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Steven Holl : Contest Winner American practice Steven Holl Architects wins Glasgow School of Art Competition 8 Sep 2009 Glasgow School of Art selects Design Team The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) is delighted to announce that Steven Holl Architects (New York) working with Scottish based JM Architects has been selected, as the result of an international competition, to lead the team to design a new building on the site opposite the world famous Mackintosh Building in Garnethill, Glasgow. Conceptual sectional study showing how light is driven through depth of a building. This does not represent any proposed design for Phase 1 building. Steven Holl Architects is a leading New York based practice which has been recognized internationally with some of architecture’s most prestigious awards and prizes. These include recent awards from the American Institute of Architects and the Royal Incorporation of British Architects for the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City and the School of Art at Iowa University. Awards have also recognised their commitment to sustainable design. Recent work includes the Herning Centre for the Arts in Denmark and a major development in Beijing where they also have an office. They will work with Henry McKeown and Ian Alexander, award winning directors from the Glasgow office of JM Architects. The brief for Steven Holl’s team is to work with GSA to refine the Masterplan for GSA’s Garnethill estate redevelopment and to design and deliver Phase 1, a new building to significantly enhance the teaching, learning and research facilities available to GSA students and staff and the access which the public can have to their work. The building will sit opposite the Mackintosh Building, recently voted the UK’s favourite building of the past 175 years in a national survey run by the Royal Incorporation of British Architects. The in principle support of the Scottish Funding Council has been essential in enabling the School to move to this stage. It is particularly appropriate that this announcement comes just over 100 years after The Glasgow School of Art held its first architectural competition when it invited submissions from 11 architects’ practices for a new school in the centre of the city. The winner was 28- year-old Charles Rennie Mackintosh (then working for Honeyman and Keppie), whose Mackintosh Building, will remain at the heart of the new urban campus and the educational experience of every GSA student. Detail from Steven Holl Architects submission. Model showing example conceptual approach of building circulation. This does not represent any propsed design for Phase 1 building. This 2009 competition, which was to find an architect-led team and not to select a design, received submissions from over 150 international firms from which seven were shortlisted (in alphabetical order): Benson & Forsyth (London, UK); Elder and Cannon (Glasgow, UK); Francisco Mangado Architects with ZM Architects (Pamplona, Spain and Glasgow ); Grafton Architects (Dublin, Ireland); Hopkins (London, UK); John McAslan and Partners with Nord Architects (London and Glasgow); Steven Holl Architects with JM Architects (New York and Glasgow). The final and unanimous decision was reached after a rigorous process, against set evaluation criteria, of submissions, presentations and interviews, by a Selection Committee chaired by Barcelona based architect, David Mackay. The Selection Committee considered that Steven Holl Architects’ work showed a poetic use of light and their submission demonstrated a singular creative vision, scale of ambition, profound clarity and a respectful rivalry for the Mackintosh Building. The Committee believed that Holl’s approach to the craft of building, his understanding of the opportunities of new technology and an enjoyment of the challenges of sustainable design, promised a great step forward in the development of architecture in an urban setting. Seona Reid, Director of The Glasgow School of Art said: “This is the next major step in transforming Glasgow School of Art’s rather poor estate into spaces for learning, teaching, research and engagement with the public which are fit for their purpose, meet the needs of our staff and students and support their ambitions. I am absolutely confident, as was the Selection Committee, that our collaboration with Steven Holl Architects and theirs with JM Architects will produce a world class building for the School and for Glasgow, an inspiring environment for our staff and students, an inventive and worthy companion to Mackintosh and a building of which we will all be immensely proud. The selection of the architect to lead this important project was a demanding process for all concerned. We have been incredibly impressed by the hard work, creativity, and commitment given to it by all seven of the shortlisted teams and we thank them for it. I also want to thank the eight members of the Selection Committee, chaired by David Mackay, whose enthusiasm for their task and the insights they brought to the process were absolutely invaluable” The Chair of the Selection Committee David Mackay said: ”This has been an extraordinary and innovative international competition process to find an architect, rather than a design. In Steven Holl Architects, who demonstrated his poetic use of natural light to enhance the spatial itineries of his beautifully crafted buildings, and sensitive response to this site, we have an architect ready to meet the challenges of designing opposite the Mackintosh Building” photo © Adrian Welch Steven Holl, architect, said: “We are thrilled to be selected for this very important project for the new Glasgow School of Art. It is an honour to make a new architecture for a 21st century school of art across from Mackintosh’s inspiring masterwork of the early 20th century. Since my student days at the University of Washington the amazing Mackintosh building with its tremendous light and magical scale has been a seminal reference. Mackintosh’s manipulation of the building section for light in such a variety of inventive ways has inspired our approach toward a plan of studio volumes shaped by light and connected by a ‘Circuit of Connection’ which encourages the creative contact central to the workings of the school. 