Competitions

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: ISSUE 05 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST “Conflicts of interest” are said to compromise the impartiality of research, but what would it mean to be disinterested? Ethical codes warn us that researchers’ objectivity can be corrupted by a clashing set of interests—those of funding agencies, clients and publics, as well as researchers’ self-interest in professional advancement or personal gain. If the resolution of such conflicts might typically call for avoidance, recusal or disclosure, what would such strategies mean for the design disciplines and research on the built environment? What varied interests, expressed in the form of money or other manifestations of…

This Contest aims to encourage innovative and outstanding designs of kitchens from talented professionals (such as interior and kitchen designers, architects, builders, and remodelers etc), artists, cooking & design enthusiasts and design students. The project scale values up to HK$1 million. Not only the finalists will receive Mia Cucina vouchers and cash worth HK$148,000 in total, winning entries from professional categories will have a chance to be built as showroom display, and receive coverage in a wide range of industry and mass publications. Register by: 07-28-2016 / Submit by: 07-28-2016 View the full article

INTRODUCTION ¨Nederland¨ is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Just as its name indicates, the territory is formed by low (neder) land (land) among which one quarter part is situated below the sea level. For many years the geography of the region has been dynamic and changing, being the only thing that remained constant, the redefinition of the territory. Some of the actions carried out were draining the territory, building large dams and ultimately, since the XVI century the gained land to the sea with polders. Generating land though public policies has its consequences in the eyes of the Dutch and their conception of collective space. Between 194…

The Fragile Pattern /// Patterns are composed of repeating elements: color, form, space, light, events, etc. However, patterns themselves are essentially mental constructs, which rely on an applied set of rules. After establishing a pattern concept it is not uncommon to find flaws, inconsistencies, and complexities upon closer inspection. The original pattern unravels and is either replaced by a more nuanced pattern or it is dissolved completely. How must a pattern be regarded differently when it is known that it will eventually fall apart? What practical purpose might a temporary or shifting pattern have? How might a pattern be deconstructed through technical, environme…

Design Challenge: Dichterbij (a Dutch care institution that supports children and adults with intellectual disabilities) is looking for a new design for the Mikado site. Where formerly the care institution cared for about a hundred clients under intensive care, the number has now dropped to under fifty. A variety of influencing factors in the healthcare field, the relocation of residents, and the increasing age of clients, are making the building more difficult to fill. In addition, the buildings have aged and no longer satisfy the residents’ needs, resulting in a preference for placing clients at other locations. The requirement for this location is as follows: to creat…

Abbesses and Chateau Rouge are demonstrative of the great socio-economic divide currently installed in Paris. Only a few hundred metres apart, the difference between plush 'bobo' Abbesses and relatively deprived Chateau Rouge could not be more distinct. They both share a common urban element, the market. This competition proposes the design of a small intervention in either or both sites to further support these social infrastructures. But through a collective architectural response, could these two sites be brought closer together? Register by: 09-02-2016 / Submit by: 09-02-2016 View the full article

The Science Island initiative is a response to the success of international exemplar science centres, notably the Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw, the Phaeno Science Centre in Wolfsburg, Germany, and the Experimentarium in Copenhagen, Denmark, all of which have popularised science through hands-on enquiry and exposition. Science Island’s perspective on three interrelated scientific themes, the Human, the Machine and Nature/Ecology, will be framed by the future: the most likely outcomes for the world, alternative scenarios, and the extent to which each of us is part of that unfolding process. The project’s overall aim is to foster and advance the development of scien…

A new generation of solar panels offers with it´s new colors, styles, structures and texture another aesthetic than before. How solar panels previously were an application, they are now a construction material with a distinct value that opens up new architectural possibilities. In this context it is naturally to focus on new applications and new contexts. Along with energy-producing solar panels it may be possible to a new content quality, artificial light. Thus, both solar cells and LED invisible during the day so they fall naturally into any facade, it functions as lighting in urban spaces, art decoration or information text in the dark. It is the task of the competitio…

