Call for registrations: London Vertical Farm Competition

In this competition, we encourage participants to develop visionary concepts for a vertical farm in the urban context – only 1 draw, and absolute freedom of scale.

Designers will design a vertical farm integrated into the urban fabric while providing a sustainable solution. By focusing on food production in the urban environment, designers can also come up with innovative and creative solutions to problems such as space limitations and environmental degradation. Also, Urbanization is rapidly changing the face of our cities, and with it, the challenges in producing food for a growing population. Vertical farming offers a unique solution to these challenges by utilizing limited urban space to grow crops sustainably and efficiently. Moreover, This competition aims to inspire architects and designers to develop innovative and visionary designs for vertical farms within the urban context.

How can the design of the vertical farm maximize crop yields and minimize environmental impact? What technologies and materials should make the vertical farm sustainable and efficient? How can the vertical farm be integrated into the existing urban fabric?

Moreover, Vertical Farm aims to answer those questions with a particular focus on food production in the urban context.

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 4 people. The registration fee is paid per team, regardless of how many members form it. The personal information of all the team members can be uploaded during the submission procedure of the final drawing.

Evaluation

The core values of the competitions are:

– Effective communication of the design qualities through the drawing

– Originality of the design

– Relevance to the building function addressed by the competition.

Moreover, These values will lead to the selection of the finalists’ projects and they will be used by the jury as a guideline in their decision.

Jury

Also, The jury will be 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:

– Kasmir Jolma, Founder of Jolma Architects, Architect & Planner

– Ruben Bergambagt, Co-Founding Partner of Superimpose Architecture

– James Martin, President and CEO of Lemna Environmental Technologies

Moreover, All jury members expressed their formal commitment to reviewing shortlisted projects and selecting winners according to the awarding criteria expressed in the brief.

Prizes

Non-Architecture Competitions will award only one winner, selected by the jury collectively, and 7 honorable mentions.

WINNER (1 PRIZE) / 1.000 euros*

/ Publication in the Non-Architecture Competitions books and website

/ Reviews in digital magazines and several architecture blogs

Also, HONOURABLE MENTIONS (7 PRIZES)

/ Publication in the Non-Architecture Competitions books and website

EDITORIAL PICK (Up to 6 Prizes)

/ Publication in the Non-Architecture Competitions book 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 appearance of the involved architectural platforms is subject to the agenda and availability of the external platforms involved.

Also, Read further details on the full Competition Brief and Non-Architecture Competition’s website.