CleanTech Corridor Competition Announces Winners
Over $11,000 in prize money has been awarded
The Los Angeles Cleantech Corridor & Green District Competition concluded on Saturday with over $10,000 in prize money being awarded to the winners. The LA Times reports that Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) and The Architect's Newspaper, which ran the competition, awarded first prize to Constantin Boincean, Ralph Bertram and Aleksandra Danielak of Oslo, Norway, for their design, "UMBRELLA."
The winning design, which earned $5,000, included mushroom-shaped structures that at first glance look like street art, but in reality are solar-powered evaporators. The team designed a system of evaporation and condensation, which would allow the structures to collect and clean up water from the sewage system and distribute it through city streets to create lush, green urban landscapes.
The contest received seventy entries from 11 countries including Russia, China and Germany. Jurors included Princeton University’s architecture dean, working architects, a representative from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and a Los Angeles deputy mayor.
Students from the University of Virginia’s architecture school were awarded $2,000 for their MessyTECH project. Randall Winston, Jennifer Jones and Renee Pean designed a flexible, local infrastructure using solar and wind power as well as treated water gathered from community sites.
Winners were featured at a community celebration at the SCI-Arc campus on Saturday and then featured in an on-site exhibition until Oct. 27.
