Lost Spaces. Call for ideas

27/01/2015. The challenge: What to do with lost spaces? [Calgary] Canada
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA.

The lost spaces competition is a call for ideas to reframe how underused spaces in Calgary might be used. The aim is to address a particular challenge of public space – what to do with seemingly remnant pieces of public property. The challenge: what opportunities do lost spaces afford?

Poster.

A “ lost spaces” is any space that remains under-utilized within our urban environment. They might be leftover pieces, a ghost of the planning past. Lost spaces are part of the public realm, rarely designed to function with both social and environmental benefit to the city.

Eligibility.- The Lost Spaces competition is open to anyone including architects, artists, designers, engineers, and students.

You may consider a lost space as a passageway, a roundabout, space between two buildings, a highway shoulder, or tenants of the city’s history and memory. We’d like to ask you to dream, take risks and stretch what we think is possible.

Registration and questions deadline March 20, 2015. Submissions are due March 30, 2015. (23:59 MDT)

Awards

1st Prize.- $7,500 CAD
Five field prizes.- $3,000 CAD each Fields include: Water Services, Roads and Transportation, Parks, Planning, and Public Art.
shortlist renumeration fee (up to six awarded): $1,000 CAD each

More about the competition, here.