Call for Student Entries /// Future Climate Future Home Competition

Future Climate Future Home Competition

The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report paints a grim picture of climate change, predicting soaring heat stress worldwide. Globally, heat is a silent killer that is already responsible for more deaths than any other natural disaster. Despite this, the design and planning implications of increasing temperatures on urban precincts, public open spaces and housing remain poorly understood. Preparing urban communities to be ‘climate-ready’ is critical, and there is a need for innovative urban design and planning strategies to underpin urban adaptation measures.

In response, this competition will engage current experts and the next generation of designers and planners with climate-sensitive urban design techniques and elicit innovative climate-sensitive urban design solutions.

What do entrants need to do?

1. Select a 200 x 200m site in a city or town worldwide. This site can be developed or undeveloped in its existing state.

2. Research projected 2099 climate conditions of your chosen city or town using IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report and Interactive Atlas, assuming an SSP3-7.0 (+4°C) scenario.

3. Adapt the site to projected climate conditions, focusing on extreme temperatures.

Who can enter?

This international ideas competition is open to tertiary students and graduates from any climate region worldwide. We expect most entrants will be urban planners, urban designers, architects, and landscape architects, although entries from other relevant professional backgrounds are welcomed. Entrants are encouraged to work in multidisciplinary teams.

What is the prize?

The competition will have a total prize pool of $15,000 (AUD). This prize money would be split between the tertiary student and graduate entries.

When will the competition close?

The competition will close at 11:59 pm on the 30th of November 2025. Submit your entry here: Entry is free of charge.

For details, please visit: https://www.audrc.org/competitions

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