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          Finding Utopia! :The International Annual NASA Design Competition 2010
          National Association of Students of Architecture, India
        • Category
        • Student , International
        • Type
        • Open
        • Registration Deadline
        • 07/31/2010
        • Submission Deadline
        • 08/23/2010
        • Open To
        • Students of Architecture all around the globe
        • Entry Fee
        • To be announced
        • Awards
        • To be announced
        • Jury
        • Not yet announced
        • Contact
        • Sahil Shrotri
        • Address
        • IES College of Architecture, Bandra (W), Mumbai
        • Email
        • Competition E-Mail
        • Web Site
        • Competition Web Site
        • Phone
        • +91-9867224433
        • Description
        • Utopia...a dream of a dream! A word more ethereal than specific or objective. A state of perfect being in totality, which perhaps can not be achieved. Having accepted the fact, can we talk about a more realistic approach to try and achieve as much as possible of this dream and make it realistically possible through architecture?

          Is it possible to create a structure which is more ethereal than concrete?....at least in early stages of conception and then slowly it can be transformed to more concrete forms.

          How do we, as an individual, perceive this state of perfection knowing that in its ultimate true sense it is unattainable.

          Lets take a simple example of day and night.. Physical nature of things-never changes! Physical nature of space-never changes! Yet the addition of light or the lack of it or the intermediary stages create different dimensions in our perception! Can we play with this or similar thought?

          Students should first try to understand and define the true nature of a utopian state and then try to translate the same into physical forms and shapes.

          So.....
          Can we create a structure which at different times of the day, or whatever, APPEARS DIFFERENT?

      Discuss this Competition
        07.14.10 So what is the actual competition? / astine
        07.18.10 oh god! who has written this brief? hahahahahaha / SV
        07.20.10 this is for the intimation of all that the registration deadline and the submission deadline have been postponed to 31st August 2010 and 16th September 2010 6:00 PM (GMT+5:30). / moderator-ANDC
        07.20.10 the registration fee for the same has been reduced to INR 1000/- (USD 25) and there is a prize amount of INR 50,000/- Kindly check the revised brief uploaded on the website! / anonymous
        07.20.10 for the comment by astine, you have to conceptualize a utopian neighborhood of about 1000 families and then design a multi-functional hub for them. Refer the brief for more details. / moderator-ANDC
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