Cities for Our Time: Practical Ideas for Equitable and Sustainable Cities
Registration Deadline: Sunday, Aug 31, 201411:59 PMEDT
Submission Deadline: Tuesday, Sep 30, 201411:59 PMEDT
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Today, there's new interest in living in the city, but also many challenges. High housing costs and limited supply have caused gentrification and overcrowding. Resource use still needs to be reduced for a truly sustainable ecosystem.
Do you have a radical yet practical design idea to make the place you live (or want to live) more sustainable, socially just, and perhaps also fun? It could be a new type of zoning for tiny houses, a rooftop gadget, a mixed use space rented by the hour, or re-imagining transportation in an entire metropolitan area. Ideas can be small, big, temporary, or permanent. But they should be site specific - a building, a block, a town, maybe a vehicle, and also not pure fantasy - a key part of the judging criteria will be how economically and politically feasible your plan is.
Entries will be put to a public vote on Facebook, and also judged by an interdisciplinary team of young professionals, students, and activists. Results will be published online and in a book.
Entries will be judged on:
Basic Requirements: Safe and Accessible - meets exiting and ADA regulations.
25% Ecological Sustainability
25% Social Justice
25% Economic Feasibility / Affordability
25% Political Feasibility
Competition is open to anyone.
A total of $1000 in prizes will be awarded. 10 winners will be selected; 5 by vote, 5 by the jury.
For more information and registration, visit http://cities.firstcultural.com/
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