• Login / Join
  • About
  • •
  • Contact
  • •
  • Advertising
bustler logo
bustler logo
  • News
  • Competitions
  • Events
  • Bustler is powered by Archinect
  • Sign up for Bustler's Email Newsletters

  • Follow these Bustler feeds:

  • Search

    Search in

  • Submit

    What are you submitting?

    News Pitch
    Competition
    Event
  • Login / Join
  • News|Competitions|Events
  • Search
    | Submit
    | Follow
  • Search in

    What are you submitting?

    News Pitch
    Competition
    Event

    Follow these Bustler feeds:

  • About|Contact|Advertising
  • Login / Join

Emotions, Architecture, Opioids

Registration Deadline:  Sunday, Aug 30, 202011:59 PMCEST

Submission Deadline:  Sunday, Sep 6, 202011:59 PMCEST

Due to the disruption caused by the Covid-19 outbreak, Combo Competitions has decided to extend the deadline of Emotions, Architecture, Opioids by 4 weeks to make up for lost time owing to the pandemic, and to allow more time for participants to adjust to a new workflow. Submission deadline is now Sunday, September 6 (registration deadline August 30).

The goal of Emotions, Architecture, Opioids is to design a building for the administration of methadone to patients, located in Venice, Los Angeles, at the same time exploring the emotional impact of architecture, its effect on how people feel and behave - and how it can be of use in the struggle against opioid dependency.

The built environment has an impact on how we feel and behave

Opioid use disorder (OUD) in the United States has in the last decade snowballed into a national health crisis, claiming tens of thousands of lives each year, and costing society billions of dollars in addition to the immense emotional suffering of those affected. A major reason for the crisis is the stigma attached to drug addiction: the fact that drug dependency has long been regarded as a criminal problem rather than a health concern has over time established that anyone addicted to drugs should be punished rather than helped to overcome the disorder.

Solving the opioid crisis requires efforts from the government by making addiction treatment (like MAT, methadone assisted treatment, the method proposed in Emotions, Architecture, Opioids) available and accessible to those who need it, regardless of geographic location or socioeconomic factors – but as with many other issues, politicians won’t act until enough members of the public demand so. And if the general public sees addiction as a moral failure and a crime, it will continue to be treated as one. Conversely, if enough people started viewing addiction as a health problem – and demanded it be treated as such, policy, health care and more would soon be reformed to address the demand. 

This is where architecture comes in. The competition brief asks for ideas on how to address the stigma surrounding opioid dependency: in addition to administering methadone, the building and its setting should offer an environment that is appealing regardless if you struggle with OUD or not. Inviting two disparate groups to share the space has the aim of dispelling prejudice and building trust. Whether this is achieved by design, concept, the incorporation of a secondary function – or a combination of all of the above – is left to the discretion of the participants.

Addressing stigma would benefit society as well as individuals

Emotions, Architecture, Opioids presents a unique opportunity to explore how architecture can function and solve problems on multiple levels: concretely (administering methadone), abstractly (combating stigma), and how a combination of design and concept can become more than the sum of its parts - a Bilbao effect of sorts, but with social undertones.

To read the full brief, visit the Combo Competitions website.

Site location in Venice, Los Angeles

Key information

Submission deadline: September 6 (registration deadline August 30)

Registration fee: €70 + VAT for each participant/team

Prize money: €3,000 total


Jury

Alexander Walter (Archinect, Bustler, Tiny Modernism)

Nina Otrén (Gehl)

Sonia Cohan (Dorte Mandrup)


Full brief & registration on www.combocompetitions.com

Share

  • Follow

    0 Comments

  • Comment as :

Emotions, Architecture, Opioids

Register: Sun, Aug 30, 2020

Submit: Sun, Sep 6, 2020

Wood Self-Construction Workshop _ Camposaz 37:37 - SAGRON

Register/Submit: Sat, Jun 10, 2023

Generative Futures: An AI + Architecture Storytelling Challenge

Register/Submit: Mon, Jun 12, 2023

Iceland Beer Spa

Register: Wed, Jun 14, 2023

Submit: Tue, Dec 12, 2023

Architecture at Zero 2023

Register/Submit: Thu, Jun 15, 2023

Tiny Library 2023 Architecture Competition

Register: Thu, Jun 15, 2023

Submit: Fri, Jun 23, 2023

UDL Thesis Publication | 2023

Register/Submit: Thu, Jun 15, 2023

Pre-announcement | Reinventing Housing in the South: Competition for Public Housing Design of Jiangong Community in Shenzhen Nanshan

Register/Submit: Thu, Jun 15, 2023

Green Product Award Fashion

Register/Submit: Fri, Jun 16, 2023

Sign up for Bustler's Email Newsletters

MICROHOME / Edition #6

Register: Fri, Jun 16, 2023

Submit: Mon, Jul 17, 2023

2023 Architecture + Design Independent Projects Grants

Register/Submit: Fri, Jun 16, 2023

Green Tower Hong Kong | A competition for multifunctional skyscraper

Register/Submit: Sun, Jun 25, 2023

The Last Nuclear Bomb Memorial / Edition #3

Register: Mon, Jun 26, 2023

Submit: Wed, Dec 6, 2023

Bradford 2025, Beacon

Register/Submit: Tue, Jun 27, 2023

International Building Design Competition 2023

Register: Fri, Jun 30, 2023

Submit: Fri, Jul 14, 2023

LONDON VERTICAL FARM

Register/Submit: Fri, Jun 30, 2023

Next page » Loading

Emotions, Architecture, Opioids

Registration Deadline:  Sunday, Aug 30, 202011:59 PMCEST

Submission Deadline:  Sunday, Sep 6, 202011:59 PMCEST

Share

Related

architecture ● opioids ● combo competitions ● healthcare ● social ● emotions ● united states

