The OPPTA Competition 2011-2012 is an international competition, launched simultaneously in 5 sites and under a common theme to propose solutions at a technical, territorial, infrastructural or architectural level.

In this first edition the chosen theme is Emergency Interventions, and the location for the convening is the American continent. It has suffered successive disasters, natural or anthropic, over the last two years and with solutions still pending.

Emplazamientos a concurso y estrategias:

Petropolis. State of Rio de Janeiro. Brazil.
HOW TO REPOPULATE AND REFOREST, RESPECTIVELY, AN INFORMAL URBAN GRID AND AN ENVIRONMENTALLY PROTECTED AREA, BOTH UNDER THREAT

Puerto Saavedra. Región Araucanía. Chile.
HOW TO RECYCLE AN URBAN GRID WHICH IS UNDER THREAT OF NATURAL DISASTERS

San Cristobel. Bolivar Department. Colombia.
HOW TO MANAGE THE INTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT OF HABITABILITY IN A TERRITORY AFFECTED BY FLOODS LINKED TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Chimalhuacán. State of Mexico. Mexico.
HOW TO REGENERATE AN URBAN GRID RESULTING FROM ACCELERATED PROCESSES OF IRREGULAR SETTLEMENT

Cercado de Lima. Lima. Peru.
HOW TO REGENERATE A NON-PLANNED SETTLEMENT THREATENED BY ANTHROPIC RISKS

At the same time, the result of this will constitute a documental archive to minimise future risks and accelerate the reaction capacity of protocols and plans of intervention, prevention and emergency.

The competition is structures in two phases:
Contest. International competition, simultaneous for the 5 sites, with 3 prizes per site.
Conference Active Debates. The winning teams will be invited to participate in public presentation of their proposals They will attend the Project Conference Table where there will be agents related to the possible development, management and financing of the selected proposals.

More info here.