March 2009
Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund, in collaboration with the City of Helsinki, is launching a sustainable development design competition.
The goal is to attract and identify the best teams to design a large building complex on a reclaimed harbour at the western edge of Helsinki's central business district.
After an initial Request for Qualifications, a maximum of five teams will be selected to participate in the competition.
In their proposals, teams should declare the best ingredients for sustainable development, and illustrate how they will be mixed over time.
The goal: to achieve a low carbon building complex and urban district that will transition to a no carbon complex as the energy context improves.
This idea of transition underpins the Low2No competition title.
Selected teams will travel to Helsinki for a two-day workshop on the development context.
Teams will then have approximately four weeks to develop their proposals.
A local and international interdisciplinary jury will review the proposals and select a winning team.
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