The Brick Bay Folly 2021 is now open for entries from students and recent graduates (within the last five years) to create designs that explore the intersection between sculpture and architecture. This annual competition allows teams of New Zealanders collaborate to create entertaining and innovative architectural follies, with one group receiving mentorship and $30,000 in grants to bring their project to life and occupy the Brick Bay Sculpture Trail. Entries are due by 9am on 28th June 2021.
Along with grant and sponsorship money, the selected winning team will receive technical support from Resene, Naylor Love and Unitec. The finished project is then displayed on a site for six up to 24 months and photographed by Samuel Hartnett.
Folly organisers note, “Architectural follies are found all over the world, and their purpose is to inspire and delight audiences, but even more importantly folly projects provide a fantastic opportunity for emerging architects to test their ideas on a real life project, manage construction, solve contingencies and participate in physical construction.”
Judge of the 2020 Folly, Pip Cheshire, said of last year’s winning project called Genealogy of the Pacific: “The Folly programme is a great challenge, the growth in the designers’ knowledge, ability and confidence has been enormous, and the result is a beautiful piece of work that easily realises the potential of the original renders and offers a work that is both enigmatic and suggestive.”
See the full submission guidelines and how to submit your project at brickbaysculpture.co.nz.
The 2021 Brick Bay Folly is supported by the Brick Bay Sculpture Trust, Resene, Naylor Love, Samuel Hartnett, Cheshire Architects, Architecture New Zealand and ArchitectureNow.
