“Sleeping” Competition for Hotel Designs 2016

Publish Date: Aug 21, 2016

Deadline: May 01, 2017

SUMMARY

The aim of the “Sleeping” competition is to develop a design proposals for the hotel typology, intended as a place to sleep. It is asked to the participants to create innovative and unconventional projects on this theme, questioning the very basis of the notion of hotel. Recently many initiatives, such as Airbnb and Couch-surfing, have been proposing new interpretations of the function of hotels, developing extremely successful business models. With similar creative attitude the participants are urged to create an artefact, merging considerable programmatic innovation and valuable design tools. The proposal can be a device, a piece of furniture, an interior design project, a pavilion, a building or a urban plan. Scale of intervention, program dimensions and location are not given and they can be arranged by the participants to better suit their project.

PRIZES

Non architecture competitions wants to be unconventional also in the way it rewards its participants. The winners will be in fact three, all equally important. In addition 12 honourable mentions will be awarded. Each one of the 3 jury members will select one winner and four honourable mentions. 

The prizes are the following:

-WINNERS (3 Prizes)

1.000 euros

Publication in the non-architecture competitions books

Publication on the non-architecture competitions website

Reviews in digital magazines and several architecture blogs

-HONOURABLE MENTIONS (12 Prizes)

Publication in the non-architecture competitions books

Publication on the non-architecture competitions website

Reviews in digital magazines and several architecture blogs

-FINALISTS

Publication in the non-architecture competitions books

JURY

-NUNO BRANDÃO COSTA

Founder and director of Brandão Costa Arquitectos
Professor at FAUP (Porto)

-INANC ERAY

Founding partner at Eray Carbajo Architects (New York, Istanbul)

-FILIPPO MARIA DORIA

Architect and Researcher
PHD and Lecturer at TU Delft
Winner of the Archiprix 2014

CALENDAR

1–31 March 2016 – Early Registration (45 €) period
1-30 April 2016 – Regular Registration (60 €) period
15 April 2016 – Submission opened on our website
1 May 2016 – Submission Deadline (23.59 GMT+0)
2 May 2016 – Publication of the list of received projects on our -Facebook page
8 May 2016 – Finalists projects selection
16-22 May 2016 – Winners announcement
16 May-18 June 2016 – Call for Papers for the “Sleeping – Non Architectural hotels” book starts
1 September – The “Sleeping – Non Architectural hotels” book available

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