Imaginative use of city space

Deadline for registration – 13 February 2023
Online city introduction and Q&A – 20 February 2023
Deadline for submission – 01 May 2023
Prizes:
– €2,000/1,500/1,000 cash prize for the 1st,/2nd/3rd place among the winning teams.
– Tickets to ‘UIA World Congress of Architects’ 02-06 July, taking place in Copenhagen as part of the ’World Capital of Architecture 2023’
– An opportunity to present and discuss the winning concepts during the visit in Copenhagen.

Topic:
Space is a limited resource in our cities.
The aim of this competition is to gather inspirational ideas for combining technical buildings with other city functions and compile these into an inspiration catalogue. The concepts submitted should demonstrate how energy infrastructure can offer tangible, positive experiences in our daily city life, bridging the need for locally produced renewable energy with the need for other city elements. Ensuring a high aesthetic quality of the build and its surroundings, could even make the buildings proud landmarks – signalling district identity instead of simply trying to hide or camouflage the technical buildings.

Copenhagen City together with Bratislava City invite students of architecture, landscape architecture, or urban design to develop radically innovative ideas on how to make better use of the technical buildings that we need for local energy production within our urban areas. We are looking for ideas on how to make the buildings multi-functional and well integrated with the surrounding district since we have very limited space available within the city and a long list of functions and services that the city has to provide for the citizens.
More info can be found in the competition flyer: https://smartcity-atelier.eu/allgemein/student-competition-boost-the-green-energy-transition/
(LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/atelierh2020_student-competition-boost-the-green-energy-activity-7026879045728358401-cFPB?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Twitter Post: https://twitter.com/AtelierH2020/status/1621116432670162950

Our hope is that students globally enter the competition – since all cities face the dilemma of finding enough space.