First Window - Alternatives to Traditional Airports

PREMISE

Airports today are not only highly frequented transportation hubs, but they also serve as important places for work, commerce and recreation. Globalization and unprecedented demand for travel have resulted in the proliferation of airports around the world.

Airport design involves a lot of technical complexity and functional design that often takes precedence over local and cultural context. For example, if we pick up any airport in isolation, one cannot judge its location based on its design. If Airports are the first place we see as we enter a new city/country, how can it provide a true window to what the city offers?

Additionally, how can we design for such a typology to provide more than its functional need?

CHALLENGE

Propose a concept for the Airport Design of Koh Phangan island in Thailand. Participants need not give the technical details for it. This is primarily a concept-design challenge only.

Learn more on: https://competitions.uni.xyz/first-window/

Judges:

To be announced.

Timeline:

Launch October 04, 2019

Registration closes:  February 16^th 2020

Submission Deadline: February 26^th 2020

Public Voting begins: March 07^th 2020

Public Voting ends: March 28^th 2020

Result Announcement: April 07^st 2020

Prizes:

Prize pool of worth 20,000$

First Prize: 5000$ (For students and professionals)

Runner Up: 6 x 1100$ (For students and professionals)

People’s Choice: 4 x 600$ (Open for all)

Honorable Mention x 12: 500$ Each

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