With the approach of Canberra’s centenary celebrations, CAPITheticAL invites designers to review the processes, debates and influences leading up to the design competition of 2011–12, to re-imagine the task that was faced at the time, and to suggest how these challenges would be met today.
Described as big ideas, big future, the competition invites responses to a number of questions including:
- Would you build a new capital today or could the Australian Federation be expressed in a different way?
- Would it be a city in the conventional sense or not? If not, what form might it take?
- What ideas would drive its design and development?
- How would 21st century social, political and environmental factors influence the nature of the city?
- Of what should our national capital consist?
Individuals and collaborative design teams of professionals, students and recent graduates in architecture, planning, engineering, design and other design professionals with a passion for cities and urban culture are encouraged to participate.
Stage 1 submissions are due by 31 January 2012, stage 2 is due on 30 November 2012 and the winners will be announced in March 2013.
For more information or to register interest go to the CAPITheticAL website.
