Host: Non Architecture
Registration Deadline: 10/18/2020
Competition Schedule: From 10/17/2020, 00:01 AM to 10/18/2020, 11:59 PM
You can use the hidden_architecture code to get a 10% discount over the price of the current registration phase.
SUMMARY
Our world is changing fast, while ambitions and challenges match in importance. In this context, design can play a huge role. How do we imagine the world to be? What range of possibilities we haven’t discovered yet? What’s a Non Architecture for a World in crisis? In 2020 we started the second phase of competitions to address the issues of tomorrow.
In line with our style we propose 9+1 themes – ten critical topics to work on, but this time they come with a framework to make sure that each theme is explored from different design angles. Rather than a program, a research ecosystem composed of various competitions running in parallel and exploring the same theme from different perspectives.
Our exploration journey will start from a theme one, a special step in our research program: Living Together.
BRIEF IN SHORT:
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.
This is a competition where the time limit is used to stimulate your creativity. The aim is to present a 48 hours response to the presented challenge, with a very strong focus on building function, creativity, criticality and innovation. Here you develop your skills as a communicator, designer and space thinker.
We are not interested in the construction details, we want to see the space organization. The drawing can highlight functional aspects of the building, showing a deep understanding of one or more design aspects. It can focus on the aesthetic qualities, experimenting and mastering a drawing technique with hyper-realistic outcomes, or it can be an optical deformation, a caricatural interpretation, a distant abstraction of the built architecture. The drawing can strengthen a conventional interpretation of architecture, or explore a new angle, a new point of view, intellectual and/or physical. The entry is completely flexible and adaptable to the participant’s interpretation.
You can use the hidden_architecture code to get a 10% discount over the price of the current registration phase.
ELIGIBILITY
Non Architecture Competitions are open to all human beings, from every age and cultural background, working in groups or individually.
Teams can be formed by a maximum number of 2 people.
The registration fee is paid per team, regardless of how many members form it. Personal information of all the team members can be uploaded during the submission procedure of the final drawing.
PRIZES
Non Architecture Competitions will award only one winner,
selected by the jury collectively, and 7 honourable mentions.
Winner (1 Prize)
/ 1.000 euros worth in gift cards from one of the major online shops chosen by the winner
/ publication in the Non Architecture Competitions books and website
/ reviews in digital magazines and several architecture blogs
Honourable Mentions (7 prizes)
/ publication in the Non Architecture Competitions books and website
/ reviews in digital magazines and several architecture blogs
Non Architecture Editorial Pick (Up to 6 prizes)
/ publication in the Non Architecture Competitions books and website
Finalists (Up to 36 prizes)
/ publication in the Non Architecture Journal
Special Prize
The organization might establish additional special prizes and awards during the competition development and in the evaluation phase.
Note: The appearence on the involved architectural platforms are subject to the agenda and availability of the external platforms involved.
CALENDAR AND PRICING
You can use the hidden_architecture code to get a 10% discount over the price of the current registration phase.
01 September 2020 | Competition Announcement and preliminary brief release
01 – 14 September | Special registration period (40€).
15 – 30 September | Early registration period (55€).
01 – 14 October | Regular registration period (70€).
15 – 18 October | Last-minute registration period – not available in bundle (100€).
17 Oct, 00:01 AM | Extended brief release and Submission opens.
18 Oct , 11:59 PM | Submission closes.
09 – 13 November | Winner announcement
*The timing always refers to Central European Time (CET).To avoid confusion, please check the countdown on the competition page.
Registration Bundles:
x2 Competitions: Second competition with 50% discount
x3 Competitions: Third competition for free
JURY
The jury will be composed by a pool of platforms and experts specialized in the theme addressed by the competition. They will act as partners in the competition and final jurors of your work.
The jury members are the following:
Alberto Martinez Garcia and Hector Rivera Bajo | Founders of Hidden Architecture
Mari Mezalira | Act of Mapping
Marko Riboskic | Founder of Archi.boom
Carlos Gonzalvo | Architect and PHD candidate, Beta Architecture
Iñaki Harosteguy | Curator of SupraOrder
Sabine Fremiot and Léo Berastegui| Founders of The beauty of plan & The beauty of section
Andy Bruno | Founder of One House Per Day
BRIEF AND FAQ
Theme 1: Living Together – Download the brochure here
Download Team Document Template(.Doc)
Download Text Document Template(.Doc)
Read the FAQ here
You can use the hidden_architecture code to get a 10% discount over the price of the current registration phase.