Halley VI Research Station, Antarctic

Winners

Hugh Broughton Architects with Faber Maunsell

Process

Two Stage Design with open trawl of interest. Six teams were shortlisted and invited to produce design concepts. Three teams were then asked to develop their work in more detail.

Our involvement

• Designing the right competitive process
• Researching and identifying potential competitors to alert to the competition
• Writing the competition rules
• Appointing Two Architect Assessors to write the competition brief and assess the design submissions
• Planning the competition timetable and budget to meet client requirements
• Acting as point of contact for the competition
• Ensuring a clear and ethical process
• Briefing the jury panel
• Briefing competitors
• Managing the competitive process
• Advising on and then managing the scoring/evaluation procedures
• Arranging and facilitate interviews, presentations, and project visits
• Maintaining confidentiality
• Creating an audit trail
• Assisting with press and media enquiries and coverage
• Competition administration
• Debriefing and follow up

Facts

• This was a high profile competition with a very original brief which once announced captured the imagination of the design profession.
• The Client was looking from the outset to appoint a design team, capable of creating something pioneering and new, with whom they could develop innovative and clever designs for this key research project.
• A key component of the brief was the ability for the structure to be moveable – the ice shelf is thin and it is likely that over time the structure will need to move further away from the melting edge of ice.
• This was a client with a very specific and technical brief and we were involved in collating information to create a suitable briefing document which involved liaison with numerous stakeholders and senior decision makers.