Well, we have already prayed what to harvest lovefully with the first Goeiz Foundation funds…

New Eden Fountain Architectural Contest

[This would be the first thing funded with any fund of Goeiz Foundation]

NEW EDEN DESIGN COMPETITION 

Architectural Design Call to Puerto Rican Schools of Architecture

Who can participate: students/teams of Puerto Rican Universities/Architectural Schools

Price: Prices of 3,777 dollars per each member of the team for first, second and third price.

Creative Price: 7,777 dollars for creativity price per each member of the team.

Special prices (these will win 777 per member of team): Best Spiritual Symbolism, Best Use of Fire/Water, Best Mosaic Design.

Each School of Architecture will be given a generous artistic and technical materials package so all the students interested in participate can have access to the best materials possible. 

Teams Composition

The teams can have up to 7 members, including members that are not from the school of architecture, but at least 4 members must be from a school of architecture.

• Each team must consist of 1 to 7 architecture students.

• Teams may be:

• Entirely from one school, or

• Mixed between accredited Puerto Rican architecture schools.

• Multidisciplinary collaborations are welcome (e.g., including 1 student of sacred art, engineering, theology, or landscape).

📋 Team Responsibilities

• Submit one complete design entry, including:

• Conceptual renderings (hand-drawn or digital)

• Floor plan and elevation sketch

• Materials proposal (mosaics, fire system, water flow, nets, rocks)

• Symbolism explanation

• 3D model (digital or sketched)

• Identify team roles to demonstrate collaboration.

 

Roles Within a Team of 7

Among the roles suggested to these teams are:

1. Lead designer

Organizes the vision and coordination

2. Research lead

Liturgical/symbolic meaning, environmental integration

3. Drafting specialist

Technical drawings, measurements

4. Model builder

Physical or digital 3D models

5. Materials planner

Lists for ceramics, fire systems, mosaics, etc.

6. Landscape designer

Pathways, rocks, nets, olive trees

7. Presentation artist

Final layout, sketches, color renderings

Why 7-Member Teams? It reflects Real Architectural Collaboration

In the real world, architecture projects often involve:

• Concept designers

• Technical drafters

• Structural planners

• Landscape designers

• Model makers

• Researchers

• Graphic and visual artists

Seven is large enough to allow students to specialize, but still small enough to function as one creative body.

Where the this New Eden fountain would be built: this is pending to be prayed and decided.

New Eden Fountain general design principles:

They are actually three fountains in one: one fountain of fire (with a flamme at the top of the pillar of 40 feet), one spiral fountain of water, where the fish would live (this is the communion direction fountain) and another fountain of water (the constitutional one) that guarantees a “clearance zone” for the other two fountains: a feet fountain with 12 rock/doors to seat and wash the feet, exactly like Jesus washed the feet of the apostles right before the mandatum novum. This “constitutional fountain” has a “mandatum novum” in mosaic, exactly as it appears in Iesu Amor. “Incarnated charity fishing nets” are meant to safekeep the “clearance zone”, so no one can cross to the fountain of fire and the direction communion is keep safely. 

The pillar is meant to integrate “creative pieces” from around the world, like the Totem in Old San Juan holds taino-inspired ceramic shapes… but remember: this pillar must be designed to integrate a fountain of fire, like the flamming Holy Spirit. The 12 rocks/doors facilitate people to wash their feet there. It can be warm water (if the fish need warm water to thrive, that communion direction fountain can be temperature-regulated too). 

If this contest eventually can be realized, teams can have access a “creative conception video” where the key concepts of this New Eden Fountain can be explained, explained in the site chosen to be built and with visual examples (example: like with the example of how the Totem Telúrico was built in Old San Juan).