{"id":7805,"date":"2015-07-09T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/architizer.wpengine.com\/awinner-qa-hello-wood\/"},"modified":"2022-05-31T10:45:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T14:45:33","slug":"awinner-qa-hello-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/industry\/awinner-qa-hello-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"Q+A: Hello Wood on Nontraditional Models of Architectural Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

With 90+ categories and 300+ jurors, the Architizer A+Awards<\/a> is the world\u2019s definitive architectural awards program. In anticipation of the Awards Gala and Phaidon book launch on May 14, we are pleased to share the stories behind the winners of the 2015 Awards program<\/a> \u2014 see all of them here<\/a>.<\/h4>\n

Hello Wood<\/a> won the 2015 A+Awards, Jury Choice, for the Architecture + Learning Category with Hello Wood International Architecture Camp<\/a>. This art camp focuses on learning based on making, where students in architecture and design are teamed up to make wooden installations for the Sziget Festival in Budapest. The 2015 Project Village<\/a> kicks off this weekend.<\/i><\/p>\n

Your name:<\/b> P\u00e9ter Pozs\u00e1r, Andr\u00e1s Husz\u00e1r, and D\u00e1vid R\u00e1day
Firm name:<\/b> Hello Wood Ltd.
Location:<\/b> Budapest, Hungary
Education:<\/b> Architect\/media designer<\/p>\n

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When did you decide that you wanted to be an architect?<\/b><\/p>\n

Out of our three designers, Peter was the most determined \u2014 at the age of six, he says.<\/p>\n

First architecture\/design job:<\/b><\/p>\n

For our company, the first job was the first Hello Wood Architectural Artcamp six years ago. The first real job was a dance music stage \u2014 the colosseum made of wooden pallets \u2014 at Sziget Festival.<\/p>\n

Design hero and\/or favorite building (and why):<\/b><\/p>\n

Tadashi Kawamata, Alejandro Aravena, Shigeru Ban, Rural Studio, etc., all who are sensitive for social problems \u2026<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Hello Wood<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

Tell us something that people might not know about your A+Award submission<\/b>:<\/p>\n

We recently announced Project Village as the theme of the 2015 Hello Wood workshop, in the beginning of this multi-year project, we ask professionals and students from around the world to bring their experience, their pre-conceived and revolutionary ideas of each part of the village and to negotiate these against time and material constraints and \u2014 most importantly \u2014 the common purpose.<\/p>\n

Among your fellow A+Award winners, what is\/are your favorite(s)?<\/b><\/p>\n

The Courtyard House Plugin<\/a> by People\u2019s Architecture Office<\/a>, Sifang Art Museum<\/a> by Steven Holl Architects<\/a>, Hy-Fi<\/a> by the Living<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Who would be your dream client, and why?<\/b><\/p>\n

We would like to be invited to MoMA PS1.<\/p>\n

What do you find exciting about architecture and design right now?<\/b><\/p>\n

How are alternative, \u201coff\u201d initiatives becoming stronger besides traditional models of architectural education.<\/p>\n