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The architecture firm Prado Arquitectos has been awarded first place in the design competition for the Armando Arancibia Olivos School (G-501), the only educational facility on Mocha Island, Chile—an island in the Pacific Ocean located 35 kilometers off the coast of Tirúa, accessible only by plane or boat.

In 2017, the Regional Government of Biobío issued a public tender for the reconstruction and relocation of the school, incorporating energy efficiency concepts into both its passive design and its active systems.

Out of 68 submissions, the joint team of Arquitectura en Estudio and NOMENA Arquitectura was awarded second place in the design competition for the Santa Fe local city hall in Bogotá, Colombia. 

For the project, located in the historic center of the Colombian capital, the team proposed “turning the building itself into a transparent, accessible, dynamic, and vibrant public space that anchors itself to the surrounding urban fabric and becomes part of the existing network of public spaces in the area.”

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"Minimizing anthropization and demonstrating a restrained intervention that uses available resources to reinforce existing environmental units."

These words, taken from the jury's decision, were addressed to the first-prize winners of the National Ideas Competition for Balneario Park and Renovation of Plaza San Martín in Río Tercero. Organized by the Association of Architects of the Province of Córdoba, the competition aimed to revitalize and renovate these spaces for the use of the community and its visitors.

The first-prize winners—architects Ignacio Pereyra, Fernando R. Matos, Facundo González Martínez, and Fabián Tolosa—proposed to socially, culturally, and institutionally integrate the urban square while preserving and enhancing the river's scenic qualities through restrained interventions in the natural environment. Read on to explore the complete project below.

The revitalization project for the CCR - Cultural and Recreational Center of Esporte Clube Pinheiros resulted from a closed competition for preliminary architectural studies, organized by the club in April 2017. The competition featured five invited firms — Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados, Biselli Katchborian Arquitetos, SIAA, MMBB Arquitetos, and Paulo Bruna Arquitetos Associados — and asked competitors to submit proposals for:

The offices Biselli Katchborian Arquitetos, alongside Zanatta Figueiredo, won the competition for the Tennis and Wellness Center. Learn more about the project below:

Design Premises of the Tennis and Wellness Center

Text description provided by the architects. New York can be defined as the ultimate symbol of professional progress, dreams, ambition, and innovation. Yet, a city that is the very opposite of monotony still grapples with repetitive and uninspiring workspaces in many of its buildings. This raises a fundamental question: is architecture out of step with the city's image? How can we address this contradiction?

Organized by Archmedium, the “New York Vertical City Pro” competition called for the design of a new mixed-use tower in New York, incorporating offices, temporary housing, and cultural and leisure spaces. The challenge for the designers was to envision a micro-“vertical city” for the 21st century.

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The revitalization project for the CCR – Cultural and Recreational Center of Esporte Clube Pinheiros – resulted from an invited competition for preliminary architectural studies organized by the club in April 2017. The competition, which featured five invited firms – Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados, Biselli Katchborian Arquitetos, SIAA, MMBB Arquitetos, and Paulo Bruna Arquitetos Associados –, asked competitors to present proposals for:

The proposal by MMBB, in collaboration with its partners, was selected for the CCR revitalization, while Biselli Katchborian's proposal was chosen for the construction of the CBS. Read more about the winning project for the Cultural and Recreational Center below:

CCR – Cultural and Recreational Center

The revitalization project for the CCR was guided by the following principles:

A center to provide the inhabitants of Añelo—currently the nerve center of Neuquén, Argentina—with a multifunctional space where the municipality's cultural activities can be centralized. This was one of the primary requirements set by Ternium, together with the organizing association of the XVI Buenos Aires Architecture Biennial, for the 'National and International Ideas Competition for the Cultural Center of the Town of Añelo'.

The jury awarded first prize to architects Fernando R. Matos, Soledad Patiño, and Mateo Gamba. Learn more about the proposal in the words of the authors below.

The office Atelier77 was awarded third place in the Public Competition for the Lake Paranoá Waterfront Masterplan. Atelier77's proposal aims to reclaim and restore public spaces along the shores of Lake Paranoá, balancing public use with ecological equilibrium to foster a sustainable occupation of the territory. It designs an urban infrastructure structured around three design layers—ecosystem, transport, and the integration of uses and activities—to create a vibrant waterfront.

The jury, chaired by Ângelo Bucci, highlighted the quality of the project's preservation of Cerrado phytophysiognomies, the incorporation of ecological corridors, sustainable drainage, and the integration of cultural uses, as well as the transport infrastructure featuring a new LRT line and catamaran services. The proposal suggests an active occupation of the waterfront, introducing a wide range of facilities and activities to ensure permanent use, preservation, safety, and the subsequent activation of the shoreline. The scheme emphasizes the importance of designing far beyond a simple park, providing a democratic and accessible waterfront for all.

Read on for an excerpt from the project description.

The G. Oberdan Primary and Secondary School architectural project, designed by Asociación Semillas and DDA architetti, recently won first place in the Innovative Schools competition, organized by the Italian Ministry of Education for over 51 site interventions across Italy. The competition aimed to generate ideas around the concept of an innovative school—spanning architecture, engineering, technology, energy efficiency, and seismic safety—while accounting for new learning paradigms and the integration of the school into the public realm and the city.

The “Interior Urbano” project by Argentine firm Paralelo Colectivo has won third place in the Lanzarote Dynamic Square ideas competition for the remodeling of the Plaza de El Almacén, located in the town of Arrecife on the island of Lanzarote, Spain. 

Last December, the Cabildo de Lanzarote, in collaboration with the Rethinking Competitions platform, launched this ideas competition to transform the current “El Almacén” square, aiming to turn this vacant space into an urban hub for culture and social gathering. In line with the competition guidelines, the goal was to create a space for people, not vehicles—a green, shaded area where children can play, concerts can be held, and markets can open. Ultimately, it envisioned a place of gathering, passion, and art: a space designed by and for citizens, a dynamic and more human plaza.