Island of Happiness Coastal Design Competition

Description

Creating the Island of Happiness

The search for harmony between people and their environment is timeless, but our successes have traditionally come with a negative impact on the environment. Seawalls have been no exception to this legacy, but their function of protection from storms and erosion remains a vital need. That’s why The Island of Happiness is looking to bridge the gap in sustainable seawalls, and that’s where we need original, mold-breaking designs.

There has yet to exist a treatment for the sea edge that is sustainably designed without sacrificing an elegant aesthetic. Your challenge is to propose a new kind of sea edge treatment that can be created first for the Island of Happiness, and eventually become the new standard for sea edge treatments in the rest of Indonesia and possibly other parts of the world.

Plans for the Winning Solution

Kura Kura Bali seeks solutions to mitigate shoreline erosion on the Island of Happiness as a global prototype of sustainable development.

Up to two finalists of the ideation phase will be invited to Bali to collaborate with pioneering organizations and world experts to develop and test a prototype of their design (all expenses paid). Upon completion of prototype development and testing, Kura Kura Bali aims to construct the sea-edge treatment along part of a 950 m section of the coastline in a resort development on the Island of Happiness.

Scalable solutions that are developed for the Island of Happiness will also have the potential to become the new standard in sustainable sea-edge treatment throughout the Indo-Pacific and the world through Kura Kura Bali’s partnerships with the Ministry of Maritime, Affairs and the Ministry of Environment.

The competitors will retain ownership of any intellectual property contained in the proposed solutions. The Grand Prize winner must agree to grant Kura Kura Bali a royalty free, non-exclusive license for the purposes of planning, construction, maintenance, modifications and all other works related to sea walls located on Bali Island, Indonesia.