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ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

Create Ghost City Rendering that expresses an architectural form or space and the experience during Covid-19 pandemic.

Register: OCT/20/2020, Submit: OCT/20/2020, Eligibility: Architects, designers, urban planners, constructors, 3d artists, students; individually, teams up to 3 members, Fee: Students 35 USD, non-students 50 USD (until JUN/20/2020); students 45 USD, non-students 65 USD (JUN/21 – JUL/20/2020); students 55 USD, non-students 75 USD (JUL/21 – AUG/20/2020); students 60 USD, non-students 80 USD (AUG/21 – SEP/20/2020); students 70 USD, non-students 90 USD (SEP/21 – OCT/20/2020), Awards: students: 1,000 USD, non-students: 1,000 USD, favorite: 500 USD

Create Ghost City Rendering that powerfully expresses an architectural form or space and the experience of those that had a special condition because of Covid-19 pandemic so that it appears like a Ghost City. It can be located anywhere in the world and can be at any scale. It can take the form of a perspective, isometric projection, section, abstract or any other image format. As long as it is a computer-generated visualization that portrays a building or group of buildings in part or full. This should represent a ghost city and must be accompanied by a short description of your idea, no more than 220 words.

ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

The competition focuses on the adaptive reuse of metal waste like: trains, life guard stations, planes, ships, sea forts, cranes, satellite dishes, nuclear reactors, bridges, cars etc.

Register: OCT/10/2020, Submit: OCT/15/2020, Eligibility: Students, professionals, architects, designers, visualizers; individually, (interdisciplinary) teams up to 3 members, Fee: Indians: 1,200 INR, foreigners: 30 USD (JUN/15 – JUL/15/2020); Indians: 1,500 INR, foreigners: 45 USD (JUL/16 – SEP/15/2020); Indians: 1,800 INR, foreigners: 60 USD (SEP/16 – OCT/10/2020);  discounts for a minimum of 5 teams from one architecture school/university, Awards: 1st Prize: 1,250 USD, 2nd Prize: 500 USD, 3rd Prize: 250 USD, 10 Honorable Mentions, 30 Finalists

The competition focuses on identifying metal objects that have long been forgotten, are in a state of abandonment or ruins and re purpose these objects into to a functional typology of a residence. Repurposing these objects into a shelter speaks to infinite possibilities of adaptive reuse of metal artifacts like trains, life guard stations, planes, ships, sea forts, cranes, satellite dishes, nuclear reactors, bridges, cars etc. The idea is to re-purpose these metal objects into a functional space that would otherwise be destined to the nearest landfill. The participants are to design a residence by using these abandoned objects whose former function has now become obsolete.

ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

Lifeguard towers will become architectural reference points for tourist cities, adding value to the natural and urban environment.

Register: JUL/24/2020, Submit: AUG/08/2020, Eligibility: Architects, architecture students; individually, teams up to 5 members, Fee: 52 USD (APR/20 – MAY/22/2020), 72 USD (MAY/23 – JUN/23/2020), 97 USD (JUN/24 – JUL/24/2020), Awards: 1st Place: 2,500 USD, 3 Honorable Mentions

It is well known that  safety is your most important issue among populations in large and small cities, and more so in  tourist areas, where it houses people from all over the world, who do not necessarily know every road they cross. With this reasoning we want to propose an architectural element, easy to identify, with a light and removable structure and considerable height that allows you to have a clear vision of the proposed environment and help to reduce the insecurity in the area. It is intended to be replicable in massive events such as beaches, parks and squares. A high confinement project (lifeguard tower) will be conceptualized as an architectural element that, with its visual art, will become reference points for tourist cities, adding value to the natural and urban environment. The lifeguard tower will serve as a watchtower on beaches for lifeguards and will have a first aid area and a tourist information pavilion on the ground floor. The same prototype could be replicated in parks, urban squares and massive events such as concerts or sporting events.

ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

By integrating solar systems in the roofs and facades of buildings, architects can increase the awareness for buildings with solar technology.

Register: JUN/30/2020, Submit: JUL/31/2020, Eligibility: Architects, students, owners/operators, solar technology companies, Fee: Free, Awards: 1st Prize: 15,000 EUR, Commendation Awards: 10,000 EUR, Student Awards: 2,000 EUR

The use of solar energy in and on buildings is a key aspect within energy efficient construction – for individual homes, industrial and administrative buildings, as well as residential schemes. Solar systems should be self-evident components in innovative building envelopes and refurbishments to improve energy efficiency. The challenge is to find suitable ways to implement these technical innovations in design terms. Solar thermal energy and photovoltaic open up a diverse range of possible applications and offer high quality products. By integrating solar power systems in the roof or façades of buildings in an architecturally and technically sophisticated manner, architects can increase the awareness of both builders and the public regarding the possibilities for combining buildings with solar technology, and thus help renewable energies become more widespread.

ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

International Architectural Photo Competition for architecture students – this year’s theme is Social Distancing/Proximity.

