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OPENGAP organizes this open ideas competition seeking for innovative, cutting-edge, contemporary, proposals, committed to a strategy of implementing architecture in a protected natural environment. Approaches should point to find synergies between nature and the building itself.

Participants are invited to find spaces that promote a deep understanding and assimilation of nature. Projects must lead through their architecture to sensitivity, awareness, understanding, enthusiasm and commitment to the natural environment around them.

Each participant or team will define the location of their Project; such as: natural parks, protected natural areas, forests, jungles, beaches, mountains, etc. However, the proposal must justify the choice of the location and the interaction reached between the project and the site’s environment.

The competition is open to all architects, designers, architecture students and to people around the world interested in the topic. Competitors can subscribe individually or as a team of maximum of 5 people.

The proposal submission will consist of two digital images in .jpg format, not bigger than 4MB each.

ideas competition awards

- FIRST PRIZE, 2000 Euro
- SECOND PRIZE, 700 Euro
- THIRD PRIZE, 400 Euro
- MENTIONS, Mentions will not have an economic prize.

ideas competition Schedule

BEGINNING OF THE COMPETITION: July 19, 2011

ANSWERING OF QUERIES: Updated through the competition

QUERIES SUBMISSION DEADLINE: September 30, 2011

REGISTRATION 1ST PERIOD: From July 18, until September 05, 2011

REGISTRATION 2ND PERIOD: From September 06, until October 17, 2011

REGISTRATION 3RD PERIOD: From October 18, until November 11, 2011

COMPETITION REGISTRATION DEADLINE: November 11, 2011

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Until November 15, 2011

JURY EVALUATION PERIOD: From November 16, to December 11, 2011

WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT: December, 2011

AWARDING OF PRIZES: January, 2012

website: http://www.opengap.net/index.php?p=ficha_concurso_abierto&id=92