Waste Lagos Landfill Stadium ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

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6 years ago

Waste Lagos Landfill Stadium

BRIEF

Waste is a global issue common to all urban areas. The world now creates more than a billion tons of garbage a year, which it incinerates, buries, exports, and recycles. As major cities expand so must their ability to reverse wasteful tendencies and begin living more efficiently and sustainably.

Until recently in Lagos, the Nigerian megalopolis handled its waste by relocation. It seemed simple enough to drive waste outside of town to the 100-acre Olusosun dump site beginning in 1992. Since then, Lagos is estimated to be the fastest growing metropolis in the world, expanding from a population of 7 million to over 21 million. The landfill that was once far from any urban activity is now surrounded by it. Earlier this year, the Olusosun Landfill was shut down by local government and slated for redevelopment as an urban green space and public park.

Perhaps a vision for the new park could include an anchor program that incorporates new attitudes relating to waste.

In the urban core, space is something rarely taken for granted. Yet, the most profound and expensive modern day constructions humanity builds, continue to underperform. The stadium is a revered place, but one with benefits that rarely extend beyond servicing a single team or small portion of population.

Arch out loud asks participants to design a new multi-purpose stadium at the former Olusosun Landfill. How could this massive structure, known to be wasteful in its resources, limited lifespan, and inconsistent usage, confront critical issues of waste in Lagos while sited on a former landfill? Designers are encouraged to consider how the stadium might act as a porous entity, serving as both a world-class sporting facility and local commodity.

LOCATION

Rapid urbanization yields rapid waste. Lagos produces 11,000 tons of waste per day which is 0.3% of the total waste of the world’s cities, currently at 3.5 million tons. With the migration of individuals from rural areas, some of the city’s coastal slums ran out of usable land; causing the disposal of trash to overflow into the swampy areas of those slums.

Landfills such as Olusosun were created outside the city to store waste away from inhabitants. But as the city grew, the once isolated landfill became the city center. Olusosun is now surrounded by residential, commercial, industrial and even religious buildings making overconsumption impossible to conceal. As the site has been subject to many fires, only recently, March 2018, has the state shut it down as it was hazardous to the community. Plans to rehabilitate the landfill into a park include infrastructure beneath to harness methane emissions from the waste as energy for the city, and improve the country’s electricity shortage.

SCHEDULE

JUL 23rd, 2018 Advanced registration opens
SEP 10th, 2018 Advanced ($55) registration closes
SEP 11TH, 2018 Early registration opens
OCT 29TH, 2018 Early ($75) registration closes
OCT 30TH, 2018 Regular registration opens
DEC 16TH, 2018 Registration ($95) deadline
DEC 17TH, 2018 Submission deadline
JAN 21ST, 2019 Winners Announced

AWARDS

1ST PLACE AWARD

$5,000
+ CERTIFICATE & PUBLICATIONS

RUNNER UP

$1,000
+ CERTIFICATE & PUBLICATIONS

RUNNER UP

$1,000
+ CERTIFICATE & PUBLICATIONS

RUNNER UP

$1,000
+ CERTIFICATE & PUBLICATIONS

10 HONORABLE MENTIONS
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT
+ PUBLICATIONS

DIRECTOR’S CHOICE AWARD
(HIGHEST RECOGNIZED PROPOSALS BY ARCH OUT LOUD DIRECTORS)
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT
+ PUBLICATIONS

FEES

advance registration: $55
early registration: $75
regular registration: $95

JURY

NEIL DENARI
NEIL M DENARI ARCHITECTS
FOUNDER
UCLA AUD

JOSHUA RAMUS
REX
FOUNDING PRINCIPAL

THOM MORAN
T + E + A + M
CO-FOUNDER
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN – TAUBMAN COLLEGE

TEI CARPENTER
AGENCY AGENCY
FOUNDER
COLUMBIA GSAPP
WASTE INITIATIVE

ZEINA KOREITEM
MILLIØNS
CO-FOUNDER
HARVARD GSD

ANDRES JAQUE
ANDRES JAQUE ARCHITECTS – OFFICE FOR POLITICAL INNOVATION
FOUNDER
COLUMBIA GSAPP

WEBSITE

http://www.archoutloud.com/waste.html

DOWNLOAD

http://www.archoutloud.com/uploads/4/8/0/4/48046731/waste_competition_brief_230718.pdf

For more information about this competition, please contact us.

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