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Submission: May 13, 2018
Registration:  April 29, 2018
Language: English / Spanish
Location: New York, USA
Prizes: Please see details below
Type: Ideas competitions

 

NYVC Ideas Competition New York is the emblematic city of professional progress, great ambitions and large corporations. A place where the idea of success in society is pursued although in many cases it is accompanied by long working hours. People spend a third of the day or more in workspaces and most offices were designed to increase productivity regardless of the spatial quality or well-being of employees.  Continue reading

new york vertical city architecture competition

Submission: December 04, 2017
Registration: November 19, 2017
Language: English and Spanish
Location: Barcelona
Prizes: Publications, Exhibitions and prize money
Type: Architecture competition

 

ARCHmedium we invite students and young architects to explore new typologies about social housing in a consolidated environment in the center of Barcelona. We propose the transformation of an existing office building from the 20th century to social housing. The existing 18.000m2 will house 160 homes and small scale businesses. The objective of the competition is to guarantee the social function of housing through rethinking the housing space. Proposals must explore new typologies and urban ways to respond to the program and improve the scope of intervention. The intervention must meet the highest environmental criteria, seeking a low energy consumption.

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barcelona social housing competition

Submission: August 14, 2017
Registration: July 31, 2017
Language: English, Spanish
Location: Rome, Italy
Prizes: Please see details below
Type: Open

 

Rome accumulates in its streets thousand of years of history. Its rich culture, its people and the intense and vibrant activity turn it into a reference world capital. Today, the city of Rome offers a different scenario according to society in which we live in marked by the mobility, the technology and the individuality. In a delicate European context, still in an economic crisis but proud of their racial crucible and welcoming refugees, spaces for introversion and shared dialogue are increasingly needed.

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rome architecture competition

Submission: March 27, 2017
Registration: March 12, 2017
Language: English, Spanish
Location: Sydney, Australia
Prizes: 1st Prize: €2500 , 2nd Prize: €1000, 3rd Prize: 3rd Prize: €500, 10 Honorable Mentions
Type: Open

 

Sydney is the largest and most populated city in Australia, as well as the cultural and musical capital of the country. It is one of the most multicultural cities in the world; its diversity is reflected in the popular culture and in the expression of music. Nevertheless, the popular culture and the amateur music does not find its way out through the traditional channels being that the Opera agglutinates the most recognized and established works. In the other hand, the experimental works of the music conservatory stay in the edification without a clear diffusion among the citizens. Continue reading

Submission: October 30, 2016
Registration: October 16, 2016
Language: English, Spanish
Location: Amsterdam, Netherland
Prizes: 1st Prize: €2500,  2nd Prize: €1000, 3rd Prize: €500
Type: Students & Young Architects

 

¨Nederland¨ is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Just as its name indicates, the territory is formed by low (neder) land (land) among which one quarter part is situated below the sea level. For many years the geography of the region has been dynamic and changing, being the only thing that remained constant, the redefinition of the territory. Some of the actions carried out were draining the territory, building large dams and ultimately, since the XVI century the gained land to the sea with polders. Continue reading

Submission: April 24, 2016
Registration: April 10, 2016
Language: English, Spanish
Location: Berlin, Germany
Prizes: 1st Prize: 2500€, 2nd Prize: 1000€, 3rd Prize: 500€
Type: Students & Young Architects

 

The multiple events suffered, set the Berlin to be doomed as the “not to be” city. Berlin does not have the museum beauty like other European capitals, but its people and its rich history make it a strong and vibrant city. The constant change is perhaps the only thing that remains stable in the German city.

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Submission: December 06, 2015
Registration: November 22, 2015
Language: English
Location: Puerto Rico, USA
Prizes: 1st Prize: 3000€, 2nd Prize: 2,000€, 3rd Prize: 500€
Type: Student & Young Architects

 

ArchMedium proposes the construction of a new cruise terminal that optimizes the connection between the city and cruise ships. An ideas competition that raises a double scale: Understanding the terminal as a gateway to Puerto Rico and understanding the terminal as an equipment for collective use among the community. Continue reading

Submission: September 27, 2015
Registration:  September 13, 2015
Language: English, Spanish
Location: London, England
Prizes: 1st Prize €2,500, 2nd Prize €1,000, 3rd Prize €500
Type: Students & Young Architects

 

ARCHMedium proposes the creation of a new public library for the city of London. Located in the financial district and near the Thames River, we suggest the creation of a place where culture, history and technology interlace to generate activity in the London of the 21st century.

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