Sponsor: OpenGap

Type: Open, single stage, ideas competition

Location: Madrid, Spain

Language: English, Spanish

Fee:

First period (05/03/10 to 05/31/10) - $35

Second period (06/01/10 to 07/30/2010) - $84

Third period (07/31/10 to 08/31/200) – $105

Eligibility: Open to all architects, designers, architecture students, and individuals interested in the topic. Proposals may be presented individually or as a team of up to 5 people.

Timetable:

9 August 2010 – Queries submission deadline

31 August 2010 – Registration deadline

6 September 2010 – Proposal submission deadline

9-25 September 2010 – Jury evaluation period

27 September 2010 – Winners announcement

October 2010 – Awarding of prizes

 

Awards:

First Prize - $3500

Second Prize - $1400

Third Prize - $700

 

Jury: To be announced

Design Challenge: The purpose of this competition is the collection of innovative ideas in architectural design that not only rethink the concept of "market" as a commercial space highlighting the value of manual /craft work but also promote the direct contact between the artist-craftsman and the customers. The objective is to find proposals that provide a modern vision of urban markets looking for their adaptation to the current lifestyle, but without losing their value and social essence, history and culture.

This ideas competition does not refer to any particular location but to a generalized situation.

Each participant or team will define where to locate the project and the site can be a real or fictitious. However, the proposal must justify the choice of the location and the improvement reached by that project.

As one of the central ideas of this competition is the adaptability of the project to different places and contexts, we expect that diversity of location can be enriching for all.

Note: The presentation of any image of a particular location will not be considered as linking to that location, since the main purpose of representing the site is to describe the general idea of the project.

Submission Requirements: Proposals must be sent by e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . The e-mail must contain only a ZIP or RAR file whose name must be the Registration Number (eg MRT1234.zip) and should only include the 2 JPG images of the proposal.

The deadline for submission of proposals will be September 6, 2010 at 20:00 in Central Europe (Central European Time (CET) = UTC/ GMT + 1:00)

For more information, go to: www.opengap.net

 

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