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MACRO A New Living Revolution
BRIEF
Welcome to Eleven’s 10th competition. For this challenge, we are starting a living revolution. ‘Macro to Micro’ is a two-challenge competition looking at revolutionising the way we live from the city to the human scale. In this competition, we will focus on the MACRO element and ask you to engage with the idea of new neighbourhoods and greenfield developments on a city scale.
The Living Revolution is here and it is MACRO!
Today, we live in a housing crisis. The solution is the expansion of urban areas into previously greenfield sites in schemes that are driven by profit rather than quality of life and design, which see empty land and wildlife not as assets but as usable vacant plots. At the same time, we are told that we should be more respectful of our environments. Sustainability is no longer an optional trend, but rather a vital requirement. Today, the preservation of our increasingly threatened wildlife and natural surroundings are as much a priority to us humans as urban expansion and new housing.
So what do we do?
The debate today is this: do we solve the growing housing shortage crisis through urban expansion OR do we focus on wildlife preservation through strict zoning laws in favour of greenbelts? It’s a lose-lose situation with no real benefit as it sets up mediocre compromises and augments a vicious cycle. Instead, we believe the debate should focus on defining a new paradigm in the way we perceive what our new urban expansions could look like in the future. What we need is a shift in perception from ‘man OR nature’ to ‘man AND nature’. How can we begin to see urbanisation and wildlife pockets as two elements which can co-exist successfully in symbiosis rather than in direct competition? We believe the answer to this will pave the way to a radically new system of both imagining and developing the future of our man-made environments AND our existing wildlife assets together.
For this competition, your goal is to deliver a new concept of neighbourhood within a current greenfield site on the outskirts of Manchester, UK. Your focus will be to develop a landscape-led vision for the area with the goal of maximising the existing natural assets present on site whilst at the same time accommodating for the needs for human living by providing valuable (and much needed) housing numbers. The outcome should strive to define a new paradigm of what a neighbourhood of the future could be. Challenge the status quo, push boundaries, define new frontiers and – why not – have fun. Remember that this competition is about shifting vision so don’t be afraid to dream big.
This competition is run in partnership with BETA Housing 2018, an event that brings together some of the most influential voices to provide an insightful and engaging discussion on the future of residential developments and housing. The event, held in Manchester (UK) on the 12th July 2018, will host a dedicated exhibition of the awarded and best entries from this competition, as well as provide a platform to formally announce the competition winners.
AWARDS
Competition Timeline:
- 27 February: Registration Opens. Early Bird discounted fee applies.
- 12 March: Early Bird discounted fee ends. Standard Registration fee applies.
- 21 May: Standard Registration fee ends. Late fee applies.
- 4 June @ 11AM (UK Time): Competition closes. All entries are due for submission!
- 6 June: Public voting opens online for People’s Choice Award.
- 2 July: Jury winners and awarded notified. Public voting still open.
- 12 July: Public voting closes. Official awards presentation and competition exhibition hosted by BETA Housing 2018 (Manchester, UK). Party time!
FEES
- Early Bird: £40 per team
- Standard: £60 per team
- Late Bloomer: £80 per team
JURY
Meet your jury, formed by world leading pioneers, designers, architects, planners, decision-makers and academics in the field of architecture and urbanism.
Katy Lock
Policy Manager at Garden Cities and New Towns, Town and Country Planning Association
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Katy Lock
Policy Manager at Garden Cities and New Towns, Town and Country Planning Association
Katy is garden cities and new towns Projects and Policy Manager at the Town & Country Planning Association, where she leads on the association’s campaigns and promotion of garden city principles in policy, legislation, education and the arts. This involves working with a wide range of public, private and third sector organisations and individuals, at all stages of planning, design and delivery.
Katy is a chartered town planner and has a background in planning, urban design and sustainability. Katy is currently a trustee for Planning Aid for London and recently co-authored ‘The Art of Building a Garden City: Designing New Communities for the C21st’ (RIBA Publishing, 2017).
