Students Reinventing Cities: C40 Cities competition to combat climate change
Teams of university students will share their vision for transforming 18 city neighbourhoods to deliver a green and just recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.
A total of 18 global cities, including Buenos Aires, Paris, Washington D.C., and Delhi have launched Students Reinventing Cities, a pioneering competition that will enable students and universities from across the globe to share their vision for a green and just reinvention of our cities.
In a first of its kind, the competition is being led by C40 Cities - the global network of cities committed to bold climate action. The C40 Students Reinventing Cities Competition is dedicated to transforming cities in the face of the climate crisis, by driving an active collaboration between cities and academia. The competition will ignite creative, imaginative, and tangible ways to decarbonise city neighbourhoods, as well as to support thriving and resilient life for local communities.
The winning projects will be celebrated in a global communication campaign and winning students will be invited to present their projects to business leaders, city officials and leading climate organisations.
Academia and students who are interested in entering the competition, follow here. Deadline for entries is March 2021. The finalists will then be selected and invited to submit their final proposals by May 2021. A jury from the city and C40 Cities will select a winner for each city site, which will be announced at a ceremony in July 2021.
Fifth Vectorworks Design Scholarship open for submissions
This global competition is open to undergraduate and graduate students in major disciplines related to architecture, landscape architecture, landscape design, entertainment and interior design who can now submit either new or old projects.
Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. announces its fifth Vectorworks Design Scholarship in which students get a chance to win up to $10,000 USD.
The competition includes a two-round judging process. First-round winners will each receive $3,000 USD and will be entered for the chance at the grand prize Richard Diehl Award, worth an additional $7,000 USD. Scholarships may be used as winners see fit from tuition to travel. Additionally, winners’ schools will receive free Vectorworks Designer software and free virtual workshop training.
Submissions are open now through 31 March, 2021. Winners will be announced 16 June, 2021. Students can also visit the academic programs page to find additional resources to help with their projects. For more information or how to apply, follow here.
G8A’s Jungle Station in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City
In the core of Ho Chi Minh City and enclosed in the centre of a large factory complex, “Jungle Station” sets a benchmark for conceptual design.
In the context of a dense urban landscape it is logical that the rising start-up community would turn towards the highly efficient concept of coworking for their professional solutions. These spaces must effectively combine the positives of both public and private arenas offering the professional users an efficient resource platform whilst also encouraging social interactions and accommodating for the temporary visitor.
By opening a central chasm and removing a large part of the roofing, natural sunlight filtered through the layers of leaves and allowed to spill through the building, enhancing the sensation of a naturally tropical, vegetal environment. As the sunlight shifts over the building the users are able to feel in touch with the natural advancement of the day. Each closed office space, distributed rationally along the facades is able to view this luminous centrepiece.
Milwaukee University launches Masters in Urban Design to answer demand
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Architecture and Urban Planning new launches qualification for professional designers and planners who can develop urban spaces that support robust economic development, environmental stewardship, equity and livability.
Applications are being reviewed for the programme’s inaugural class, which will begin in September 2021. The departments of architecture and urban planning are jointly offering the accelerated, STEM-affiliated master’s degree programme. More information about the 12 month, studio-based programme can be found at this School of Architecture and Urban Planning website.
Prospective Master of Urban Design students should have the following qualifications: a bachelor’s degree in architecture, landscape architecture, design-focused urban planning or interior design; design-studio background; minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0; ability to submit an electronic design portfolio. The GRE is not required for Master of Urban Design applicants.
Connector Housing, by Openstudio with Hoare Lea, LDA Design, Gardiner & Theobald and EngineersHRW, has been announced as joint winners with Igloo Regeneration’s +Home in the Home of 2030 open Design Competition.
Connector Housing uses an architectural and landscape framework which can generate an almost infinite choice of housing design. Varying densities and different mixes of houses and apartments are available, with a variety of site configurations, vertical heights, external appearances and internal layouts.
The ‘Connector’ is a flexible vertical unit which can accommodate stairs, a lift, shared communal or work spaces, storage, and direct access to the communal gardens from upper level apartments. The external envelopes of the ‘Base Unit’, and the ‘Loft’ are consistent, for cost effective, high-quality construction. Internal layouts are flexible and adaptable. Spaces can be entirely re-customised in response to changing occupant needs, and include age-friendly and multi-generational layouts.
Designed with generous floor to ceiling heights and excellent daylight levels, Connector Housing can take advantage of the best available materials, construction systems, including off-site construction, and technology. It works equally well for homes being built today or in the future.