ULTIMATE EXOTICNESS.
By Winy Maas
SUDAPAN
The attempt to make a thought out future for the Caribbean bay and especially this Yucatan area deserves attention:
The enormous tourist developments can – after a period of flourishing- easily harm the area.
How can it learn from other tourist enterprises as Costa Iberica or Croatia?
How can it combine a certain authenticity with generic developments?
How can the local economy be supported with a global “ab-usage” of the area?
On the other hand it can explore as well on the possibilities for a new exoticism. Where holidays to far away destinations were in the past about exoticness, now this word has lost its meaning for a lot of people do to globalization, mass traveling and mass tourism.
Maybe we are spoiled...
According to French philosophers exoticness is vital to compensate our daily behavior and relativize ourselves. In that sense a re-definition of exoticness is needed:
What kind of new exoticness can be created?????
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SUDAPAN 1. A postscript
By Jose Castillo
SUDAPAN 1. A postscript
By Jose Castillo
Like all good competitions this first (and certainly not the last) edition of Sudapan has raised a number of issues which far exceed the scope of the proposals themselves.
We have seen in these past few weeks, remarkable architectures, plans, strategies, manifestoes and political statements. They’ve come in the form of rhetoric, diagrams, drawings, renders, graphs and plans. In other words and what we found fascinating in the submittals is that the multiplicity of issues present in tourism have been addressed without prejudices by the participants, suspending judgments, but also taking positions and thinking them through coherent and complex arguments.
In the discussion amongst jurors, and in the presentation of those arguments, there have been spaces for agreement and disagreement, and the range of the selected and awarded projects is evidence of the diverse aesthetic and ideological agendas and choices.
The competition results also leave room for optimism in recognizing that maybe it is through the spatial and temporal practices of tourism that the social, the political, the economic, the environmental, the territorial and the formal can be reinvented. In other words, it seems that there is nothing more global, more contemporary and more relevant nowadays than tourism itself.
Finally, and this is something we should thank the organizers, is that the Sudapan competition has allowed both jurors and competitors to subvert, transform, expand and even co-opt supersdaca’s agenda. “Todos somos sudacas!” or “We are all sudacas” seems to be a foregone conclusion.
A bright beginning indeed…
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JURY COMMENTS
72344 Supertourism*
One of the most comprehensive, complete and elaborate proposals altogether. I see an overall conceptual understanding of the phenomenon of tourism, its different scales, and issues. There is a combination of articial and natural, specific and strategic, tools and projects which seems very real. I also found the overall unmoralistic environmental agenda evident in some of the specific projects interesting; somewhere in between Jules Verne and Bucky Fuller
José Castillo
I dont understad it completely. But it has some nice ideas: especially to use the exotism aspect of tourism but in its purest and most imaginative character: to make more hyper exotic beautiful experiences. Bold and beuatiful.
Winy Maas
Devices. Approach to the functional appropriation of a place with light devices, created at man-scale.
Vicente Guallart
1f382 Instant strip
The boats for the coast. A nice and symbolic idea to make a cemetery of cruise boats before the coast that protects the forests of colonization, that concentrates the tourists on where they want to go to and that iconofies the absurdist aspect of touristic developments.
Winy Maas
Boats. Enjoying the coast from boats, with specific designs. Closer to the architectonic benefit, than to navigation.
Vicente Guallart
05417 SUPER-INCLUSIVE
Out of the social-political statements/proposals, I think this one is one of the better developed, since it assumes that Tourism can become a new social protocol or tool for negotiation. I find it interesting because of the alliances it seeks to create, spatially, temporally and programmatically. It is true that the ambiguity of the architectures can be deceiving, but by focusing on the ‘voices’ and the protocols, I do think it addresses the issue of a wider ‘democratic’ and ‘environmental’ net to be cast by the practice of tourism development.
José Castillo
Sustainability and consumption are combined in a new touristic environment. As case, one of the existing cities along the coast is presented at a convincing level. By doing this, the proposal gains reality. The integral approach by which scales are reconciled is successful.
Carel Weeber
ad234 REEF COAST
Innovative and singular anti-island proposal. Combines linear development with off-shore development. Somewhere in-between the Maldives and Dubai…It has certain naiveté with regards to the urban morphology (linear city vs. cluster), but I think it’s one of the proposals which explores the issue of evolution over time, incrementalism and territoriality in an intelligent fashion. It kind of reminds me as well of a tropicalization of Tange’s proposal for Tokyo Bay. Infrastructure+the urbanization of leisure.
José Castillo
The artificial reef coast. A dreamy proposal and maybe too expensive and therefore impossible. But the idea to add reefs that can position and absorb all program is great. It gives more reefs, more buildable areas, more waterfronts, more fishes, more diving, more protection and it saves the forests from being urbanized.
