Deadline: 31 July 2008
The partnership of AIA Newark and Suburban and the Young Architects Forum invites international designers to find innovative, visionary and compelling proposals for container constructed multi-family mixed-use project.
The competition is entirely presented and managed via the website, www.livethebox.org.
PURPOSE
Thousands of unwanted shipping containers clog our ports and the land around them. AIA Newark and Suburban challenges the world’s most innovative thinkers and designers to re-invent the box with their most inspired and creative utilizations of shipping containers as the primary construct of an urban multi-family mixed use project. The selected site is adjacent to a major train station and walking distance to the downtown major cultural centers of Newark, New Jersey.
MATERIALS
Designs must utilize standard height shipping containers 8'-6" exterior height, in either 20'-0" or 40'-0" nominal lengths as the main building block of the structure. These containers may be utilized in any configuration or quantity and may be cut or solid.
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