Submission: January 16, 2013
Registration: December 19, 2013
Language: English
Location: Concept
Prizes: 1st Prize $ 10.000 2nd Prize $ 1.000 3rd Prize $ 500 People’s choice $ 300
Type: Open competition for architecture students and 3013 graduates
Fentress Global Challenge is an international competition created to stimulate students worldwide in the exploration of future design possibilities in public architecture. In its third annual competition, students are invited to envision Fentress Architects’ concept of “Upcycled Architecture”. “Upcycled Architecture” is defined as the art of redesigning an existing structure for purposes other than those for which it was originally intended. “Upcycled Architecture” additionally advances an existing building’s sustainable, dynamic, and programmatic uses.
Winning students will receive cash prizes and gain international exposure. Winning designs will also be exhibited at the A+D Architecture and Design Museum in Los Angeles, California.
Social and economic changes are creating phenomenal possibilities to upcycle our old structures. Buildings typically outlive their original purposes and today’s architects face the challenge of creatively bringing new life and function to them. Upcycled Architecture offers the chance to embrace our past designs while looking to the future for more adaptive uses.
“We want participants to use their imaginations and submit visionary proposals with inspiring ideas that could play an important role in the redevelopment of not only the chosen site, but the greater community.” – Curtis Fentress, FAIA, RIBA, Chairman and Principal in Charge of Design at Fentress Architects.
