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Site Retreat

ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

Space for contemplation and a landmark in the landscape of steep cliffs, immeasurable water and an open horizon.

Register: SEP/19/2022, Submit: SEP/24/2022, Eligibility: Architecture students, young architects and young professionals with a degree in architecture studies (≤ 40 years old); individually, (multidisciplinary) teams up to 4 members (architects, landscape architects, urban designers, artists), Fee: 60 EUR (JUN/01 – AUG/01/2022), 80 EUR (AUG/02 – SEP/09/2022), 100 EUR (SEP/10 – SEP/19/2022); +23% VAT, Awards: 1st Prize: 2,000 EUR, 2nd Prize: 1,000 EUR, 3rd Prize: 500 EUR, 7 Honorable Mentions

The ‘Site Retreat’ is a powerful place to increase and stimulate the senses, to feel the weight and depth of the sheer cliffs, the immensity of the water and the openness of the horizon; it is a space for contemplation and a landmark within the landscape. There are no limitations in height, excavation or extension beyond the cliff edges. The Cabo da Roca, located about 40 km northwest of Lisbon in Portugal, is the most western point of continental Europe. It is described by the great Portuguese poet Luís de Camões as the place ‘Where the land ends and the sea begins’, in ‘Os Lusíadas’.

Kurandza: a Learning Center in Mozambique

ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

Design a new learning center for the NGO Kurandza, Mozambique.

Register: SEP/14/2022, Submit: SEP/14/2022, Eligibility: Professional architects, architecture students, engineers, philosophers, sociologists, photographers; individually, teams up to 4 members, Fee: 60 EUR (JUN/01 – JUN/29/2022), 80 EUR (JUN/30 – JUL/27/2022), 100 EUR (JUL/28 – AUG/24/2022), 120 EUR (AUG/25 – SEP/14/2022), +21% VAT, Awards: 1st Prize: 6,000 EUR + construction, 2nd Prize: 2,000 EUR, 3rd Prize: 1,000 EUR, 2 Special Honorable Mentions: 500 EUR each, 10 Honorable Mentions

Archstorming’s new competition takes us to Mozambique, a country marked by a great number of long-lasting challenges. Although there has been a substantive increase in the household income, over two-thirds of the population still live below the poverty line. This Sub-Saharan Africa country is ranked 139th out of 159 countries on the UNDP’s Gender Inequality Index. Women are exposed to threats of diseases, discrimination and violence. Around 94% of girls in Mozambique enroll in primary school, but despite this high number, only 11% of girls continue to study in secondary schools.

SKYRISE 2022

ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

Design an innovative and iconic skyscraper that is a landmark for its surroundings.

Register: AUG/29/2022, Submit: AUG/30/2022, Eligibility: Architects, interior designers, product designers, engineers, students, freelancers, companies, organizations, thinkers; individually, teams up to 3 members, Fee: Students: 70 USD, professionals: 80 USD (MAY/20 – JUL/14/2022); students: 85 USD, professionals: 95 USD (JUL/15 – AUG/18/2022); students: 100 USD, professionals: 110 USD (AUG/19 – AUG/29/2022); +18% Tax, Awards: 1st Prize: 5,000 USD, 2nd Prize: 2,500 USD, 3rd Prize: 1,500 USD, Special Mention: 500 USD, Best Student Award: 500 USD, 10 Honorable Mentions

Since the beginning of time Humans have been fascinated with gravity-defying megastructures that have dominated the skies leaving a mark for civilizations to come. From the Burj Khalifa to the Empire State building, skyscrapers have been rightly viewed as a strategy to engineer more sustainable cities by emphasizing compact urban spaces. The role of a modern-day skyscraper has been layered with multiple functions for its users along with the implementation of new innovative technologies to make the building safer, increased energy efficiency, greener, and at the same time with them take on new and exciting shapes.

Miami Floating Housing

ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

Solutions for floating housing in Miami’s Biscayne Bay, USA.

Register: NOV/08/2022, Submit: NOV/09/2022, Eligibility: Anyone, architects, architecture students, designers; individually, (interdisciplinary) teams up to 4 members (it is recommended that at least one member have an architectural background), Fee: 55 USD (MAY/03/2022 – AUG/02/2022), 75 USD (AUG/03 – SEP/27/2022), 95 USD (SEP/28 – NOV/08/2022), Awards: Overall Award: 5,000 USD, 3 Runners-up Awards: 1,000 USD each, 10 Honorable Mentions, Director’s Choice Awards

Miami is facing two major emergencies. First, it has become the least affordable US city to live in. Its housing stock has been depleted by its quickly growing population, accelerated by more people moving during the recent pandemic. Recent reports suggest nearly 1000 people are moving to Florida each day. New developments are pushing rental rates and costs of housing higher, making areas now unaffordable, and pricing people out of their neighborhoods.

