Submission

a Singular vision

Participants must submit a presentation, driven by a clear spatial concept, presented in 3 parts:

  1. Visual Exposé: up to 6 renderings showcasing the design vision.
  2. Technical Exposé: plans, section, and system diagrams detailing the evolving spatial proposal.
  3. Written Exposé: a 500 word introduction, elucidating the main concepts underpinning the proposal, demonstrating the planning logic, the growth strategy, possible KPIs, and business case.

Deliverables

  1. A PDF file of 3 posters in A0 landscape:
    2. At printable resolution 200-300 DPI, with all images and links embedded.
    Written English text and statistics must be integrated within the design of the posters,
    Using an open type font (OTF) such as Helvetica Neue, at point 13 for the body copy.
    It is encouraged to organise the schemes for the three scales —Region / District / Block— one per poster, while indicating correlations.
    It is encouraged to fully cover the background for each A0 poster, for instance using one full spread rendering, with the title, intro, diagrams and additional images superimposed onto it.
  2. A 2 minutes video presenting the scheme with English voiceover: 1920x1080 pxl (MP4, 1080p)
  3. Total file size per item cannot exceed 130MB.
  4. Entries are anonymous and are only marked by the provided code that participants receive on registration. This code should be used as the file name of the PDF and MP4 that are submitted.

Eligibility

Epoch45 is an open ideas competition, calling for multidisciplinary teams of around 3 to 6 members consisting at least half of students, academics, or young professionals (graduated after 2020), who can reflect on the general themes listed below. International collaboration is encouraged.

  1. Regional and City Planning / Landscape Urbanism
  2. Nature-Based Solutions / Infrastructure Planning / Energy, Water and Environmental Engineering / Resilience
  3. Geography / GIS / Climate Adaptation
  4. Ecology / Reforestation / Ecosystem Services / Biodiversity / Permaculture
  5. Sustainable Architecture / Housing / Material science / Life Cycle Design
  6. Economic Sustainability / Community Planning.

Registration

  1. Send an email to epoch2045@gmail.com by end of day 17 January 2025 with “team registration” as the subject line.
  2. Include the names and emails of each team member, and designate one contact person.
  3. Provide a brief description of your team’s educational institution / affiliation.
  4. Teams will receive a link to a personal google drive folder to upload entries and an entry code to be used as the file names of final submissions.

Prize - TBC

  1. The 5 winning teams will be able to present their project to the IKN planning committee.
  2. The top 5 entries are invited to present their schemes at the second Forest City Conference to the authorities of IKN.
  3. Three cash prizes will be offered: USD 6,000 for the winning team, USD 3,000 for the second team, and USD 1,000 for the third team.
  4. Top 5 entries will be showcased in an urbanism exhibition in Rotterdam or Venice — TBC.

Data base / Lecture series / QnA

Maps of IKN, data sets, and a suggested reading list will be available on a google drive: here.

  1. Questions can be posted on the site, or sent to epoch2045@gmail.com until 17 February 2024.
  2. These will be addressed in person by email, or on the website, or more generally during the lectures.
  3. An online lecture series will be on offer delving into the themes at hand. They will be streamed weekly during OCT, NOV, and DEC 2024. Details will become available on www.EPOCH45.org

Timeline

  1. Announcement: 17 August 2024
  2. Registration Opens: 17 August 2024
  3. Registration Closes: 17 February 2025
  4. Submission Deadline: 1 March 2025
  5. Winner Announcement: 31 March 2025

Uploading

Upload final entries to the dedicated google drive by end of day, 1 MARCH 2025. A link to your team’s folder will be provided after registration.
Note: by uploading your team consents for the design proposal to be published by the organisers.

International Jury - TBC

An international jury of 9 leading urban scholars and landscape professionals will evaluate entries.

  1. Bambang Sutantono — President
  2. Winy Maas — MVRDV
  3. Henk Ovink — Commission on the Economics of Water
  4. Pedro Camarena — LAAP + UNAM
  5. Arief Rabik — Indo Bamboo
  6. Sofian Sibarani — URBAN+
  7. Daliana Suryawinata — SHAU
  8. Eric Friters — FABRICations
  9. Bindu Lohani — Distinguished Adjunct Board Member AIT
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