The Bangkok Artist’s Retreat competition is a case study in how to engage the public with the arts. By repurposing a brutalist department store, the projects are requested to reflect on both the history and the future of this Bangkok site. The loosely-defined program may be interpreted in many ways, and the judges placed particular focus on projects that displayed a strong concept that was clearly represented and logically expressed in the architecture. Continue reading
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Submission: March 10, 2016
Registration: March 10, 2016
Language: English
Location: Concept
Prizes: Publication and Trip to Captiva Island, Florida, USA
Type: Open
The Shivaji Competition seeks actual and impossible ideas to maintain human habitation on islands and deltas doomed by at least one meter sea level rise in the 21st century. All entries will be submitted as animated GIFs for social media broadcast and museum exhibition. One finalist will be selected to participate in the Rising Waters Confab 2016 to be held on Captiva Island, Florida, USA in May, 2016. Roundtrip transportation provided. Continue reading
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Submission: March 15, 2016
Registration: March 15, 2016
Language: English
Location: Concept
Prizes: 1st Prize: US $4,000, 2nd Prize: US $2,000, 3rd Prize: US $1,000
Type: Open
What does the word ‘basic’ mean? Fundamental, critical, essential, necessary – all these synonyms illustrate the significance of its meaning. Architecturally, we often associate the term with the primitive, the vernacular, even the banal. Continue reading
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