2024-11-21T13:35:11-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/89295240/eco-porn-competition-results-expose-the-sassy-side-of-green-architecture Justine Testado 2013-12-20T14:29:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/vr/vr9j8qi4p4y7kfh4.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Participants in Reality Cues' cheeky Eco-Porn Competition got to have some fun with the green architecture trend. But since there weren't enough submissions to go through with the full judging process, only Honorable Mentions were given.</p></em><br /><br /><p> Here's a handful of the entries that piqued our interest:<br><br><strong>Floramorphism: Bloominating Inorganic Objects by BanG studio &ndash; Babak Bryan &amp; Henry Grosman</strong><br><img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/vz/vzn6wlwa59hxuefj.jpg" title=""></p> <p> <br><strong>If Robert Moses had his way in 1941&hellip; by Ida Tam</strong><br><img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/5j/5jvhxer73osl2u6o.jpg" title=""><br><br><br><strong>Tower of Babel by Feliks Bochenek</strong><br><img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/at/atsipycnf9szskc8.jpg" title=""><br><br><br><strong>The Green Roof Trope by Eric Karasek</strong><br><img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/45/45z2ppdbm33xte5x.jpg" title=""></p> https://archinect.com/news/article/79552302/seeing-too-much-green-reality-cues-eco-porn-competition Justine Testado 2013-08-15T21:41:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/49/49b22e9999898272cbec45bd0e69f37e?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Whether by accident or on purpose, we've all seen it somehow.</p><p>The <a href="http://realitycues.com/tropes/the-eco-porn-competition/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eco-Porn Competition</a>, which launched on August 11, is the latest in Reality Cues' series of tongue-in-cheek competitions that point out the tropes in architecture. The series gives entrants a chance to be sassy yet reverent with their submissions, while opening a broader discussion on various architectural trends. This time around, Reality Cues is looking for some top-notch Eco-Porn in the green architecture trend.</p><p>Sustainability, now a requirement in modern architectural projects, has brought about revolutionary ideas into the field. But there are those questionable renderings that go a little too far, adding excessive greenery and other common eco-friendly paraphernalia to merely sell the project as sustainable (a.k.a. eco-porn). The competition questions the motives behind this trend: Are architects seeing too much green?</p><p>Entries are being accepted until Sept. 21. Winners will be announced by Reality Cues on Oct. 31.</p><p><em>B...</em></p>