A Glimpse into the Future — 2027
A Glimpse into the Future — 2027 invites proposals for housing and public landscape. Organized by the Institute for Integrated Territorial Development, the international competition accepts individual and team entries from professionals, practices and students in relevant disciplines.
Brief and participation
| Housing track | An apartment building on a site selected by the entrant. |
|---|---|
| Landscape track | A park around Lake Krivoye, Tyumen, addressing three water bodies. |
| Application and project deadline | 15 January 2027; entries opened 1 November 2026. |
| Entry fee | RUB 1,500 per project, or EUR 20 for international bank transfers. |
| Prizes | RUB 300,000 total: housing prizes of 100,000 / 50,000 / 50,000; park prize of 100,000. |
| Presentation | Russian or English; PDF up to 20 A3 pages and 50 MB, 3–5 visualizations and an image preview. |
| Results | By 10 April 2027, following review and an online finalist defence. |
What the brief tests
Housing proposals address plans, shared areas and the relationship to the street. The landscape track asks for accessible routes and year-round use. The announced scoring allocates 40 points to utility, 25 to strength and 35 to beauty. Park source materials are still marked as forthcoming.
ArchUp editorial assessment
The useful challenge here is to connect an architectural image to everyday use. A convincing housing entry should make its shared spaces and ground-floor relationships legible in plans, rather than rely on a persuasive rendering. For the park, seasonal access and the management of water deserve as much attention as composition. These are editorial observations, not additional competition rules.
The open choice of housing site offers freedom, but also places the burden of defining credible constraints on the entrant. The park is more site-dependent; committing substantial design time before the promised base information is available carries a practical risk. An invitation to future collaboration should not be read as a construction commission.
We attempted to download the full regulations for additional information but could not retrieve them. This assessment is based solely on the organizer’s published announcement, not a review of the full regulations. Confirm contractual and submission details before paying.
Source: IKTR, official 2027 competition announcement. Featured image: the organizer’s official promotional poster; its architectural illustration is conceptual, not a completed or winning project.
Submission date and official website
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