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Calling All Visionaries: Jacque Rougerie Competition Seeks Evolutionary Designs for Sea and Space
Noticias de arquitecturaThe Jacques Rougerie Foundation is now accepting registrants for its annual international architecture competition. Open to architects, engineers, and designers, the competition aims to inspire socially and environmentally conscious designs that utilize developing techniques for a sustainable future, enabling society to grow with its built environment. Composed of three categories in keeping with the foundation's focus - Innovation and Architecture for the Sea, Innovation and Architecture for Space, and Architecture and Sea Level Rise - the registration period ends June 2, 2015 and the winning proposals from each category will be announced at an award ceremony in December 2015. For full rules and registration information, visit here.
Sigue leyendo →Open Call: Competition to Re-Structure Seoul’s Seunsangga Citywalk
Noticias de arquitecturaThe objective of the "Re-Structuring Seunsangga Citywalk" competition in Seoul is to renovate the deck and nearby public space of Seunsangga Complex to improve the pedestrian environment and connect with surrounding areas of various nature and thereby re-establish a pedestrian axis from north to south through Bukaksan Mountain, Jongmyo~Seunsangga Complex, and Namsan Mountain. Not only is Seunsangga Complex Seoul's "urban-architectural heritage," it is a compound of history, culture and industry that connects the surrounding area and various activities.
This project will revitalize Seunsangga Complex's status as a center of pedestrian axis and urban industry by creating a space with new cultural value that will breathe life into the Seun District. The winning commission will be awarded "Phase 1 design contract." More information and registration details, here.
Sigue leyendo →Architects to be Given Chance to Design New Bauhaus Museum in Dessau
Noticias de arquitectura74 “Wild Designs” Considered for New Thames Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge
Noticias de arquitecturaLast Call: Architects Summoned to Envision Public Space for Moscow’s Kristall City
Noticias de arquitecturaArchitects interested in proposing ideas for a new public space in Kristall City, a former territory of legendary Moscow distillery, have until Tuesday (February 24) to submit applications. Organized by KRAYS development and the CENTER Agency of Strategic Development, the competition is calling on all architects and designers to consider three sites to host the cities premier public space. The newly developed area aims to “share the future look of the quarter” and establish a “new type of public space made out of form industrial city territories. Learn more and apply, here.
Sigue leyendo →“A Message to Everybody”: The Red Square Pavilion Winners on Encouraging Tolerance with Architecture
Noticias de arquitecturaOpen Call: Fentress Global Challenge
Noticias de arquitecturaThe Fentress Global Challenge is an international design competition created to engage students worldwide in the exploration of future design possibilities in public architecture. This year the annual competition is challenging students to imagine "The Airport of the Future."
Participants are encouraged to re-envision the terminal building, taking into consideration current technological trends and applying them to the near future. The participant should consider every element of the passenger experience and seek to improve every dimension of the building. The terminal/concourse building should comprise 30 gates with a third of them being international. Things to consider are urbanization, globalization, technological innovations, flexibility, security, adaptability, and the traveler experience from “curbside to airside.” The submission with the highest aesthetic quality and the most fully developed vision will receive the grand prize - $5,000 and a four-week paid internship at Fentress. Submissions are due March 1, 2015. Learn more, here.
Sigue leyendo →Call for Submissions: Planetary Urbanism – Critique of the Present
Noticias de arquitecturaThe ARCH+ Magazine for Architecture and Urbanism has launched the international competition ”PLANETARY URBANISM – CRITIQUE OF THE PRESENT in the medium of information design." The competition is supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and will take place in the context of the UN-Habitat Conference 2016, where the results will be presented. Project partner of the exhibition is the M:AI, Museum for Architecture and the Art of Engineering, NRW. Consulted by the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU). Learn more, here.
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