The end of 2012 was marked by a clear superiority of competitions for ideas over competitions aimed at further implementation. Let's start with them.
Ideas Contests
The Urban Priority Projects Committee of the Detroit Branch of the American Institute of Architecture (AIA-UPC) has announced a concept competition for the Detroit River Embankment project. The former industrial and prosperous city has long been called dead. After the removal of the main city-forming industrial facilities from the city center, the population of Detroit began to decline sharply, residential and industrial areas gradually fell into complete desolation.
The organizers of the competition suggested that the coastal zone of the Detroit River - and in particular, a strategically important site in the very center of the city between the river and Jefferson Avenue - could become the beginning of its urban revival. It is in this area that architects and students from all over the world should focus their attention. Their main task is to create a vibrant public space that connects the city with the coast. The choice of means and methods for solving the problem is left to the participants - it can be either specific architectural and urban planning solutions, or pure art.
The jury includes Daniel Libeskind himself. The dead-line, unfortunately, is close: there are only two weeks left.
dead-line: November 30, 2012
open to: architects and students
registration fee: $ 100 for 1 project
(a team of students can submit up to 4 projects for $ 100)
awards: 1st prize - $5000 and a trip to Detroit, 2nd place - $ 2500, 3rd place - $ 1000
The annual international skyscraper competition eVolo has long been known to Russian architects. This year, participants are invited not only to fantasize about skyscrapers, but to try to solve quite utilitarian problems. According to the organizers, the 2012 skyscraper should first of all take into account the urban planning and social context, as well as comply with the general trend of environmental friendliness and energy efficiency in construction.
registration dead-line: January 15, 2013
open to: architects and students
registration fee: until November 13, 2012 - $75, until January 15, 2012 - $95
awards: 1 prize $5000, 2nd $ 2000, 3rd $ 1000
The aim of the next competition is to develop a concept of a space for study and creativity of young artists and designers based on a former factory building in Guangzhou (China).
Redtory is a former factory complex. In recent years, many factory buildings have been reconstructed and converted into design studios, art galleries and restaurants. In the process of forming a new cultural enclave, the next stage should be an old brick silo building.
Participants in this competition are invited to develop a project for a multipurpose facility that includes creative studios, workshops, galleries, schools, classrooms - in other words, a full-fledged workspace designed for at least one hundred people. Moreover, the project should affect not only the internal space of the building, it is necessary to use everything around - the courtyard, the garden and even the roof of the building.
The competition is held online. The panel of judges is predominantly American architects, designers, teachers and writers (David Zhai, John Simons, Simon McGown).
registration dead-line: December 31, 2012
open to: architects and students
registration fee: 120$
awards: 1 prize - $3000, 2nd - $ 1500, 3rd - $ 500
The idea competition "Latrobe City: Cities in Transition" examines the problems of industrial urban formations. How to turn a brown coal mining site near Melbourne into a developed urban center with social and cultural complexes and an environmentally friendly industry? The contestants will try to answer this question. The Melbourne Technological University, which initiated the competition, invites participants to look for alternative ways of developing the Latrobe City agglomeration - mines and industrial buildings can be re-profiled for new use, increase the percentage of housing stock, design roads, infrastructure and social facilities. Ideally, the organizers want to see a modern city of innovations instead of an industrial landscape, although so far only in a picture.
dead-line for registration and submission of projects: November 30, 2012
open to: teams of architects, engineers, researchers and students
registration fee: 90 Australian dollars (AUD); for a team of students AUD 65
awards: 1st prize AUD 15 0002nd Prize AUD 3,500, Student Prize AUD 2,500
The competition "Innatur_2: a center for the dissemination of knowledge about nature" offers to think about the issues of interaction between protected nature and modern architecture. OPENGAP is holding such a competition for the second time. Its main goal is to find architectural recipes that contribute to a deep understanding of nature through architecture. Any fragment of the protected natural environment can serve as a design site. Each participant chooses a place independently. And the rationale for his choice is the harmonious existence of an architectural object and natural environment.
registration dead-line: November 27, 2012
dead-line for submitting projects: December 4, 2012
registration fee: EUR 80
awards: 1st prize EUR 2000, 2nd prize EUR 700, 3rd prize EUR 400
For students only
For the third year in a row, students from leading architecture schools in Norway are holding a 120 Hours competition among architecture students around the world. It is interesting that the competition was initiated exclusively by students, without the support of the administration of educational institutions. And its uniqueness lies in the fact that the participants are invited to fully develop and submit a project in just 120 hours from the moment of receiving the assignment. The participant receives the design theme immediately after registration on the competition website.
