AIA Milwaukee is proud to announce its 2015 Design competition: Wells Street Station, a single stage local ideas competition dedicated to examining and finding solutions to some of the urban design challenges facing the City of Milwaukee.
This year’s competition focuses upon a long vacant building and lot in the heart of downtown. The site is immediately adjacent to one of the city’s main waterways and in the core of the city’s theater district. Many proposals have surfaced over the years for the site, but none of them transpired so this prime site in downtown remains vacant. This year’s competition seeks to provide viable options for the development of the site.
The results of the competition will be announced in April at a public event held by AIA Milwaukee. A jury of professionals and peers will critique all entries and select a First, Second and Third prize. Honorable mentions may be awarded by the judges at their discretion. All entries will be published on the AIA Milwaukee website, publicly displayed at local venues, as well as include the possibility of other press opportunities in local and regional media. AIA Milwaukee also intends on publishing all entries in a book, which will be available for purchase in summer of 2015.
All entries may be the work of an individual or of a team consisting of up to three (3) members.
AIA Milwaukee is proud to have partnered with the building’s owner to present this year’s competition. Entries submitted as part of the competition will be used in marketing efforts by the owner for the property. The intellectual property of the ideas submitted remains those of the entrants. Upon submission, copyright to the images becomes that of AIA Milwaukee. Please see the Media Release for more information on property rights.
For more information, please download this years Competition Brief.