Trasformare territori abbandonati in risorse per la città di New Orleans è l'obiettivo del concorso lanciato dal Van Alen Institute. Tre team saranno selezionati per lavorare al tema per 6 mesi, a contatto con esperti e stakeholder locali. In cambio riceveranno un compenso di 15mila dollari.
Van Alen Institute has announced "Future Ground" a design competition open to multidisciplinary teams of individuals and firms with expertise in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, urban planning.
Future Ground is a design competition inviting multidisciplinary teams to generate flexible design and policy strategies to reuse vacant land in New Orleans, transforming abandoned landscapes into resources for the current and future city.
Designs and plans for cities can create visions that will take decades to be fully realized. While no one can predict the future, we can outline multiple futures: rigorous scenarios for a changing population, market, and climate for the next 1 year, 10 years, and 50 years. These alternatives can help elected officials, businesses, philanthropic organizations, and residents understand what is possible, and make realistic, informed decisions about investments.
In October 2014, three teams will be awarded $15,000 to participate in a six-month research and design process. Working closely with local stakeholders and national experts, teams will forecast changes in density, demand, and climate over the next half-century in New Orleans, and will tackle the social, economic, and ecological challenges underlying reuse of the most prevalent types of vacant land in the city. The project will produce implementable, replicable solutions that NORA can apply to specific sites citywide, and can help catalyze change in cities around the world.
Future Ground will develop strategies to bring small, piecemeal projects to scale at the neighborhood and citywide level; craft policy to support promising design strategies; make these strategies flexible and participatory enough to be sustained into the next generation; and share resources with a growing network of innovators who are reusing vacant land in cities around the country.
The deadline for registration and electronic submission of the RFQ is 11:59 p.m. EDT on september 29, 2014.
Details: www.vanalen.org
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