Temporary Urban Pavilion , Indien

TESTING IDEAS AT URBAN SCALE

 

Cities are dynamic environments where ideas must be tested, adapted, and experienced in real time. Temporary urban pavilions offer a powerful platform to explore experimental architecture—structures that are light, adaptable, and responsive to public life. This competition invites architects, designers, and thinkers to propose a temporary pavilion that engages the urban context while testing spatial, material, and social ideas at an urban scale.

 

The objective of this competition is to encourage innovative thinking through temporary architecture that can activate public space, foster interaction, and provoke dialogue. Participants are challenged to design a pavilion that is experimental yet feasible, temporary yet impactful—demonstrating how small-scale interventions can influence urban experience and future city-making.

 

The pavilion may serve one or multiple of the following purposes:

● Public gathering and interaction space

● Exhibition or display pavilion

● Cultural, educational, or performance space

● Rest, pause, or observation structure

● Urban laboratory for testing materials, forms, or construction techniques

The program is intentionally flexible, allowing participants to define the pavilion’s function based on their concept and site response.

 

Participants may select any urban site of their choice, such as a public plaza, park, waterfront, street intersection, vacant lot, or transit-adjacent space. The chosen site should be clearly justified and play an integral role in shaping the pavilion’s design, interaction, and relevance.

 

Launch Date: 1st January 2026

Registration deadline: 6th May 2026

Submission deadline: 16th May 2026

Result Announcement: 22nd July 2026

 

Early Bird: 1st January 2026 – 19th January 2026 (₹500 | $6)

Standard Registration 1: 20th January 2026 – 4th February 2026 (₹900 | $10)

Standard Registration 2: 5th February 2026 – 19th February 2026 (₹1300 | $15)

Standard Registration 3: 20th February 2026 – 4th March 2026 (₹1700 | $19)

Standard Registration 4: 5th March 2026 – 19th March 2026 (₹2100 | $24)

Standard Registration 5: 20th March 2026 – 4th April 2026 (₹2500 | $28)

Standard Registration 6: 5th April 2026 – 19th April 2026 (₹2900 | $32)

Late Registrations: 20th April 2026 – 6th May 2026 (₹3300 | $37)

 

● Open to all.

● Individual and team entries are allowed

● Team size: [minimum 01 – maximum 4] members

● No restrictions on age, nationality, or academic background

 

Brief link: www.archiolcompetitions.com/competitions/temporary-urban-pavilion

Email: info@archiolcompetitions.com

 

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