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Submission: November 07, 2020
Registration: October 31, 2020
Language: English
Location: Mumbai, India
Prizes: Please see details below
Type: Open

 

“Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we’ve been ignorant of their value.” – R. Buckminster Fuller

In a world which has always taken nature for granted and humans have exploited the earth, we as Architects have a major role to play on multiple fronts, to reverse the impending catastrophe. As sensitive professionals, we cannot divorce ourselves from social and environmental exigencies. In the past architects have almost always laid the larger focus on building envelope, active and passive energy systems, pure aesthetics or short-term economics of materials. Continue reading

architecture through repurpose

Submission: June 15, 2018
Registration:  June 05, 2018
Language: English
Location: Mumbai, India
Prizes: Please see details below
Type: Open Ideas

 

With the increasing population yet confined amount of resources available, many beings continue to struggle in search of a decent livelihood- a place to live, food to eat and a medium to commute.Being the only world level ‘alpha-city’ of India – MUMBAI, bears a lot of pressure as a city staging platforms to millions of dreams, livelihoods and lifestyles.

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hyperlocal competition

Submission: April 30, 2018
Registration: April 29, 2018
Language: English
Location: Concept
Prizes: Please see details below
Type: Open

 

Rapid urban growth and growing inequality has created a global crisis in housing that increasingly segregates the rich from the poor. Though not fully understood, there is a clear and parallel relationship between the size of a city and its level of socio-economic disparity: the larger the city, the less equal it tends to be. Physical and social segregation, which both reflects and perpetuates socio-economic disparity within a city, is a growing concern in cities worldwide – including Mumbai. Continue reading

mumbai mixed housing

Submission: January 14, 2018
Registration: January 14, 2018
Language: English
Location: Mumbai, India
Prizes: Please see details below
Type: Open architectural ideas competition

 

It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in ‘BUILDING FOR A BILLION’, an International competition under the initiative ‘India Next’ by UltraTech Cement. This competition invites Engineers and Architects, to develop innovative solutions to tackle the mammoth task of housing every Indian.

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building for a bilion