Think Space 2010/2011 - MORAL BORDERS

The Zagreb Society of Architects is launching the fourth and the last competition for this year's Think Space cycle - Moral Borders.

Category Idea Competition / Open to Students
Type International, Idea, Open, Single-Stage, Anonymous
Genre Architecture, Conceptual, Urban
Country Croatia
RegDeadline 28 October 2011 (See "Entry Fee" below) GoogleCal iCal
28 October 2011 (via Online)
Eligibility The professionals and students in Architecture, Humanities, Design, Landscape Architecture or Arts

Description
The central philosophical concept in the moral philosophyof Immanuel Kant is the categorical imperative. According to Kant, human beings occupy a special place in creation, and morality can be summed up in one ultimate commandment of reason, or imperative, from which all duties and obligations derive. He defined an imperative as any proposition that declares a certain action (or inaction) to be necessary. Duty is the necessity to act out of reverence for the moral law set by the categorical imperative. He divides duties into two subsets – perfect and imperfect duties. Imperfect duties are circumstantial, meaning simply that you could not reasonably exist in a constant state of performing that duty. Since these depend somewhat on the subjective preferences of humankind, this duty is not as strong as a perfect duty, but it is still morally binding.

Jury
Hrvoje Njirić (njiric + arhitekti)

Prize
First Award: 1,000 EUR
Second Award: 700 EUR
Third Award: 350 EUR

Entry Fee
220 HRK / 30 EUR: untill 4 October 2011
330 HRK / 45 EUR: from 5 October to 28 October 2011

Entries
TEXT: 800 words
PANELS: 3 [format A2 vertical, in 300 dpi]

Timetable
Results announcement: 6 November 2011 on the official Think Space website

Links
Past winners

Organizer
The Zagreb Society of Architects

Official Website
http://www.think-space.org/competitions/moral-borders/