The duepercinque competition was created to make the public opinion more aware of the public space as a context for projects, to offer everyone – Italians and foreigners alike – the opportunity to express their creativity in a festival which talks about public space and enjoy a prestigious showcase, such as Milan’s Salone del Mobile and other important events in Milan and to establish in time a tradition of projects in the public space. Participants shall design an intervention in a urban (2m x 5m) parking space. ObjectiveYou may submit different kinds of projects, such as installations, communication projects, services for the city, actions, urban furniture items, or performances.

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In dense urban settings, community gardens are an invaluable public resource – they not only provide the opportunity for city dwellers to grow their own food, but they may also educate the wider community about organics, food security, and sustainability. Pandora Park Community Garden Society invites student and professional architects, landscape architects, builders, engineers, gardeners and designers of all kinds to take part in Green Shed: Pandora Park Community Garden Design Competition. The goal of this international competition is to generate buildable designs for a storage shed and outdoor common space for a new community garden that will showcase sustainable building strategies and materials. The winning design will be built by a team of volunteers over the summer of 2010. IntroductionPandora Park Community Garden is currently under development as part of the City of Vancouver’s 2010 in 2010 initiative – a project to create 2010 new community garden plots across the city. The competition encompasses the northwest corner of the garden, an area that has been reserved for public amenities including picnic facilities, storage for garden tools, a beehive, and a small fruit tree orchard. With stunning views of the north shore mountains and surrounding park and garden, the site offers the possibility to design a space for contemplation and congregation, in addition to serving the gardens needs for seating and storage.

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