Violent conflict and persecution, compounded by rising food insecurity, environmental degradation, poor governance and countless other factors, drove more than three million people to leave their countries as refugees or to seek asylum in 2016, joining millions of others already in exile. By 2050, because of the consequences of climate change, the amount of climate migrants could reach the number of 200 millions refugees. Refugee camps are usually planned, built and designed with the aim of fulfilling the basic human needs for only a short time, but only 189.300 refugees were resettled in 2016 and approximately 40% of the refugees have been in exile for more than 20 years.
Project Earth 2 wants to propose a different approach towards refugees and refugee camps. Rather than conceiving refugee camps as storage facilities to fulfill basic human needs and refugees as temporary inhabitants, we encourage you to zoom out and consider the refugee camps as an instrument and an opportunity to activate deserted areas of Europe. Design refugee camps as stable settlements and as a changing structure that can grow, adapt and develop. How refugee camps can be flexible and grow in an organized way as their population increase? How can they transform from a temporary shelter into a stable settlement, providing proper living conditions and becoming the cities of tomorrow?
Solutions created by participants will be delivered to organizations and NGO working on-site, aiming at implementing them.
- First Price: 1.500€
- Second Price: 1.000€
- Third Price: 300€
- People's Choice Price: 200€
Publication in social media and Open Bank of Design Ideas
Jury:
- Lígia Paula Simões Esteves Nunes Pereira da Silva: Founder of Architects Without Borders Portugal.
- Michelle Provoost: Director of the International New Town Institute.
- Daniel Wiens: Founder of Journeyman International
- Monica Noro: Coordinator Syria Regional Refugee Response for United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees.
* More jury members to be announced
Download the information related to this competition here.
Title
Project Earth 2: Cities of TomorrowType
Competition Announcement (Ideas)Website
Organizers
Submission Deadline
April 30, 2018 11:59 PMVenue
EuropePrice
Early: 40€; Regular: 60€; Advanced: 70€