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.
24143_The Evapo-sweaty Building
24724_City Quarry
24159_Fluid Strata
23663_Hydrocommunes
24440_Quarteto de agua – The impermeable island
24468_Infrastructures of Dust
23519_SLOW,STORE+RE-USE
23580_Water miner-Johannesburg 2050
23294_OIL PLATFORM REEF
23507_DUST
24444_STEAMPUNK
24709_Water Infrastructure
23505_Oasis
23608_t-H2O
24441_Xylematic Terrains
23340_UltraMarina – Pollution of the Past, Potential for the Future
23360_Halophytic City
23417_2100+ Community
23429_fabRIG
23451_NoWater
23498_Harvest, Connect and Protect: An Adaptive City Story
23506_The Independant House
23508_Water Plant
23534_Wai (Water) Pavilion
23535_River Monument
23546_Polder Oasis Engine
23573_CITYSKIN
23577_NEITHER WATER NOR MASTER, Jack the dog remembers
23584_The NbS Propaganda
23611_Blue Oasis
23613_Soft Infra(structures)
23617_Check & Balance of Two Waterless Worlds
23631_Only WATERISM
23633_Living on roots
23677_Hydrotopia New-Delhi
23700_Critias. The tail of the future: an underwater world
23709_Water Everywhere
23840_Multix
23891_Tokyo Green Pole
23971_Skeleton Coast City
24144_Flowing Through a Waterless World
24203_Antardyka
24221_DE.SAL.AR.
24341_Hydro-Hats
24368_Hydro-Pass
24394_Borrow from the Clouds
24405_NeuXylem
24438_Cycles
24452_Waterfull mindset
24471_Hsocio2o
24482_Floating Island
24723_Architectural Skin
25089_sweat tank
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 continue the theme two: H2O.
BRIEF IN SHORT:
In this competition, we encourage participants to come up with visionary concepts for life in a scenario of extreme water scarcity – Only 2 drawings, absolute freedom of scale, site, or program. You are asked to reimagine urban life through a variety of creative design concepts and ideas.
Our water resources are at risk due to a series of human-related issues: water pollution, intensive runoff in urbanized areas, climate change, saltwater intrusion, freshwater waste. Freshwater scarcity might soon be an outcome of all these processes. Participants are asked to propose conceptual ideas to mitigate and cope with the effects of a water crisis in our cities, landscapes, and rural areas.
Waterless World is part of the “Cities of Tomorrow” competition series, developed to reimagine life through a variety of creative design concepts and ideas. 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 living?
Waterless World aims to answer those questions with a particular focus on the water crisis as a result of a global water shortage.
ELIGIBILITY:
Non Architecture Competitions are open to all human beings, from every age and cultural background, working in groups or individually. 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.
WHY PARTICIPATE:
- Gain experience and recognition, request a participation certificate, and post it on your Linkedin or CV!
- Design a new puzzle piece to be added to your Portfolio or Behance page, keep developing your assets!
- Give space to your creativity by solving a given challenge, it is satisfying!
- Get to know better your team or your own design-thinking skills, it is fun!
PRIZES
- WINNER (1 PRIZE)
- 1.000 euros.
- Publication in the Non Architecture Competitions books and website.
- Reviews in digital magazines and several architecture blogs.
- 3 Books by DOM Publisher
- HONORABLE MENTIONS (7 Prizes)
- Publication in the Non Architecture Competitions book and website.
- Reviews in digital magazines and several architecture blogs.
- EDITORIAL PICK (Maximum 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.
Note: The appearence on the involved architectural platforms are subject to the agenda and availability of the external platforms.
JURY & CALENDAR
The jury members are the following:
Joyce Van Den Berg – Chief Designer for Sustainability & Public Space, Urban Planning department Amsterdam Municipality
Karoline Liedtke – Head of Landscape at Cobe
Ad Kil – Founder of Ro&AD Architecten
Rens Wijnakker – Senior Landscape Architect at FABRICations
Megan Born – Senior Associate at James Corner Field Operations
2 – 14 January 2021 -Special registration period (40 €).
15 January – 14 February – Early registration period (55 €).
15 – 28 February – Regular registration period (70 €).
1 – 15 March – Late registration period (85 €).
5 March – Submission opens on our website.
15 March – 23.59 PM – Submission closes.
3 – 7 April – Winner announcement.
The timing always refers to Central European Time (CET)
Registration Bundles:
x2 Competitions: Second competition with 50% discount
x3 Competitions: Third competition for free
BRIEF & FAQ
DOWNLOAD THE BRIEF HERE
THEME 2: H2O – DOWNLOAD THE BROCHURE HERE
DOWNLOAD TEAM DOCUMENT TEMPLATE(.DOC)
DOWNLOAD TEXT DOCUMENT TEMPLATE(.DOC)
READ THE FAQ HERE
TIPS AND SUGGESTIONS
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REGISTRATION&SUBMISSION
For question about the competition, please do contact us at info@nonarchitecture.eu, specifying the competition you are referring to.
Before submitting your question, please check out the FAQ page.
THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN A TEAM IS 4 PEOPLE.
COMPETITION DEADLINES:
- AXO BATTLE – FEBRUARY 21ST
- WATERLESS WORLD – MARCH 15TH
- AMSTERDAM CYCLING BRIDGE – APRIL 15TH
SUBMISSIONS CLOSED
- - Become a juror only for three of our competitions (in a 12 months period) - Evaluate 20 finalist projects- Become part of the Hall of Juries- Shoutout on our social media: 1 post about you (60k followers on IG) and newsletter (10K subscribers)- Invitation to join one of our NonA Talk with the Winners and Honorable Mentions- Publication of your interview in one competition books
- - Become a juror only for one of our competition- Evaluate 20 finalist projects- Become part of the Hall of Juries- Shoutout on our social media: 1 post about you (60k followers on IG)
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