February 23, 2011

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ECOSISTEMA URBANO COMPITE POR EL Buckminster Fuller Challenge.

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Ecosistema Urbano anuncia que su proyecto PROTOTIPO URBANO PLAZA ECÓPOLIS, compite en el Concurso Internacional Buckminster Fuller Challenge.Este concurso está considerado como “el premio más importante en diseño de responsabilidad social” por la revista Metrópolis. El BFC es un programa anual de premios internacionales que concede 100.000$ para el apoyo, desarrollo y aplicación de soluciones que aborden alguno de los problemas más acuciantes de la humanidad.

Nuestro proyecto tiene como objetivo proporcionar una solución sostenible para el tratamiento de las aguas residuales en contextos urbanos, transformándolas en agua purificada, mediante sistemas naturales (macrofitas) para su posterior reutilización. La idea es poder incorporar dicho sistema en espacios residuales de la ciudad, buscando una integración que proporcione un valor añadido al entorno urbano. continue reading

March 9, 2010

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2011 Open ARchiTecture Challenge: Ghana

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CALLING ALL ARCHITECTS, ECO-COMMUNITY DESIGNERS, STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS & IMAGINATIVE OTHERS:

Goal of the challenge is to design and build units of a model arts village in Ghana with a budget of $42,000-$62,000 and earth under the feet. The competition is a part of the Foundation’s ongoing project: tapping local resources for sustainable development in the African settings in the 21st century. We are interested in design solutions that integrate art into architecture for a more sustainable future. Join us! A grand prize winner and twenty top finalists and will be chosen. Show the world how to re-invent the African semi-suburb! Establish your name, and contribute your ideas and designs to a real need. continue reading

September 26, 2008

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Call for entries to the 2009 Buckminster Fuller Challenge announced

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An annual $100,000 prize program to support the development and implementation of a solution that has significant potential to solve humanity’s most pressing problems.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: NOVEMBER 7TH, 2008

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008 NEW YORK CITY – The Buckminster Fuller Institute announces the call for entries to the 2009 Buckminster Fuller Challenge. continue reading

July 30, 2008

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The Buckminster Fuller Challenge

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Greetings Design Revolutionaries!

Bucky had it right. “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” continue reading