Future Bench: The Committee

Future Bench is a competition based on imagination, originality and participation. The public will have the job of voting for the best fifty proposals they like and will grant the Audience Award of Future Bench to the artist with the most popular work. In the process, it is the evaluating committee’s arduous task of selecting the top three proposals. The final three will be winners of cash prizes, while the 1st prize winner project will be the only one to be produced as a single prototype for construction and installation in a given public space in Athens.

The evaluation committee of Future Bench will be comprised by distinguished professionals and renowned artists from the worlds of architecture and the visual arts as well as representatives from the institutions that organize the competition.

Elias Zenghelis President of the Committee (Architect)

Diamandis Aidinis (Painter)
Yorgos Calofonos (Historian)
Yorgos Haidopoulos (Architect)
Iasson Tsakonas (Managing Director, OLIAROS)
Yorgos Tzirtzilakis (Ass. Professor, Department of Architecture, University of Thessaly)
Daphne Zoumboulakis (Gallerist)

Ελληνικά

CREATE YOUR OWN BENCH
LEAVE YOUR MARK ON THE CITY

GEARING UP ATHENS FOR A CHANGE
MAKING THE CITY OVER

What a bench means to me

N. Kaklamanis, Mayor of Athens

T. Karapanagiotis, President of "The World of Athens"

K. Katsampe, President of ETOAA

Etymology

bench (a) nm, a simple structure placed in open spaces (parks, bus stops etc.) and used as a seat

<Etymology
bench (a) nm, a simple structure placed in open spaces (parks, bus stops etc.) and used as a seat

Future Bench TV Spot

Mega TV Spot Athens Benchmark

Design Specifications

The competition Athens Bench Mark is for new benches that will undergo industrial production, therefore it is neccessary to design benches with specific standards in mind.

Design aesthetics and harmony - the way it is implied by the central idea of the contest - in the relation of the relevant proposal with the urban environment.
Object ergonomics to suit not only the average user but as well the elder, disabled people ect.
Quality of materials and functionality
Innovative and sustainable design.
Environmentally friendly and other possible materials and methods of building the final product in an eco friendly or energy saving manner…”Green product”. More > >

Inspiration

The competition Future Bench has no required design specifications. Designs will be the free creation of the artist. Benches will be exhibited in a major art exhibition called Future Bench.

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