Dria International Design Competition 2016
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Description
The design competition encourages foresighted urban and architectural design proposals, as well as, promotes innovation in building technologies to insure a community’s resiliency particularly prior to and during a disastrous water-based event, such as, flooding. The speculative proposals can engage with design, technology, and policies that connect the physical and the social aspects of a community to promote its resiliency in light of a disastrous flood.The common site in Valenzuela City for all the DRIA 2016 design proposals is the area along the Polo River that links Polo city center with the Meycauyan River. The area sits on 11 Barangay political areas (Wawang Pulo, Balangkas, Villa Pariancillo, Poblacion, Pulo, Palasan, Tagalag, Bisig, Mabolo, Isla and Pasolo) and has approximately 3.2Km long.
With urbanization and the serious threat of climate change, waterways have become draining systems of sewage and storm waters, leading to water pollution and flooding.
All proposals must address the main focus of the competition, which is the utilization of urban and architectural design, as well as, building technologies to endow, support, amplify, and maintain a community’s resiliency in light of natural disaster event, namely, a typhoon and its associated effects, i.e. high winds, storm surge, flooding, and excessive precipitation.
Jury
Shigeru Ban
Shigeru Ban Architects
Shigeru Ban Architects
Alexandros Washburn
CRU(X), Center for Coastal Resilience and Urban Xcellence
CRU(X), Center for Coastal Resilience and Urban Xcellence
Dan Lewis
Chief Director of UN-Habitat. Urban Risk Reduction Unit. City Resilience Profiling
Chief Director of UN-Habitat. Urban Risk Reduction Unit. City Resilience Profiling
Miho Mazereeuw
Assistant Professor and Director of The Urban Risk Lab at The MIT
Assistant Professor and Director of The Urban Risk Lab at The MIT
Rewards
Overall Design Excellence
$6 130 + and trophyUrban Design Excellence
$3 065 + and trophyArchitectural Design Excellence
$3 065 + and trophyTimeline
Asia/Singapore
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