Ugandan LGBT Youth Asylum Kampala , Kampala/ Uganda

Verfahrensart
Offener Ideenwettbewerb (auch für Studenten)

Wettbewerbsaufgabe
Creating designs for an LGBT youth asylum in Uganda requires a great deal of creativity, and an unwavering ability to see the world as we would like it to be, rather than how it is. The Ugandan LGBT Youth Asylum architecture competition was looking for concepts that offered potential for the open LGBT community to grow and further integrate with society, as opposed to isolating an already vulnerable community even further. The jury was looking for plans for a community centre, not a prison.
The Republic of Uganda is an East African nation and former British colony, which gained independence from the U.K. in 1962. Since then it has retained many of its anti-gay laws and even gone so far as to institute newer, harsher penalties for homosexual acts. There are a few brave individuals that are fighting for LGBT rights in Uganda, despite the huge risks they face for doing so. 
One such individual is the Ugandan filmmaker and activist Kamoga Hassan whose new documentary follows Ugandan LGBT asylum seekers asking them to share their life experience. Bee Breeders architecture competition organisers were inspired by these bold efforts to promote equality, and so launched the Ugandan LGBT Youth Asylum architecture competition. 
We are asking participants for ideas and visions of a Ugandan LGBT youth centre that will act as an asylum for those young people who are no longer welcome in their own homes. It will be a place that LGBT youths can go if they have been hurt or abused in any way, are looking for help or even just a place to meet other similarly affected individuals. 
The Ugandan LGBT Youth Asylum should be a facility that offers help in the form of legal advice, psychological support, and basic accommodation for those who need a place to stay. The building itself should have recreational characteristics, as well as be able to heal and empower while being located in an extremely hostile and aggressive social environment.

Zulassungsbereich
International, weltweit
 
Wettbewerbssprache
Englisch
 
Gebühren
120,00 USD
 
Teilnehmer
Competition is open for all. No professional qualification is required.
Design proposals can be developed individually or by teams (4 team members maximum).
 
Preisgerichtssitzung
18.05.2016
 
Preisgelder
Gesamtpreissumme EUR 5.000,–

Honorable Mentions
Project Name: Ugandan Lgbt Youth Asylum
Project Authors: Axel Demazieres, Julien Guerineau
University: Ecole Nationale Supérieure D‘Architecture Paris-Val De Seine

Project Name: Ugandan Lgbt Youth Asylum
Project Authors: Edoardo Nieri, Marco D‘Ambrogio

Project Name: Ugandan Lgbt Youth Asylum
Project Authors: Julia Szmit, Karolina Zielińska, Anna Kaczmarek
University: Poznan University Of Technology

Project Name: Ugandan Lgbt Youth Asylum
Project Authors: Marta Dell‘Ovo, Aurora Destro, Maria Francesca Di Alessandro, Carlo Alberto Di Carlo

Project Name: Ugandan Lgbt Youth Asylum
Project Authors: Keith Greenwald, Lisa Ekle
Company: Ekle Greenwald

Project Name: Ugandan Lgbt Youth Asylum
Project Authors: Caterina Pedo‘, Dino Merisi; Martina Manara