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Sleeping Pods on a Cliff

Registration Deadline:  Tuesday, Apr 27, 202111:59 PMBST

Submission Deadline:  Tuesday, Jun 1, 202111:59 PMBST

The Sleeping Pods on a Cliff competition is the third collaboration with the Vale de Moses Yoga retreat, located in the remote forests of central Portugal. Featured by the likes of NatGeo UK Traveller, Forbes Magazine and The Guardian as one of the best yoga retreats in the world, Vale de Moses regularly welcomes over 500 people from 60+ countries worldwide.

 

The Vale de Moses Yoga Retreat located in the heart of the Portugal; 

For the Sleeping Pods on a Cliff competition, participants are tasked with creating designs for simple sleeping pods that could accommodate a couple of guests at a time. Each sleeping pod will need to include a basic sleeping zone as well as washing facilities. The location for the pods will be on the mountain rock slopes of the Vale de Moses property that cannot be used for food cultivation.

 

The Vale de Moses Yoga Retreat founders Vonetta and Andrew; 

The jury will be looking for projects that have green, sustainable construction and operation at the core of their designs. They will need to provide a solution for naturally cleaning the grey water system of the pods so that they can be used to irrigate the forest slopes below. While it’s expected that designs for the sleeping pod be green and self-sustainable, the jury will favour those designs that actually have a positive impact on the environment. The Sleeping Pods on a Cliff competitionis a chance to conceive innovative solutions for turning the impact of a human dwelling from a negative to a positive one. The presence of human habitats could actually benefit the plant and animal life living on the forest slopes with the right sustainable development.

 

Participants are being asked to create designs for a sleeping pod that could be replicated in any number of spots throughout the retreat

As the competition winners will be put forward for consideration for construction – and the sleeping pods are planned to be located throughout the property – winning designs need to utilise the very best eco-friendly practices for both construction and operation.


PRIZES

3 winning proposals, 3 special award recipients and 6 honourable mentions will be selected. Bee Breeders will award a total of 10,000 € in prize money to competition winners as follows: 

1st Prize - 5,000 €

2nd Prize - 2,000 €

3rd Prize - 1,000 €

“Vale de Moses Favourite" Favourite” Award - 1,000 €

ARCHHIVE Student Award - 500 € + 50 € gift card at ARCHHIVEBOOKS (archhivebooks.com)

Bee Breeders Green Award - 500 € 

 + 6 honourable mentions


COMPETITION SCHEDULE

Final Registration: FEBRUARY 2 – APRIL 27 

Closing date for registration: APRIL 27, 2021

Closing date for submission: JUNE 1, 2021 (11:59 p.m. GMT)

Announcement of the winners: JULY 13, 2021

More info: sleepingpods.beebreeders.com


JURY:

Jake Heffington, DIVERSIFY ARCHITECTURE
Filipe Rodrigue, Inês Vicente and Marta Frazão, ATELIER DATA
Samuel Gonçalves, SUMMARY
Mikhail Krymov, SLEEPBOX
Ricardo Gomes, KWY.STUDIO
Raulino Silva, RAULINO SILVA ARQUITECTO UNIPESSOAL LDA


Download full competition brief for more information! Competition is open to all. No professional qualification is required. Design proposals can be developed individually or by teams (4 team members maximum). Correspondence with organizers must be conducted in English; All information submitted by participants must be in English

Closing date for registration: APRIL 27, 2021

Closing date for submission: JUNE 1, 2021 (11:59 p.m. GMT)

Announcement of the winners: JULY 13, 2021

More info: sleepingpods.beebreeders.com

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    timyoung

    timyoung ·  Jan 02, 21 3:30 AM

    Why do you make us pay to enter competitions ? what a joke and stain on the creative feild you people are. Not only have you de-valued us desingers but you have managed to have us pay YOU to create orginal concepts. Your brief paints this illusion that you are sustainable yet you people are the complete opposite. how is it sustainable for designers to pay and enter competitions ?. it seems like a scam that you will just take all the money and award dummy submissions. i hope this competition fails, i hope other designers read this and realise that we should not have to pay to enter these pompus competitions that bleed us dry. shame on you.
  • khohmann
    khohmann

    khohmann ·  Jan 19, 21 2:15 PM

    Wouldn't lowering the price to participate only include many more designers that may be putt off by the seemingly high price to join? I would think that it would only be better for the 'client' to have as many designs as possible. I understand that they are basically getting a design for next to nothing and the more input the better. Having to pay more than a days pay for most people just doesn't seem very fair.
  • timyoung
    timyoung

    timyoung ·  Jan 19, 21 2:52 PM

    two simple solutions, which give the client more option in allowing skilled designers to compete and removing the in-experianced..
    1. vet competitors by evaulating portfolios of work (this will narrow down ideal styles of work the client is attracted to) or if that is seen to be bias,
    2. vet by acidemic record (client can chose to allow undergrad, postgrad etc) and/or what industry body is the designer registered to (RBIA for example) .... or does this not mean anything ? i mean what is the point in investing thousands of dollars and time into becoming a designer, architect, interior architect etc , when in the end we have to pay to develop work for other people. feel free to pay these thiefs for your time and skills but you are a fool if you think they are doing you a favor.
    *you may argue that this would not be fair to people who don't have any qualifications or good body of work to present, then you could either let them pay an entry fee or the client can lower the standard to that level if they wish to.
  • rmhmrllc
    rmhmrllc

    rmhmrllc ·  Feb 12, 21 4:04 PM

    Tim Young you are so right - we have to pay you? but we do the work?!
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Sleeping Pods on a Cliff

Registration Deadline:  Tuesday, Apr 27, 202111:59 PMBST

Submission Deadline:  Tuesday, Jun 1, 202111:59 PMBST

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The Sleeping Pods on a Cliff competition is the third collaboration with the Vale de Moses Yoga retreat, located in the remote forests of central Portugal. Featured by the likes of NatGeo UK Traveller, Forbes Magazine and The Guardian as one of the best yoga retreats in the world, Vale de Moses regularly welcomes over 500 people from 60+ countries worldwide.

