Call for entries: Brick Bay Folly 2016

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Brick Bay Folly 2015 winner: <em>Belly of the Beast</em> by Declan Burn and Matt Ritani. — Brick Bay Folly 2015 winner: *Belly of the Beast* by Declan Burn and Matt Ritani. Image: Sam Hartnett

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Finalist at the Brick Bay Folly 2015: <em>Ceci n’est pas une Maison</em> by Magdalena Garbarczyk. — Finalist at the Brick Bay Folly 2015: *Ceci n’est pas une Maison* by Magdalena Garbarczyk. Image: Supplied

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2015 winner <em>Belly of the Beast</em> and finalist <em>Monomyth</em> by Barrington Gohns. — 2015 winner *Belly of the Beast* and finalist *Monomyth* by Barrington Gohns. Image: Supplied

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Finalist at the Brick Bay Folly 2015: <em>Future Folly</em> by Alexander Sacha Milojevic and Raphaela Rose. — Finalist at the Brick Bay Folly 2015: *Future Folly* by Alexander Sacha Milojevic and Raphaela Rose. Image: Supplied

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Proposals for large-scale projects inspired by installations at the Serpentine Gallery in London are welcomed. Image: Iwan Baan

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Brick Bay Sculpture Trust invites proposals for large-scale projects and installations that explore contemporary interpretations of the architectural folly, a design build project leading to a two year exhibition at Brick Bay.

Especially popular among the Romantics of the 18th and 19th centuries, architectural follies are structures that often have no discernible purpose and are placed within a garden or landscape.

The objective of this annual event is to explore the intersections between architecture and sculpture, and the increasing overlaps in references, concepts, and techniques between the two disciplines.

*Belly of the Beast*: 2015 Folly winner. Image: Resene

The Brick Bay Folly 2016 is open to all architects and students currently enrolled in an accredited undergraduate, postgraduate or doctoral level architectural programme at any New Zealand tertiary institution (including international students who are currently enrolled in a New Zealand institution).

A jury of architects, artists, academics, arts administrators, building experts, engineers and previous Folly winners will select one exceptional project to be realised within the grounds of Brick Bay Sculpture Trail.

The successful recipient will receive an overall $30,000 grant towards realising the proposed project.

The finished project will be installed and exhibited on the Brick Bay Sculpture Trail beginning early March 2016 for a period of twenty four months.

Submission deadline: midnight, 16th September 2015
Notification of finalists: 16th October 2015

For more information see here. Proposals must be emailed to [email protected].

Primary sponsors of the 2016 Brick Bay Folly competition are Brick Bay Sculpture Trust, Resene and Fletcher. Partner sponsors are Unitec, New Zealand Institute of Architects, Samuel Hartnett Photography, Architecture New Zealand and ArchitectureNow.