registration dead-line: 01 February 2013
open to: students professional universities
registration fee: not
awards: 1st place NOK 30,000 (NOK), 2nd place NOK 15,000, 3rd place NOK 7,500
Finland hosts the ARA-HOME 2049 student competition dedicated to social housing. Students are asked to answer the question of what social housing housing will be like in the middle of this century. You need to design a high-quality, ecological, innovative and affordable house or complex of buildings on a plot in the Sopenkorpi area of Lahti.
registration dead-line: November 30, 2012
open to: students-architects
registration fee: not
award: 1st prize EUR 5000, 2nd prize EUR 3000, 3rd prize EUR 2000
For Winery
Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art holds several competitions at once. Thus, the competition "Old Object - New Quality" invites participants to breathe new life into the old architectural space - for example, factories, parks, stadiums, residential buildings, embankments, scientific centers, railway stations. It can even be entire cities and villages, abandoned, but not yet lost. Such spaces can be reanimated with new functions. In this way, the organizers hope to prioritize revival over demolition.
registration dead-line: December 30, 2012
open to: young professionals in the field of environmental, industrial design and architecture
registration fee: not
Another Winzavod competition "Office with you" is dedicated to a mobile office. In the age of modern technologies, the traditional concept of office space is gradually becoming obsolete, giving way to a mobile office. Participants are encouraged to develop their own versions of a modern office.
registration dead-line: 10 February 2013
open to: young professionals in the field of environmental, industrial design and architecture
registration fee: not
Looking forward to implementation
In St. Petersburg, a competition has been announced for a project for lighting the East Wing of the General Staff building on Palace Square. The works of professionals and students will be evaluated separately, in different nominations. A prerequisite is the use of Philips lighting solutions.
dead-line for registration and submission of projects: December 1, 2012
open to: lighting designers, students of architecture and lighting engineering
registration fee: not
awards: possible project implementation and royalties 100,000 rubles
Samara is holding two competitions of draft designs for residential development. The first one offers a site as a design site within the boundaries of Fizkulturnaya, Krasnodonskaya and Vyazemskaya streets. The task of the participants is to understand what housing should be in the industrial area of Samara, on the territory of the former stadium, surrounded by low buildings of the 1940-1950s. In addition to the residential buildings themselves, mainly mid-rise ones, it is necessary to fully think over the infrastructure, the layout of the courtyards, and landscaping. For the second competition, participants need to develop a development project within the boundaries of Prospekt Kirov, Moskovskoe shosse and Gubanova streets. The organizers intend to implement the concept of the winner.
registration dead-line: December 1, 2012
open to: professional architects and designers
registration fee: not
awards: 1 prize RUB 150,000 … and possible implementation, 2nd prize 70,000 rub … and possible or partial implementation, 3rd prize 30,000 RUR … and possible or partial implementation
Small forms
Within the framework of the festival of urban studies “Lively city. Basmanny there is a competition for projects of playgrounds, fences, benches, lampposts, garbage containers, etc. The project of the winner of the competition will be implemented on the territory of the Basmanny District.
registration dead-line: March 30, 2013
open to: everyone
registration fee: no
reward: realization the project
And in Boston, a competition has been announced to design street benches for the area around the Fort Point Canal. The competition will be held in 2 stages. At the first stage, everyone will be able to submit projects that include layouts and videos. Of these, the jury will select the semi-finalists who will be able to realize their benches at the expense of the organizers. The three winners will be announced in April. Cash prizes await them, and all other participants - an exhibition in the gallery of the Boston Museum of Design.
dead-line for registration and submission of projects: 1 February 2013
open to: designers and architects without limits
registration fee: before November 20 $ 30, after $ 75
award: 1 prize $5000, 2nd and 3rd prizes of $ 2000 each
The face of the firm
You can try your hand at designing a bike base by taking part in the international student competition "Urban Breakthrough" Trimo Urban Crash 2013, which is being held in Slovenia for the fourth time. According to the terms of the competition, it is necessary to design an eco-sustainable building consisting of modular blocks with the obligatory use of Trimo products. The best project will be implemented.
dead-line registration and submission of projects: January 31, 2013
open to: students of specialized universities
registration fee: no
awards: implementation
The Rockwool company together with the Arch Moscow exhibition announced the start of the competition "Home for Life in Balance with Nature". The challenge is to design an energy efficient country house for one family.
registration dead-line: January 31, 2013
open to: professional architects without age restrictions
registration fee: no
awards: prize fund 1,500,000 rubles
Contests
In February, within the framework of the Golden Capital 2013 festival in Novosibirsk, the results of the competition of the same name will be announced.
registration dead-line: December 10, 2012
open to: everyone
registration fee: yes
award: grand prix 100,000 rubles and statuette Golden capital
And in January, the call for applications for the IDA international design award ends, which takes place every 2 years and is aimed at identifying innovative solutions in furniture design and production.
registration dead-line: January 31, 2013
open to: architecture students and design students
registration fee: no
awards: five awards EUR 2000
