The Projetar.org portal regularly hosts idea competitions for students and recent graduates. These hypothetical academic exercises aim to stimulate creativity, promote professional development, and contribute to the critical growth of young professionals regarding current issues. The results serve as a showcase, highlighting proposals and facilitating the discovery of new talent.
Although the 29th architecture competition from the Projetar.org portal takes place in the context of the fire that destroyed the National Museum, the starting point of this contest is not the tragedy itself. The inspiration for addressing this delicate subject was the "Museu Nacional Vive" (National Museum Lives) campaign, launched in September of this year.
On the campaign's website, it is possible to follow the continuation of research, graduate classes, and outreach activities. With approximately 2 million items from its collection preserved, the National Museum remains among the most important museum institutions in Latin America.
In a letter sent to the presidential candidates, the Director of the National Museum, Alexander Kellner, stated that despite having lost a significant portion of its collection, the National Museum "has not lost its capacity to generate knowledge."
Although the palace that housed the National Museum is in ruins, it is evident that the people who kept it alive, even under conditions far from ideal, are more committed than ever to ensuring the institution continues to promote the country's scientific and cultural development.
In honor of the strength, resilience, and determination of every professor, student, and researcher at the National Museum/UFRJ, the Projetar.org portal proposes an academic exercise: to imagine a space dedicated to the survival of the National Museum while its permanent home is being restored.
If, as the National Museum stated, "being alive is more than surviving: it is resisting, it is fighting, it is re-existing," we could call this space, set amidst the lush nature of the Quinta da Boa Vista, the "Gallery of Re-existence."
Given the relevance and complexity of the proposed theme, the Projetar.org portal is introducing a new feature for Competition 029: allowing the formation of multidisciplinary teams, composed of students and recent graduates in architecture and other fields.
By bringing future and young professionals closer to the theme of national cultural and scientific heritage, we hope to make a small contribution to the education of Brazilian citizens and professionals, who hold the power to prevent such disasters from recurring. The Projetar.org portal also commits to donating 10% of each registration fee to the Association of Friends of the National Museum.

The international competition Sketching PERU 2019, organized by ARCHITECT SKETCHES (ASK), seeks to celebrate the art and skills of architectural sketching. This competition is not restricted to architects; it is also open to students, professionals, and anyone interested in this form of architectural art.

Since 2016, the Municipality of Quito, through the Metropolitan Institute of Urban Planning, has been developing a participatory process for the "Quito 2040 Vision." A key theme of this vision is the formulation of a New City Model based on various components, including a new approach to territorial organization.

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The project involves creating a pedestrian promenade along the western side of Av. Cuauhtémoc, connecting the Hospital and Metro Centro Médico with Plaza Delta.

Registration is now open for the 2018 IBRAMEM AMATA Timber Architecture Award, with categories for both professionals and students. Students of engineering, architecture, and urban planning, as well as professionals in these fields from all Latin American countries, are eligible to apply.

Pasarelas San Borja is an international architecture and landscape ideas competition. It seeks to recognize—through a qualified, representative jury accredited by the sponsors—the best urban design ideas that contribute to defining intervention criteria and generating proposals for the recovery of the Pasarelas San Borja in Santiago, Chile.

The competition is open and international. Multidisciplinary professional teams (Chilean or international) may be formed, consisting of architects, landscape architects, civil engineers, and other professionals or specialists relevant to the proposed project. Professional teams must include at least one architect and one non-architect. International professionals or firms must partner with an architect licensed to practice in Chile.

Ideasforward aims to provide young creatives from around the world with an opportunity to express their views on the future of society through innovative and visionary proposals.

Ideasforward is an experimental platform that seeks progressive ideas reflecting emerging themes. Ecological design, sustainable architecture, new materials, concepts, and technologies are pressing issues for the societies of the future, and the participation of the entire community is essential. In an era of globalization, where communication has been dominated by the technological revolution, there is a need to rethink cities and how people relate to one another in a global world, as well as to rethink the economic, social, and cultural patterns of contemporary societies.

The Social Housing in the Center ideas competition is open to undergraduate students of Architecture and Urbanism of any nationality. It is being held to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the portal and magazine concursosdeprojeto.org.

