SkyCity Challenge

The goal is to create 17 public spaces that will interact with the future inhabitants of the tower. What is a courtyard in the middle of a vertical skyscraper in the 21st century?

Category Idea Competition / Open to Students
Type International, Idea, Open, Single-Stage, Onymous
Genre Skyscraper, Urban
Country Hunan, China
RegDeadline 1 November 2017 GoogleCal iCal
1 November 2017 (via Online)
Eligibility All

Description
SkyCity is currently unoccupied and contains 17 hollow internal courtyards interconnected by a long spiral bike ramp that ends on the top of the 57th floor of the skyscraper. The goal is to create 17 public spaces that will interact with the future inhabitants of the tower. Afterwards we plan to convert the rest of the tower into an alternative co-housing / co-living complex we call SkyCity. There are spatial restrictions in regards to site, program or size. Each courtyard is 20m long, 16m wide and 11m high with adjacent balconies throughout three floors. Lit by efficient & low energy consumption LED lights. We have selected 6 different categories or themes the applicants must select for their design of their courtyards. The 17 spaces are all the same and their succession is irrelevant. The objective is to provide maximum freedom to the participants to engage the project without constraints in the most creative way. What is a courtyard in the middle of a vertical skyscraper in the 21st century?

Jury
Zhangyue, Chairman of Broad Group
Daniel Zhang, Co-founder of PLAN8T Sustainable, Innovation Community
Gábor, architect – nomad (founder of PEOPLEIMEET)
P8 Team, the residents of the P8 community

Prize
1st Place: $6,000
2nd Place: $3,000
3rd Place: $2,000
4 – 17th Place: $1,000

Entry Fee
None

Timetable
Winner’s announcement: December 1st, 2017
SkyCity Orientation Week: February 2018

Organizer
Broad Technology Group & P8 Sustainable Innovation Community

Official Website