Bee Breeders has released the results of their Blue Clay Country Spa competition, which asked participants to design a non-urban ecotourism facility in Latvia. The competition invited students and professionals to ?interrogate the inherent tensions between subject and object, [and] building and site,? as well as to ?engage the agency of typological form?including, for instance, the courtyard, shed, garden, and pavilion.?

First Prize: Blue Clay Country Spa / João Varela, Ana Isabel Santos, João Tavares, and Paulo Dias. Image Courtesy of Bee Breeders

Bee Breeders has released the results of their Blue Clay Country Spa competition, which asked participants to design a non-urban ecotourism facility in Latvia. The competition invited students and professionals to ?interrogate the inherent tensions between subject and object, [and] building and site,? as well as to ?engage the agency of typological form?including, for instance, the courtyard, shed, garden, and pavilion.?The winners of the Blue Clay Country Spa competition are:First Prize: Blue Clay Country Spa / João Varela, Ana Isabel Santos, João Tavares, and Paulo Dias
First Prize: Blue Clay Country Spa / João Varela, Ana Isabel Santos, João Tavares, and Paulo Dias. Image Courtesy of Bee Breeders

Jury Commentary: The first place entry for the Blue Clay Country Spa is successful in its reprogramming of a spatial archetype, the hortus conclusus, or walled garden. The primary gesture of the proje...