Winners Abitare la Barca 2011

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ABITARE LA BARCA 2011 – 5th year
Abitare la Barca, living on board with an accent on comfort, elegance, functionality and safety. As a definition of a setting that suggests ways of living on board. “…The land-dweller's house is the expression of an outdated world of small dimensions”  Le Corbusier declared in Eyes that do not see (Toward an Architecture). The famous appeal to architects in 1923 where Le Corbusier gives as a model the extreme skill of naval engineers, and ships “…the first stage in the realization of a world organized in accordance with the new spirit ..”.
 
THEME 2011
Open boats – maximum length 7 metres – primarily with oars with the option of an engine – on board or outboard – and minimum auxiliary sailing equipment, that reinterprets with new ideas the classical features of the Mediterranean shipyard traditional boats, that is the small fishing boats. Their use may range from pleasure fishing to complementary facilities at bathing establishments.  Particular attention should be paid to the lightness, versatility, low management costs, safety and reliability that small versatile boats should have
First Place
LIBRA Project name

LIBRA
Institute University Roma 3 Faculty of Architecture
Designer GILDO INCITTI - contact: gildor5@hotmail.com
Notes Jury’s reasons: perfect balance between the restrictions imposed by the competition, with significant original solutions and attention to design, all condensed into a table that was very well- executed.
Second Place
OVERTURN Project name

OVERTURN
Institute University of Florence, Faculty of Architecture, Masters in Design
Designer DANIELE ANDREOTTI - contact: daniele_design@hotmail.it
Notes Jury’s reasons: correspondence of the project to the competition rules, with a very well-executed table, which well conveyed the high quality of the design as well as its significant originality.
Third Place
EXCHANGE Project name

EXCHANGE
Institute IED European Institute of Design, TURIN campus
Designer ALESSANDRO PADULA - contact: alessandro.padula2@gmail.com
Notes Jury’s reasons: excellent presentation which clearly adheres to the competition rules and with a superb balance between originality and design.