In 2015, the Museum announced an architecture competition, in the form of a call for ideas that answered the question “What should a Museum of Capitalism look like?” There were no restrictions on scale or scope of proposals, as long as they followed the competition rules and responded in some way to the competition brief. [See the full Architecture Competition Brief and Guidelines.]
The proposals we received came from all across the globe, in a variety of styles, approaches, and engagements with the concept. Competition judges Chip Lord, Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher, and C. Greig Crysler were impressed by the quality and range of submissions. The decision was difficult, as there were many more entries deserving of recognition than could be given a portion of the prize amount or honorable mention. In the end, the judges decided to apportion prizes to these five submissions:
- “Poly-iterative Museum”, Alden Copley (United States)
- “Lighthouse”, Maxence Fougere (France)
- “Arbitrary Equivalent” Holes of Matter / Sergio Lopez-Pineiro (United States)
- “ALL CONSUMING”, Peter Blakeman (Canada)
- “Museum of Capitalism” Jakob Sieder-Semlitsch, Nicolas Stephan, & Helene Kummer (Austria)
An additional thirteen proposals were selected for Honorable Mention.
- “Also Gazing Into Thee”, Arquitectos Americanos / Mathew Suen, Gary Leggett (United States)
- “Museum of Capitalism”, Elaine Tsui, Xinyue Zhang (China)
- “The Invisible Glove”, Seth Ellis (United States)
- “1321”, Kyle Green (United States)
- “Freedom Boxes”, Javier Mosquera González (Spain)
- “Ouriboros”, Artur Zakrzewski (Poland)
- “Big Fish”, Palce Liza / Karol Kurnicki, Barbara Nawrocka, Dominika Wilczy’ska (Poland)
- “Three Towers of Dhak”,” Muhammad Zahil Suhaimi (Australia)
- “Performing Capitalism”, Kah-Wee Lee (Singapore)
- “Museum of Nothing & Everything (MONE)”, M. Maxfield Braillard + Eric Rogers (United States)
- “The Endless Loop of Seeking Freedom”, Stephanus Theodorus Suhendra, Niniek Pebriany Basri, Dika Ardi Irawan (Indonesia)
- “THE BIG BOX”, Normal Architecute / Nazmi Anuar (Malaysia)
- “The Pyramid”, Lukas Utzig (United Kingdom)