Museum of Emotions / Edition #6 , Singapur

 

Buildner Architecture Competitions 

 

It may not be your first instinct when entering a building to consider how it makes you feel, but architecture has always had a big impact on emotions. Different spaces are designed to make their inhabitants feel different things; offices can make you feel energised and productive, art galleries can make you feel thoughtful and curious, and museums can make you feel calm and intrigued. Each of these spaces is completely different from each other and is far more than just a building.

 

As part of a series of annual architecture competitions, the Museum of Emotions competition is tasking participants with using architecture as a tool to bring out different emotions. They are asked to design a museum that includes two separate exhibition halls that bring out contrasting emotions – one inducing negative emotions, and the other inducing positive emotions. 

 

Participants are free to choose the specific emotions they incite with their designs – fear, anger, anxiety, love, happiness, laughter, etc. The purpose of the Museum of Emotions is to use architecture as the primary tool to create emotional states, through consideration of the scales of the spaces, the journey through the space, colour, lighting, and material choice. 

 

As this is an ideas competition, participants are free to choose any site location, real or imaginary, as well as the size of their structure.

 

Museum of Emotions / Edition #6 is one of Buildners' silent competitions, in which participants must communicate their ideas without the use of any text. The design concept and thinking behind it must all be communicated solely through the use of visuals. 

 

Competition is open to all. No professional qualification is required. 

Design proposals can be developed individually or by teams (4 team members maximum). 

Correspondence with organizers must be conducted in English; 

All information submitted by participants must be in English.

 

Closing date for registration: 27 March 2025

Closing date for project submission: 29 April 2025, 23:59 (LONDON TIME)

Announcement of winners: 12 June 2025

 

Total Prize Fund: 10,000 €

 

1st Prize: 5,000 €

2nd Prize: 3,000 €

3rd Prize: 1,000 €

Buildner Student Award: 1,000 €

 

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