BunkerTecture – Future Housing in a Nuclear Bunker , Indien

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Sep 21, 2020 15:00 GMT
Registration ends
26$ Professionals   |   26$ Students   |   104$ Institutional Access
Oct 6, 2020 15:00 GMT
Submission ends
Oct 21, 2020 15:00 GMT
Shortlisted entries announced
Oct 27, 2020 15:02 GMT
Jury evaluation starts
Nov 20, 2020 15:02 GMT
Jury evaluation ends
Nov 21, 2020 15:01 GMT
Public voting ends
Dec 3, 2020 15:00 GMT
Result Announcement


BunkerTecture – Future Housing in a Nuclear Bunker

Organizers
UNI, UNIEGIS NETWORK Private Limited, New Delhi
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Overview
The paranoia stemming from war, especially nuclear, pandemics and natural disasters is at an all-time high and rising by the day. According to commissioned polls, 22-23% of people in the UK and US feel that the world would end in their lifetime, or that they would at least see the occurrence of a doomsday level event. Among those, 60% of the people, especially in the US, feel that it would be through a nuclear war. Only a minuscule percentage among these people hope to survive such an event, and even fewer have the means for it.

To add to that, Doomsday Homes and Bunkers are becoming an increasingly common occurrence in the States, where the inception of the paranoia can be pinpointed to the devastating 9/11 attacks. The effort, however, is largely privately concentrated, and as a result, is severely limited to only millionaires who have plenty of resources to spare a chunk of it towards securing an uncertain future. In other words, catastrophe planning for all is an overlooked reality of the world we live in, as most of us scramble for basics in the day today.

Challenge
The idea is to impart equal credence to the mitigation and to the preparation for such events, as it is to remediation, repair, and recovery in the aftermath of such events. More than that, it is time that catastrophe planning moves beyond world leaders, government officials and the few millionaires of the planet.

The focus of the challenge would be on how such an architecture would separate itself in practice and design from conventional practices of constructing a dwelling. What would happen to the furniture and utilities? Would opulence be an option? Or is austerity the way forward for such a structure? How do you think such a space would function an entire generation into the future? Would it confine itself to a particular style of architecture? The design should be reflective of paranoia in the present while undertaking an approach that reflects future occupation.

Challenge: The challenge is to design a fully functional refuge bunker in a decommissioned missile silo to house a colony of survivors, intended to serve as a shelter for its inhabitants in times of disaster or major external crisis.

Competition Type
Open ideas competition

Admission Area
International

Eligibility
Minimum eligible age for participation is 18 years.
There is no restriction to the degree or design disciplines to participate in the challenge.
Participation in the competition can happen in a team as well as an individual.
Maximum numbers of participants in a team are 4.
The challenge is open worldwide for anyone to participate.

Schedule
Registration ends: May 11, 2020
Submission ends: May 21, 2020
Shortlist entries announced: June 01, 2020
Jury evaluation: June 01 – 22, 2020
Public voting ends: June 22, 2020
Results announcement: July 02, 2020

More information and documents at
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