2006 the 24th SPACE PRIZE for international students of architectural design Theme Faster and Bigger Jury Yoo, Kerl_Principal Architect and Partner IARC Architects Ciro Najle_Director of GDB   jury report   grand prize Ziqqurrat Germany Ollver Glbblns_ University of Applied ........................................... Science Potsdam David Fischer_ Technical University Berlin         "Ziqqurrat" is a story about a building structure where the main focus lies not on its figure, but on urban elements and phenomena that make up a vast network of social structures inside the proposed building. By using these elements to look at the building and taking these reevaluating qualities of architecture into account, the ever-evolving figure of the Ziqqurrat is an auto-construction made out of social structures, patterns, textures, and building materials. The story we are telling is about two children who are planning a new world consisting of one unique and graceful building. The vision they have is a dream of a better world. As they are starting to build their dream, more and more people join the project. The materials used for the new construction are the former materials of the city they are living in. Houses and street lamps are dismantled, furniture is relocated. The city disappears. The citizens' actions transform the city into their new visionary structure. The story's message is the courage of creation by an individual in an urban context. It is about human scale within a city. These are the very elements, which we call urban phenomena, urban scenes and vernacular architectural elements. The Ziqqurrat is made out of these vernacular and urban elements. Resizing them into a mega-structure, we state a metaphor for modern urban development. What is the relation between the action of a single person and the actual modern development boom that is shaking Asian cities? The task is to turn to methods that never were considered in the history of urban planning. It may be the consideration of small-scale elements, but in the end it is a futuristic vision, and the project is claiming the impossible and not the planned city. The project is urging questions about the relationships between the individual, society, and the environment, as well as the controversial status of contemporary urban planning and the claim for appropriate future development and responsibilities in our speeded-up society.