Fentress Global Challenge: "Airport of the Future" Student Competition

2011 THEME:  THE AIRPORT OF THE FUTURE

Fentress Global Challenge is an annual international competition created to engage students worldwide in the exploration of future design possibilities in public architecture. The competition theme changes each year to reflect current issues. For 2011, students around the globe are invited to envision the Airport of the Future.

Fentress Global Challenge is open to graduate and undergraduate students actively enrolled and pursuing an architecture or engineering degree, as well as 2011 graduates.

Winning students will receive cash prizes and gain international exposure. Top design concepts will be exhibited online and in the Airport of the Future section of the international touring exhibition Now Boarding: Fentress Airports and the Architecture of Flight, which will offer a multi-media immersion into the past, present and future of airport design.  It will open in North America in the summer of 2012, and will travel internationally through 2015.

Technological innovation and sociological expectation constantly drive design forward, and airports are on the cutting edge of this thrust. This competition will showcase imagined possibilities in airport design. Your goal is to advance the concept of what the future could be… it’s an exciting and limitless destination.

Participants are encouraged to explore the topic in a variety of ways and take into consideration multi-layered elements, including urbanization, globalization and innovations in materials, technologies, aesthetics, flexibility, security, adaptability, and traveler experience from “curbside to airside.”

1st Place
US$10,000 prize and a certificate (US$10,000 prize includes US$3,000 cash, 4 week paid internship at Fentress Architects, airfare and lodging)

2nd Place
US$1000 cash prize and a certificate

3rd Place
US$500 cash prize and a certificate

More information can be found at www.fentressarchitects.com/aof