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The ResilientCity.org Design Ideas Competition

2010 Design Ideas competitionThank you to all of you who submitted competition entries!

We have now reviewed the blog competition entries for compliance with the competition rules and will shortly be opening the compliant blogs for web-wide viewing during our judging phase. 

Given the popularity and number of submissions, we estimate that the judging phase will take a couple of months and will confirm a date shortly. 

Thanks again to all of those of you who participated!

Craig Applegath, Moderator ResilientCity.org


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June 2010


ResilientCity.org Design Ideas Competition Now Closed!

Jun, 11 2010 9:21 PM
Craig Applegath

  Craig Applegath, Moderator ResilientCity.org

The 2010 ResilientCity.org Design Ideas Competition Is Now Closed!

Thank you to all of you who submitted competition entries!

From the competition entries I have scanned, I am very impressed by the quality of the blogs. Entrants have been both very passionate and very thoughtful in their explorations.

So let me ask all of the entrants a question:  Once we have completed the competition and awarded the prizes, where do you think we should go next? There are a number of contributors who are still very interested in continuing to build out the content of the reference sections of the website, as well as to continue to hold design idea competitions. But what about the possibility of the website serving as a hub for people who are interested in resilience and resilient design? What about using ResilientCity.org to connect us to each other?

If so, what form could it take? A wiki of resources? A place to post your local resilience activities? A Ning gathering spot?

What kinds of opportunities strike you as relevant and worthwhile?

I would love to hear where you think we could/ should go!  To respond you can either use the blog comment feature or send me an email through our contact page.

Again, to all of those of you who participated in the 2010 ResilientCity.org Design Ideas Competiton, thanks for your interest and efforts. The world needs more people like you!

Craig Applegath, Moderator ResilientCity.org

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Featured Past Ideas Competition Entries

food = utility: Acknowledges that FOOD IS A PUBLIC GOOD. This opens the doors for government incentivizing (tax-breaks, lease-holds, use of existing resource infrastructures such as water, composting services, etc.) which ensures more distributed access.  An inter- connected organizational model which uses existing land and resource infrastructures (ex. schools, easements,mexisting stores, etc.) to create a network of radial Food Utility Districts. ⇒More Info
Hill of the Wind: Located at the north east side of Mexico City, Ecatepec is a typical poverty and uncontrolled spread periferical neighborhood of Latin America. The skyline is marked by huge ugly and unfinished residential zones, construction ruins among open empty areas that will be occupied during the next years resulting in a stupid extended low density urban development. ⇒More Info



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