Living City Design Competition

The International Living Building Institute, in partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, invited the world's most talented and daring designers, planners, artists and animators to create a new global vision: a breathtaking, compelling model for the future of civilization. The Living City Design Competition was grounded in the belief that we already have the technical tools and collective wisdom we need to achieve true sustainability. But before we can bring our cities into balance with the ecosystems they inhabit, we must understand what that balance would look like. Each Living City Design Competition team were asked to envision a city that meets all of the Imperatives of the Living Building Challenge 2.0, including its specific requirements for density, shading, urban agriculture, transportation, energy and water use. The end results were required to be rooted in solid ecological and architectural principles and explicitly aligned with the Living Build
 ing Challenge 2.0. Each entry was required to thoroughly incorporate the rules of the Living Building Challenge 2.0 document, and as a result must:

- Demonstrate a rich street life based on pedestrians and public transportation
- Demonstrate new green city infrastructure for water and waste;
- Demonstrate a net zero energy and water community; and
- Demonstrate agriculture imbedded into the community.

https://ilbi.org/lcdc