This architecture competition is exclusively for architecture students and young architects, and seeks to design a pioneering, self-sufficient residential skyscraper that utilizes the idea of vertical farming and addresses the challenges that Hong Kong faces nowadays. The designed building should provide a unique and cutting-edge living experience for its residents, fulfilling all the needs of modern societies and include innovative solutions to the challenges of urban agriculture and sustainable living. It should be a visually striking and memorable building, with a strong connection to the surrounding city and a sense of place.

We would like to encourage all participants to search for universal ideas that could be also implemented in other cities. Look for concepts that can be beneficial in many different locations and rethink how contemporary high-rise buildings are supposed to look, work and influence modern cities and their inhabitants.

The participants are asked to register for the competition and submit 2 architecture panels till the submission period ends. The registration and submission is possible only via the Sandbox website. No other mode will be accepted.

1. Innovation: The designed building is supposed to search for new solutions in structural systems, technology and/or functional programs.
2. Relevance: The proposed solutions should face the existing and the most urgent problems defined by the participants.
3. Coherence: The participants are supposed to take into consideration the urban, sociological, and historical context. The design needs to be coherent with the existing surrounding.
4. Sustainability and Efficiency: The building is required to be sustainable and zero-energy consuming. The chosen solutions need to contribute to the wellbeing of local residents as well as the city scale.
5. Aesthetic Values: The building is supposed to bring an additional value to the city panorama and its general appearance.

Website: https://sandbox.archi/

Managing Organization: Sandbox Architecture Competitions

Contact:

hello@sandbox.archi

Eligibility:
<ul> <li>The minimum eligible age for participation is 18 years.</li> <li>The competition is open worldwide for young designers and students under the age of 35.</li> <li>A student is someone who is currently enrolled in a full-time graduate/undergraduate program at a university anywhere in the world on the date of registration. In order to confirm student status, the participant(s) will be asked to present a valid student ID or a document issued by the school.</li> <li>Students have the right to pay reduced entry fees. If the submission is done by a team, all members have to be students to qualify for the reduced entry fee.</li> <li>Design proposals can be developed individually or by teams (4 team members maximum). The team member list must be finalized until the last day of registration.</li> <li>Sandbox.archi employees, their associates and immediate family members or household members are not eligible to participate or receive awards in competitions hosted on sandbox.archi. That includes currently working employees, jury members, community moderators or contract agencies, and their direct relatives. Immediate family includes spouses, parents, step-parents, siblings and step-siblings, children and step-children. Household members include all people who share the same residence at least three months of the year.</li> </ul>

Registration Opens: March 14, 2023

Registration Closes: June 25, 2023

This architecture competition is exclusively for architecture students and young architects, and seeks to design a pioneering, self-sufficient residential skyscraper that utilizes the idea of vertical farming and addresses the challenges that Hong Kong faces nowadays. The designed building should provide a unique and cutting-edge living experience for its residents, fulfilling all the needs of modern societies and include innovative solutions to the challenges of urban agriculture and sustainable living. It should be a visually striking and memorable building, with a strong connection to the surrounding city and a sense of place.

We would like to encourage all participants to search for universal ideas that could be also implemented in other cities. Look for concepts that can be beneficial in many different locations and rethink how contemporary high-rise buildings are supposed to look, work and influence modern cities and their inhabitants.

The participants are asked to register for the competition and submit 2 architecture panels till the submission period ends. The registration and submission is possible only via the Sandbox website. No other mode will be accepted.

1. Innovation: The designed building is supposed to search for new solutions in structural systems, technology and/or functional programs.
2. Relevance: The proposed solutions should face the existing and the most urgent problems defined by the participants.
3. Coherence: The participants are supposed to take into consideration the urban, sociological, and historical context. The design needs to be coherent with the existing surrounding.
4. Sustainability and Efficiency: The building is required to be sustainable and zero-energy consuming. The chosen solutions need to contribute to the wellbeing of local residents as well as the city scale.
5. Aesthetic Values: The building is supposed to bring an additional value to the city panorama and its general appearance.

Website: https://sandbox.archi/

Managing Organization: Sandbox Architecture Competitions

Contact:

hello@sandbox.archi

Entry Fee:

Eligibility:
<ul> <li>The minimum eligible age for participation is 18 years.</li> <li>The competition is open worldwide for young designers and students under the age of 35.</li> <li>A student is someone who is currently enrolled in a full-time graduate/undergraduate program at a university anywhere in the world on the date of registration. In order to confirm student status, the participant(s) will be asked to present a valid student ID or a document issued by the school.</li> <li>Students have the right to pay reduced entry fees. If the submission is done by a team, all members have to be students to qualify for the reduced entry fee.</li> <li>Design proposals can be developed individually or by teams (4 team members maximum). The team member list must be finalized until the last day of registration.</li> <li>Sandbox.archi employees, their associates and immediate family members or household members are not eligible to participate or receive awards in competitions hosted on sandbox.archi. That includes currently working employees, jury members, community moderators or contract agencies, and their direct relatives. Immediate family includes spouses, parents, step-parents, siblings and step-siblings, children and step-children. Household members include all people who share the same residence at least three months of the year.</li> </ul>

Registration Opens: March 14, 2023

Registration Closes: June 25, 2023