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The LAGI 2022 Mannheim design competition calls for 'creatives to tell a new and inspiring climate story'

2022-07-28T09:00:00-04:00

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We live in a time of crisis. And yet the future is full of promise. The future is full of promise because of you. Because architects, landscape architects, artists, and designers have the power to create positive change.

This is most certainly true when it comes to action on climate change. Over the past decade of Land Art Generator Initiative design competitions, we’ve seen it happen. Throughout this article you’ll find example entries to previous LAGI design competitions. We hope they will inspire you to take part in LAGI 2022 Mannheim, open now through September 4, 2022. Participation is free and open to anyone anywhere in the world.

Through LAGI 2022 Mannheim, you can take climate action, get your great design published in a gorgeous hard-bound book by Hirmer Publishers, have your idea seen by millions of visitors to the BUGA 23 German Federal Horticultural Show, and potentially win $30,000 USD!

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LAGI 2022 Mannheim Competition invites designs for beautiful renewable energy landscape at site of BUGA 23

2022-03-23T09:00:00-04:00

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The Land Art Generator Initiative and BUGA 23 are pleased to announce the launch of LAGI 2022. Submissions are due by September 4, 2022. The design competition is free to enter and has a top prize of $30,000 USD.

The LAGI 2022 Mannheim design competition—Beautiful Forms of Energy—is an opportunity to weave renewable energy into the city in ways that improve human thriving. As a part of the 2023 German Bundesgartenschau (BUGA 23), the design challenge includes a number of themes and ideas for inspiration aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Just as a garden is a productive landscape for nourishment that also brings us joy and pleasure, how can we re-imagine our energy landscapes so that they bring joy and pleasure to our communities? How can renewable energy be integrated in beautiful ways into everyday life so that it is not some cold and utilitarian technology, but is instead an artful accessory that w...

Burning Man plans a permanent, sustainable location, with a design team from MIT leading the vision

2021-03-09T12:45:00-05:00

The Land Art Generator Initiative collaborated with the Burning Man project to develop a design challenge that invites creative proposals for regenerative projects for Fly Ranch, an off-the-grid ranch in the Great Basin.

The competition brief asked for designers, creatives, and inventors to "integrate sustainable systems for energy, water, food, shelter, and waste management into works of art in the landscape. The objective is to build the foundational infrastructure for Fly Ranch, support Burning Man Project's 2030 sustainability goals, engage a global audience to work together towards systemic transformation, and serve as an inspiration for the developing field of regenerative design."

From regenerative venues, spaces for habitation to energy infrastructure, the design competition received nearly 200 design proposals. Out of those submissions, ten were selected as top proposals for the LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch Design Challenge. "Art and creativity are the connective strings that weave...

October 31 deadline set for LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch competition

2020-04-10T16:30:00-04:00

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The Land Art Generator Initiative and Burning Man Project have partnered to launch a multi-disciplinary design challenge—LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch—that will create the foundational infrastructure of Fly Ranch.

You are invited to propose your regenerative artwork in this stunning landscape. In 2021 selected design teams will be provided an honoraria grant for the purpose of building a functional prototype on site.

*Land Art Generator Directors Elizabeth Monoian & Robert Ferry address the community with updates and motivation.

Thank you to the 161 people who responded to the survey we sent two weeks ago. Many of you wrote to us in the comments section with personal stories of how your lives have been affected by the novel coronavirus. While some of you (about 16%) were in favor of maintaining the May 31 submission deadline for LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch , most of you told stories of why more time would be beneficial—some who are either t...

The Land Art Generator Initiative encourages designers to be a part of the great energy transition

2019-03-14T14:58:00-04:00

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What does the future of renewable energy look like? As the world comes together over the next decade to meet the challenge of global climate change, solar, wind, and other renewable energy installations will be distributed across rooftops, farmlands, vacant lots, and sites of every kind and scale around the world, having an impact on our cities and rural landscapes like nothing else since the construction of the automobile superhighways of the twentieth century.

While the vast majority of this new infrastructure will be utilitarian installations designed to meet the most competitive cost per kilowatt-hour, the great energy transition also offers the opportunity—for cherished places, sensitive sites, and when community engagement is key to long-term project success—to think creatively about how clean energy technology can weave itself into the cultural landscapes of our cities. When future generations look back at this ...