International Student Competition EXPO 2016

International Student Competition EXPO 2016
Student Garden Design Competition EXPO 2016 Antalya

FLOWER OF LIFE

International Student Competition for Garden Design

Imagine future cities full of gardens with flower carpets, full of playing children, humming bees and fluttering butterflies. Gardens that help to create a healthy environment, cool cities, collect rainwater and are adapted to the local climate.

To make this come true, we invite students to design an exhibition garden for the EXPO 2016 in Antalya, Turkey. We challenge bachelor, master and doctoral students to come forward with innovative and holistic design proposals for gardens that:
• Make use of new flower design concepts;
• Show how gardens and landscapes can be especially attractive, instructive and functional for children;
• Show how gardens can contribute to a higher biodiversity;
• Explain landscape design principles that contribute to greener cities; and
• Present innovative concepts of hard landscaping and planting design that are more sustainable in the Mediterranean context.

Participants are invited to interpret these themes and develop design solutions that integrate these themes and make them understandable and presentable to the public at large.

The competition is open to all students of landscape architecture, garden design, landscape planning, architecture, and land art. Levels of study may be Bachelor, Master or PhD.

Awards
There will be three prizes awarded:
– 1st prize: costs for travel and stay 3 days (5 star hotel) for the winner and his/her family (up to 4 persons) to Antalya to attend the prize winning ceremony, € 2,000 prize money and construction of the garden in the EXPO, certificate.
– 2nd prize, costs for travel and stay 3 days (5 star hotel) for the prize winner and a friend / family-member (up to 2 persons) to Antalya to attend the prize winning ceremony, € 1,000 prize money and certificate.
– 3rd prize: costs for travel and stay 3 days (five star hotel) for the prize winner (one person) to Antalya to attend the prize winning ceremony, € 500 prize money and certificate.

Important dates
5th of November 2015, 6 pm (CET) Feedback colloquium for registered participants
15th of December 2015 Latest registration date
8th of January 2016, at midnight CET Deadline for upload of entries
January 11th – 12th 2016 Sessions of the Jury for selection
April 23rd 2016 Opening of the EXPO 2016 in Antalya