100 years after completion, Mackintosh’s building continues to inspire as a work of architecture and a place to make art. The invention of an original architectural language is a fresh today as it was then. Its intensity of detail, light and material calls for the highest aspirations of a phenomenologically-driven architecture of our time. We feel the urgency of recovering the integral action of “thinking and making” in the use of the highest new technologies available. We imagine the new Glasgow School of Art to be a celebration of Knowledge: the phenomenological and experiential joys of perception supercharged by the techniques of tomorrow.” Nick Kuenssberg, Chairman of the Board of GSA said "The Board is excited by the transformational impact the selection of Steven Holl Architects will have, working with Scotland’s own JM Architects. This will create 21st century facilities which will benefit our students and staff and their educational experience, and will enhance both the setting of the Mackintosh Building and the wider community of Garnethil. This is a very significant day for the GSA, for Glasgow and for Scotland”. Malcolm Reading of Malcolm Reading Consultants who organized the competition process said: “We are delighted that the competition has had such a successful conclusion. The Jury’s unanimous choice of an architect who is quite clearly on the brink of widespread international recognition is a wonderful endorsement of the competitive process. Steven Holl’s thoughtful and robust architectural approach has the potential to make a great building for the School and Glasgow”. Councillor George Ryan, Executive Member for Business and the Economy, Glasgow City Council said: "This new building is certain to reflect the fantastic architectural and design standards that have given The Glasgow School of Art a worldwide reputation for excellence. It will be another key feature of the regeneration of Glasgow city centre and a vital part of our creative industries.” Shortlist Announced for Glasgow School of Art Design Competition 22 May 2009 Seven practices selected to develop their submissions for the new GSA building to sit opposite the world-famous Mackintosh Building in the Garnethill district of Glasgow, alphabetical: Benson + Forsyth (London, UK) Elder & Cannon (Glasgow, UK) Francisco Mangado Architects (Pamplona, Spain) Grafton Architects (Dublin, Ireland) Hopkins (London, UK) John McAslan + Partners with Nord Architects (London + Glasgow partnership) Steven Holl Architects with JM Architects (New York + Glasgow partnership) These seven practices emerged from a final longlist of 40, drawn from 153 entries received from all over the world. The judging panel was chaired by David Mackay of MBM Arquitectes and included, amongst others, the Director of the GSA, Professor Seona Reid, the broadcaster Muriel Gray and Professor Christine Hawley, the Dean of the Bartlett, University College London. The judging panel met over two days earlier this week in Glasgow and the judges' decision was unanimous. Malcolm Reading who managed the GSA competition and previously organised the competitions for King's Cross Square and the British Pavilion for Shanghai World Expo 2010 said: 'This is a rich and varied list for an exceptional project. The selection was extremely careful. These were the names that had life-force, they kept appearing again and again during the deliberations. Not all the practices are well-known in the UK but they all have a distinctive way of working and projects that show a sense of place and sensitivity to environment. What distinguished these teams was they had thought deeply about the context of the building and the needs of the client.' The shortlisted practices now have until mid-July to develop their final submission and the winning architect-led design team will be announced in late September. The new £50m 11250m² building will replace three existing buildings on the Garnethill site, which include the student union, the Newbury Tower and the Foulis Building. It is planned to be completed by 2013. Entrants include Zaha Hadid, Studio Fuksas, David Chipperfield Architects, MVRDV, Rafael Moneo, Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners and O'Donnell & Tuomey New Images of the Glasgow School of Art buildings, 18 Jun 2009: Glasgow School of Art Competition - News Update: GSA design competition attracts over 150 entries from across the globe The Glasgow School of Art's (GSA) international search to find a team to design a new 11250 square metre building to sit opposite the iconic Mackintosh Building in Garnethill, Glasgow has drawn 152 entries, with 58 received from outside the UK including the US, Japan, Australia, Spain, Finland, Denmark and the Netherlands. Among the applicants were 11 practices from Building Design's World Architecture Top 100, a large number previously shortlisted for the Stirling Prize and three Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureates. The competition, which is being managed by Malcolm Reading Consultants, received nearly 57,000 visits to its website over the six week period since being announced and the Expression of Interest document was downloaded over 11,000 times. The first stage of the competition is now closed and the jury will now assess all entries before announcing on May 22nd the shortlist of up to seven practices. The team which is finally selected will be revealed in September. The panel judging the competition will be chaired by David Mackay of MBM Arquitectes, with broadcaster and writer Muriel Gray as Deputy Chair. Other recently appointed members of the eight person strong jury are: Professor Christine Hawley, architect and Dean of the Bartlett, University College London; architect and educator, Professor Isi Metstein; GSA Board Member and Chair of the Estates Committee, Fred Shedden; Director of GSA Professor Seona Reid; GSA Board Member, economist and town planner Eleanor McAlister; and Head of the GSA Mackintosh School of Architecture Professor David Porter. The whole purpose of the exercise is to appoint a world-class architect-led team of designers who can demonstrate that they have the skills, experience, imagination