OPENGAP organizes the eighth edition of this open ideas competition seeking for innovative, cutting-edge, contemporary, proposals, committed to a strategy of implementing architecture in a natural environment. Approaches should point to find synergies between nature and the building itself.
This competition is looking for project proposals that inspire the dissemination and awareness of natural heritage, emphasizing on their ability to relate and connect users with the chosen natural environment.
The main function of an Interpretation Centre is to promote a creative learning environment, seeking to reveal to the visitors the significance of cultural or historical heritage of the object exposed, in order to increase consciousness and motivate its effective conservation.
They are designed to cover four basic functions: research, conservation, promotion and enhancement of the object they are dedicated to.
This open ideas competition does not refer to any particular location but to a generalized situation. Each participant or team will define the location of their Project;
such as: natural parks, protected natural areas, forests, jungles, beaches, mountains, etc. However, the proposal must justify the choice of the location and the interaction reached between the project and the site’s environment.
Timetable
Registration for the Competition: From the Competition launch until 9th May 2019 (~15th April: 90EUR / ~9th May: 110EUR)
Submission deadline: 17th May 2019 (20:00 GMT+1)
Announcement of results: June 2019
Awarding of prizes: June 2019
Submissions
2 digital images (A2 size, JPG format, 4mb/image)
Prizes and Prize money
First prize 2,000 EUR
Second prize 1,000 EUR
Third prize 500 EUR
Competition organizer
OPENGAP
Website
http://www.opengap.net/index.php?p=ficha_concurso_abierto&id=652
