UN-Habitat International Design Collaboration For Kenya

Deadline: 1 February 2016
Open to: international students of Urban Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Economics
Awards: the competition winning team will be awarded USD 10,000

Description

UN-Habitat in collaboration with Ministry of Land, Housing & Urban Development: Urban Development Department, Kenya, is looking for creative planning and design ideas for sustainable urban development in Kenya. Students from around the world are invited to participate in this design competition for Kenya’s towns. The competition is designed to involve international teams that will be formed by linking students from universities in Kenya with students from external universities (outside Kenya).

The teams are envisaged to be inter-disciplinary. The competition is also intended to further promote international inter-university collaboration as a platform for knowledge exchange and co-production of approaches to livable urban spaces in diverse contexts. The aim of the UN-Habitat International Design Collaboration For Kenya (IDCK) is to create a momentum for greater urban design uptake by demonstrating the value of urban design in implementing ISUDPs in Kenya.

Eligibility

International students of Urban Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Economics.

Awards

  • The Competition Winning Team will be awarded USD 10,000. The Organizer will partly fund nominated member(s) of the team to participate in the Habitat III Conference in Quito, Ecuador from 17-20 October 2016;
  • Further, the Organizer will exhibit the 9 best proposals at the Habitat III Conference in Quito;
  • All of the 9 best proposals will feature in an exhibition at the UN-Habitat global head offices at Gigiri, Nairobi in May 2016. The students from the Kenya-based Universities will get their travel to the UN Headquarters in Nairobi covered, to enable them to present their teams’ work to the Jury and the Exhibition participants;
  • Each team member from the 9 best proposals will receive a certificate from the Organizer.

How to apply?

The competition is free to enter. Mode of registration is online. Deadline for applying is 1 February 2016.

For more information, please visit the official website.

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