Adam Vickers
Managing Director of Squareyard Landscape Architecture
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Adam Vickers
Managing Director of Squareyard Landscape Architecture
Squareyard is a progressive Landscape Architecture and Urban Design Studio based in Manchester, providing professional consultancy services to residential and commercial clients across the UK and internationally.
The practice specialise in creating socially and environmentally responsive designs, with strong connections to the natural landscape.
Adam is a Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute with a comprehensive and varied portfolio spanning eighteen years in the industry. Prior to forming Squareyard Adam worked extensively on complex Urban Design, Masterplanning, Public Realm and Infrastructure projects across the UK, The Middle East, Australia and New Zealand. Adam has previously worked for Plincke, BDP, LFA Pacific and Capita and has collaborated with many of the leading construction and consulting firms on large multidisciplinary projects across a wide range of sectors
Lisa Kinch
Associate Architect at Farrells & Lecturer at Manchester School of Architecture
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Lisa Kinch
Associate Architect at Farrells & Lecturer at Manchester School of Architecture
Lisa joined Farrells in October 2017 to establish the new Manchester office and is working on the Northern Gateway Masterplan. She is an enthusiastic architect with experience of delivering projects from feasibility through planning to construction with a focus on buildability, whilst remaining true to the original design concept.
Wayne Hemingway
Chairman at CABE & Founder of Hemingway Design
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Wayne Hemingway
Chairman at CABE & Founder of Hemingway Design
Over the past decade Hemingway Design have delivered a number of high profile and award winning affordable new build housing schemes, work on “turning round” some troubled estates and have extensive worldwide knowledge of great urban design and architecture.
Wayne has been chairman of the “placemaking campaigning body” Building For Life (part of CABE, Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment) for the past 8 years. www.buildingforlife.org.
He is a trustee board member of Design Council CABE.
His views are political, often controversial, and as Hemingway Design works with some of Britain’s largest housebuilders, are from the “inside” of industry that has a significant impact on the economy and our well being.
Steve Sheen
Housing Strategy and Partnerships Manager at Manchester City Council
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Steve Sheen
Housing Strategy and Partnerships Manager at Manchester City Council
Bio coming soon!
Max Farrell
Senior Partner at Farrells
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Max Farrell
Senior Partner at Farrells
Max is a Senior Partner at Farrells, internationally renowned architects with offices in London, Hong Kong and Shanghai, where he has led on high profile projects including Earls Court, Old Oak Common and Royal Albert Dock as well as proposals for low cost, lifting bridges in East London and 21st Century mansion blocks as affordable housing. He is an expert in public affairs and urban planning, having previously been Community & Regeneration Leader at ERS the world’s leading provider of electoral services.
Andrea Verenini
Founder, Eleven Magazine
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Andrea Verenini
Founder, Eleven Magazine
Andrea founded Eleven Magazine in 2015 and currently works as its Editor in Chief and Creative Director.
He was born in Bologna in 1984 and spent his childhood and teen years growing up in Italy, Hungary, Russia and Austria. At the age of 17 he moved to the UK to pursue his higher education in Architecture.
Andrea holds a BA (Hons) Architecture degree (2006), a Diploma in Architecture (2009), and in 2010 was awarded a fully-funded doctorate studentship, which he successfully completed with a PhD in Architecture and Urban Regeneration in 2014.
His architecture career has seen him active in both research, academia and practice. He has worked for Grimshaw Architects in London and taught at University in both undergraduate and post-graduate levels on subjects ranging from architecture/urban history and theory, sustainable design, emergent architectural trends, modular/movable architecture, responsive dynamic design, and nature-inspired design.
Andrea is a full member of the BSME (British Society of Magazine Editors).
In parallel to Eleven, Andrea works as a freelance designer and architect on experimental projects and international collaborations.
In his spare time Andrea enjoys traveling, photography and (English weather permitting) riding around on his motorcycle avoiding woodland creatures on country lanes.
But there is more! As the jury team deliberate be
WEBSITE
https://www.eleven-magazine.com/?competition=macro