Due to the disruption caused by the Covid-19 outbreak, Combo Competitions has decided to extend the deadline of Emotions, Architecture, Opioids by 4 weeks to make up for lost time owing to the pandemic, and to allow more time for participants to adjust to a new workflow. Submission deadline is now Sunday, September 6 (registration deadline August 30).

The goal of Emotions, Architecture, Opioids is to design a building for the administration of methadone to patients, located in Venice, Los Angeles, at the same time exploring the emotional impact of architecture, its effect on how people feel and behave - and how it can be of use in the struggle against opioid dependency.

The built environment has an impact on how we feel and behave

Opioid use disorder (OUD) in the United States has in the last decade snowballed into a national health crisis, claiming tens of thousands of lives each year, and costing society billions of dollars in addition to the immense emotional suffering of those affected. A major reason for the crisis is the stigma attached to drug addiction: the fact that drug dependency has long been regarded as a criminal problem rather than a health concern has over time established that anyone addicted to drugs should be punished rather than helped to overcome the disorder.

Solving the opioid crisis requires efforts from the government by making addiction treatment (like MAT, methadone assisted treatment, the method proposed in Emotions, Architecture, Opioids) available and accessible to those who need it, regardless of geographic location or socioeconomic factors – but as with many other issues, politicians won’t act until enough members of the public demand so. And if the general public sees addiction as a moral failure and a crime, it will continue to be treated as one. Conversely, if enough people started viewing addiction as a health problem – and demanded it be treated as such, policy, health care and more would soon be reformed to address the demand. 

This is where architecture comes in. The competition brief asks for ideas on how to address the stigma surrounding opioid dependency: in addition to administering methadone, the building and its setting should offer an environment that is appealing regardless if you struggle with OUD or not. Inviting two disparate groups to share the space has the aim of dispelling prejudice and building trust. Whether this is achieved by design, concept, the incorporation of a secondary function – or a combination of all of the above – is left to the discretion of the participants.

Addressing stigma would benefit society as well as individuals

Emotions, Architecture, Opioids presents a unique opportunity to explore how architecture can function and solve problems on multiple levels: concretely (administering methadone), abstractly (combating stigma), and how a combination of design and concept can become more than the sum of its parts - a Bilbao effect of sorts, but with social undertones.

To read the full brief, visit the Combo Competitions website.

Site location in Venice, Los Angeles

Key information

Submission deadline: September 6 (registration deadline August 30)

Registration fee: €70 + VAT for each participant/team

Prize money: €3,000 total


Jury

Alexander Walter (Archinect, Bustler, Tiny Modernism)

Nina Otrén (Gehl)

Sonia Cohan (Dorte Mandrup)


Full brief & registration on www.combocompetitions.com

Share

  • Follow

    0 Comments

  • Comment as :

Promoted Competitions

Generative Futures: An AI + Architecture Storytelling Challenge

Register/Submit by Mon, Jun 12, 2023

The Architect's Chair

Register by Wed, Sep 6, 2023

Submit by Tue, Dec 5, 2023

Virtual Home / Edition #2

Register by Tue, Jul 4, 2023

Submit by Mon, Oct 9, 2023

MICROHOME / Edition #6

Register by Fri, Jun 16, 2023

Submit by Mon, Jul 17, 2023

Architectural Visualization Award / Edition #2

Register by Thu, Jul 27, 2023

Submit by Mon, Sep 4, 2023

Iceland Beer Spa

Register by Wed, Jun 14, 2023

Submit by Tue, Dec 12, 2023

Los Angeles Affordable Housing Challenge

Register by Thu, Sep 7, 2023

Submit by Wed, Dec 6, 2023

Beyond Isolation: Senior Housing Competition

Register by Fri, Sep 8, 2023

Submit by Thu, Dec 7, 2023

Architecture at Zero 2023

Register/Submit by Thu, Jun 15, 2023

Pre-announcement | Reinventing Housing in the South: Competition for Public Housing Design of Jiangong Community in Shenzhen Nanshan

Register/Submit by Thu, Jun 15, 2023

The Legendary Highway 14 Tower

Register by Fri, Jun 9, 2023

Submit by Fri, Dec 8, 2023

The Last Nuclear Bomb Memorial / Edition #3

Register by Mon, Jun 26, 2023

Submit by Wed, Dec 6, 2023

Pavilion Of Humanity: First Contact /Edition #2

Register by Mon, Jul 24, 2023

Submit by Mon, Sep 4, 2023

250,000 € prize - House of the Future

Register by Sat, Sep 30, 2023

Submit by Wed, Nov 1, 2023

Museum of Emotions / Edition #3

Register by Fri, Jul 21, 2023

Submit by Thu, Aug 31, 2023

Next page » Loading