ENTRY SUBMITTED SEPT 26, 2009, TO:
THE SELF SUFFICIENT CITY:
ENVISIONING THE HABITAT OF THE FUTURE
INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN COMPETITION: 2009
Sponsored by IaaC and Hewlett-Packard
This entry responded to two questions posed by the jury: “How can we achieve fully energy-efficient cities?” & “How can we focus our skills and resources on construction of self-sufficient buildings?”
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“The aim of the competition is to promote online discussion and research through which to generate insights and visions, ideas and proposals that help us envisage what the city and the habitat of the 21st century will be like. The competition is open to architects, planners, designers and artists who want to contribute to progress in making the world more habitable by developing a proposal capable of responding to emerging challenges in areas such as ecology, information technology, socialization and globalization, with a view to enhancing the connected self-sufficiency of our cities. The competition jury, which is composed of architects, directors of some of the world's foremost architecture schools, and mayors of cities such as Barcelona, is looking for outstanding proposals for any city in the world, at any scale, and within any timescale..”
More About This Competition:
"This is the third Advanced Architecture Contest to be organized by the IaaC since 2005. The first competition, on the theme of Self-Sufficient Housing, attracted entries from more than 2,500 architects and students from 108 countries.." http://www.advancedarchitecturecontest.org
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