Architects often find competitions — which require large amounts of work for little or no pay – exploitative. In fact, in a survey conducted last year by RECORD and the Van Alen Institute, nearly 80 percent of respondents cited lack of compensation as a problem. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey did little to improve that situation when, on March 11, it announced a competition to replace Manhattan’s 65-year old Port Authority Bus Terminal.
Designers were asked to come up with plans for a sprawling transportation complex, satisfying a mind-numbing list of logistical and legal, financial and functional requirements, practically overnight. The Port Authority would retain the copyright in everything submitted, which it could use in any way it wanted, without paying competitors a cent.
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