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Yo Parking
BRIEF
Progressing at the light speed our megacities don’t look anywhere close to what they are today. While cities grow in terms of infrastructure or development – mobility has to keep up. Cities might have shaped mobility in the past, but today its vice versa. In such times of technological advancement, these comfort boxes, have dominated for a very long period and evolved with society and its relevance to the same. While the transport has evolved – the presence of cars as a mode of transit has survived unusually long with almost zero competition. It’s when cities started experiencing the repercussions of too many cars – things have started to change. Innovations in this domain introduced a few alternatives that gained a reputation, none the less the number of cars did not budge. Cars that were made to make our lives easier are slowly bleeding out the public life of the city and now poison to not only public spaces but human life at large. With a substantial increase in the number of cars directly points towards a need in more space or parking. This is now putting a void in an already aggravating dense urban area, moving it into a nasty deadlock.
CHALLENGE
As the mobility problem is so universal – individuals and collectives around the world are fighting back really hard to find a workaround to alleviate humanity out of this manmade crisis. Since cities are still submissive to development led by cars and there is a tremendous motion to fix this massive problem without a starting point. With no real alternative in sight, there is an inextinguishable need for empty spaces which is paradoxical in an immense space crunch, the go-to solutions are parking towers that we see today. These skeletons are highly functional, cost-optimized with their prime priority cars only. Automobile shaping cities get the most figuratively accurate in these buildings which take shape by a car’s turning radius and not the city it inhabits. With the uncertainty that prevails, it is logical to ask whether we should still follow cars to define future cities?
Architecture has the biggest design opportunity in this uncertainty. In spite of so many unsolvable problems with parking and traffic, which really works in favor of a designer is the average age of the buildings. Architecture can outlive these uncertainties of transportation and make a powerful negotiation in paving a better future of transportation and our public spaces
SCHEDULE
Apr 2, 2019 0:00 GMT Launched
Apr 2, 2019 0:00 GMT Advance Registration starts
Apr 2, 2019 0:00 GMT Submission starts
Jun 1, 2019 23:59 GMT Advance Registration ends
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Jul 16, 2019 23:59 GMT Early Registration ends
Jul 17, 2019 0:00 GMT Standard Registration starts
Aug 30, 2019 23:59 GMT Standard Registration ends
Sep 9, 2019 23:59 GMT Submission ends
Sep 10, 2019 0:00 GMT Public voting starts
Oct 10, 2019 23:59 GMT Public voting ends
Oct 20, 2019 0:00 GMT Result Announcement
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AWARDS
Winner
1500 USD Cash Reward
For students & professionals
Runner – Up
800 USD Cash Reward
For students & professionals
People’s Choice
450 USD Cash Reward
Most appreciated – Students
People’s Choice
450 USD Cash Reward
Most appreciated – Professionals
Honorable Mention
4 x 200 USD Cash Reward
2 students & 2 Professionals
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 an E-certificate on request within 5 business days.
FEES
Apr 2, 2019 0:00 GMT Advance Registration starts
20$ Students | 30$ Professionals | 80$ Institutional Access
Jun 1, 2019 23:59 GMT Advance Registration ends
20$ Students | 30$ Professionals | 80$ Institutional Access
Jun 2, 2019 0:00 GMT Early Registration starts
30$ Students | 50$ Professionals | 120$ Institutional Access
Jul 16, 2019 23:59 GMT Early Registration ends
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40$ Students | 70$ Professionals | 160$ Institutional Access
Aug 30, 2019 23:59 GMT Standard Registration ends
40$ Students | 70$ Professionals | 160$ Institutional Access
JURY
Jury to be announced soon
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