LAGI 2019 FREE ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

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LAGI 2019

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BRIEF

LAGI 2019 Abu Dhabi—Return to the Source—invites you to create an iconic work of art for a landmark site within Masdar City, Abu Dhabi. Your artwork will use renewable energy technology as a medium of creative expression and will provide on-site energy production consistent with the master plan of the city.

Masdar is the Arabic word for “source.” As the name of Abu Dhabi’s multifaceted renewable energy company and most ambitious low-carbon development, it is a reference to the Sun, the source of energy that sustains life on Earth, drives the wind and waves, and that over millions of years powered the transfer of ancient carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and into the ground, creating a climate habitable to humans.

“Source” also has meaning within the context of the Land Art Generator initiative, which was established in the UAE in 2008. The first LAGI design competition was supported by Masdar and the award ceremony took place at the 2011 World Future Energy Summit, where eight years later the 2019 LAGI design competition is launched.

LAGI 2019 presents a new kind of challenge from the Land Art Generator initiative. This year’s special edition is in partnership with the 24th World Energy Congress, the largest and most influential global energy event, that has been a forum for innovation and dialogue on energy issues for 95 years. The 24th World Energy Congress will be the venue for the exhibition of 25 shortlisted projects designed for Masdar City.

LAGI 2019—Return to the Source—invites you to present your vision for what public art looks like within the public spaces of Masdar City—the global capital of sustainability.

SCHEDULE

January 16, 2019: LAGI 2019 competition opens
April 15: End of question & answer period
Answers will be posted to the LAGI website
May 12: Competition closes at 23:59 (11:59 pm)
June: Selection & jury process
August: Winners & shortlist contacted
September 9–12: Award ceremony and exhibition held at the 24th World Energy Congress, Abu Dhabi
January 2020: Exhibition and book launch at the World Future Energy Summit, Abu Dhabi

AWARDS

$40,000
1st Place Prize
$10,000
2nd Place Prize

FEES

FREE

JURY

H.E. Eng. Fatima Alfoora Alshamsi
Assistant Undersecretary for Electricity and Future Energy
in the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Energy and Industry; CEO 24th World Energy Congress Organizing Committee
Yousef Ahmed Baselaib
Executive Director Sustainable Real Estate
Masdar
Lukas Sokol
Head, City Design, Sustainable Planning
Masdar
Chris Wan
Head, Design Management
Masdar
Tim Mollette-Parks
Landscape Architect
Associate Principal, Mithun
Zac Cirivello
Operations Manager, Fly Ranch
Burning Man Project
Hala El Akl
Architect & Urban Planner
Director, PLP Architecture, London
Raya Ani
Founder | Design Director
RAW-NYC Architects
Daniel Glaessl
Design Director
Gensler Silicon Valley
Emily Doherty
Director
The Christo and Jeanne-Claude Award

WEBSITE

https://landartgenerator.org/competition2019.html?utm_medium=website&utm_source=archdaily.com