The 1st STELSI International Metaverse Architecture Competition

In the era of the Metaverse Renaissance, characterized by the advancements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and artificial intelligence technology, a new concept of empathy is required. STELSI recognizes the importance of architecture in representing people's identities within the metaverse. 

While food and clothing serve as avatars and items, housing plays an even more significant role in shaping our virtual existence. Architecture emerges from the dynamic interplay between humans, the environment, beliefs, and values. Architects, through this interaction, have the power to design spaces that transcend mere functionality and imbue them with profound meaning, thereby elevating our existence. 

Within the expanded temporal dimension of the metaverse, architects assume a crucial role. They can manipulate dimensions, harmonize chance and inevitability, and reignite the potential for coexistence. By placing human, environmental, belief, and temporal interactions at the core of spatial and place design, architects unlock creative possibilities that enrich our existence within the metaverse. 

One of the remarkable aspects of the metaverse is its potential for spatially reorganizing information and revolutionizing the ways in which we explore it. Architects equipped with this opportunity can craft environments that facilitate the discovery and understanding of information in novel and engaging ways. 

By integrating human experiences, environmental contexts, belief systems, and temporal dynamics, architects can foster the emergence of creative ideas that enhance our existence in the metaverse. By centering spatial and place design around these fundamental interactions, architects contribute to a future where the metaverse becomes a platform for profound expression and coexistence.

Together with you, STELSI will redefine new spaces and places in the age of the metaverse. To that end, we are holding a metaverse architecture competition to see what innovative and creative ideas you have to enrich our existence.

Competition Topics

The main theme is “The metaverse world we live in”. As reality becomes more integrated, virtual, augmented, hybrid, and scalable, we feel that our reality is increasingly converging with the online world. The inaugural STELSI Metaverse Competition is an architectural 3D model contest for land corresponding to Land R/Land C on the STELSI Metaverse platform.

• Smart Buildings in the Metaverse
  Creative and innovative architectural design in the metaverse using future building technologies and new building materials.
• Creating social value through architectural design
  Designing for public, active, and social connectivity in cities
• New spatial experiences in the metaverse
  Designing innovative spaces from a new perspective
• Architectural design with cultural elements
  Designing with cultural attributes to blend in with the community
• Digital art spaces in the metaverse
  Innovative spatial design that combines digital art, residential, commercial, and workspace.

*Learn more
https://www.stelsi.org/

Schedule

Announcement: 2023.07.05 (UTC +9)
Submit : 2023.07.20 ~ 2023.08.31 (UTC +9)
Announcing: 2023.09.13 (UTC +9)
(Awards and exhibition schedule to be announced, subject to change by the Foundation)

Submissions

Please refer to the submission guide and check the announcement on Google From for the competition details. Download the provided files and upload your submission accordingly.

Provided files (Please, click to download)

Participants are required to submit the following items (via Google Form)

• Form 1 (Application for the STELSI-SCAPE Competition)
• Form 2 (Consent to Collection and Use of Personal Information)
• Form 3 (Pledge Form)
• A1 Size Panel (Submission limit: 1)
• 3D Model file (Submission limit: 1)

*Download & Submission Link https://forms.gle/9jKszKf3vUv9tKMH8

Awards

Grand Prize

• Awards: 1 person
• Prize: 3,000 USD
• Benefits: Prize, Artwork display, Certificate, Maker registration in STELSI, NFT minting

2nd Prize

• Awards: 2 person
• Prize: 2,000 USD
• Benefits: Prize, Artwork display, Certificate, Maker registration in STELSI, NFT minting

korbit Prize

• Awards: 4 person
• Prize: 1,500 XRP
• Benefits: Prize, Artwork display, Certificate, Maker registration in STELSI, NFT minting

Honorable Mention

• Awards: 10 person
• Benefits: Artwork display, Certificate

*Winners will have their artwork displayed in the STELSI exhibition hall
*Grand, 2nd, and Korbit prize winners will be granted maker status, able to mint and sell NFTs
*The amount excluding the withholding tax of 4.4% is scheduled to be paid to the award recipient.
*The winners of the korbit Prize must undergo Korbit KYC (Know Your Customer) verification and link their account and they need to provide their full name, phone number, and korbit email address.

About STELSI

STELSI is a Web3-based metaverse project developed based on blockchain technology for construction and real estate industries, such as architectural planning and design, construction, and building management. The first island of the STELSI Project, “hola!”, is planned by a group of experts with unique expertise and know-how in each field, considering community, usage, balance, skyline, and density.

The STELSI project provides a high-quality metaverse space with high rarity and experiential value, where communication between users and architectural experts is achieved based on Unreal Engine.

The ultimate goal of the STELSI is to create a new business area for the metaverse industry through an expanded worldview and community and to make a lifestyle platform that can transcend the experience of a space with strengths in software and content.

Official LINKTREE  https://linktr.ee/stelsi_Official