Call for competition n°3 – 11/12/2014

Since the 4 December in Barcelona

International urban design and architectural competition “Passatge Besòs: from city to sea” 

A problem encountered everywhere on the Catalan coast and around the world: how to convert a passage under the coastal railway into a welcoming public space to facilitate local access to the sea?

International competition in two phases, open to any adult architecture, urban planning or design professional, organized by the Consorcí del Besòs in collaboration with the Col·legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya within the IVM international programme “Passages, transitional spaces for the 21st century”

Timetable: 10 December 2014: registration opens; 19 January 2015: deadline for applications; 28 January 2015: announcement of the five finalists; 5 February 2015: in situ seminar; 22 April 2015: deadline for final submissions; 30 April: announcement of results

Almost the application deadline in Shanghai and the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona!

SHANGHAI: “Re-appropriating the Expo 2010 site and creating urban quality with passages”
International competition and workshop for young architectural and urban design professionals
– Limit date to send the candidacy files: 31 December 2015

METROPOLITAN AREA OF BARCELONA : “Metropolitan Passages”
Six European competitions of ideas open to multidisciplinary teams – 4 sites already open to the competition, last announcement: 19 December 

Coming soon: two other competitions launched in 2015

20 JANUARY IN TOURS & ST-PIERRE-DES-CORPS: “what if the motorway opened up (an) urban passage(s)?”
International call for urban and architectural ideas from young architectural and urban design professionals under 40

MARCH IN TORONTO: small suburban interventions with multiple impacts along the stations on the new Sheppard LRT line
Competition open to young professionals and emerging practices in architecture and urban design