New architecture and design competitions: Runway at YZD, Design as Mother, Communicating Humanitarian Shelter, and Architecture for Health

For this week's curated picks of architecture and design competitions listed on Bustler, we are highlighting four briefs seeking proposals for the transformation of a former 1.2-mile runway into a mixed-use, pedestrian-centric corridor, submissions to a publication that explore and examine the way design is made for and experienced by children, outstanding master theses projects engaging with current health care issues, and student-led proposals that lay out how to effectively communicate concepts relating to humanitarian shelter internationally through design.

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The Runway at YZD Design Competition
Registration/Submission Deadline: Friday, November 22, 2024

"Brought to you by Northcrest Developments in Toronto, who is redeveloping the 370-acre former Downsview Airport Lands (now known as YZD). An initiative that is focused on transforming the 2-km former Runway into a vibrant, pedestrian-centric corridor. [...] The call is for both local and international teams, ideally led by a landscape architect, who will establish design guidelines that will enhance connectivity and livability for the anticipated 55,000 residents and 23,000 workers at YZD. The Runway will not only serve as a crucial pedestrian spine but will also act as a community hub, offering spaces for recreation, culture, and social interaction."

Design as Mother
Registration/Submission Deadline: Monday, November 25, 2024

"The upcoming issue of The Site Magazine is interested in explorations (in any format) that pertain to design for, or as experienced by youth, and/or through the lens of “mother” (considering this term its broadest and queerest sense). From environments of childbirth to education design, from landscapes of memory and imagination to accidental urban playgrounds, how do we promote, protect for, and reimagine positive environments for today's children and youth? How do we respond to the wonder and optimism associated with childhood, especially outside of socially-sanctioned children’s spaces like schools and playgrounds? How can we centre children's needs against systemic adultism? Where can designing for youth better intersect with the queering of public spaces? Can childhood, with all of its attendant longings and hopes for the future, serve as a design brief?"

Architecture for Health Student Award
Registration/Submission Deadline: Sunday, December 15, 2024

"The Architecture for Health Student Award honours outstanding master theses on the theme of Architecture for Health. This is intended to promote work in the field of healthcare architecture or architecture & urban planning for health and to encourage students in their motivation to engage in this important topic. [...] The work should show a strong engagement with current health care issues. In addition to designs for hospitals, healthcare buildings and residential buildings for people with special needs, works in relation to healthy urban planning, sports & wellness or health & hospitality can be submitted."

Communicating Humanitarian Shelter Exhibit Charrette
Registration/Submission Deadline: Wednesday, December 18, 2024

"The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and with the support of USAID’s Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance, is delighted to hold a joint student design charrette. The charrette will challenge students to design an exhibit that engages the public’s understanding of the need for humanitarian shelter to support the world’s most vulnerable people. Students are invited to submit an interest statement that will address how to effectively communicate concepts relating to humanitarian shelter internationally through design and how its impact can make the world a better place in times of displacement crisis."

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