Note: As is our policy, we have not listed a number of ongoing ideas competitions based on several criteria: the participants may be asked to actually create their own program, the disproportionate ratio of entry fee to prize money, and cases where organizers running idea competitions on a frequent basis are doing so without real clients.
ParticiPlace: Pinoleville Pomo Nation Living Culture Center
Sponsor: UC Berkeley, Citris, Pinoleville Pomo Nation, Native Cares
Type: Open, international
Fee: None
Language: English
Awards:
First Prize: $3,000
Second Prize: $2,000
Third Prize: $1,000In addition:
Sustainable Engineering Innovation Prize: $3,000
Social and Cultural Integrity Prize: $2,000
Second Prize: $2,000
Third Prize: $1,000In addition:
Sustainable Engineering Innovation Prize: $3,000
Social and Cultural Integrity Prize: $2,000
Timetable:
14 April 2012 - Site visit
10 June 2012 - Submissions due
Jury:
Chip Crawford, Practice director, HOK Planning Group.
Angela James, Vice Chair and Tribal Historic Preservation director,
Pinoleville Pomo Nation
Taryn Mead, Director of Consulting, Biomimicry3.8, Biomimicry Guild
Colin Rolfing, Director of Sustainable Design, HOK
Erica Carson, Tribal Historic Preservation assistant director, Pinolevill Pomo Nation
Design Challenge:
Angela James, Vice Chair and Tribal Historic Preservation director,
Pinoleville Pomo Nation
Taryn Mead, Director of Consulting, Biomimicry3.8, Biomimicry Guild
Colin Rolfing, Director of Sustainable Design, HOK
Erica Carson, Tribal Historic Preservation assistant director, Pinolevill Pomo Nation
Design Challenge:
To design an offgrid living-culture center for the Pinoleville Pomo Nation
(PPN), a Native American nation in Northern California. The emphasis will be on an onsite-generated, low-energy building which is sensitive to the local culture.
For more information, go to:
2012.ParticiPlace.org
Email: ParticiPlace@Berkeley.edu
Solar Decathlon 2013
The U.S. Department of Energy today announced that the Solar Decathlon 2013 will take place October 3 through October 13, 2013 at the Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California. This site is the first time the event has been held outside of Washington, DC. It would only seem appropriate as a location for this event, as the design of the park itself was the result of a competition won by New York landscape architect Ken Smith.
The competition challenges collegiate teams to design, build and operate solar-powered houses that are cost-effective, energy-efficient and attractive. The winner of the competition is the team that best blends affordability, consumer appeal and design excellence with optimal energy production and maximum efficiency.
This free event will showcase 20 highly efficient, solar-powered houses in a specially constructed solar village at the Orange County Great Park. Visitors can gather ideas to use in their own homes and learn about energy-saving features and products that can help them save energy and money.
Schedule
The competition houses will be open to visitors on eight days over two weekends. Public hours will be from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily: Thursday, October 3 - Sunday, October 6, 2013 and Thursday, October 10 - Sunday, October 13, 2013.
Twenty university teams have been selected to participate in the Solar Decathlon 2013, including several west coast universities, including the University of Southern California, Stanford, California Institute of Technology, Santa Clara University, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Arizona State University and the University of New Mexico.
Kaiser Permanente Results
Kaiser Permanente today named both Aditazz and Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch with Perkins+Will as winners in its international design competition. As winners, the teams are eligible to contract with Kaiser Permanente for a small hospital project. The Aditazz and M+NLB/ Perkins+Will teams were selected after an 11-month evaluation process that concluded this week in Los Angeles when our three finalists presented their designs for a small, net-zero energy hospital to a design jury.
As winners, the teams are eligible to contract with Kaiser Permanente for a small hospital project. The Aditazz and M+NLB/ Perkins+Will teams were selected after an 11-month evaluation process that concluded this week in Los Angeles when our three finalists presented their designs for a small, net-zero energy hospital to a design jury.
Their ideas include:• Civic spaces that blur the boundaries between the community and the traditional hospital setting;• Bringing nature inside with light-wells and rooms that are oriented around a large central courtyard, building on research that shows a positive correlation between exposure to nature and healin! g;
• Moving beyond carbon neutrality to restore ecosystems and biodiversity, and improve the conditions for community health; and
• A unique tool that applies silicon-chip technology to the building and design process, enabling designers and frontline professionals to quickly explore an almost unlimited number of operational and space scenarios.
The Small Hospital, Big Idea design competition launched in February 2011, seeking ideas for a small hospital that provides a patient-centered healing environment with a near-zero energy impact on the environment while using the latest technology to improve quality and reduce costs. The competition generated widespread interest, with more than 108 design concepts submitted from around the world. After a rigorous evaluation process that narrowed the list to nine semifinalists, the design jury selected three finalists last May.
Their ideas include:• Civic spaces that blur the boundaries between the community and the traditional hospital setting;• Bringing nature inside with light-wells and rooms that are oriented around a large central courtyard, building on research that shows a positive correlation between exposure to nature and healin! g;
• Moving beyond carbon neutrality to restore ecosystems and biodiversity, and improve the conditions for community health; and
• A unique tool that applies silicon-chip technology to the building and design process, enabling designers and frontline professionals to quickly explore an almost unlimited number of operational and space scenarios.
The Small Hospital, Big Idea design competition launched in February 2011, seeking ideas for a small hospital that provides a patient-centered healing environment with a near-zero energy impact on the environment while using the latest technology to improve quality and reduce costs. The competition generated widespread interest, with more than 108 design concepts submitted from around the world. After a rigorous evaluation process that narrowed the list to nine semifinalists, the design jury selected three finalists last May.
Note: An article by Larry Gordon will be forthcoming in the next COMPETITIONS E-zine.
