CHART Architecture 2024 Brief Now Live

The competition brief for our celebratory 10th anniversary is now live. The 10 day submission period starts today!

16 April 2024

Architecture

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Key Information

Competition starts Tuesday 16 April 2024 12:00 (CET)
10 day open call - competition ends Friday 26 April 2024 23:59 (CET)
Theme: Neo Nordic Architecture
Function: An exhibition space that challenges the white cube gallery format
Proposals must be able to accommodate artworks in all weather conditions
1 winning proposal selected, plus several honourable mentions
The winning team will be given a production budget of up to 150.000 DKK ex. VAT. This amount has to cover all parts of the production process.
Open to emerging architects and architectural studios.
All team members must have graduated with a masters degree from an architectural school.
At least 50% of the team members must have graduated within the last 10 years.
Preferably all team members must be based in Denmark – team members must be prepared to travel frequently to Copenhagen at their own expense.
Finalists announced 08 May 2024

CHART Architecture 2023 Build-Up

Photo by Joakim Züger / BARSK Projects

Jury

This year's jury includes a broad range of experts from specialist backgrounds, including: Søren Pihlmann, founder of pihlmann architects; architect and journalist Tyra Dokkedahl, founder of Seriously Fun and specialising in the meeting points between art, architecture and communications; architect Jakob Brandtberg Knudsen, Dean of Architecture at the Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation.

Partners

CHART Architecture 2024 is made possible by the generous support of the philanthropic association Realdania as well as Københavns Kommune, Beckett-Fonden, Statens Kunstfond, FOSS, Dreyers Fond, STARK Fonden.

Arup will be a mentoring partner and will provide professional and technical guidance for the selected team as they work on their construction.

"I hope to see visionary ideas by the next generation of architects. Specifically, I hope to see proposals which explore how CHART Architecture can challenge the white cube and make art, in its many forms and expressions, accessible to a public audience."

Tyre Dokkedahl

Architect, Journalist & CHART Architecture 2024 Jury Member

CHART Architecture 2016 First Prize: Wet Oysters Dry Champagne

Produced by Nicole Strelcheva, Trine Thy, Aleksander Nowak and Tamara Kalantajevska, the pavillion was designed to house an oyster and wine bar in the Charlottenborg Courtyard
CHART Architecture 2015 First Prize: The Fall

Produced by Jakob Holmqvist Larsen and Søren Kryger Aagaard, the pavilion hosted a pop-up burger joint by Union Kitchen
CHART Architecture 2023 First Prize: Off The Shelf

Produced by Anton Boman, Jonathan Lindberg, and Matthew Wilson, together they form Plan Noll. The structure achieves its appearance using “off-the-shelf” materials including corrugated fiberglass sheets and galvanised steel scaffolding standards.
CHART Architecture 2022 First Prize: Bio Sack

Produced by Marie Louise Thorning, Anders Lynderup Erichsen and Michael Rex Skov. The Bio Sack pavilion is a reinterpretation of the traditional seaweed houses of Læsø Island.
CHART Architecture 2021 First Prize: Leverage

Produced by Danish studio Rumgehør, this experimental pavilion used dunnage bags to create a light and futuristic structure.
CHART Architecture 2019 First Prize: Sultan

Produced by Anne Bea Høgh Mikkelsen, Katrine Kretzschmar Nielsen, Klara Lyshøj, and Josefine Østergaard Kallehave this pavilion was constructed using recycled IKEA mattresses.
CHART Architecture 2018 First Prize: Tight Knit

Produced by Jan Sienkiewicz and Uta Sienkiewicz, "Tight Knit" draws its design from the oldest traditions of knitting and weaving, turning craft techniques into rituals of collective empowerment.
CHART Architecture 2017 First Prize: The Paper Pavilion

Produced by PAN- Projects, for The Paper Pavilion was designed according to the belief that for a sustainable future it is necessary to reconsider the excesses of our daily life and adjust them appropriately.
CHART Architecture 2016 First Prize: Wet Oysters Dry Champagne

Produced by Nicole Strelcheva, Trine Thy, Aleksander Nowak and Tamara Kalantajevska, the pavillion was designed to house an oyster and wine bar in the Charlottenborg Courtyard
CHART Architecture 2015 First Prize: The Fall

Produced by Jakob Holmqvist Larsen and Søren Kryger Aagaard, the pavilion hosted a pop-up burger joint by Union Kitchen
CHART Architecture 2023 First Prize: Off The Shelf

Produced by Anton Boman, Jonathan Lindberg, and Matthew Wilson, together they form Plan Noll. The structure achieves its appearance using “off-the-shelf” materials including corrugated fiberglass sheets and galvanised steel scaffolding standards.
CHART Architecture 2022 First Prize: Bio Sack

Produced by Marie Louise Thorning, Anders Lynderup Erichsen and Michael Rex Skov. The Bio Sack pavilion is a reinterpretation of the traditional seaweed houses of Læsø Island.
CHART Architecture 2021 First Prize: Leverage

Produced by Danish studio Rumgehør, this experimental pavilion used dunnage bags to create a light and futuristic structure.
CHART Architecture 2019 First Prize: Sultan

Produced by Anne Bea Høgh Mikkelsen, Katrine Kretzschmar Nielsen, Klara Lyshøj, and Josefine Østergaard Kallehave this pavilion was constructed using recycled IKEA mattresses.
CHART Architecture 2018 First Prize: Tight Knit

Produced by Jan Sienkiewicz and Uta Sienkiewicz, "Tight Knit" draws its design from the oldest traditions of knitting and weaving, turning craft techniques into rituals of collective empowerment.
CHART Architecture 2017 First Prize: The Paper Pavilion

Produced by PAN- Projects, for The Paper Pavilion was designed according to the belief that for a sustainable future it is necessary to reconsider the excesses of our daily life and adjust them appropriately.