Ideasforward aims to provide young creatives worldwide with an opportunity to express their views on the future of society through innovative and visionary proposals.

The deadline for registration and submission of documents for the Monumento da Luz Design Competition has been extended to June 25, 2018. The deadline for inquiries has been extended to June 19, 2018 (Tuesday).

The "Às Margens" competition, organized by Minimum, is open to architecture and urban planning students and recent graduates*. The competition aims to generate new, modern proposals for the revitalization of the Dilúvio Stream in Porto Alegre. The organizers are seeking proposals and ideas that provide the Dilúvio with a design commensurate with its potential, transforming it into a landmark for Porto Alegre rather than its current state: a heavily polluted and underutilized stream.

The Vitória Technology Park is a long-held ambition of the entrepreneurial community and a necessity for the capital to shift its economic base, enabling the generation of high-value products and services through innovation. However, for a project of this magnitude to move from concept to reality, the cooperation of all stakeholders is essential—including landowners, public authorities, academia, urban planners, the productive sector, surrounding communities, the innovation ecosystem, and the entire population that will be impacted.

Bimtool launches the second edition of The BIM Challenge 2018, an international online architecture competition open to participants worldwide across three categories: Architecture Students, Licensed Architects, and an Open category for those who do not fall into the previous groups.

San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in the State of California, with a population of approximately 860,000 inhabitants spread across 121 km². Located on the West Coast of the United States, at the tip of the San Francisco Peninsula, it is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west and connected to the mainland only from the south.

Coffee culture is booming, and Northern Europe holds the official title for the world's largest coffee consumers. Countries such as Finland, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, and Sweden all rank in the top ten, with annual consumption reaching up to 12 kg per person.

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This ideas competition considers water landscapes, and more specifically rivers, as mediators in the necessary harmonic and dynamic balance that must exist between cities and nature. The fluvial (geomorphological) restoration approach will be used to revitalize a river, thereby understanding its natural system to inform design adapted to that system.

Vazio S/A, Coletivo Aurora, and Eduardo de Jesus are launching Outros Territórios (Other Territories) – an International Call for Urban Intervention Projects. The initiative aims to gather a series of ephemeral interventions for Buritis, a mountainous neighborhood in Belo Horizonte, enabling an instantaneous transformation of its landscape by simultaneously occupying the "stilt-like" structures (exposed beams and pillars) of various buildings.

New York is the quintessential city of professional progress, grand ambitions, and major corporations. It is a place where the pursuit of societal success often comes at the cost of long working hours. We spend a third of our day or more in workspaces, yet most offices were designed to maximize productivity with little regard for spatial quality or employee well-being.

As one of Latvia's largest national parks, Kemeri National Park is launching a design competition for a new observation tower. The tower, planned for construction near the Great Kemeri Bog Boardwalk, will provide improved access for visitors with disabilities.

Ideasforward aims to provide young creatives worldwide with an opportunity to express their views on the future of society through innovative and visionary proposals.
We are a platform that seeks progressive ideas that reflect on emerging themes.
Ecological design, sustainable architecture, new materials, concepts, and technologies are essential issues for the societies of the future, and the involvement of the entire community is imperative. In an era of globalization, where communication has been dominated by the technological revolution, there is a need to rethink cities and how humanity relates within a global world, as well as to reconsider the economic, social, and cultural patterns of contemporary societies.
We value young creatives and thinkers, as they are invaluable. We want to give these individuals a voice.

Bee Breeders continues its series of affordable housing competitions, this time in partnership with the Sydney Build Expo, to address the issue of housing affordability in Australia's largest and most vibrant metropolitan city. It is well known that Sydney has one of the lowest supplies of affordable housing in the world, ranking second only to Hong Kong. Real estate in Sydney remains out of reach for the majority of the young population.

The Nemrut Volcano Eyes architecture competition challenges participants to design a functional and aesthetically pleasing observation deck along the southern rim of the collapsed volcano's crater.

The Bee Breeders Black Balsam Laboratories competition is seeking designs to help bartenders and cocktail creators invent the next great drink. This traditional Latvian liqueur has a long history of being enjoyed for its intense and unique flavor, dating back to the 1700s.