Arquitectura Sin Fronteras Andalucía lancia il primo concorso fotografico internazionale Cities without Architecture, nato dalla volontà di selezionare una fotografia che sarà l'immagine principale di una campagna di sensibilizzazione, battezzata con lo stesso titolo della competizione, sul bisogno di lavorare per il miglioramento delle condizioni di vita della popolazione nelle città più affollate del mondo.
Si stima che, nei prossimi 10 anni, cinquanta milioni di persone si sposteranno dalle aree rurali verso i grandi centri dell'Africa Occidentale, pur essendo costrette a vivere troppo spesso in baraccopoli o a passare la notte per strada. 100 milioni di persone in tutto il mondo, soprattutto bambini, non hanno una casa dove vivere permanentemente.
Sono passati più di cinquant'anni dal momento in cui Bernard Rudofsky ha esposto al MOMA di New York la mostra fotografica, composta da scatti realizzati durante i suoi viaggi, dal titolo Architecture Without Architects. In riferimento a quell'evento viene da chiedersi, al giorno d'oggi: cosa hanno imparato gli architetti da un'architettura senza architetti? Quanto, nei paesi sviluppati, si è consapevoli dell'esistenza di città senza architettura? L'accesso universale a una città vera e propria e a un alloggio dignitoso rende necessario intervenire in queste "città del rischio", così da migliorare le condizioni degli abitanti che le popolano. Per fare questo occorre prima di tutto sensibilizzare il mondo intero a trovare le risorse giuste per realizzare queste migliorie.
Il vincitore si aggiudicherà un viaggio in uno dei progetti internazionali che ASF sta sviluppando, per una spesa fino a 3.000 euro, dove potrà realizzare un servizio fotografico sull'area e sulle azioni sviluppate dalla ASF.
According to the Un-Habitat (United Nations) Urban Observatory, it is estimated that fifty million people will move from rural areas to the cities in western Africa over the next ten years. In Mumbay, the population has recorded a four-fold increase. Half of the population live in slums, 700.000 spend the night on the streets, 100 million people in the world, mostly kids, have no permanent home.
More than half a century has passed already since Bernanrd Rudofsky exhibited at the New York MOMA a collection of pictures he took during his trips. The exhibition would be named: Architecture Without Architect. This exhibition was shown in more than 80 cities during the following 11 years, and its catalogue has become a true referent in what has been called vernacular architecture.
A question arises nowadays: what have architects learned from this famous Architecture Without Architects? But these days there is an even more important question: how much aware are we in the developed countries of the existence of cities without architecture?
When we say cities without architecture, we mean that they lack basic and necessary urban facilities, organization or proper public spaces, for instance. Their infrastructures are inexistent or they are threatened, and they have a vast amount of houses which were built with shapes, materials or techniques that wouldn't stand the natural phenomena.
These cities are as a matter of fact in risk, yet they are cities. Are we aware that these cities are amongst the biggest cities in the world? Do we really know they are also exposed to all the social, economic, military or geographic storms possible? However, these cities, far from being an issue, are the solution for many people, those who settle with the scarce resources at their reach.
The universal access to a proper city and housing, makes more urgent the need to intervene in these cities in risk in order to improve their condition. Raising awareness is a necessary first step towards the obtention of resources for the improvement of the hábitat. And this is the main reason why we launch this initiative.
The main objective of this competition is to select a photograph which will be the main image for a sensibilization campaign named "Cities Without Architeture" alerting to the need of working towards the improvement of the habitat.
ELIGIBILITY
This competition is open for everyone over the age of 18 years, both amateurs and professional photographers., regardless their nationality and place of residence.
Each contestant will be able to present a maximum of three photographs, independent from each other or as part of a series, meeting the technical characteristics required hereunder.
SUBMISSION
Only the digital submission will be accepted, to the email address: comunicacionandalucia@asfes.org no later than March 24, 2017.
AWARDS
The name of the winner will be published on the ASF Andalusia blog . The winner will win an trip to one of the international projects that ASF is currently developing with a cost of up to 3000€ for expenses, where they will carry out a photographic report of the situation in the area and the actions developed by ASF.
Besides, all the pictures will:
- Be published in a digital magazine, together with a brief explanation and the name of the author.
- Be disseminated in social media from the organization's profiles (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and blog).
- Be displayed in an exhibition at the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Seville, from April to June 2017.
more info
web www.asfeandalucia.wordpress.com
email comunicacionandalucia@asfes.org
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