Submission: February 28, 2023
Registration: February 28, 2023
Language: English
Location: Global
Prizes: Please see the details below
Type: Open
Participants of this competition are asked to come up with creative proposals for the decommissioned Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. The goal is to give a new purpose and reimagine this existing and underutilized nuclear power plant into a beautiful piece of architecture that positively impacts the community.
Proposals can be pavilions, buildings, landscape design, urban plans, strategic visions or any other creative form of spatial design.
Many cities like Fukushima await this opportunity, where large-scale infrastructures lie empty, waiting for a visionary project. This is more than remodelling and swapping out paint colours, the aim is to transform this abandoned nuclear power plant from a liability into an asset, and give it a second chance at life through your design.
From 2016, a total of 150 nuclear reactors were shut-off, and since 2017, most nuclear plants operating were designed for a life of about 30 – 40 years. Many power plants are coming to the end of their life, meaning they must go through a decontamination and decommissioning process, and left empty.
What does the future holds for this empty nuclear facilities? What kind of role can we play as designers in reimagining a new use for this places?
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.
PRIZES
Non Architecture Competitions will award one winner, selected by the jury collectively, and 7 honourable mentions.
WINNERS (1 Prize)
1.000 euros. *
Publication in the Non Architecture Competitions book and website.
Reviews in digital magazines and several architecture blogs.
HONORABLE MENTIONS (7 Prizes)
Publication in the Non Architecture Competitions book and website.
Reviews in digital magazines and several architecture blogs.
EDITORIAL PICK (Up to 6 Prizes)
Publication in the Non Architecture Competitions book and website.
FINALISTS (Up to 36 Prizes)
Publication in the Non Architecture Competitions Journal.
NONAVERSE WINNER (1 PRIZE – ONLY FOR NON ARCHITECTS PRO)
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SPECIAL PRIZE
The organization might establish additional special prizes and awards during the competition development and in the evaluation phase.
*Taxes will be deducted and retained by overall prize amount. The prize will be taxed as professional income or other sorts of income according to Italian law, with a range from 20 to 30% according to winners’ country of residence.
CALENDAR
1 – 30 November 2022 – Special Registration Phase (40 €*).
1 – 31 December – Early Registration Phase (55 €*).
1 – 31 January 2023 – Regular Registration Phase (70 €*).
1 – 28 February – Last Minute Registration Phase (85 €*).
15 February – Submission opens on our website.
28 February – 11.59 PM – Submission closes.
1 – 15 April – Winner announcement.
PRICES ARE PER TEAM. A maximum number of 4 people can form a team.
The timing always refers to Central European Time (CET)
* +22% VAT.
