Archinect - News2024-05-07T14:59:02-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150280776/can-designers-intervene-in-borders-the-university-of-calgary-s-cbdx-borderlands-competition-encourages-bold-strategic-thinking-about-global-challenges
Can designers intervene in borders? The University of Calgary's CBDX: BORDERLANDS competition encourages 'bold, strategic thinking about global challenges' Katherine Guimapang2021-09-13T12:54:00-04:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b3/b34f3e9265050eba6987c925bf3191c0.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>On September 8, the <a href="https://archinect.com/ucalgarysapl" target="_blank">University of Calgary’s School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape (SAPL)</a> announced the three prize winners, honorable mentions, and finalists of its international design competition, <a href="http://sapl.ucalgary.ca/cbdx" target="_blank">CBDX: BORDERLANDS</a>. The goal of the challenge was to develop proposals that "displayed a concern for healing the natural world and diminishing class differences by promoting equity." The competition received entries from a total of 69 cities across 22 countries. It successfully sparked global interest inquiring how the role of designers can "play in borders — whether geopolitical, environmental, or urban — and the spaces around them."</p>
<p><a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/150162139/deans-list-university-of-calgary-s-dr-john-brown-discusses-the-importance-of-fostering-design-innovation-and-entrepreneurship" target="_blank">SAPL dean John Brown</a> explained: “As a design school, we are constantly thinking about how to equip this next generation of architects, landscape architects, and urban planners to design in a way that disrupts the status quo to bring about positive change.” He continued that "international design competitions are a great way for us to broaden the co...</p>
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International design competition launched to intervene in borders Sponsor2021-06-04T13:16:00-04:00>2021-06-04T14:29:54-04:00
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<p><strong><a href="https://cbdx-series.com/" target="_blank">CBDX: BORDERLANDS</a> brings political, geological, social and other boundaries into sharp focus</strong></p>
<p>The <a href="https://archinect.com/ucalgarysapl" target="_blank">School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape (SAPL) at the University of Calgary</a> has launched its second international design ideas competition, asking: How can designers intervene in borders?</p>
<p>Borders are spaces of transition. Whether political and imposed through human agency, or natural and made manifest through geographical features, borders are associated with civilization’s greatest challenges. How we choose to choreograph and intersect these transitional spaces will reveal much about our priorities. </p>
<p>The competition offers $6,000 in prizes and the <strong>deadline for submissions is </strong><strong>June 21, 2021</strong>. The international, interdisciplinary jury will announce the winning entries on <strong>September 8, 2021.</strong><br></p>
<p>The competition asks entrants to consider the opportunities, cha...</p>