Ideas and Concepts Contests
Alternative design for quarantine cities
The competition collects ideas for rebuilding today's cities, taking into account the experience gained during the COVID-19 pandemic. Only three illustrations are required from each participant. There are no restrictions on the format, scale and geography of the project.
| dead-line: | 22.08.2020 | |
| open to: | of all | |
| reg. contribution: | from € 30 to € 100 | |
| awards: | two certificates for € 1000 |
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Housing in the era of social distancing
The competition explores the current phenomenon of social distancing. Participants with their projects need to answer the question of how housing can change if the observance of the distance becomes a permanent norm and affects the requirements for the construction of new facilities.
| dead-line: | 29.08.2020 | |
| open to: | of all | |
| reg. contribution: | from € 30 to € 100 | |
| awards: | two certificates for € 1000 |
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Victor Nielsen Competition
The purpose of the competition is to determine the best idea for a further project for the improvement of the Liberation Square in Mariupol and the revitalization of the OSOU (DOSAAF) building with the adjacent territory. Architects, landscape architects, designers, urbanists can take part. Cash prizes are provided for the authors of the winning concepts.
| dead-line: | 07.08.2020 | |
| open to: | architects, designers, urbanists | |
| reg. contribution: | not | |
| awards: | prize fund - UAH 300,000 |
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8th Advanced Architecture Competition. Design for life
The theme of the 2020 competition is design for life. The task is to present architectural concepts that contribute to solving the economic, environmental, social and other problems of modern cities and their inhabitants. The format, scale and geography of projects are at the discretion of the participants.
| dead-line: | 15.07.2020 | |
| open to: | professionals and students | |
| reg. contribution: | not | |
| awards: | 1st place - € 3000; 2nd place - € 2000; 3rd place - € 1000; each of the winners will also receive a grant to study at the IAAC |
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Sustainable revolution
The competition involves projects focused on innovative materials and technologies that demonstrate the possibilities of sustainable architecture and design. The best works are planned to be presented at an exhibition in Venice, which will be held in parallel with the Architecture Biennale.
| dead-line: | 21.06.2020 | |
| reg. contribution: | not |
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Volume genetics
Participants are encouraged to abandon the usual volumes and start creating their own. The task is to come up with a geometric figure and justify its need for use in architecture, design and other professional fields. You can also give the new shape a name.
| registration dead-line: | 15.06.2020 | |
| dead-line for submitting projects: | 01.07.2020 | |
| open to: | of all | |
| reg. contribution: | from 150 to 450 rupees | |
| awards: | prize fund - 9000 rupees |
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Post-pandemic public spaces
The competition is looking for ideas for adapting familiar public spaces of various formats and scales to the conditions of social distancing. How should courtyards, streets, parks, squares, cafes, exhibition halls, stadiums and other crowded places change? The projects of the participants will tell about it.
| registration dead-line: | 13.06.2020 | |
| dead-line for submitting projects: | 15.06.2020 | |
| open to: | of all | |
| reg. contribution: | from $ 15 to $ 25 |
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Shadow Pavilion
The competition explores the significance of sunlight for humanity and the possibilities for its use in architecture and design. All participants will receive an assignment in one day, after which they will have a week to develop projects. The concepts will need to be created for one of the sunniest cities on the planet - Quito in Ecuador.
| registration dead-line: | 29.05.2020 | |
| dead-line for submitting projects: | 05.06.2020 | |
| open to: | architects, designers | |
| reg. contribution: | from $ 10 to $ 15 | |
| awards: | $100 |
[more] Project competitions
BIM project 2020
GRAPHISOFT® invites students to participate in the competition for the best project using information modeling (BIM) technologies.
There are three nominations in the competition:
- Individual residential building
- Apartment building
- Public building
Not only will the architectural qualities of the object and graphic presentation be assessed, but also the demonstration of the effectiveness of using the BIM tools from GRAPHISOFT.
| dead-line: | 30.06.2020 | |
| open to: | students | |
| reg. contribution: | not |
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Design Laboratory Ural Granite
Source: uralgres.com Design projects are accepted for the competition that clearly demonstrate the possibilities of using the products of the Uralskiy Granit group of companies in private and public interiors, as well as in infrastructure facilities. Projects must be completed no earlier than 2019.
| dead-line: | 18.06.2020 | |
| open to: | architects, designers | |
| reg. contribution: | not | |
| awards: | the main prize in each nomination is 100,000 rubles; Audience Award in each nomination - 50,000 rubles |
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Urban outskirts - invitation to participate in the workshop
Workshop "Urban Outskirts" will be held in Bologna, Modena and Milan from 13 to 20 July. The participants will receive theoretical lessons and the development of concepts for the development of suburban areas. The selection is carried out on a competitive basis. It is planned to invite 10 participants in total.
| dead-line: | 29.05.2020 | |
| open to: | professionals and students | |
| reg. contribution: | not |
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