Register April 10, 2019 | Submit April 10, 2019 | ARCHITECTURE COMPETITIONS
XPLOR – ORIGYN
BRIEF
Physicist Stephen Hawking in 2017 reasserted his view that humans must become an interstellar species in the near future or risk “being annihilated”.
“The Earth is under threat from so many areas that it is difficult for me to be positive,” the professor said in a speech given via video link to the Starmus science conference in Trondheim, Norway.
Hawking has previously predicted that climate change, epidemics and population growth all pose major threats to our
survival on Earth. In November of 2016, he said humans would need to find a new planet within the next thousand years.
In May 2017, he shortened that prediction to 100 years.
“It is time to explore other solar systems. Spreading out may be the only thing that saves us from ourselves. I am convinced that humans need to leave Earth” Hawking said. “To stay, risks being annihilated.”
With almost every human has a responsibility of the boundaries of how human civilizations survive and thrive – Architects and designers are no different. We need to push into the sky as soon as we can with whatever we have to make sure we expand before we go extinct.
SCHEDULE
Standard Registration: February 8, 2019
25$ Students, 40$ Professionals, 100$ Institutional Access
Late Registration: March 25, 2019
40$ Students, 60$ Professionals, 160$ Institutional Access
Submission Deadline: April 10, 2019
Public Voting begins: April 11, 2019
Public Voting ends: May 11, 2019
Result Announcement: May 20, 2019
Institutional access is first of its kind knowledge exchange program for inter-university students and professor.
AWARDS
Winner
1500 USD
Trophy + Medal + Certificates
(Open for Student & Professionals)
Runner – Up
750 USD
Medal + Certificate in each category
(Open for Student & Professionals)
People’s Choice
500 USD
Trophy + Medal + Certificate
(1 x Student and 1 x Professional)
Honorable Mention
200 USD
Medal + Certificate
(2 x Student and 2 x Professional)
Institutional Excellence Award
Trophy + Medal + Certificate
(For per Institutional Participation)
Publication
All medal holders, and winners will get an elaborate section of publishing in the UNI 2019 design book, and on our partner websites.
Exhibition of Entries
Shortlisted entries will be featured on our website and will be awarded a certificate.
FEES
Standard Registration: February 8, 2019
25$ Students, 40$ Professionals, 100$ Institutional Access
Late Registration: March 25, 2019
40$ Students, 60$ Professionals, 160$ Institutional Access
JURY
Jeffrey Montes,
Lead, Extra-planetary Habitats & Systems,
AI SpaceFactory New York, USA
Melodie Yashar,
Co-Founder,
SEArch+ / Space Exploration Architecture, New York, USA
Michael Morris,
Partner,
SEArch+, New York, USA
Fabio Cibinel,
Partner, Modostudio, Italy
Ren Ito,
Principal Architect, Ren Ito Arq, Portugal
WEBSITE
DOWNLOAD
http://origyn.uni.xyz/assets/origyn-brief2.pdf
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