Big data, smart systems, machine learning – it is inevitable that these new technologies will change the way we study, build and manage our cities. At the same time resurgent interest in consensus and contributive action seems to oppose an exclusively data-driven urbanism. Is the opposition of machine intelligence and democracy inevitable, or are shared trajectories possible?
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Registration to the International student teams' competition on the virtual design and construction - VDC Roasting is open!
A local group of Muslims in Queenstown, New Zealand, have raised funds to build their own local community center. For Queenstown residents, there is no local mosque within a 2 hour radius, and they are forced to commune in rented places with limited availability and time.
Join The University of Texas School of Architecture for a lecture with Liz Ogbu, live-streamed on the Texas Architecture YouTube channel on Wednesday, October 7 at 1:00 pm CDT
Join The University of Texas School of Architecture for a lecture with Kathrin Gimmel, live-streamed on the Texas Architecture YouTube channel on Wednesday, October 14 at 1:00 pm CDT
Join The University of Texas School of Architecture for a lecture with Bas van de Poel, live-streamed on the Texas Architecture YouTube channel on Wednesday, October 28 at 1:00 pm CDT
This year, the University of Nebraska's Hyde Lecture Series, hosted by the College of Architecture, will feature speakers from across disciplines that are united under the common theme of “Building Justice- Design and Planning for a Just Society.”
Between October 18-24, 2020, the Centre for Conscious Design (CCD) presents Conscious Cities Festival 2020: To Shape and be Shaped. Hosted at venues and online platforms around the world, this year's festival will feature 15+ event series to discuss how Conscious Design can empower and meet the needs of local communities and individuals. Conscious Design is a continually evolving process that incorporates systems and structures, science, storytelling, and participatory-design.
The aim of the “48h Floor Plan Battle” competition is to develop one drawing to communicate an architectural design. The participants are asked to draft one floorplan, with absolute freedom of interpretation, technique and level of abstraction. Even the concept of floorplan itself can be questioned in order to craft the most expressive way to represent the design.
The NYC Architecture Biennial recognizes and exhibits the work and ideas of talented professionals in architecture and urban design. We are committed to innovative sustainable design and will help generate and ensure gender and racial equality around the world.
Penang Bay is an ambitious programme to rehabilitate, regenerate and rejuvenate the water-based assets of George Town and Butterworth into a seamless and dynamic space aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition (KRob) has celebrated the best in architectural delineation for 46 years. A Dallas classic that has received international recognition, KRob honors hand and digital delineation by professionals and students throughout the world. Averaging over 400 entries from 25 countries in the past several years, the competition’s visibility continues to grow.
Neri&Hu is an award-winning interdisciplinary practice based in Shanghai. Founded by Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu in 2004, the practice has since built up their own distinct approach to architecture that pushes beyond traditional boundaries to incorporate interior, product and graphic design.
The fundamental objective of the competition is the selection of the best conceptual urban and architectural design of Independence Square in Podgorica, on the basis of parameters and recommendations specified by Terms of Reference. Participants of the Competition are expected to propose a design in accordance with the needs of citizens and visitors of the city of Podgorica in a way that is recognizable, unique and in line with the great significance of the square for this city. The goal is to reach the quality traffic solution that will, as much as possible, reroute the car traffic from open surfaces within the area that is subject of competition and make the space more accessible to pedestrians and more appealing to different types of users through a quality traffic solution.
The city district of Zibo, the third largest by population within the Shandong province, has been a key stone mining location till recent years. The excavation activities, particularly focused on the Zichuan subdistrict, marked the rural areas of the province with invasive interventions and disruptions of the local ecosystem. The mountainous area is today characterized by woodlands, villages, mine pits in quarries and terraces built with stone. The extraction activities have been terminated, generating the need for new purpose and value in a location with unique cultural, ecological and social conditions.
How do we define “home”? Although ideas about our homes are constantly being rethought, the careful examination of “home” has recently come to the attention of architects and nonarchitects alike. We’ve all had to confront our perspective of “home” as we have adapted workplaces, social gatherings, fitness routines, and everyday life in recent months. Not only do we now internalize a home, but we now look at how our homes can connect to the rest of the outside world.
For the past three years, The HOME Competition has challenged architects to rethink the “home”. Through the ages, architects have continuously investigated the role that homes play in our lives, like Peter Eisenman’s House VI or Kurokawa’s Nagakin Capsule Tower. Today, it may be more important than ever to consider the modern role that a “home” must play and the inherent connection that exists between a “home” and its residents.
The aim of the open sketch design competition is to obtain high-quality, architecturally elaborate and economically justified solutions for the spatial development vision and the intent of construction of new buildings as part of Stage 1 in Riga, Latvia, at Daugavgrīvas iela 31 in the territory owned by SIA “DG31” by means of a creative rivalry, rational use of funds and free competition between participants.
What would you do with an old and empty building? Would you tear it down, leave it abandoned, or could you transform it into something new? Cities all around the world are wrestling with this very challenge. The question then becomes, what can architecture do about it?