Register: SEP/01/2020, Submit: SEP/01/2020, Eligibility: Architecture students, Fee: Free, Awards: 1st Prize: 5,000 EUR, 2nd Prize: 2,000 EUR, 3rd Prize: 1,000 EUR

Aarhus School of Architecture, Denmark, proudly announces the second edition of the international competition, Photo of the Year, which is a joint collaboration with Dreyers Foundation and Dinesen. Architecture students from all over the world are invited to participate in the international competition that celebrates architectural photography. Like architectural drawing, architectural photography is a special discipline closely related to the development of architecture. Architecture photographers are characterized with their ability to think photography as architecture, presenting architectural matters in both documentary and artistic ways. We live in a world of images, images so to speak shape our image of the world, and the speed at which images pass by on social media makes us immune to what we see. That is why the potential of architectural photography – also as an artistic discipline – is more relevant than ever to discuss and develop within an academic, architectural context.

ARCHITECTURE PROJECT

Location: Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Architects: Paz Gersh Architects
Photographs: Neve Tzedek, Amit Geron

The House is set in one of the historically preserved neighborhoods’ of Tel Aviv. The M-house design concept was planning a modern urban villa which combines local vernacular with modern architecture. The program has given described a vacation home for a European family which hosts relatives and friends all year long. The house had to accommodate the various function and still keeping a “cozy atmosphere” for the inhabitants. M house is a typical row house with two facades one facing north and the other facing south. The exterior garden is located on southern elevation; it was planned as an extension of the interior space of the living room. The northern elevation was designed as a patio that acts as outdoor foyer between the house and the street. Furthermore, the patio functions as a translucent “light well” which attracts reflected northern sunlight during the day.

ARCHITECTURE PROJECT

Location: Beirut, Lebanon
Architects: Herzog & de Meuron
Photographs: Iwan Baan, Bahaa Ghoussainy, Trevor Patt

The city of Beirut lies in the heart of the developing Middle East. Having always been a cosmopolitan city, it is a focal point of the region as a cultural and geographical link between Europe and the Middle East. The history of Beirut could hardly be more diverse; remains of Phoenician, Roman, Mamluk, Ottoman and Colonial rule have shaped the city and its buildings. The design of Beirut Terraces was quite literally influenced by the layers of the city’s rich and tumultuous history. It is a history now also marked by inescapable traces of an eventful present. For generations to come, the people of Beirut will remember the assassination in 2005 of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, when a car bomb detonated in front of St. Georges Hotel. The resultant devastation is still visible as a daily reminder. Despite a scarred history, there is a clear vision to rehabilitate the area, with a master plan well under way that aims to rebuild and revitalize this part of Beirut.

ARCHITECTURE PROJECT

Location: Quarteira, Portugal
Architects: Corpo Atelier
Photographs: Ricardo Oliveira Alves

Empty plots of similar shapes and sizes are aligned along a golf course, setting a frame for new urbanization of detached houses. Nothing was built. Due to the degree of uncertainty regarding future constructions, the house becomes introverted. Two white walls (almost) completely withdraw any direct contact from future neighbors, setting clear boundaries. Between them, an architectural inner landscape of cubic shapes, each arranging a single function, provides a sense of security and protection while carefully framing the distant landscape. Only a horizontal volume, containing the swimming pool, contradicts this logic projecting itself to the South, emerging from the walls to offer a possibility of volunteered exposure, for a brief moment, before returning to the house.

ARCHITECTURE PROJECT

Location: El Paso, Texas, United States
Architects: Hazelbaker Rush
Photographs: Casey Dunn

The Franklin Mountains extend into the north end of El Paso like a peninsula of rocky wilderness into the urban landscape of the city, rising 2500 feet above the Rio Grande river valley. The home site is set in the foothills of the Franklins 800 feet above the city perched just above a small canyon with unobstructed views of downtown El Paso and Juarez to the south. As the raw and rugged native landscape comes down the slope and meets the masses of the house the land starts to feel more controlled and cultivated. The steep site becomes a series of terraces that catch and slows the flow of water and the flow of life here. This mountain side oasis becomes enriched with native succulents and cacti, colorful grasses and aromatic herbs. A sustainable ecosystem on a small scale for a family that has turned a “hard” site into their sanctuary on the hillside. 

ARCHITECTURE PROJECT

Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 

Architects: Design Unit Sdn Bhd 

Photographs: Lin Ho Photography 

The steeply sloping site for this 7000 sf house, orientated approximately east-west, falls by 11.5 m from the road to the rear with rainforest views to the east of this 7000 sf house. The house is designed to ‘float’ over the site – touching it lightly, and allowing the natural slope to remain, heightening our awareness to & informing us about the natural site contours. Consisting 2 independent structures – a 2 storey living & bedroom block constructed of exposed structural steel supported on a ‘forest’ of irregular spaced columns that enhance the feeling of ‘floating’. This steel structure is cantilevered over a lower independent structure housing an art gallery & cinema and is constructed of off-form concrete and includes a green roof garden and swimming pool.