores how Canadian architects and designers ages 45 and under have been influenced by migration.

The winners of the competition will officially represent "Team Canada" at the 2012 Venice Biennale in Architecture.