TownShift

TownShift: Suburb Into City
An Ideas Competition for Surrey’s Town Centres
Shifting Towards Sustainable Suburbs

“TownShift: Suburb Into City” is open an international ideas competition seeking innovative ideas for five of Surrey’s established Town Centres: Guildford, Fleetwood, Cloverdale, Newton and Semiahmoo. The aim of the competition is to “Shift” thinking and opportunities for each of these “Town” hubs towards more intense, public-minded and productive urban futures. Approved by the Architectural Institute of British Columbia, this competition is proposed in order to generate innovative new thinking about suburbs transforming towards sustainability in an era of increasingly expensive energy. TownShift has been conceived to open up debate and communicate design ideas amongst the general public and city-building professions, and we hope its results will shape this rapidly-evolving city for decades to come. Indeed, the civic slogan proudly displayed on Surrey’s new urban brand is “The Future Lives Here.”

Registration Opens November 6, 2009
Registration Closes January 4, 2010
Submissions Due January 6, 2010

Questions Due Before December 10, 2009
Answers Posted December 14, 2009

Exhibition Opens February 4, 2010
Awards Presented February 24, 2010

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