120 Hours 2013

120 Hours 2013

120 Hours 2013, the world's biggest student-driven architecture competition, will launch on February 4 at 2PM UTC+1.

This year, the competition will discuss the relationship between architecture and nature, and the students will be urged to bring interesting and relevant contributions to this stagnant debate.

Norway is celebrated for its breathtaking serene nature, deep fjords and tall mountains. The scale and visual impact of such a dramatic context is contrasted by an overly modest, almost invisible vernacular architecture that exists in the fjord villages.

The most common approach to building in this context is to subvert to the existing conditions, both the built environment and the surrounding scenery. The result is the maintenance of a status quo in which the fundamental hierarchy between architecture and nature is absolute.

The project managers of 120 Hours have this year teamed up with students from The Bergen School of Architecture. Focusing the attention on the western coast of Norway, the competition aims to take a critical view towards one of the crown jewel of this picturesque coast.

The exact site remains secret until the launch of the competition. The deadline for registrations is February 1, 2013.

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