So: make it! But, oh, how to pay?
Winy Maas
094df BEYOND THE LOOKING GLASS
Radically different from most of the other proposals. I find it at the same time innocent yet poetic, naïve, yet critical. A commentary on the self-reflecting narcissim of tourism as-we-know-it. At the same time the connection with avant-garde precedents (from Algiers to OMA) is strangely refreshing in the context of a tropical environment…
José Castillo
The wall. An architectural proposal. It wants to concentrate all possible and expected developments in one dramatically small zone. Thus keeping the forest and the beach empty. It can thus make a beautiful and courageous ‘wall’ that memorizes le Corbusier’s Algiers proposals and Rugen. Why not an extra one?
Winy Maas
7c83e Hypermangrove
The plea for a giant forest that should be protected and developed is needed and it is highly atractive. It enlarges the recognizabilty and speciality of the area in a competitive global playround. It thus menages the potential of the area. And it allows for an exotic infill....
Winy Maas
77138 every man’s land
Umbrellas. Creation of very specific architecture, for very specific places. Very singular, organic and self-sufficient. New natures.
Vicente Guallart
16e5a “No-City”
Riviera Maya is supplied by elegant constructions perpendicular to the coastline, connected by infrastructure. By doing this an one open relation between the sea and inner land is maintained. These are particularly rewarding images.
Carel Weeber
71a0a all aboard
An obvious proposal. But it is the only one that puts a public means of infrastructure on the foregrond. It claims for a linear exploaitation as we know from Belgium or Spain. It emphasizes the romantic aspect of traveling
Winy Maas
505d7 artificial islands-artificial experiences
Interesting development of a type that combines island+building. It reminded me simultaneously of Lebbeus Woods and Zeebruge. There is a serious attempt to imagine possible architectures for new territorial occupations, and I find the scale and some of the spatial relationships interesting enough.
José Castillo
Islands. Creation of artificial structures for the development of artifciales activities on a territory. Suitable scale
Vicente Guallart
9d7fd dynamic coalition
Light Train. Insertion of a linear elevated transport system, taking advantage of the territorial structure configuration.
Vicente Guallart
2e01b INSTANT HEAVEN
Atols and towers. A beautiful proposal to skip the strip and transform it into a zone with singular elements, that stresses the beauty of the landscapes: architectural atols on the sea, architectural hills in the forest.. I like it.
Winy Maas
10424 LANDSCAPE PLOTTER
One of the strongest graphic articulations of an argument in the competition. At moments it seems that by avoiding frontally the issue of tourism development, there is an alternative for urban and territorial development. Even though the issue of the pueblos could even be read as nostalgic, it seems well understood and developed in contemporary living terms. It also seems to combine well infrastructural issues with sociopolitical ones.
José Castillo
70b76 Melting Pot
This critical strip story emphasizes the threat for future existence of the local population and their historical monuments, caused by international tourism. It does not get to planning or strategies; its power is its imagery.
Carel Weeber
f3e6a pasajes virgenes
Green strips. A simple but sympathetic idea. And one that should be easy to achieve: a series of green virgin forest strips that open the sea front an keep public connections between the sea and the inland.
Why not doing this minimally?
Winy Maas
1467b RAÍCES
The coastline is supplied by a zoned citybeld in which different functions and interest have been organized. The Indian monuments are integrated in this new urban structure. The high planning character puts the question on how this all can be realized.
Carel Weeber
9fe11 Recombinant Tourism
Prototypes. Intelligent prototypes development for the insertion of tourism activities that interact with local synergies
Vicente Guallart
3f398 Recuperando el territorio
One of the few entries in which planning-data is input for integral development. However it does not succeed to connect these data with planning and suddenly it jumps into goals.
Carel Weeber
3f949 RESPONSIBLE / EXTREME TOURISMS
I found it a pre-spatial but quite sophisticate understanding of both trends in tourism, but also of the trade-offs. It’s the equivalent of a ‘third-way’ tourism, or knowing how to pick your battles. Rather than focusing on resolving ‘all the issues’, it works from two ends, responsibility and extreme experiences. The ‘architectures’ seem only as possibilities or intuitions, but the diagnosis or understanding of the condition seems strong enough for me to warrant discussion.
José Castillo
Making a difference between sorts of tourism, part of it moves offshore. It creates space on land. By zoning, room for the local population becomes available. The question remains whether building in sea is desirable along this coast.
Carel Weeber
6d027 The ends justify the means
‘Learning from Pompei’ could have been another title of this entry. By introducing factor time, a temporal freedom of acting mutes after a period of time into developments useful for local population. Risk and optimism are combined.
Carel Weeber
58370 WHERE NEXT?
Disneyfication or ecotourism? This entry is a plea for the second and proposes four models for development along this coast. However, how this can be achieved remains unclear. The global approach is interesting.
