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Nova Design Award 2018
Theme : Future Living Space
BRIEF
We live in a time of great change. As paradigmatic shifts in technology, social networks and the physical environment constantly reshape our way of living, we can foresee that the living space of the future in 10 or even 5 years will be drastically different from what it is today.
How will we live in 2025 with updated basic needs and redefined living spaces? Perhaps, physical space and distance will further give way to digital connectivity, while inter-personal relationships will be complicated by our latest affair with artificial intelligence. Or, unsustainable urban development and the celebration of all things virtual will come to a halt and humans will engage in a renewed conversation with each other and the environment.
With a firm dedication to innovation, NOVA Property Investment Co., Ltd, a leading Chinese property investment and asset management platform, believes that these questions are worth investigating. In the past 3 years, NOVA has created novel business models as well as new physical spaces, and by initiating an annual design award program, NOVA hopes to further its mission in solving current problems and ushering in an era of positive change.
The inaugural NOVA Design Award invites applicants to imagine future living spaces in an urban setting, and intends to build a subsequent physical prototype to promote such creative thinking. It calls for new design proposals based on a single living unit, with a suggested gross floor area of no more than 50 square meters and a clear height not exceeding 6 meters, as part of a high-density context in a first-tier Chinese city.
NOVA hopes that this exercise will stimulate innovation and open unlimited possibilities. The future is now.
SCHEDULE
June 1
July 1
July 31
August 6
August 25
Free registration opens
Registration closes
11:59PM, Beijing Time (GMT +8:00)
Submission deadline
11:59PM, Beijing Time (GMT +8:00)
Announcement of finalists
NOVA DAY
finalists presentation, design forum and awards ceremony
AWARDS
1st First prize :
6,000 USD
2nd Second prize :
3,000 USD
Honorable
Mention
3 Honorable Mentions :
1,500 USD each
Total cash awards : 13,500 USD
*The amount of the awards are exclusive of Chinese domestic tax and fees and that of the country of the participant.
FEES
FREE
JURY
Qian Wang
Co-founder, Chairman, Co-CEO of NOVA Property Investment Co., Ltd.
Carlo Ratti
Director, MIT Senseable City Lab
Founding Partner, Carlo Ratti Associati
Anouk Legendre
Architect
Co-founder of XTU
Becky Quintal
Head of Content, ArchDaily
Han Zhang
The Country manager and Executive editor of ArchDaily China
WEBSITE
https://nova-award.com/#1526391993474-d85f3f48-a99d