Landscape, Architecture & Wine
Sponsor: Arquideas
Type: Student, international, ideas
Language: Spanish
Fee: None
Timetable:
31 May 2012 – Registration deadline
2 July 2012 – Submission deadline
Publication of the Results: August 6th, 2012
31 May 2012 – Registration deadline
2 July 2012 – Submission deadline
Publication of the Results: August 6th, 2012
Awards:
5100 euros in cash + Publication of awarded projects in WA Wettbewerbe
Aktuell magazine + 1 year free subscription to WA Wettbewerbe Aktuell
magazine + 1 year free subscription to EL CROQUIS magazine + 1 year free
subscription to 2G magazine.
5100 euros in cash + Publication of awarded projects in WA Wettbewerbe
Aktuell magazine + 1 year free subscription to WA Wettbewerbe Aktuell
magazine + 1 year free subscription to EL CROQUIS magazine + 1 year free
subscription to 2G magazine.
All the projects will be exhibed in www.arquideas.es
Jury:
- Mrs. Martha Thorne
Executive Director of the Pritzker Architecture Prize
- Mrs. Benedetta Tagliabue
Director of the architecture office Miralles Tagliabue-EMBT
- Mr. Fernando Marquez Cecilia
Editor in chief of the internacional architecture magazine EL CROQUIS
- Mrs. Maria Urrutia Ybarra
Board Member and Marketing Director of Bodegas CVNE
- Mrs. Sara Ouass Chemlal
Winner of the Coworking Building (COB) Madrid academic competition
- Mrs. Martha Thorne
Executive Director of the Pritzker Architecture Prize
- Mrs. Benedetta Tagliabue
Director of the architecture office Miralles Tagliabue-EMBT
- Mr. Fernando Marquez Cecilia
Editor in chief of the internacional architecture magazine EL CROQUIS
- Mrs. Maria Urrutia Ybarra
Board Member and Marketing Director of Bodegas CVNE
- Mrs. Sara Ouass Chemlal
Winner of the Coworking Building (COB) Madrid academic competition
Design Challenge:
To contribute innovative ideas to the, increasingly common, strategy of opening wineries to tourism and to their immediate surroundings, thus providing new experiences for the visitor.
More information at www.arquideas.es
Vltava riverbank Competition in Prague
Sponsor: Skanska Company
Organizers: reSITE, ARCHIP
Type: Open, International, ideas, two-stage
Language: English
Eligibility: Students and professionals, interdisciplinary teams encouraged
Timetable:
27 April 2012 – Registration deadline
14 May 2012 – Submission deadline for uploading digital file
Awards:
1st prize: | 3000 € |
2nd prize: | 2000 € |
3rd prize: | 1000 € |
Honorable mention: | 3(x) |
Preliminary Jury (first stage):
Ondrej Hofmeister
Jaroslav Andel
Adam Gebrian
Tomáš Hudeček
Igor Kovacevic
Henry Hanson
Final Jury (second stage):
Kate Orff
Alexandros Washburn
Jakub Cigler
Adam Gebrian
Igor Kovačević
Jan Skalický.
Design Challenge:
Competitors are asked to develop a new Vision Plan for this section of the riverfront that creates a unified experience, linking cultural, recreational, ecological, historical and economic opportunities.
Inventory and analysis of the river will reveal issues relative to access, cultural adjacency, transportation (over land and water), economics, development, post-industrial placelessness and pedestrian connection.
Successful proposals will deal with the river at a city/regional scale at a concept level in the following ways:
- - ecological
- - historical
- - recreational
- - educational
- - access and transportation
- - economic and development strategies
Website: www.resite.cz
For more information:
Lenka Šubrtová | reSITE PR |+420 602 213 814 | subrtova@mpr.cz
InstantHouse – Temporary Housing
Sponsor: FederLegno Arredo, MADEexpo, Milan
Type: Open, International, Ideas
Eligibility: Students and young professionals
Languages: Italian and English
Fee: None
Timetable:
15 May 2012 – Q & A deadline
4 June 2012 – Registration deadline
2 July 2012 – Submission deadline
Awards
• First Prize: 1500 €
• Second Prize: 1000 €
• Third Prize: 750 €
Jury: TBD
Design Challenge:
To envision environmental, social and economic opportunities in temporary housing, which specifically address the scientific community within Politecnico di Milano’s Sustainable Campus project.
The competition explores potential innovative solutions derived from using new technologies in sustainable design, and which respond to the evolving typologies of city users and inhabitants. InstantHouse aims to combine temporality and mobility with both social interaction and ecological values, resulting in powerful new possibilities for temporary housing.
For more information, go to:
NEXT LANDMARK - Venice 2012
FLOORNATURE INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE CONTEST
Type: Open, international, awards – two categories
Eligibility: Architects who graduated after 1 January 2000
Fee: none
Timetable:
30 June 2012 – Submission deadline
Categories format:
- Debut work , open to built architectural projects completed by young architects.
- Research , open to unbuilt urban redevelopment projects, ideal buildings, graduating theses and theoretical reflection on contemporary living.
Prizes:
Prizes will be presented to projects and studies meeting the requirements of originality and eco-sustainability and all ideas emphasising the relationship between people, architecture and land.
The prizes will be presented at the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale, during an evening event showcasing the winning projects and architects. The international panel of professionals judging the competition will select one(1) winner in each section to be awarded a 3-day trip to Venice for the Biennale opening, exhibition of their projects in an event held during the Biennale and publication on the web portal www.floornature.com of the project and a video interview with the architect. There will also be two special mentions in each section, which will be exhibited in the event held during the Architecture Biennale and promoted on the portal with publication of information on the projects and a joint video interview with the four winners of special mentions.
For more information, go to:
http://www.floornature.com/
