IFLA 2008 International Student Competition

Result

'Waving Mat' by Li Jinhzhu, Zhao Yue, Yuan Shouyu, Ling Chunyang and Chen Jing of the School of Architecture, Tianjin University, China

'Kemet' by Philipp Urech, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

'Landscape Architecture for needs/slums...' by Tomas Degenaar, WUR, The Netherlands

Overview

This competition seeks to stimulate the discussion about the specific contribution of landscape and urban planning and design to realize a new balance between nature and the human environment.

Description
THEME: ‘TRANSFORMING WITH WATER, THE WAY TO PARADISE?’

Throughout the world climate change is affecting the conditions of nature and local weather. Most people experience these changes as an imbalance between nature and the human environment. This IFLA student competition seeks to stimulate the discussion about the specific contribution of landscape and urban planning and design to realize a new balance between nature and the human environment.

UTOPIA
Climate change and its impact on nature and weather conditions is a world-wide phenomenon, but in each region the impact is different. Especially where it concerns changes in water quantities and qualities. What could be the new inspirational ways of planning, new ways of designing flow systems (of water, transport, energy, materials, information, etc.) and designing new spatial environments, that would create new environmental conditions? Are concepts such as ‘utopia’, ‘autarchy’ or ‘cradle to cradle’ still valuable?

Jury
The jury consists of three to five members from the IFLA and the dutch NVTL.

Prize
1st place: $3500
2nd place: $2500
3rd place: $1000

Entry Fee
None

Entries
Four (4) board PDF files which when printed at 100% size would be 45x90 cm, not larger than a total of 50 megabytes.

Promoter
IFLA (International Federation of Landscape Architects)

Official Website
http://www.ifla2008.com/