Afloat – Designing a water resilient neighbourhood
PREMISE
With her slogan “How dare you?” Greta Thunberg awakened millions and questioned the leaders across the world on Climate Change and its impact. A global change in weather and other adverse indicators have displayed that climate change is not a distant future anymore. Forest fires, Floods, droughts, receding shorelines, rising global temperatures, are some of the natural disasters that have substantially increased in the past decade.
Rising sea levels are now said to be responsible for receding shorelines and would cause the submerging of some of the major coastal cities. The new research shows that about 150 million people that are now living on land will be below the high-tide line by 2050.
Cities will find themselves in the epicenter of this challenge in no time.
CHALLENGE
In the light of predicted water levels, the Govt. of Indonesia has begun the relocation of their capital city Jakarta to Borneo. While we know that the city of Jakarta has already been inhabited and damaged, can design resolve this for the inhabitants of the future by adapting to aquaculture that is going to prevail after major parts of the city have submerged.
Brief : The challenge here is to create a prototype of a replicable Flood Resilient Neighborhood in Jakarta.
Judges:
To be announced.
Timeline:
Launch JUNE 15, 2020
Registration Ends: 23rd Nov, 2020
Submission Deadline: 8th Dec, 2020
Result Announcement: 4th Feb, 2020
Short Description
The challenge here is to create a prototype of a replicable Flood Resilient Neighborhood in Jakarta.
Organizer
Commun
Link to Competition
Link to Registration form
Prizes
Prize pool of worth 20,000$
First Prize: 5000$ (For students and professionals)
Runner Up: 6 x 1100$ (For students and professionals)
People’s Choice: 4 x 600$ (Open for all)
Honorable Mention: 12 x 500$ Each
Type of Competition
Open to the public/Minimum requirements (Open to anyone that complies with the requirements), Single stage (Winners selected immediately)
Who can Participate
Minimum eligible age for participation is 18 years.
There is no restriction on the degree of design disciplines to participate in the challenge.
Participation in the competition can happen in a team as well as an individual.
Maximum numbers of participants in a team are 4.
Dates and Time Frame
Registration Closes November 23, 2020
Deadline to Submit Project December 8, 2020
Winners announcement Date February 4, 2021
Languages
English
Location of Competition
Jakarta, Indonesia
