Submission: April 15, 2014
Registration: March 30, 2014
Language: English
Location: Toledo, USA
Prizes: 1st Prize $ 2.000 2nd Prize $ 500 3rd Prize $ 500
Type: Open competition for architects and architecture students
North Coast Design Competition, that strives to promote a mutualistic thriving of both human and natural systems within the Great Lakes Basin.
By way of topical ideas competitions and subsequent publications, the NCDC places hope and optimism in the transformative power of design and design thinking in shaping the future of the region. Topics chosen are considered relevant and timely to the Great Lakes Basin and are meant to generate a series of robust and inspired design solutions that will draw attention to important issues while projecting future possibilities that are genuine to the North Coast.
The city of Toledo is currently reconsidering a series of highly visible landscapes along its river waterfront. These sites are either undergoing construction due to the installation of large stormwater mitigation infrastructure or were small dredge storage facilities that have reached design capacity. In both cases, these landscapes have the potential to be repositioned as a series of unique and highly valuable sites along the Maumee River, amassing over 170 acres.
The competition reaches out to designers and planners of all ages and abilities and calls for ideas that re-envision the role of the riverfront in Toledo and how this new role can embrace the realities of dredging while enhancing the overall quality of public space within the city.
