Five shortlisted teams have been named in an open international competition to transform the 410ha A Panda da D estate in Galicia, SpainThe finalists include Arrokabe Arquitectos from Santiago, Brando Costa Arquitectos from Porto, and a collaboration between Madrids CoLab and Londons Turner Prize-winning collective Assemble.A collaboration between Atelier Ander Bados, Estudio Copla, Bamba Studio and TO Arquitectura, and Joo Mendes Ribeiro with Lusa Bebiano complete the shortlist. The shortlist was chosen from 54 applications to the contest.A Panda da D competition finalist teamsThe non-anonymous, two-stage competition organised by local timber company Finsa and the David Chipperfield-founded Fundacin RIA seeks to transform the remote farmstead into a new space dedicated to the sustainable management of the surrounding territory.The call for concepts aims to identify a range of innovative solutions that could help to rehabilitate the architecture and landscape of its 410ha site while also promoting new training and research activities and facilitating visits from organisations involved in the sustainable management of Galicias timber.Located close to the settlement of As Pontes de Garca Rodrguez, the A Panda da D estate is a large forestry plantation which has been owned by Finsa for more than three decades. The main cluster of buildings on the estate includes a staff office and several disused structures.The contest invited architects, architectural firms, and multidisciplinary teams of any nationality to draw up concepts to transform the site into a new local and international hub for sustainable forest management.Contest site: A Panda da D, GaliciaCredit:Image Adrin Capelo Fundacin RIAThe competition comes seven years after the independent non-profit agency and thinktank Fundacin RIA was founded by the UK architect David Chipperfield.Concepts will be judged 40 per cent on design quality, 20 per cent on outdoor spaces, 20 per cent on sustainability, 10 per cent on feasibility and 10 per cent on economics.Judges will include two representatives from Finsa along with Aurora Armental of Estar Studio, Graa Correia of Correia/Ragazzi and Carme Pins of Estudio Carme Pins who jointly won an earlier contest held by Fundacin RIA to transform the Lourizn estate into a forestry complex.The five shortlisted teams will each receive an honorarium to participate in the second design phase of the contest. The overall winner will receive a 20,000 prize and the remaining finalists will each receive a 5,000 prize.Contest site: A Panda da D, GaliciaCredit:Image Adrin Capelo Fundacin RIA2025-02-03Merlin Fulcher Share