The factory from the famous movie Schindler’s List by Steven Spielberg will be resurrected for global architectural student competition INSPIRELI Awards
Photography courtesy of INSPIRELI Awards
For the 9th edition of the INSPIRELI Awards, students all around the world are called upon to transform the Schindler’s Ark premises. The two main parts of the competition consist of an urban design concept for a sustainable living area and the design of a museum of survivors at the Löw-Beer Family’s historic textile factory site.
The vision is to create a memorial to survivors and preserve the legacy of Schindler’s Ark, as well as to create a modern museum dedicated to the holocaust survivors. The sustainability of the project is supported by combining a museum of survivors, a large workshop for jobs including textiles, and prototype modern, sustainable housing to fit the community needs.
The Schindler’s Ark was a concentration camp in Czech Republic where 1,200 Jews from Schindler’s List were saved during WW2. In the post-war history it was the 2nd largest factory in Europe specialising in textile production. In 1938, the factory was stolen by the Nazis from the Löw-Beer family and in 2018, The Löw-Beer family established the Arks Foundation and has been consolidating the collapsed factory ever since.
Photography courtesy of INSPIRELI Awards
The competition is free to enter and supports student architects from all over the world regardless of economic or social conditions. INSPIRELI unites students and architects from 150 countries and receives over 1,000 projects every year.Thanks to its unique voting system with the largest jury in the history of architecture (over 930 architects and designers from over 120 countries), INSPIRELI ensures a fair winner’s selection.
Schindler’s Arks Competition offers many prizes – the winning 2 young architects will work with the team in contributing to the design of the site and receive a stipend and travels to Czech Republic with:
– A personal tour of the Arks site and local architecture including the Tugendhat Villa
– A signed book of The Arks: the Low-Beer story behind Schindler’s List and the Tugendhat Villa
– Permanent name inclusion in the museum
The ten best design ideas will also be part of the online design team to advise on the site.
Registration/submission opens on September 25, 2023 and closes on July 14, 2024. Register at inspireli.com