 

The Vale de Moses Yoga Retreat located in the heart of the Portugal; 

For the Sleeping Pods on a Cliff competition, participants are tasked with creating designs for simple sleeping pods that could accommodate a couple of guests at a time. Each sleeping pod will need to include a basic sleeping zone as well as washing facilities. The location for the pods will be on the mountain rock slopes of the Vale de Moses property that cannot be used for food cultivation.

 

The Vale de Moses Yoga Retreat founders Vonetta and Andrew; 

The jury will be looking for projects that have green, sustainable construction and operation at the core of their designs. They will need to provide a solution for naturally cleaning the grey water system of the pods so that they can be used to irrigate the forest slopes below. While it’s expected that designs for the sleeping pod be green and self-sustainable, the jury will favour those designs that actually have a positive impact on the environment. The Sleeping Pods on a Cliff competitionis a chance to conceive innovative solutions for turning the impact of a human dwelling from a negative to a positive one. The presence of human habitats could actually benefit the plant and animal life living on the forest slopes with the right sustainable development.

 

Participants are being asked to create designs for a sleeping pod that could be replicated in any number of spots throughout the retreat

As the competition winners will be put forward for consideration for construction – and the sleeping pods are planned to be located throughout the property – winning designs need to utilise the very best eco-friendly practices for both construction and operation.


PRIZES

3 winning proposals, 3 special award recipients and 6 honourable mentions will be selected. Bee Breeders will award a total of 10,000 € in prize money to competition winners as follows: 

1st Prize - 5,000 €

2nd Prize - 2,000 €

3rd Prize - 1,000 €

“Vale de Moses Favourite" Favourite” Award - 1,000 €

ARCHHIVE Student Award - 500 € + 50 € gift card at ARCHHIVEBOOKS (archhivebooks.com)

Bee Breeders Green Award - 500 € 

 + 6 honourable mentions


COMPETITION SCHEDULE

Final Registration: FEBRUARY 2 – APRIL 27 

Closing date for registration: APRIL 27, 2021

Closing date for submission: JUNE 1, 2021 (11:59 p.m. GMT)

Announcement of the winners: JULY 13, 2021

More info: sleepingpods.beebreeders.com


JURY:

Jake Heffington, DIVERSIFY ARCHITECTURE
Filipe Rodrigue, Inês Vicente and Marta Frazão, ATELIER DATA
Samuel Gonçalves, SUMMARY
Mikhail Krymov, SLEEPBOX
Ricardo Gomes, KWY.STUDIO
Raulino Silva, RAULINO SILVA ARQUITECTO UNIPESSOAL LDA


Download full competition brief for more information! Competition is open to all. No professional qualification is required. Design proposals can be developed individually or by teams (4 team members maximum). Correspondence with organizers must be conducted in English; All information submitted by participants must be in English

Closing date for registration: APRIL 27, 2021

Closing date for submission: JUNE 1, 2021 (11:59 p.m. GMT)

Announcement of the winners: JULY 13, 2021

More info: sleepingpods.beebreeders.com

Share

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    4 Comments

  • timyoung

    timyoung ·  Jan 02, 21 3:30 AM

    Why do you make us pay to enter competitions ? what a joke and stain on the creative feild you people are. Not only have you de-valued us desingers but you have managed to have us pay YOU to create orginal concepts. Your brief paints this illusion that you are sustainable yet you people are the complete opposite. how is it sustainable for designers to pay and enter competitions ?. it seems like a scam that you will just take all the money and award dummy submissions. i hope this competition fails, i hope other designers read this and realise that we should not have to pay to enter these pompus competitions that bleed us dry. shame on you.
  • khohmann

    khohmann ·  Jan 19, 21 2:15 PM

    Wouldn't lowering the price to participate only include many more designers that may be putt off by the seemingly high price to join? I would think that it would only be better for the 'client' to have as many designs as possible. I understand that they are basically getting a design for next to nothing and the more input the better. Having to pay more than a days pay for most people just doesn't seem very fair.
  • timyoung

    timyoung ·  Jan 19, 21 2:52 PM

    two simple solutions, which give the client more option in allowing skilled designers to compete and removing the in-experianced..
    1. vet competitors by evaulating portfolios of work (this will narrow down ideal styles of work the client is attracted to) or if that is seen to be bias,
    2. vet by acidemic record (client can chose to allow undergrad, postgrad etc) and/or what industry body is the designer registered to (RBIA for example) .... or does this not mean anything ? i mean what is the point in investing thousands of dollars and time into becoming a designer, architect, interior architect etc , when in the end we have to pay to develop work for other people. feel free to pay these thiefs for your time and skills but you are a fool if you think they are doing you a favor.
    *you may argue that this would not be fair to people who don't have any qualifications or good body of work to present, then you could either let them pay an entry fee or the client can lower the standard to that level if they wish to.
  • rmhmrllc

    rmhmrllc ·  Feb 12, 21 4:04 PM

    Tim Young you are so right - we have to pay you? but we do the work?!
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