HEALING

ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS FOR QUARANTINE CITIES

SUMMARY   |   PRIZES   |   JURY&CALENDAR   |   BRIEF&FAQ   |   REGISTRATION&SUBMISSION

RESULTS

Check the winners, the honourable mentions and the finalists of the competition!

Projects will be published daily after the Winners’ announcement, it might take some time until your project will be visible.

WINNERS

18162_RADIANCE

18258_Anti-sharing Terminal

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

18100_Apodcalypse

18151_BEYOND YOUR 4 WALLS

18235_Urban Working Stations

18262_Beirut bits’n prints

18296_Soft City

18937_Healing pods

EDITORIAL PICKS

18134_Roll the bubble

18300_Metamorhic sanctuary

18161_CUBIC-19

18772_disCONNECT

18208_Heal-ium city

19220_Revolving city

19240_Under the Skin

FINALISTS

18014_Antiseptic Social Club

18051_Move in, Move on

18086_Begin Again

18105_Breathe Your Own Air

18124_Pier Atlantis

18133_Ultra.V Diner

18140_The ultimate street makeover

18146_STOA

18164_Striking Paths

18200_MIND THE CAPSULE

18243_Social Bubble

18259_INSCAPE: Neo-Unité

18261_Our Place

18268_Sanitizing tram

18271_Urban Picnic for a Post-Pandemic World

18275_Digital Orchard

18283_Shelter Pod

18309_Food With Thought

18362_SPIRITED AWAY

18371_Now Screening

18373_Covid Memorial

18440_healing dining

18742_Miniature City

18769_Quarantine Circuits

19011_UBIQUò

19074_The greenway

19108_Eden osmosis

19231_Magritte Ex Machina

19245_CLOUDs

19246_A New Normal

19381_DWELLERS

19681_What if we could get a second chance

19722_Living upon the Play

19858_Shadow-to-shadow: The Urban Theatre

19928_Emergency Isolation House in Community

19940_In the Loop

20082_Breath Apart

SUMMARY

Our world is changing fast, while ambitions and challenges match in importance. In this context, design can play a huge role. How do we imagine the world to be? What range of possibilities we haven’t discovered yet? What’s a Non-Architecture for a World in crisis? In 2020 we started the second phase of competitions to address the issues of tomorrow.

In line with our style we propose 9+1 themes – ten critical topics to work on, but this time they come with a framework to make sure that each theme is explored from different design angles. Rather than a program, a research ecosystem composed of various competitions running in parallel and exploring the same theme from different perspectives.

Our exploration journey will start from a theme zero, a special step in our research program: Pandemic Society.

 

BRIEF IN SHORT:

In this competition, we ask you come up with visionary concepts for alternative urban life in relation to the COVID-19 emergency – Only 3 drawings, absolute freedom of scale, site or program. You are asked to reimagine urban life through a variety of creative design concepts and ideas.

Cities have historically been hubs for ideas, commerce, culture, science, productivity, social connections, and much more. While being the core of global development, they have faced considerable challenges, becoming the main stage to experience tangible consequences of our society’s biggest criticalities, like scarcity of resources, climate change, natural disasters, health, ecosystems loss, epidemics, education, crime, and poverty.

Their central role in human civilization is expected to gain further relevance since the United Nations predicts that by 2050 two thirds of the world population will be living in urban areas. What kind of role can we play as designers in reimagining urban life? How can we produce new inspiring visions to trigger a discussion around alternative models of urban living?

HEALING –Alternative Designs for Quarantine Cities aims to answer those questions with a particular focus on the current emergency related to the COVID-19 outbreak.

 

ELIGIBILITY:

Non Architecture Competitions are open to all human beings, from every age and cultural background, working in groups or individually. Teams can be formed by a maximum number of 5 people. The registration fee is paid per team, regardless of how many members form it. Personal information of all the team members can be uploaded during the submission procedure of the final drawing.

PRIZES

Non Architecture Competitions will award two winners, selected by the jurors individually, and 6 honourable mentions.

  • WINNERS (2 Prizes)
    • 1.000 euros worth in gift cards from one of the major online shops chosen by the winner.
    • Publication in the Non Architecture Competitions book and website.
    • Reviews in digital magazines and several architecture blogs.
  • HONORABLE MENTIONS (6 Prizes)
    • Publication in the Non Architecture Competitions book and website.
    • Reviews in digital magazines and several architecture blogs.
  • EDITORIAL PICK (Minimum 6 Prizes)
    • Publication in the Non Architecture Competitions book and website.
  • FINALISTS (Up to 36 Prizes)
    • Publication in the Non Architecture Competitions Journal.
  • SPECIAL PRIZE
    • The organization might establish additional special prizes and awards during the competition development and in the evaluation phase.

JURY & CALENDAR

The jury members are the following:

Maura Ambrosiano – Associate Partner at Foster & Partners
Enno Zuidema – Director and Urban Planner at MVRDV

1 – 20 May 2020 -Special registration period (40 €) (30€).
21 May – 14 June – Early registration period (55 €).
15 June – 18 July – Regular registration period (70 €).
19 July – 16 August – Late registration period (85 €).
17 – 22 August – Last-minute registration (100 €).
10 August – Submission opens on our website.
22 August – 23.59 PM – Submission closes.
21 – 27 September – Winner announcement.

The timing always refers to Central European Time (CET)

Considering the current world situation due to the pandemic Covid-19, we are exceptionally launching this competition with a Special registration price: we are changing the registration price for the first two weeks from 40€ to 30€ price. This is our way to provide you with something fun to do while dealing with quarantine!

If you would like to register for both competitions of the Pandemic Society theme, we can offer you a 50% discount on the registration fee of the second one. In order to use the discount, register using the promotion link at the bottom of the competition page. In this case, the competition team should include the same participants for both competitions.
This offer is valid for the whole registration period.

BRIEF & FAQ

DOWNLOAD THE BRIEF WITH EXTENDED SUBMISSION INFO (07/07/2020) HERE

DOWNLOAD THE BRIEF HERE

THEME 0: PANDEMIC SOCIETY – DOWNLOAD THE BROCHURE HERE

DOWNLOAD TEAM DOCUMENT TEMPLATE(.DOC)

DOWNLOAD TEXT DOCUMENT TEMPLATE(.DOC)

READ THE FAQ HERE


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REGISTRATION&SUBMISSION

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