YAGACHI Resort Masterplan Competition

ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

Creating a master plan for a resort of 250 villas.

Register: JUL/10/2022, Submit: JUL/10/2022, Eligibility: Designers, students, professionals, architects, urban planners; individually, teams up to 5 members (recommendation 3-5), Fee: Free, Awards: 1st Prize: 1,500 USD, 2nd Prize: 500 USD, 3 Runner’s up; all awarded: Snaptrude Pro License for 1 year

Earlier this year, Snaptrude launched it’s first competition for the design community, The Tiny House Competition. The response we received was stunning, with hundreds of participants and $600 worth of prizes for the winners. After this success, we’ve decided to kick it up a notch. Snaptrude is very excited to announce our newest competition for the Yagachi Resort Masterplan. The Yagachi River starts near the picturesque hill city of Chikmagalur in Southern India. Snaptrude Inc., in association with Access Developers Pvt. Ltd. invites students and professionals in Architecture and Design to design and develop a master plan for the resort using Snaptrude, our proprietary cloud based design solution for the AEC Industry.

Brace Building

ARCHITECTURE PROJECT

Location: Seoul, South Korea, Architects: LIFE Architects, Photographs : Kyungsub Shin, Wan Hur

The site was too small to build a building commonly referred to as a building. Besides, it had to setback 3m from the building line because of the aesthetic zone. In this situation, we began to take a closer look at the site. In order to fully utilize this site as an economic logic, it had to go up high but narrow. That made the building vulnerable to lateral forces, and the size of the columns exceeded the size we usually imagine. The site was so small that we couldn’t put such huge columns. We were considering a structural engineer, and we got the idea that if we made a column with a brace, we would be able to secure structural stability while getting a sense of openness.

Tree House

ARCHITECTURE PROJECT

Location: Lake Austin, Texas, United States, Architects: Ryan Street Architects, Photographs: Cate Black

When one Austin family sought to create a tree house on their property, they looked to their own daughter’s artwork for design inspiration. The project started out as a backyard playhouse for the couple’s two daughters-but then it took off and went above and beyond everyone’s wildest dreams. The family had worked with Ryan Street Architects on their main house, so they enlisted the Austin firm to bring their young daughter’s sketch to life. “That sketch became one of the first key inspirations,” says project manager Jeremy Ristau.

Romsdal Folk Museum

ARCHITECTURE PROJECT

Location: Molde, Norway, Architects: Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter, Photographs: Erik Hattrem, Søren Harder Nielsen, Quentin Desfarges

The Romsdal Folk Museum is an architectonic attraction and a treasured landmark that embodies the history and identity of the entire region. Our intention in this project was to let the structure signal its meaning and function through an architectural expression and the use of local materials. The scale of the building refers to the urbanity and morphology of the town. The overall layout of the museum grounds the connections to the town by linking different surrounding areas in an overall plan where all circulation is linked in a unified structure. The project conveys an open and progressive attitude that makes diverse utilization possible.

Industrial Designer House

ARCHITECTURE PROJECT

Location: Tokyo, Japan, Architects: Koji Tsutsui Architect & Associates, Photographs: Masao Nishikawa

In a quiet residential area in metropolitan Tokyo resides the Koji Tsutsui Architect & Associates constructed Industrial Designer House. The client required that that the house be not only private in nature but also in coexistence with the client’s feelings for his life’s work, industrial design. Along the process of putting together the requirements, it became clear that the client wished to have: an indoor garage for his beloved vehicle; a study with a view to the car; a living/ dining space where his treasured industrial products will be displayed; and completely separated guest room and bed room for sleep.

Harbour Club

ARCHITECTURE PROJECT

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands, Architects: LEVS architecten, Photographs: BeemFlights

Project Harbour Club in Amsterdam’s quickly developing eastern neighborhood Cruquiuseiland is finished. The complex volume is a collage of old and new buildings and an unconventional program. There are the left-over industry-sized wine silos that have been turned into rooftop villas. Then there is the club at the heart of the new building, sound-proofed and structurally isolated to such an extent that it was possible to build apartments directly above it. Finally, there is the original building from 1901, neatly encapsulated by the new building and topped up with a green roof.