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Call: Science Slam on Sustainable Cities

You are young, interested in questions of urban sustainability and studying or working in a related field? You are interested in getting to know people from the same field in an intellectually challenging atmosphere, surrounded by the beautiful scenery of the Austrian mountain village Alpbach? You dare to step up in front of them and tell them about your own ideas and projects? 

http://www.alpbach.org/index.php?id=1931

 

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This year's projects: Redefinition of Alpine Mountain Huts

The Austrian Alpine Association owns over 200 mountain huts and cabins. Many of these are easy to reach today and they have thus lost some of their anchorage in a rescue function.
KMDcc Martin Krammer Consultants for Creative Economy Projects was commissioned with a potential analysis and concept for the further development of Alpine huts, as exemplified by the Mörsbachhütte in Austria’s Lower Tauern Mountains. The condition of the building and the mode of operation could no longer provide sustainable profit and accommodation quality.
 

Architecture from Styria - the Movie

 

Creative Industries Styria produced a video to promote Architecture from the Austrian Province. Based on core-competences like wood-construction or buildings for the health care sector, the video shows an astonishing range of projects.

CALL FOR PROJECTS - Underconstructions

Underconstructions is a unique opportunity to promote innovation in the fields of architecture and urban planning within Europe.

zerofootprint re-skinning award - Call for Entries

The Vision

The Zerofootprint Re-Skinning Awards is a not-for-profit initiative of Zerofootprint Software. The awards showcase newly evolving retrofitting and re-skinning design technologies, and present new ways of thinking about environmental sustainability and architectural design. The purpose of the competition is to jump-start the discussion around how we might retrofit entire cities in order to massively reduce our collective environmental footprint.

 

Who Should Enter

Architects, designers, engineers, building owners, or other professionals (individuals or groups) are eligible to submit building projects.  Buildings must be at least 50% complete with clear evidence of the new cladding system.  The jury will determine final eligibility of incomplete projects.

New for 2011

In March 2010, the first Re-Skinning Award winnerswere announced at the World Urban Forum in Rio de Janeiro, before a global audience.

This year we have teamed up with the leading school of its kind in Canada, the John H. Daniels School of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto to build on the success of the inaugural year.

 The deadline to submit an entry to the 2011 Re-Skinning Awards is August 31, 2011.

http://reskinningawards.com/

Calling for Power of Design in Action - Help Japan

Call for Entries

Power of Design in Action

Japan Earthquake Relief

The competition is calling for ideas that would contribute to long-term relief, recovery and rebuilding efforts from social designers around the world. It appeals you to think about how it can put the true power of design into action.

Here’s a great story from Japan. The City of Kobe experienced a big earthquake in 1995, which devastated the city and resulted in the loss of 6,000 of its citizens. The city has since made a complete recovery, and based on what was learned from their experiences, they have launched a social design project called “issue plus design” commemorating their recognition as a UNESCO City of Design, which was bestowed upon them in 2008, as part of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network.

DESIGN FOR THE REAL WORLD REDUX

 

 

 

Design, if it is to be ecologically responsible and socially responsive, must be revolutionary and radical in the truest sense. It must dedicate itself to...maximum diversity with minimum inventory...or doing the most with the least. These prescient words were written 40 years ago by Viennese-born designer and  thinker Victor J. Papanek and published in his influential book Design for the Real World. While many have been inspired by Papanek's plea for responsible and humane design, many more have ignored it. Yet as we face unparalleled social, economic, and environmental challenges, Papanek's words are more timely and urgent than ever.