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10TH ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE CONTEST

Application Deadline: 2 February, 2024

LOCATION: Spain

The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) calls its 10th Advanced Architecture Contest as a global reflection to explore the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the built environment. The contest encourages participants to propose transcalar designs anywhere in the world that reflect its diverse cultural, environmental, economic, or social conditions.

ELIGIBILITY:

The competition is opened to students and professionals with no age limit.

The projects may be carried out individually or in groups, with no restriction on the number of members of the team.

No fee or other payment will be required of those entering the competition. Please REGISTER HERE

Each competition submission should include 8 squared digital boards (2500px X 2500px):

Board 1: Textual and diagrammatic project explanation
Board 2: Body scale
Board 3: Interior scale
Board 4: Building scale
Board 5: City scale
Board 6: Territory scale
Board 7: Planetary scale
Board 8: Scalar interconnectedness

Each of the 8 panels will be presented in PDF format. 

Suggested software: Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, ControlNet, DALLE-2, ChatGPT, Photoshop, Rhino, Grasshopper, Ladybug, Karamba, Illustrator, AutoCAD, Blender, Rhino Compute, etc…

BENEFIT:

The winning entries in each category will be recognized for their innovation, creativity, and radicality. Each winner will receive a monetary award along with a full scholarship to pursue a Master at IAAC during the academic year 2024-25.

The three team leaders will receive cash prizes of 3.000 €, 2.000 € and 1.000 €, and a one-year grant to take an on-campus Master Program at IAAC.

1st Prize: 3.000,00 € + Master at IAAC (value approx 19.875,00 €)

2nd Prize: 2.000,00 € + Master at IAAC (value approx 19.875,00 €)

3rd Prize: 1.000,00 € + Master at IAAC (value approx 19.875,00 €)

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SAFETYFIX NEW APPLICATION DESIGN – CREATIVE CONTEST ON DESALL.COM

Application Deadline: 1 February, 2024

LOCATION: Italy

A new “New Idea” contest on desall.com: Safetyfix and Desall invites you to discover new possibilities for Safetyfix, a patented pressure coupling system. They’re seeking innovative applications that will broaden and advance the utilisation of this product line in diverse industries and sectors.

ELIGIBILITY:

Participation is free and open to creative talents of any nationality aged 18 or older. Participants may submit one or more projects, but only projects published on the website http://www.desall.com from the upload page dedicated to the contest will be accepted.

The brief is available in the following languages:
 English
Italian

Download the Material files.

Build your inspiration board on the Inspiration tab and explore ideas shared by fellow creatives

BENEFIT:

€3000: The selection of the winner by the Sponsor will be the result of an unquestionable evaluation and it will take into account originality, feasibility and consistency of submitted projects with the presented brief.

Extra Award (option right fee)
€1500: Throughout the duration of the option right, the Sponsor offers an additional opportunity to all participants by setting the compensation of €1000 for the purchase of the licence for the economic exploitation of projects not recognized as winning proposals. For more information, log in and read the Upload from the Upload page. For questions about the brief, use the “Have a question” button or write to contest@desall.com.

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