Registration Deadline: Sunday, January 15, 2012.

Submission Deadline: Sunday, January 15, 2012.

ARRIVAL TO MALMI

TRANSIT AREA SOLUTIONS UTILIZING FIBRE CEMENT

The organizers invite participants to think about transit areas and the challenges they provide. The Malmi station area in Helsinki has been selected to represent transit areas as the context for generating ideas. The station areas and their surroundings are a mixture of different residential, commercial and public uses. The entries should create something unique and experiential that addresses the problems of urban transit areas. The competition entry should be a concept level idea that is applied to predefined areas within the Malmi station area and its immediate surroundings.

APPLICATION AREAS

Participants should think about the arrival to Malmi as a functional (transit and commuting), mental (orientation and identity of the area) and visual experience. How could fibre cement be used to improve the quality of the environment? The concept level idea should be explained on a general level and the applications should provide an example of the flexibility of the concept. The entrants should select at least three of the following application areas to implement their concept:

Arrival by train

Arrival by bus

Arrival by car

Arrival by bicycle

Arrival by foot

Each of the means of arrival has specific focus areas to be addressed, which is described in the competition brief.However, the concept should also address the challenge on a general level and emphasis should be placed on the overall concept rather than details within the applications. Fibre cement should have a major role in the proposal, though other complementary materials and solutions can also be used.

For more information: Bullhorn