Open International Design Ideas Competition: LA+CREATURE
The competition is open to all design disciplines and will be judged by an outstanding interdisciplinary jury panel comprising
TIMOTHY MORTON (philosopher and author of “HyperObjects” and “Dark Ecology”)
KATE ORFF (designer of NYC’s “Living Breakwaters” and founding principal, SCAPE)
RICHARD WELLER (author of “The Atlas for the End of the World” and chair of landscape architecture, UPenn)
JENNIFER WOLCH (coauthor of “Animal Geographies” and former dean of design, UC Berkeley)
ANDREW GRANT (designer of Singapore’s iconic “Supertrees” and director of Grant Associates, UK)
FARRE NIXON (emerging designer at Kounkey Design Initiative)
CHRIS REED (coauthor of “Projective Ecologies” and founding director, Stoss).
Short Description
LA+ CREATURE explores how we can use design to open our cities, our landscapes, and our minds to a more symbiotic existence with other creatures. The brief asks entrants to choose a nonhuman client and design something—a place, a structure, a product, a process, a system—to improve its life and increase human–nonhuman empathy. Your creature can be any species, any size, and live anywhere.
Organizer
LA+ Interdisciplinary Journal of Landscape Architecture
Link to Competition
Link to Registration form
Prizes
US $10,000 total prize money
• 5 winners to receive US$2,000, a certificate, and feature publication in LA+ Journal’s LA+ CREATURE issue.
• 10 honorable mentions to receive a certificate and feature publication in LA+ Journal’s LA+ CREATURE issue.
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
The competition is open to all design fields. A scaled plan and section and supporting imagery are required along with a 300-word supporting statement.
Dates and Time Frame
Registration Closes October 20, 2020
Deadline to Submit Project October 20, 2020
Winners announcement Date December 8, 2020
Languages
English
Location of Competition
Concept
Additional Information
