Open Call: 2021 Skyscraper Competition

The participants should take into consideration the advances in technology, the exploration of sustainable systems, and therefore the establishment of latest urban and architectural methods to unravel economic, social, and cultural problems of the contemporary city including the scarcity of natural resources and infrastructure and therefore the exponential increase of inhabitants, pollution, economic division, and unplanned conurbation .

The competition is an investigation of the general public and personal space and therefore the refore the role of the individual and the collective within the creation of a dynamic and adaptive vertical community. it’s also a response to the exploration and adaptation of latest habitats and territories supported a dynamic equilibrium between man and nature – a replacement quite responsive and adaptive design capable of intelligent growth through the self-regulation of its own systems.

There are not any restrictions with regard to site, program, or size. the target is to supply maximum freedom to the participants to interact the project without constraints within the most creative way. what’s a skyscraper within the 21st century? What are the historical, contextual, social, urban, and environmental responsibilities of those mega-structures?

eVolo Magazine is committed to continuing stimulating the imagination of designers round the world – thinkers that initiate a replacement architectural discourse of economic, environmental, intellectual, and perceptual responsibility that would ultimately modify what we understand as a up to date skyscraper, its impact on urban planning and on the development of our way of life.

Schedule

July 15, 2020 – Competition announcement and registration opens.
November 17, 2020 – Early registration deadline
January 26, 2021 – Late registration deadline
February 9, 2021 – Project submission deadline (23:59 hours US Eastern Time)
April 27, 2021 – Winners’ announcement

Jury

• Erkko Aarti [Partner, Aarti Ollila Ristola]
• Koray Duman [Principal, Büro Koray Duman]
• Reza Najafian [Principal, ReNa Design]
• Arto Ollila [Partner, Aarti Ollila Ristola]
• Eric Parry [Principal, Eric Parry Architects]
• Mikki Ristola [Partner, Aarti Ollila Ristola]

Awards

• 1st place – $5000 USD
• 2nd place – $2000 USD
• 3rd place – $1000 USD

Winners, honorable mentions, and selected projects will be published in the forthcoming book EVOLO SKYSCRAPERS 4 to be released in 2021.

• Title

  Open Call: 2021 Skyscraper Competition

• Type

  Competition Announcement (Ideas)

• Website

  http://www.evolo.us/registration-2021-skyscraper-competition/

• Organizers

  eVolo Magazine

• Registration Deadline

  January 26, 2021 11:30 PM

• Submission Deadline

  February 09, 2021 11:30 PM

• Price

  USD 95