and sensitivity to the School's needs to deliver the project successfully and within the available budget. The School is not looking for a building design at this stage. The shortlisted practices will develop their thinking over the next two months before a final submission at the end of July 2009. The winning architect-led design team will be announced in late September. The successful team will then work with the GSA to confirm the overall campus masterplan and to design and deliver the Phase 1 building. Phase 1, set to open in 2013, sees the start of the complete redevelopment, over time, of the School's estate, transforming the current incoherent and inefficient scatter of unfit for purpose buildings across Garnethill, into a coherent urban campus providing world-class teaching and research facilities and space for growth. When complete, the redeveloped estate will reinforce the GSA's position as one of Europe's leading art, design and architecture schools, supporting the creative entrepreneurs of tomorrow and ensuring that Glasgow maintains its position as one of Europe's most creative cities. With the highest design and sustainability values, the new Phase 1 building will be an important development in one of Glasgow's most interesting and diverse conservation areas significantly enhancing the setting for the Grade A listed Mackintosh Building opposite. The estate redevelopment will be financed through a combination of Scottish Funding Council (SFC) support, School cash balances, land sales, borrowing and philanthropic sources. SFC support for Phase 1 is based on its approval of the outline business case in January and is conditional on approval of the full business case at Design Stage D. Director of The Glasgow School of Art Seona Reid said: "The impressive list of submissions, from such an international and diverse range of architect- led teams, make us more excited than ever about the scope and importance of this project. The task now is to give each entry the attention it deserves in order to identify the strongest possible shortlist." The Chair of the competition judging panel David Mackay said: "I would like to see each and every one of the 153 entries as a winner, but a competition demands a choice. Our task will not be easy because the difference between the qualities of the entrees promises to be very narrow. " Malcolm Reading, who previously ran the competitions for King's Cross Square and the British Pavilion for Shanghai World Expo 2010, said: 'This is a great response to a very significant and exceptionally challenging project. The level of international entries, as well as those from the UK, is exceptional and an indicator of the wide appeal of the project. Glasgow is going to have a sparkling list to choose from.' building image © adrian welch, 230509 BD Report the following entrants: Alison Brooks Architects Allies & Morrison Architects David Adjaye David Chipperfield Architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios Flacq with Ken Powell Gareth Hoskins Architects Graeme Massie Grimshaw Architects Haworth Tompkins Hopkins Architects John McAslan with NORD Malcolm Fraser Architects MVRDV with Austin Smith Lord O'Donnell & Tuomey Page & Park Richard Murphy Architects with Sutherland Hussey RMJM with Rafael Moneo Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners Studio Fuksas Zaha Hadid Architects Previously: Glasgow School of Art International Competition Brief to design a major new building opposite the famous main building by Rennie Mackintosh. The Jury will be chaired by international architect David Mackay of MBM Arquitectes, (Barcelona), members yet to be confirmed. The new building will form Phase 1 of GSA's estate redevelopment plans, to complete 2013. Stage 1 application deadline : 1 May 2009 The Scottish Funding Council has committed up to £50m towards the Phase 1 building but additional funding from land sales, etc. will be provided. International Architectural Competition : www.malcolmreading.co.uk/gsa Shortlist announcement towards the end of May Winner announcement Sep 2009 building photo © adrian welch The Glasgow School of Art aims to provide world class creative education and research in architecture, design and fine art. The current estate, with the exception of the notable and Grade A listed Mackintosh Building, is a significant barrier to fulfilling the school's vision for the next ten years. The estate is spread over nine academic buildings in Garnethill, occupying a total 32,000m2 of accommodation. After an extensive appraisal of options, the School has developed a vision and a plan for a redeveloped urban campus on Garnethill with the Mackintosh Building at its heart. GSA has decided to select an architect-led design team to bring about the vision of a new campus. The objective is to find a world-class architect and a team of equally skilled design professionals who will verify the masterplan strategy and deliver the first new building (Phase 1) to stand alongside the historic Mackintosh building. Glasgow School of Art Building building: image © adrian welch The Chair of the competition judging panel David Mackay said: “Mackintosh's Glasgow School of Art Building is a mine for discovering the discipline of architecture and one leaves the Building challenged and motivated to reach the same coherence achieved by this architect, when he was only 30 years old. That is what this competition is about: open to all, from the thirty year olds to those, like Louis Khan, who emerged later in life, over sixty and still learning. To find that architect or team of architects will not be an easy task, but the jury will be looking for the intelligent capacity and sensitive dexterity of the applicants to translate, not copy, those pioneers of modern architecture, within the historic context of Glasgow. As an architect and Life Member of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society, I am honoured to be asked to chair what will be an unusually distinguished jury, judging an internationally significant project.” Glasgow School of Art Refurbishment Glasgow School of Art - Window on the Mac Proposals building: image © adrian welch Contact +44 (0)141 353 4526

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