Looking for exciting architecture & design competitions in Asia? Bustler has got you covered.

If you are planning to tap into the world's largest architecture and design market, why not enter a competition or awards program hosted in Asia? For this week's curated picks of new contests listed on Bustler, we have selected four briefs from China, Japan, Korea, and Malaysia.

For the complete directory of newly listed competitions click here. Find all upcoming calls from a variety of Asian nations here.

Bcome 2020
Registration Deadline: Friday, Sep 4, 2020
Submission Deadline: Friday, Oct 23, 2020

In the era of super-aging and depopulation, Bcome 2020 is to discover new community housing models that can cope with the obsolescence and deterioration of a backward housing on the urban hillside of Busan, as well as to review the feasibilities of proposed models and apply them extensively to adjacent similar areas. The main purpose is to develop low-rise housing models considering local characteristics and the public good of housing stability for the socially vulnerable populations, exploring how to realize the architectural-urbanist models of “inclusionary city” like the social housing promoted by the present Korean governmental policy.

International Competition for Architectural Design of Shenzhen Conservatory of Music
Register/Submit Deadline: Friday, Sep 11, 2020

Shenzhen Conservatory of Music is one of “Ten Cultural Facilities in New Era” invested by Shenzhen Municipal Government. With the demand for music and art talents in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, relying on CUHK-Shenzhen’s successful experience, Shenzhen Conservatory of Music will integrate advanced educational philosophies and establish an international, innovative, world-leading higher education institution for music and art. During the early stage, it will be a secondary college of CUHK-Shenzhen, and will apply to the Ministry of Education to become an independent higher education institution when it is ready. The site locates inside the Shenzhen Longgang International University Campus, next to CUHK-Shenzhen campus. Currently, most of the structures at the site are gymnasiums, which will be demolished before the project construction. The site area is 73,777 square meters, and the total floor area is around 129,700 square meters. The tentative project investment is estimated at 1.75 billion RMB.

Penang Bay International Ideas Competition
Register/Submit Deadline: Monday, Oct 19, 2020

Penang Bay is an ambitious programme to rehabilitate, regenerate and rejuvenate the water-based assets of George Town and Butterworth into a seamless and dynamic space aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Penang Bay Ideas Competition is an invitation to local and global innovators to generate inspiring ideas and concepts that will help reimagine the way the people of Penang can leverage their water-based assets in order to drive prosperity and build a resilient city-state over the next 20 years. It is a unique opportunity to take part in a milestone project at a critical moment and help craft the future of a city.

KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD 2021
Register/Submit Deadline: Monday, Oct 19, 2020

THEME : POST - NORMAL The world became new while we were totally unprepared for it. Before we are given time to think carefully about things, what we like, dislike, agree with, disagree with, our once - familiar everyday life continues to change. So we try to catch up with the changes, and in our rush many ideas spring up and disappear. What’s important in product design now is to try to face the things around us anew. To take a deep look at the value of continuing to be lastingly and broadly loved. To end not only with an idea, but to think through every detail, to be persistent, and give shape to a product. The KOKUYO DESIGN AWARDS are an international competition for user-centric product design, where the best of the best are actually put on the consumer market. Last year, we received a total of 1,377 entries from product designers in more than 54 countries. Past award winners have included hit products like the Kadokeshi eraser, Nameless Paints, and the True Measure ruler. We are looking for any and all ideas to turn into actual products.

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