Carel Weeber
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SUDAPAN – ENDLESS(S)TRIPS
ACTAS DE REGISTRO, FALLOS Y PREMIACIÓN
14 de Febrero de 2008
INSCRIPCIÓN DE USUARIOS Y ENTREGA DE PROYECTOS
Durante el Período de Inscripción se registraron 638 Usuarios en www.sudapan.org.
Al cierre del Período de Entrega 68 usuarios subieron información a la base de datos según el procedimiento indicado en las bases del concurso.
VALIDACIÓN DE PROYECTOS
La Comisión Receptora del concurso validó 59 proyectos que fueron puestas a disposición del Jurado
Proyectos Validados por la Comisión Receptora:
05417 SUPER-INCLUSIVE
10424 LANDSCAPE PLOTTER
18424 Noisy strips
49064 MAYACITY
49156 Riviera Maya: Double - Bind o las Islas de la Fantasia
58370 WHERE NEXT?
62833 PLAYISMO INFINITAL
72344 Supertourism*
77138 Every Man’s Land
87022 re estructuracion del territorio
96141 EJE ORGANIZADOR Y ESTRUCTURADOR
96215 Explorations beyond the Normal
3e038 MAYAWOOD
8e122 REDES
094df BEYOND THE LOOKING GLASS
1467b RAÍCES
16e5a "No-City"
1f382 INSTANT STRIP
2ac3c VAMOS A LA PLAYA
2e01b INSTANT HEAVEN
37da6 Invisible Islands: Infinite Territory
390ec HOTMIX
3f398 Recuperando el Territorio...
3f949 RESPONSIBLE / EXTREME TOURISMS
4c8c2 RUTA - PUC
505d7 Artificial Islands-Artificial Experiences
5ec28 Riviera Maya. Ciudad del Caribe
6d027 The ends justify the means
6ebc3 mix
6fe99 “La mejor manera de predecir el futuro es diseñándolo”: Arquitectura en un Endless Strip.
70b76 Melting Pot
71a0a All Aboard
7c83e HYPERMANGROVE
85c31 TULUM. como un territorio cultural y natural. ordenación territorial desde el paisaje
8df70 Natural development
8f4df Permanent skyline
8f898 TouMaS
95da7 GLOCALITAS
9691d Provocame... Riviera Maya!
9d7fd dynamic coalition
9fe11 Recombinant Tourism
a398d Ciudad 140km
a714a ENDOFSTRIPES*
a8eb2 ISLANDS ON THE MOVE
ad234 REEF COAST
b2b69 Endless
b5795 LA FRANJA CONTINUA / the continuous stripe
bd0a7 ANFIBIO Y EXPLOTADO
d16aa Interweaving Strips
d4454 POLYCENTRIC SYSTEM
d47e9 ANFIBIOUSTRIP
e280f La Laguna Maya
e99e3 Clone Coast City - Doubling the Coastline
ea563 STRIPs UNDER STRIP
ee893 Timed Square
f22a5 140 km ?
f3e6a PASAJES VIRGENES
f5704 ENDLESS SYNERGIES
f9f22 puzzle city [ciudad próxima]
JURADO
Al comienzo del Proceso de Fallos, Bruno Stagno presentó su renuncia como miembro del Jurado por razones personales de fuerza mayor. Por lo antedicho el Jurado quedó compuesto por Carel Weeber, José Castillo, Vicente Guallart y Winy Maas.
RUEDA DE VOTACIÓN INICIAL
En la Rueda de Votación Inicial a cada Jurado se le solicitó que seleccionara hasta 8 proyectos sin orden de prioridad.
Todos los proyectos con uno o más votos pasarían a la siguiente Rueda.
De esta votación resultó la selección de 21 proyectos para la Rueda de Votación Final.
Proyectos para la Rueda de Votación Final:
05417 SUPER-INCLUSIVE
10424 LANDSCAPE PLOTTER
58370 WHERE NEXT?
72344 Supertourism*
77138 Every Man’s Land
094df BEYOND THE LOOKING GLASS
1467b RAÍCES
16e5a "No-City"
1f382 INSTANT STRIP
2e01b INSTANT HEAVEN
3f398 Recuperando el Territorio...
3f949 RESPONSIBLE / EXTREME TOURISMS
505d7 Artificial Islands-Artificial Experiences
6d027 The ends justify the means
70b76 Melting Pot
71a0a All Aboard
7c83e HYPERMANGROVE
9d7fd dynamic coalition
9fe11 Recombinant Tourism
ad234 REEF COAST
f3e6a PASAJES VIRGENES
RUEDA DE VOTACIÓN FINAL
En esta instancia cada Jurado seleccionó un 1er, un 2do y un 3er premio. Además, los miembros del Jurado fueron habilitados para proponer hasta cinco Menciones Especiales.
