The Non Architecture Competitions initiative is hosting their first competition — Sleeping — dedicated to alternative designs for hotels.
The aim of the Competition is to develop a design proposals for the hotel typology, intended as a place to sleep. Participants are asked to create innovative and unconventional projects, questioning the very basis of the notion of hotel. The proposals can be a device, a piece of furniture, an interior design project, a pavilion, a building or a urban plan. No scale of intervention, program dimensions or location.
There will be three (3) Winners in the competition, each awarded with 1,000 Euro, publication in the Non Architecture Competitions books and online, and reviews in digital magazines and several architecture blogs. Twelve (12) Honorable Mentions will also be awarded with publication and reviews.
The Non Architecture Competitions books will include all selected projects.
Entry is open to all human beings, from every age and cultural background, working in groups (totaling a maximum of 5 people) or individually.
Non Architecture Competitions aims to find unconventional and unexplored design solutions in the field of architecture. It consists of a series of nine competitions, organized in a three year time frame. All competitions have their focus on finding innovative approaches to specific issues of functionality in architecture, seeking non-traditional approaches in architect’s work.
Sleeping – Non Architecture Competition Registration Fees
Registration costs 45 Euro during the early registration period — until 31st March 2016, and 60 Euro, starting 1st April 2016.