Background In the current context of economic, urban and environmental challenges the Festival aims at the comprehensive development of innovative ideas of the organisation and the development of the coastal space, including solution of individual tasks, in particular: - modern environmental, urban and architecture and design development of coastal and island areas; - creation of ecologically safe recreational area; - raise awareness of the development prospects of coastal and island areas among the government, municipal and community organisations. - comprehensive development of water tourism and creation of its infrastructure; - promotion of active lifestyle; - pr…

Forward-thinking. Experimental. Bold. Progressive. Innovative. Once recognized for their defining characteristics, significant modernist sites around the world are victims of physical deterioration of materials, perceived obsolescence, and public apathy. These threats repeatedly result in inappropriate alterations or demolition. With many modern buildings too young to qualify for landmark designation and protection, the need for preservation is urgent. In 2008, we launched the biennial World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize to recognize the individuals and organizations that preserve our modern built heritage through innovative architectural or design solutions. At-r…

Annual International BIM Competition hosted by BCA to promote BIM adoption and technology. 4 days' event with sharing sessions at BIMSG.ORG For details and registration, please refer: http://bimsg.org/bim-events-2/scpw-2016/international-bim-competition-2016/ For Sharing sessions, please refer: http://bimsg.org/bim-events-2/scpw-2016/ibc-sharing-sessions/ Register by: 07-31-2016 / Submit by: 09-09-2016 View the full article

Presented by StorefrontMB in partnership with the Winnipeg Trails Association, the “BENCHmark” trails-based placemaking and design competition launches, offering Winnipeggers a place to rest while enjoying our growing trail network. Designers are invited to submit proposals for the design of a permanent bench along the Bishop Grandin Trail - Winnipeg’s longest multi-use trail. We are looking for designers to help us make / celebrate places that embody physical literacy, add refinement to the art of traveling and provides a place to sit, read, discuss and exchange. Register by: 07-06-2016 / Submit by: 07-06-2016 View the full article

The Architecture at Zero 2016 competition challenge is to create a zero net energy student housing project at the San Francisco State University campus. The competition has two components. First, entrants will create an overall site plan to accommodate 784 housing units, student services, dining center, childcare facility, and parking, detailed in the Challenge Program. Entrants are encouraged to highlight any energy efficiency strategies or systems shown, especially ones that apply to a district scale. Second, entrants will design one building, in detail, to indicate zero net energy (ZNE) performance. In order to demonstrate the building design and its performance, entr…

This design competition is organized by the AIA Utah Young Architects Forum and the Utah Committee on Urban Design, in conjunction with the Weber County Library, as well as many other groups invested in the vitality of the Ogden community. We are architects, urban planners, landscape architects, designers and elected representatives who have a passion for restoring the vibrancy and identity of this community. Ogden is a unique city that balances an urban lifestyle and incredible access to a variety of outdoor recreation opportunities within minutes of its downtown core. What began as a railroad town is currently undergoing a successful endeavor to rebrand itself as the …

Fort Collins, Colorado is a city on the rise, with a rapidly-growing population, a thriving local arts, music and craft brewing scene, and a stunning natural setting at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. But it has a problem: the BNSF railway has left behind a legacy that is a nuisance to many: a right-of-way that shares Mason Street, a major downtown route, with automobile, bicycle and pedestrian traffic. Enormous diesel freight trains rumble down the street multiple times a day, causing traffic delays, safety concerns and prompting patrons at nearby sidewalk cafes to plug their ears in dismay. How can the design of the public realm be improved for the residents and b…

Launched in 2011, the ITAD Competition aims to reach out to students – the leaders of tomorrow, in sustainable developments and raise awareness in the areas of sustainability and mitigating climate change. The ITAD Competition encourages students to explore vast realms of knowledge revolving around sustainability, and provides a platform for them to showcase their innovative sustainable design ideas. Register by: 06-10-2016 / Submit by: 07-08-2016 View the full article

