LAGI 2022 Mannheim , Mannheim / Deutschland

 

Beginning in March of 2022, the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) and the German Federal Horticulture Show (BUGA 23) invite you to design a unique work of art that uses renewable energy technology to support sustainable human thriving, supplying clean megawatt-hours to the City of Mannheim.

 

The selection process will take place from October – November of 2022. LAGI 2022 winners will be notified in December of 2022.

 

Shortlisted design entries will be featured in an exhibition at BUGA 23, the German Bundesgartenschau that will open in Mannheim in April of 2023 with expected attendance in the millions. And the top two designs will receive cash awards of $30,000 and $10,000 USD.

 

The LAGI 2022 Mannheim design challenge brings together a number of themes and ideas for inspiration.

 

Just as a garden is a productive landscape for nourishment that also brings us joy and pleasure, how can our productive landscapes for energy also bring joy and pleasure to our communities?

 

How can renewable energy be integrated in beautiful ways into the city so that it is not some cold and utilitarian technology, but is instead an indispensable accessory, a statement of creative expression that we all desire to experience?

 

At the same time, how can we make these new technologies accessible to everyone so that the benefits of energy democratization are equitably shared?

 

LAGI 2022 Mannheim will expand the realm of the possible using existing clean energy technologies to create beautiful, sculptural modules that can plug into the smart postcarbon city. We are seeking proposals that can exist simultaneously across a variety of scales—variations for a residential context or for a civic space that use modular components or scalable solutions. The goal is to open a window onto a world beyond carbon where quality of life and social equity have been vastly improved as a consequence of the energy transition.