Haiti Ideas Challenge

Apparently I'm on a competition-finding roll today.

Competition Objective (as copied from the challenge program):

The competition’s objective is to envision an imaginative, sustainable, viable future in an area destroyed by the recent earthquake. Submission ideas can focus on a range of scales, such as innovative material use, sustainable construction, individual structures, infrastructure, neighborhood design, and urban redevelopment.

This kind of reminds me of the concrete block project some folks did in 4th year, mashed with our class-wide competition for housing in various afflicted countries around the globe - 3rd year maybe?

Visit the competition's website here.

Although there is no "registration fee," there is a mandatory $50 donation made at submission time (of which $25 goes to the rebuilding efforts in Haiti).

Olympic Village & Athlete Housing Competition

Sound familiar? Looks like the AIA's YAF (Young Architects Forum) is spinning a twist on our 5th year group design project! I don't know if you have $95-$135 to throw around (registration fee), but if you do, then by all means submit to this competition for young professionals.

There's a bit more to it than our culmination project, but there's also a bit less to it (no physical models required!). Whether you submit or not, it's worth a look!

Click on the Call For Entries pdf to get the skinny on the competition.