The Invisible Skyline /// Skylines are symbols for the cities above which they hover. Yet, the majority of buildings in cities lie well below the pinnacles of skyscrapers. Are skylines appropriate billboards for cities when most of population lives, works, and shops in the bottom few stories? What if a skyline, while still physically there, was invisible above ten stories? How does the function of a skyline change when it can no longer be seen? What might be the functional or political purpose of hiding a skyline? How might architecture, technology, or natural phenomena hide such a large mass of buildings? What happens when a skyline becomes invisible? Participants are as…

The Best Home Competition takes place once a year in cities around the world. It is a two stage Ideas and design-built competition with the aim of identifying innovative proposals for new free standing Residential houses that will be built immediately.The competition is both a race that pushes the boundaries of the concept of house design and an opportunity of exposure. The competition is open to anyone worldwide including designers, architects, landscape architects, artists, engineers, and students and all professionals in areas related to architecture. We invite you to create innovative solutions to tackle the challenges presented, with the winning designs demonstra…

Fourth edition of this international competition organized by OPENGAP, inviting participants to explore the boundaries and paradigms of house designing, inciting them to work in innovative and visionary proposals which can both, think in a basic housing program and in the relation of identity between the customer and the project. Each participant or team can propose the client for designing a house, a person of interest and inspiration for the project. This competition is open to all architects, designers, architecture students and to people around the world interested in the topic. Competitors could subscribe individually or as a team of maximum of 5 people. The pr…

We see opportunities for collaboration for art and architecture students and NuPath. We would love to engage the students in a potential competition project of creating sculptures to the name of those who were part of NuPath. The project is to design a single sculpture or installation that could be dynamically multiplied on site. The outdoor space is located on the back green space of the building, located in 147 New Boston Street in Woburn, MA and it is currently being planned as the Outdoor Sculpture Park . With the innovative and creative ideas from art and architecture students, we can help memorialize people that were part of the NuPath family. NuPath is a company…

Dear students, The international competition for students in architecture, Archi-World® Academy III 2015-2017, is back on track. The topic this year is “Responsible Future Architecture”, and again students can win a traineeship in one of the 12 prestigious offices managed by our jury members. Be part of this extraordinary opportunity : register to Archi-World® Academy and send us your best student projects and write with Archi-World® Academy the first pages of your professional life ! The deadline for presenting projects is 30 September 2016. Winners will be invited to attend the awarding ceremony taking place on 18 January 2017 in Munich during the International exhi…

Room18 Design Competition has as its subject the designing of the interior of a bedroom in a Greek four-star urban hotel of a total area of 18 – 24m2. We are looking for ways of creatively re-interpreting and transcending the formal specifications in a response to the likely wishes and expectations of the contemporary traveller. Register by: 06-27-2016 / Submit by: 07-04-2016 View the full article

Ideasforward wants to give young creative people from around the world the opportunity to express their views on the future of societies through their innovative and visionary proposals. We are an experimental platform seeking progressive ideas that reflect on emerging themes. The eco design, sustainable architecture, new materials, concepts and technologies are compelling issues in the societies of the future and the involvement of the whole community is imperative. In an era of globalization where communication was dominated by the technological revolution, there is the need to rethink the cities and how Man relates in a global World as well as rethink the economic, …

IT’S LIQUID ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS AWARD 2016 International students are invited to present their architectural and product design projects to have the chance to be featured on It’s LIQUID website, presented in BORDERS 2016, It’s Liquid Art and Architecture Festival and to take part in the first workshop of VAA – Venice Architecture Academy in May 2016, in the same period of the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale. Projects could be realized and not realized, about all sides of Architecture and Design, from interior design to urban planning, from residential and commercial spaces to public spaces, from the spoon to the city. All students are invited to take part in the f…

GRAPHISOFT North America, makers of ARCHICAD, noted architectural firm, Kitchen & Associates and AIA West Jersey, a section of AIA-NJ invite you to answer that question. This year Philadelphia hosts the AIA National Convention, continuing its long tradition of serving as a colorful backdrop to dozens of concerts, conventions, sporting events and festivals annually. With so many wonderful venues in one historic place – the city lacks a way to welcome those various event attendees in a cohesive and effective manner. Your challenge? Position Philadelphia’s rich history in front of the millions of tourists who visit it annually by using ARCHICAD to design a temporary, m…