Az Architecture for Humanity által kétévente meghirdetett Open Architecture Challenge a világ minden részéről vár innovativ terveket es ötleteket, ez alkalommal elhagyott katonai létesítmények civil használatra történő újrahasznosítására.
{UN} RESTRICTED ACCES – From military space to civic space
Dotting the global landscape, decommissioned military installations are leaving their mark – symbols of triumph, pride, pain and the unforeseen consequences of military aggression. These abandoned structures and ghost towns disrupt neighborhoods and split entire communities.
Architecture for Humanity is hosting the 2011 Open Architecture Challenge – [un]restricted access – a design competition that will re-envision the future of decommissioned military space. This is an open invite to the global design and construction community to identify retired military installations in their own backyard, to collaborate with local stakeholders, and to reclaim these spaces for social, economic, and environmental good.
The Challenge
The Open Architecture Challenge reaches beyond traditional bounds of architecture by challenging designers and architects to partner with community groups and to develop together innovative solutions that improve the built environment.
The 2011 Open Architecture Challenge invites architects, designers and creatives around the world to re-design retired military sites. This competition asks designers to partner with communities surrounding these former places of conflict to transform hostile, and oftentimes painful, locations into sites where groups can create civic change.
How Many Decommissioned Sites are There?
Good question. Help us build a global count of decommissioned military sites. Click here to add a site to the map. They can be any kind from any place.
The only rule is: It must be an abandoned, closed or decommissioning military site.
We are asking you to work on a site near you but it you can’t find one, you can choose one of the following:
- Site 1: Guantanamo Bay Detention Center, Guantánamo Bay (Cuba)* Gitmo Here
- Site 2: NSA „East Bank”, New Orleans, LA (USA)
- Site 3: Johnston Atoll, Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument
- Site 4: Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS), Tustin, CA (USA)
- Site 5: Flak Towers, Vienna (Austria)
*Currently not decommissioned yet scheduled for closure.
Schedule
Dates |
Competition Schedule* |
October 18 2011 | Challenge Launch |
March 31 2012 | Registration Ends |
May 01 2012 | Submission Deadline |
June 01 2012 | Semi-Finalists Announced |
June 29 2012 | Winner + Finalists Announced |
Fall 2012 | Exhibition of Entries |
Why This Challenge
Every other year, Architecture for Humanity’s Open Architecture Challenge brings international attention to issues in the built environment affecting the health, prosperity and well being of under-served communities. The Open Architecture Challenge will focus on helping communities reclaim abandoned, closed and decommissioned military sites.
Few places on earth are void of defense infrastructure. Military bases have been identified in more than 100 countries and territories worldwide. Even Antarctica is home to at least three military installations. Built in the service of public protection, when these spaces become inactive and no longer serve their intended use, how can they be re-enlisted for civilian purposes?
This year marks a milestone: In the United States alone more than 235 military sites are scheduled for closure or realignment. The U.S. military is under orders to downsize 5% of its entire infrastructure on or before September 15, 2011 in accordance with the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) ruling. The ruling will force the relocation of more than 125,000 military personnel and their families.
Base closures have a huge adverse affect on the surrounding community. In addition to complex environmental remediation, civilians must address the consequences of unemployment and disinvestment. According to the final report submitted to the President of the United States, BRAC estimates that 12 million square feet of leased space will be vacated resulting in the loss of an estimated 18,000 civilian jobs in this round of closures alone. Interestingly, many of these same sites are for sale.
Decommissioned military sites have tremendous potential if impediments to access can be overcome. This open, international competition will invite designers to identify an inactive military installation in or near their community and develop a design concept and plan for it’s remediation and re-use.
Three designs will place and one design will be awarded the prestigious Founders Award. All of the entries will be available for download on Worldchanging, an online community developed by Architecture for Humanity to provide open source access to design solutions. By sharing design solutions—including CAD files—freely, we aim to give communities around the world the ideas and tools they need to make decisions where it matters most—locally.
‘Take Your Base’ and Sponsorship Opportunities
We’re continuing our recruitment of individuals and organizations who are ready to accept the mission of sponsoring the complex yet rewarding task of successfully transforming previously conflicted sites into civic spaces. If you are ready to enlist your financial resources in service of this greater good, please give us a call at 415.963.3511 or send us an email to challenge_at_architectureforhumanty.org
About the Open Architecture Challenge
The Challenge is hosted once every two years on Worldchanging, an open-source community developed by Architecture for Humanity. Design teams from all over the world compete to design and build the winning scheme. Support from sponsors and implementing partners funds the construction of selected designs. All of the designs are shared freely via Worldchanging and made available for future use.
Past Challenges
- 2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Classroom of the Future
- 2007 AMD Open Architecture Challenge: Digital Inclusion
About Architecture for Humanity
Architecture for Humanity is a charitable organization that seeks architectural solutions to humanitarian crises and brings design services to communities in need.
For more information, please visit: http://architectureforhumanity.org
Logo by Habi Girgis, winner of the [un]restricted access Identity RFP
[un]restricted access Identity RFP
Contact us at challenge@architectureforhumanity.org or leave a comment below!
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