Los valores asignados a los votos de cada Jurado:
1er premio: 10 puntos
2do premio: 6 puntos
3er premio: 3 puntos
Menciones Especiales: 1 punto
Lista ordenada de los resultados de la Rueda de Votación Final:
72344 supertourism: 27
1f382 instant strip: 17
5417 superinclusive:16
7c83e hypermangrove: 6
ad234 reef coast:5
094df beyond the looking glass:4
3f949 responsible / extreme t(...): 3
77138 everymansland: 3
2e01b instant heaven: 2
505d7 artificial islands – artific(...) :1
6d027 the end justify the means: 1
70b76 melting pot: 1
71a0a all aboard: 1
f3e6a pasajes virgenes: 1
10424 landscape plotter: 0
1467b raices: 0
16e5a no-city: 0
3f398 recuperando el territorio: 0
58370 where next: 0
9d7fd dynamic coalition: 0
9fe11 recombinant tourism: 0
PREMIADOS
En base a la nómina resultante de la Rueda de Votación Final y previa aprobación por parte del Jurado quedaron definidas las siguientes premiaciónes:
1er Premio
72344 Supertourism*
2do Premio
1f382 Instant Strip
3er Premio
5417 Superinclusive
Menciones (sín órden de prioridad)
77138 Everymansland
094df Beyond the looking glass
3f949 Responsible / Extreme tourism
7c83e Hypermangrove
ad234 Reef coast
IDENTIFICACIÓN
A continuación la identificación de los códigos de los proyectos premiados. Se indica Nombre del Estudio u Oficina y su localización. A continuación figura el Titular del Equipo seguido de los demás integrantes del Equipo indicando su lugar de origen.
72344 Supertourism*
Fábrica de Paisaje / Montevideo, Uruguay.
Marcos Castaings / Arquitecto / Montevideo, Uruguay
Fabio Ayerra / Arquitecto / Montevideo, Uruguay
Martín Cobas / Arquitecto / Montevideo, Uruguay
Federico Gastambide / Arquitecto / Montevideo, Uruguay
Javier Lanza / Arquitecto / Montevideo, Uruguay
Diego Pérez / Estudiante de Arquitectura / Montevideo, Uruguay
Sergio Aldama / Estudiante de Arquitectura (Colaborador) / Montevideo, Uruguay
Álvaro Moreno / Estudiante de Arquitectura (Colaborador) / Montevideo, Uruguay
Horacio Pérez / Estudiante de Arquitectura (Colaborador) / Montevideo, Uruguay
Adriana Puyol / Estudiante de Arquitectura (Colaborador) / Montevideo, Uruguay
Diego Bado / Estudiante de Arquitectura (Colaborador) / Montevideo, Uruguay
1f382 INSTANT STRIP
CONCORDE / Madrid, España
Alfonso García del Rey / Arquitecto / Madrid, España
Hendrik Gruss / Arquitecto / Weimar, Alemania
Nissim Haguenauer / Estudiante de Arquitectura / Paris, Francia
05417
All of the Above / New York, NY, USA
Janette Kim / Arquitecto / New York, NY, USA
77138
Phu Hoang Office, llc / New York, NY, USA
Phu Hoang / Arquitecto / New York, NY, USA
Hwa-Seop Lee / Arquitecto / New York, NY, USA
Rachely Rotem / Arquitecto / New York, NY, USA
094df BEYOND THE LOOKING GLASS
EPIC Architects / Ghent, Belgica
Steven Bosmans / Arquitecto / Ghent, Belgica
Dieter Van Acker / Arquitecto / Ghent, Belgica
Alexander Vanysacker / Arquitecto / Ghent, Belgica
Annelies Van Hauwe / Arquitecto / Ghent, Belgica
Annaik Deceuninck / Arquitecto / Ghent, Belgica
Bert Rogiers / Arquitecto / Ghent, Belgica
3f949 RESPONSIBLE / EXTREME TOURISMS
zerOgroup / Manaos, Brasil
Laurent Troost / Arquitecto / Bélgica
7c83e HYPERMANGROVE
Modulor / Pancevo, Serbia
Nenad Simic / Arquitecto / Pancevo, Serbia
Radmila Stojkovic / Arquitecto / Belgrado, Serbia
Nikola Zamurovic / Arquitecto / Belgrado, Serbia
Mateja Zivadinovic / Arquitecto / Belgrado, Serbia
ad234 REEF COAST
Zero Taller / Talca, Chile
Daniel Zamorano Araya / Arquitecto / Talca, Chile
Guillermo Contreras Yánez / Arquitecto / Talca, Chile
Pablo Sepulveda Gutierrez / Arquitecto / Talca, Chile
Patricio Valdés Rojas / Arquitecto / Talca, Chile
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