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\u201cMeticulously crafted, circular and poetic\u201d<\/p>\n
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Jake Weisbrod, a student at Chalmers University of Technology, has won Nordbygg\u2019s architecture competition New Perspectives on Glass. His entry, \u201cLayers of Silent Stories\u201d, impressed the jury, who highlighted its poetic expression and consistently well-developed design. The pavilion is now being constructed in the entrance hall of Stockholmsm\u00e4ssan ahead of Nordbygg 2026. <\/p>\n
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For 2026, glass was the material the competitors were asked to work with. <\/span><\/p>\n \u2013 The purpose of the competition is to promote knowledge among Sweden\u2019s architecture students about different types of materials, their versatility, possibilities and challenges. What makes Nordbygg\u2019s competition especially valuable is that students get to participate in the construction process and see their project come to life at full scale, 1:1, in collaboration with skilled craftspeople and material experts, says competition secretary Tove Dumon Wallsten from Swedish Association of Architects. <\/span><\/p>\n A unanimous jury consisting of industry representatives and glass specialists selected \u201cLayers of Silent Stories\u201d, created by Jake Weisbrod, a student at Chalmers University of Technology, School of Architecture, as this year\u2019s winner.<\/span><\/p>\n From the jury\u2019s statement:<\/strong><\/span> The pavilion, designed to serve as a focal point, stage and meeting space, is created through suspended glass forming overlapping layers that change with daylight and movement.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2013 The proposal is exceptionally well thought through at every stage. We were drawn to the design and to the fact that the reuse is not hidden; instead, variations and imperfections in the glass are highlighted and become part of the circular narrative, says Melinda Lemke, Project Manager at Glasbranschf\u00f6reningen and jury member of New Perspectives on Glass. <\/span><\/p>\n Winner Jake Weisbrod is 25 years old and lives in Gothenburg, but was born and raised in Canada. He has ties to Sweden through his mother and also has a background as a football player for IFK G\u00f6teborg. <\/span><\/p>\n \u2013 Winning and seeing the project become reality feels fantastic. It has involved a lot of work, but it has also been incredibly inspiring and rewarding to watch everything take shape in close collaboration with everyone involved, says Jake Weisbrod. <\/span><\/p>\n This is the first year that reused material has been a requirement in the competition.<\/span><\/p>\n Working with reclaimed glass posed a significant challenge. Every piece had to be measured, adapted and assembled into a functional whole, but that is also what has given the work its distinctive character. <\/span><\/p>\n \u2013 During the process, an idea emerged to work without concealing the material. Instead of framing or \u201cpackaging\u201d the glass, I chose to present it in its raw form, which led to the suspended structure. Material reuse is the future, and the goal has been to create as little waste as possible, says Jake Weisbrod <\/span><\/p>\n Experience \u201cLayers of Silent Stories\u201d in the entrance hall of Stockholmsm\u00e4ssan during Nordbygg, 21\u201324 April. After the fair, all materials can easily be dismantled and reused once again. <\/span><\/p>\n The jury for this year\u2019s edition consists of Lina Hann, Project Director Stockholmsm\u00e4ssan\/Nordbygg; Melinda Lemke, Glasbranschf\u00f6reningen; Fredrik Hall Johansson, Glascentrum; Jonas Eriksson, Ryds Glas; and Kalle Dinell, Architect SAR\/MSA. 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\nA poetic and consistently well-developed contribution in which the history of glass and its circular potential are given a strong architectural expression, through a new kind of strategy where the materials are separated and assembled in an innovative way, uniquely suited to the meeting place at Nordbygg.<\/span><\/p>\nCircular thinking<\/span><\/h2>\n
Thoughtful design<\/span><\/h2>\n
Fact: New prespective on glass<\/h3>\n
View all competition entries<\/h2>\n
About \u2013 New Perspectives on Glass<\/h2>\n