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Dingbat 2.0 Competition Winners

The winning and honorable mention entries from the Dingbat 2.0 Competition were announced at the LA Forum’s Dingbat 2.0 Exhibition opening on Saturday, June 19th, at LA Forum Events @ WUHO*. There were EIGHT professional winners and FIVE student winners selected for the competition from over 80 architects and designers from 18 countries.

Dingbat 2.0 Competition – First Place, Professional: Footprint

CARMEN C. CHAM, JAMES BLACK & TYLER GOSS. The “Microparcelization” project advocates replacing Dingbats with small single-family homes on small lots, to be made possible by new mechanism for subdividing parcels, and to be promoted by an updated version of the Case Study House program.

Dingbat 2.0 Competition – Second Place, Professional: GP/S [Gary Paige/Studio]

VARIEGATED MAT-SCAPE™
Dense-Mix Prototype for Palms, Los Angeles
Our project for Dingbat 2.0 proposes a Variegated Mat-scape™ as a prototype for generating spatial, programmatic, and material variation.

Dingbat 2.0 Competition – Third Place(shared), Professional: Liz Falletta

Alternate solutions that allow Dingbats to more actively and sustainably serve their residents, their communities and the public realm will be required if Los Angeles is to meet the demands of its residential future.

Dingbat 2.0 Competition – Third Place (shared), Professional: Caroline Felice Smith

CAROLINE FILICE SMITH
Neceth, Spotsylvania, VA
The Flip

Caroline Felice Smith|competitions|Dingbat 2.0|Neceth

Dingbat 2.0 Competition – Honorable Mention, Professional: Ginseng Chicken Architecture P.C.

The new Dingbat 2.0 is an evolved prototype of its predecessor and at the same time the centerpiece to a new urban planning typology named “Pleasantville.” Dingbat 2.0 responds to the rising population of the Los Angeles area by accommodating almost triple the numbers of units and thus helping to reduce further sprawl.

Dingbat 2.0 Competition – Honorable Mention, Professional: Workplays studio*architecture

This proposal examines five key issues (STREET, SITE, CAR, HOUSING TYPOLOGY, AND RESIDENTIAL OCCUPATION) that when addressed together form the basis for a 21st century infill neighborhood.

Dingbat 2.0 Competition – Honorable Mention, Professional: Scout Regalia

As a reinvention of the distinctively regional dingbat typology, our proposal seeks to maximize the quality of life for residents within the increasingly dense future of the City.

Benjamin Luddy|competitions|Dingbat 2.0|Makoto Mizutani|scout regalia

Dingbat 2.0 Competition – Honorable Mention, Professional: JOHN FERRI AIA + Others

DIG has created a portfolio of exceptional properties that responds to the diversity of southern California lifestyles. DIGWEHO is our newest residential community offering in the highly desirable City of West Hollywood. We have nine distinctive designs for you to explore.

Dingbat 2.0 Competition – First Place, Student: The Choripans

The Choripans: IGNACIO BARRIOS, ARIEL GUALTRUZZI, DELFINA PRAUSE, MAURO APARO
Universidad Nacional del litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina

Entry S-113

Dingbat 2.0 Competition – Second Place, Student: TIM NORRIS

TIM NORRIS
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
L.A. Stacked
Entry S-118
Click here for complete competition boards.

competitions|Dingbat 2.0|L.A.Stacked|Tim Norris

Dingbat 2.0 Competition – Third Place, Student: RYAN LOVETT

RYAN LOVETT
Columbia University, New York, NY
Substantiating Surface
Entry S-101
Click here for the first competition board – Urban Scale
Click here for the second competition board – Architectural Scale
It is a place defined by its typological reinventiveness. As the inevitable forces requiring densification … | +

Dingbat 2.0|Ryan Lovett

Dingbat 2.0 Competition – Honorable Mention, Student: MARGARET M. FAIN

MARGARET M. FAIN
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Stacked: A New Housing Type
Entry S-110
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competitions|Dingbat 2.0|Margaret M Fain|Stacked: A New Housing Type

Dingbat 2.0 Competition – Honorable Mention, Student: TOMMY PNIEWSKI

TOMMY PNIEWSKI
Oxford Brookes University
Oxford, UK
Dingbat Renaissance
Entry S-121
Click here for complete competition boards.
The Streets of LA turn to paradise. The new dingbat gives birth to flora creating a series of beautiful and unique skins visible from cars driving by the neighborhood. … | +

Dingbat 2.0 Competition

The Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design proposes DINGBAT 2.0, an open, single-stage, international design competition, reconsidering Los Angeles’ ubiquitous dingbat apartment building for the 21st century.

05.16.2010 competitions|Dingbat 2.0|housing|Reyner Banham|typology

Dingbat 2.0 Registration

Registration information for Dingbat 2.0 competition.

05.13.2010 Dingbat 2.0

Dingbat 2.0 Competition: Questions & Answers

The first Question & Answers list for the Dingbat 2.0 Competition was posted on 5.13.2010. Final questions are due 5.23 and a second Question & Answers list will be posted the week of 5.24.

Dingbat 2.0

Dingbat 2.0 Competition: Site Photos of Alleys

Site photos of alleys for the Dingbat 2.0 Competition.

Dingbat 2.0

Field Guide to Dingbats

The Field Guide to Dingbats has several small articles and references regarding Dingbat apartment buildings, as well as a chapter from John Chase’s Book Glitter Stucco & Dumpster Diving, which covers the history and types of ’stucco box’ apartments that … | +

03.31.2010 Dingbat 2.0|Field Guide|John Chase|Lesley Marlene Siegel|Mimi Zeiger

Dingbat 2.0 Jury Biographies

Barbara Bestor / Principal, Bestor Architecture, Los Angeles / Chair, Graduate School of Architecture at Woodbury University
John Chase / Author / Urban Designer, City of West Hollywood
Teddy Cruz / Principal, Estudio Teddy Cruz, San Diego / Associate Professor, UCSD, Visual … | +

Liner Competition Winner

The LA Forum is very pleased to announce the winner of the LINER competition, Oyler Wu Collaborative. The winning team was selected from a shortlist of three teams that included F-Lab and Kuth Ranieri Architects.

Liner Competition

LINER
A competition by the LA FORUM
6518 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles
Hollywood Boulevard is the last unretouched Main Street in Los Angeles. By day and by night, the sidewalks host a constant parade of pedestrians – lingerers, tourists, hipsters, small shopkeepers, clerks, … | +

Dead Malls Results

The jury for the second phase of the Dead Malls competition met on Saturday, March 1. In conjunction with the announcement of the competition winners and the exhibition of the finalists’ work, a reception to celebrate the completion of the … | +

Dead Malls Competition

The Forum proposes an open, two-part, ideas competition to envision the future of the mall. This competition challenges the design and planning community to counter the trend towards the deriliction, abandonment, and “death” of the regional mall and invites approaches … | +

08.09.2002 Dead Malls|shopping mall|typology

Civic Innovations Results

The list of winners who have been awarded prizes and honorable mentions for the Civic Innovations competition, and information on the two exhibitions.

Civic Innovations Competition

During the Fall of 1994, the Forum sponsored “Civic Innovations” an open design competition which seeks to influence the design of modest elements found on every street throughout Los Angeles. Competition categories include bus shelters, street lighting, public restrooms in … | +