Here is a really interesting competition coming up:
Design Talks Institute (d.talks), a design advocacy organization, in
collaboration with WATERSHED+, a part of the City of Calgary’s Utilities
& Environmental Protection Public Art program, aim to address a
particular challenge of public space--what to do with seemingly remnant pieces of public property.
The Lost Spaces design competition asks professionals and students in
the fields of art, architecture, design, and engineering to respond to
the diverse challenges of design, social sustainability, and low impact
design improvements. The ideas competition aims to explore alternatives
improving the use, public realm and ecological value of a lost space.
A ‘lost space’ is any space that remains underutilized within our
urban environment. They might be leftover pieces, a ghost of the
planning past. Lost spaces are part of the public realm, rarely designed
to function with both social and environmental benefit to the city.
You may consider a lost space as a passageway, a roundabout, space
between two buildings, a highway shoulder, or tenants of the city's
history and memory.
Dates:
January 5th,
2015 - Registration opens
March 20th, 2015 - Registration and questions deadline
March 30th, 2015 - Submission due (
23:59 MDT)
April 29th, 2015 - Winners announced
Awards:1st Prize: $7,500 CAD
Five field prizes: $3,000 CAD each Fields include: Water Services, Roads and Transportation, Parks, Planning, and Public Art.
shortlist renumeration fee (up to six awarded): $1,000 CAD each
The JurySusan Szenasy, Editor in Chief, Metropolis Magazine
Shane Coen, Principal, Coen + Partners Landscape Architecture
Pierre Thibault, Principal, Atelier Pierre Thibault Architecture
Shauna Thompson, Curator, The Esker Foundation
Diana Sherlock, Independent Curator
produced by:
d.talks
supported by:
WATERSHED+ and
The City of Calgary
more info:
http://www.dtalks.org/call-for-ideas
to register:
hello@dtalks.org