Ernst A. Plischke Study Prize

Deadline: Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 11:00am

 

The Ernst A. Plischke Study Prize is launched on the initiative of the Ernst A. Plischke Society (www.plischke-society.com) with the support of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. It is awarded every two years and financed from the membership fees of ordinary and supporting members of the Ernst A. Plischke Society.

 

Objective

All regular students and alumni/alumnae* of the Master’s Programme Architecture of the Institute for Art and Architecture (IKA) of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna are eligible to participate.

* Graduation not more than two years ago (deadline is the tender date)

The Ernst A. Plischke Study Prize is intended to award outstanding work that creates connections between Plischke's diagram of modern architecture and currently relevant issues in architecture and society.

Ernst A. Plischke's basic attitude as a person and an architect is expressed authentically and differently in the “Diagram of Modern Architecture”. He positioned modern architecture in the field of tension between abstract plastic and utilitarianism, with four aspects defining his idea of modern architecture: functional planning and spatial concept on the one hand and construction and architectural sculpture on the other.

 

Source: http://www.plischke-society.com/13Preis/01Diagramm.shtml

 

Ernst A. Plischke explains his diagram as follows:

„Das Ziel einer vollentwickelten modernen Architektur muß meiner Ansicht nach eine Einheit sein zwischen einem räumlichen Konzept einerseits und einer Bauplastik andererseits. Diese beiden Qualitäten müssen aber aus der Erfüllung der Funktion des Bauwerkes und seiner Konstruktion erarbeitet werden. Die wesentliche Qualität einer solchen vollentwickelten Architektur liegt in der Spannung zwischen dem Raumkonzept und der Funktion einerseits und zwischen der Vision einer Bauplastik und der Konstruktion andererseits. Es ist erst diese Spannung, welche einen Bau lebendig macht und zu einem Spürbar-werden seiner Architektonik führen kann. Ohne diese Spannung haben wir entweder einen reinen Utilitarismus oder eine abstrakte Bauplastik. Diese aber ist kein Gebäude mehr im gebräuchlichen Sinn des Wortes. (Wie z.B. die indischen Tempel.) Erst die Erfüllung dieser Qualitäten wird der modernen Architektur die Möglichkeit geben, die stereotype Monotonie zu überwinden, die so oft den Lösungen der verschiedenartigsten Bauaufgaben gemeinsam ist. Wir müssen den Weg weitergeben, die moderne Architektur weiterentwickeln. Es wäre ihr Ende, wenn wir sie in dem Entwicklungszustand von heute in Schablone und Klischee erstarren ließen. Wir müssen den Mut haben, der Routine und dem Utilitarismus die Stirne zu bieten.“

(From Ernst A. Plischkes inauguration speech as rector, November 1965)

 

Awarding conditions

The prize is awarded by a jury consisting of five members. Two jurors each are nominated by the Ernst A. Plischke Society and the Institute for Art and Architecture (IKA) of the Academy of Fine Arts. In addition, an independent jury member is nominated.

 

Award

The Ernst A. Plischke Study Prize is endowed with EUR 4.000,-. The prize money consists of the membership fees of the almost seventy entire and one supporting member (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna) of the Ernst A. Plischke Society.

It is the responsibility of the jury to split the prize in justified cases with a unanimous jury decision. If no suitable awardee is found, the prize will not be awarded, and the money will be used for the next award.

 

Submission

Application period: 28.03. bis 23.05.2023

Please submit following documents:

A work that can consist of several components and media - such as sketches, plans, drawings, videos[1] and texts - and relates to the criteria of Plischke's "Diagram of Modern Architecture":

  1. Project proposal (file size 5MB, max. 10 pages)
  • Project documentation (e.g. photos, schedule, etc.)
  • Project description, max. 1 page in an A4 format
  • Text referring to Ernst A. Plischke's diagram, max. 1/2 page in an A4 format
  1. Portfolio (file size 5MB, max. 10 pages)
  1. CV

Please note that all three documents must be uploaded separately as PDF files with the following file name:

  1. Project proposal_Name_EAP
  2. Portfolio_Name_EAP
  3. CV_Name_EAP

In case of collective submission, please indicate in the application and name all applicants!

 

[1] Video submissions should not exceed a duration of 10 minutes. An excerpt of a maximum of 10 minutes, which can be assessed, must be defined from longer contributions.

 

For further information please contact Daniela Jungmann-Masilko (d.masilko@akbild.ac.at, +43 1 588 16-1202)

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