Throughout the current global circumstances, we at Arts and Creatives have experienced first-hand the challenges that architecture students and graduates are facing in maintaining design motivation and securing roles in industry. This is why we decided to launch a competition solely for young architects and architecture students with the aim to enhance skills, raises awareness of topical design issues and prepare for the next step in the architectural journey.
In response to our current need for more localised travel, the competition challenge is to design a flat-pack traveling ‘pod’ no larger than 20sqm that can fit into a 1m x 3m bike trailer when disassembled. Participants are encouraged to express their personalities through the choice of programme, the pod could cater for any activity that you would wish to pack up and take with you when traveling, could it be painting on a mountain side or playing chess at a local reservoir? The choice of site for the pod can be anywhere you enjoy being, as long as it’s within cycling distance to you!
