2024-11-14T15:55:14-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/86311571/winners-of-the-reimagine-the-astrodome-ideas-competition Justine Testado 2013-11-11T18:05:00-05:00 >2013-11-18T21:35:34-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/s3/s3u6dbxuzqjytikj.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>In a city where bigger is better, the endless possibitlies of what will happen to the Houston Astrome were to be expected in the Reimagine the Dome competition. Hosted by The Architect's Newspaper and YKK AP, entrants were limited to only their imaginations on determining how the aging Houston Astrodome will be repurposed.</p></em><br /><br /><p> The competition received 23 submissions whose concepts ranged from purely practical to creatively offbeat. The jury then selected four winners:</p> <ul><li> 1st - AstroPark: Filling the Dome and Reclaiming Turf by David Richmond and Adam Wagner</li> <li> 2nd - The Houston Ark by HiWorks with Erica Goranson</li> <li> 3rd - The New Astrodome by Cruz Crawford and Elle Kuan</li> <li> 4th - The King of Texas by C_UP</li> </ul>