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Submission: June 1, 2022
Registration: April 13, 2022
Language: English
Location: North America
Prizes: Please see details below
Type: Student

 

The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) is pleased to announce the Habitat Design Competition: Climate Positive Concrete Housing for the 2021-2022 academic year. The competition is a partnership between the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) and Habitat for Humanity International, Inc. The Habitat: Climate Positive Concrete Housing Competition is based on the Habitat for Humanity U.S. Construction standards for affordable, resilient, sustainable & accessible homes. The competition will challenge students, working individually or in teams, to explore a variety of design issues related to the use of concrete in design and construction of a Habitat home.

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Submission: November 10, 2020
Registration: October 26, 2020
Language: English, Chinese
Location: Rustenburg, South Africa
Prizes: Please see details below
Type: Open

 

The country of South Africa has been renowned worldwide for its mineral wealth, both in diversity and its sheer abundance. Among the many resources originating from Africa’s mineral fertile soil, South Africa provides roughly 80% of the world’s supply of precious metal, contributing to billions in the nation’s GDP. However, the human cost of the mining of platinum over decades at the end has been extraordinary, serving as a microcosm of the entirety of the problems associated with the mining industry the world over.

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