Reburbia Design Competition
With the current housing crisis, the sub-prime mortgage meltdown, and rising energy costs, the future of suburbia looks bleak. That's why Dwell and Inhabitat are throwing down the gauntlet: Help us redesign the suburbs!
Calling all architects, urban planners, designers, engineers, and forward thinkers: Help us re-imagine a more sustainable suburban landscape. Tell us how you would reuse that behemoth single-family McMansion, or retrofit a vacant strip mall or a big box store to support local agriculture and produce 'burb-grown food. How could we begin to move toward a car-free neighborhoods, or harness renewable energy for community self-sufficiency? Where does one begin to create future-proof spaces and systems using the suburban structures of the present, from small-scale retrofits to large-scale restoration? These are but a few issues at hand; there are many more to consider. This is where you come in—we want to hear your ideas, proposals and solutions.
Out of twenty top finalists, one grand prize winner will be chosen by our panel of judges to receive a $1,000 cash prize and the highest honor of the competition. The grand prize winner will be featured on Inhabitat.com, Dwell.com and in Dwell magazine's "Future" issue in December 2009. Two runners up and a Readers' Choice winner will also be selected, based on an online voting period. The 2nd prize winner, 3rd prize winner, and Readers' Choice winner will all also be featured in the December issue of Dwell magazine.
You can submit as many entries as you like, but each individual entry should be focused on one singular design problem/solution (i.e. a McMansion farm rehab, a bicycle transportation hub, a piezoelectric, energy-generating freeway paving system). Entries will be judged on clarity of idea, usefulness of design, and visual/aesthetic appeal of renderings.
To find out more about the competition, including the schedule of dates and who the judges are, please visit re-burbia.com. Good luck—we can't wait to see what you come up with!
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I'm glad to be the first who know about the competition. But honestly, I'd like to wait the winner and to learn the fresh idea.
I was quite excited when I received notification of this comp from a friend, but sadly disappointed when I learned that it has gone the way of most 'ideas' competitions. It is very difficult for one to spend time and energy creating a submission for a competition where the judging criteria is virtually non-existent. How can the judges judge equivalently "...a McMansion farm rehab, a bicycle transportation hub, a piezoelectric, energy-generating freeway paving system..."? Where are the design competitions that have clear, distinct categories with specified, universal presentation criteria? I know where they are, and it's not here. I love Dwell, have subscribed for years (yes, years) but you need to get some lessons in running competitions. Please!
Are there categories?...It doesn't seem like it... You create your own category...
hey are non US/Canadian citizens allowed to take part in this competition?....is it an International competition?
Menna- it seems like it's open to everyone...
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