OPEN ARCHITECTURE DESIGN COMPETITION

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

OPEN ARCHITECTURE DESIGN COMPETITION

ARCTIC PERSPECTIVE INITIATIVE

“MOBILE MEDIA-CENTRIC HABITATION AND WORK UNIT”

First Prize: 5000 EUR
Second Prize: 2500 EUR
Third Prize: 1500 EUR

DEADLINE: 23:59:59 UTC, JULY 1, 2009

The ARCTIC PERSPECTIVE INITIATIVE “MOBILE MEDIA-CENTRIC HABITATION AND WORK UNIT” open architecture design competition is aimed at the submission of proposals for the design of a mobile media-centric facility, life support habitation and work module with renewable energy supply, waste recycling, and communications systems. We invite
proposals from architects, designers, engineers, artists, students, and engineering teams.

The design should be an open source mobile architecture/system/machine capable of functioning in extreme as well as temperate climates and containing mass/industrial and amateur production/ manufacturing potential. The unit is to serve as a model for mobile research within extreme cold environments, with the ability to incorporate high tech solutions while utilizing sustainable resources.

Jury decisions to be published by October 1, 2009.

All winners and honorable mentions will be published in the API Cahier #2 “Architecture”, which will be edited in the Fall/Winter 2009. All winners and honorable mentions will be, among others, also included in exhibitions and presentations in the framework of European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010 as well as the international media-art conference ISEA 2010 RUHR.

Full information and rules and regulations are at: http:// www.arcticperspective.org

For questions please email: design2009@arcticperspective.org