arch out loud presents the winners of the 2020 WARMING Competition

For 2020 arch out loud presented a competition brief that invited participants to design and propose "architecture that addresses global warming issues." With climate change and steps towards mitigating its effects globally, the 2020 WARMING Competition asked for submissions of "any building type such as houses, parks, skyscrapers, schools, museums, and more. Projects can explore topics such as sea-level rise, wildfires, air quality, passive design, materials, and recycling." 

Thanks to a jury of esteemed architects and design professionals, competition winners were chosen across four categories, director's choice and honorable mentions. 

View the winning projects below.

OVERALL WINNER: The Industrial System Tower by Antoine Chiagnon

DIRECTOR'S CHOICE Award: Surface Ex_Tension by Jonathan Craig, Luis Arjona, Marco Nieto, and Philip Elmore

PREVENTION AWARD: Ongoing Green by Cherrie Dong and Xinyi Chen

PREVENTION AWARD - Director's Choice: SARCS by Jin Young Song , Rahul Rai, Souma Chowdhury, and Karthik Dantu

REACTIVE AWARD: Home on the Riparian by Ericka Song and Justin Oh

REACTIVE AWARD - Director's Choice: Substrata by Vlad Kapustin

To view all the winning projects from the competition click here.