Media Architecture and Placemaking (The Conference Call for Papers)
At this year’s biennale, we highlight the potential of Media Architecture as a key component in placemaking; the creation of meaningful and socially thriving public spaces based on community efforts. As Media Architecture becomes a more prominent and accepted part of urban life, it opens up rich opportunities for new forms of participation through dialogue and engagement. It places a greater responsibility on designers to look beyond aspects of implementation and enter new partnerships with urban planners and residents. Through the combination of agility and responsibility, designers examine how Media Architecture can contribute to shaping places that improve the quality and experience of urban space and support creative patterns of use, with a particular attention to its physical, cultural, and social identities.
We, therefore, invite interested parties from a variety of backgrounds – be it human-computer interaction, urban design and planning, engineering, arts, humanities, sociology, and more – to participate in joint discussions about how Media Architecture can best contribute to placemaking through the submission of long papers, short papers (due February 22nd, 2016, 11:59pm PST), and late breaking works (posters, due March 31st, 2016, 11:59pm PST).
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The 24-hour challenge - Student Design Competition
The biannual MAB Student Design Competition, known as MAB24H, is a global event run as a 24-hour design challenge on April 9th, 2016. The winning entries will be presented at MAB16 in Sydney. The competition is open to bachelor, master and PhD students from around the world.
What to expect
MAB24H is an intense and fun competition. You can participate in a team of up to 5 people or on your own. Your goal is to design something that responds to the brief provided at the start of the challenge. The brief will include information on what you will be designing, some background reading, helpful hints, and what we expect you to do. You will have 24 hours to create your design, write your paper, maintain your blog and shoot/produce your video.
During the 24 hours, mentors will be on Twitter and Tumblr under the #MAB24H hashtag, commenting and challenging each teams' process. So, go find some friends and get ready to enter! And don't worry if you have a small team, some of the most successful groups in 2012 and 2014 were small! Have fun!
Prizes
The prizes for the winning and runner up teams will be:
- A mention in the design competition chapter of the official MAB16 book (published by av edition).
- Copies of the official MAB16 book.
- One complimentary full pass or MAB16 for the winning team.
- Award certificates for all team members.
Register your team3
Teams can be made up of up to 5 people. All participants must be enrolled in a university program or other tertiary institution at the time of the challenge.
- 1. http://www.mab16.org/assets/pdf/call_papers_mab16.pdf
- 2. https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mab16
- 3. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1aVOL8AWi1kYBxhRFj0hk5vXitzFG-Nupw7Yl8TV9Q2w/viewform
- 4. http://mab12.mediaarchitecture.org/student-competition/
- 5. http://mab14.mediaarchitecture.org/news/bloody-generous-winners-mab24h/