CBDX: B(OR)DERL(AND)S International Competition showcases proposals that ask how designers can 'intervene in borders?'

The University of Calgary’s School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape (SAPL) international design competition,  CBDX: BORDERLANDS, unveils its three prize winners. The competition's theme focused on "complex and unexpected spaces like the nuclear borderlands of Fukushima, gerrymandering within U.S. district borders, and protected natural spaces encroached upon by mining or logging" to name a few.Having received entries from a total of  69 different cities across 22 different countries. It successfully sparked global interest inquiring how the role of designers can "play in borders – whether geopolitical, environmental, or urban – and the spaces around them."Jury chairman and University of Calgary professor, Alberto de Salvatierra shared, "the selected entries demonstrate a bold range of sites and approaches to the question of borderlands. It is interdisciplinary designs like these – those that center the dispossessed and voiceless – that will illuminate a more grounded and compassionate take on the discipline.” He continued, “architecture and design are, and have always been, political. We, therefore, have a responsibility to not shy away from these complex issues.” Thanks to an international jury panel, below are this year's prize-winning entries, project descriptions, and a list of honorable mentions. BORDERHOOD by Sonny Meng Qi XuRead the full post on Bustler