Send your ideas to redesign the remote Tristan da Cunha community

Described as the world's remotest inhabited island, Tristan da Cunha is preparing to celebrate its 200th Anniversary in 2016 with a major redesign. The Royal Institute of British Architects on behalf of the Government of Tristan da Cunha is currently holding a design ideas competition that would improve the island's homes and government buildings to ensure a more self-sustainable future for a fishing/farming community of less than 300.

Phase One submissions are due on June 2, 2015. In Phase Two, five schemes will be selected for final Jury Panel presentations, which will take place in early summer 2016. Progression of the winning proposals will be subject to the Government securing future funds for the project.

More details below.

"Situated within the South Atlantic Ocean, the island lays approximately 1,750 miles (7 to 10 days sailing) south-west of Cape Town and is only accessible by sea, on approximately 60 days per year. Tristan da Cunha is internally self-governing and part of the UK Overseas Territory of St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Tristan da Cunha actually consists of four islands: Tristan (the main island), Nightingale and Inaccessible, which together form a group, and Gough Island that lies to 220 miles to the south-east. Inaccessible and Gough are both UNESCO World Heritage sites with Gough being home to a small meteorological station where up to 9 scientists live for a year at a time.

The competition is seeking innovative, cost-effective approaches for the re-design and consolidation of the Island's government buildings; initiatives to significantly improve the living standards and performance of residential properties; together with improvements to the Island's agrarian systems to better support grazing and the year-round growth of fresh produce."

More competition info here.