The 15-Minute City Urban Design Competition for Designers from the Charette Platform

The Charette Platform is inviting creative designers and planners all over the world to participate in the 15-Minute City Urban Design Competition 2021. The 15-minute city has affordable, accessible and adaptable housing for households of all sizes and ages. It is easy to get goods and services, healthcare, fresh groceries, and all other amenities. People can work close to home or work remotely more often. This competition encourages designers and planners to re-imagine our urban landscapes as cleaner, safer, healthier and more inclusive places to live.

Competition Brief:-

• The “15-minute city” is an approach to urban design that aims to improve quality of life by creating cities where everything a resident needs can be reached within 15 minutes by foot, bike or public transit. 
• This concept puts an emphasis on careful planning at the neighborhood level, giving each district the features it needs to support a full life – including jobs, food, recreation, green space, housing, medical offices, small businesses and more. And importantly, it’s a full life that doesn’t require a car.
• Participants are required to design a module for a 15-minute city that can be replicated to create a larger city. You can design a fictional city or re-design a small part of an existing city anywhere in the world. 
• You don’t need to design an entire city – just a module that can be replicated to create a larger city. As a city planner/designer, you are also free to recommend rules and policies to help make the lives of your city’s occupants’ better.

• Exposure and recognition is the key to success for any designer. The “15-minute city” competition provides professionals and students the opportunity to showcase their work on a global stage. 
• The 3 Top Winners, 10 Honorable Mentions, and 30 shortlisted entries will be featured on theCharette.org, and on charette’s social media platforms. The results will also be published by various websites and online magazines associated with charette.
• The Top 3 Winners will be awarded Custom Designed Trophies to honor their achievement. The trophies and certificates will be shipped to the Top 3 Winners.
• Charette will also acknowledge the outstanding performance of all Winners, Honorable Mentions and Top 30 entries with Certificates of Achievement.
• The Top 3 Winners will get an exclusive interview in both – written and video formats. Photos, interviews, and more information about the winners will be published on Charette’s website.
• The Winners and Honorable Mentions will be published on the Charette’s website and other international architecture websites partnered with it. The best entries will also be featured in theCharette Journal.

• The “15-Minute City” competition is open to all creative people – architects, planners, interior designers, graphic designers, and all problem solvers. Participation is encouraged from professionals and students alike.
• Design proposals can be developed individually or in teams of maximum 3 participants from similar or interdisciplinary backgrounds. 
• The official language of the competition is English.

About the Charette:-

The Charette is a platform for architects to explore contemporary fronts of the architectural discourse through architecture competitions & publications. The Charette intends to establish a collaborative process for design dialogue and to set the momentum for a great change.

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