"The Arctic Perspective Initiative Mobile Media-Centric Habitation and Work Unit Open Architecture Design Competition" is open to the submission of proposals for the design of a mobile media-centric facility, life support habitation and work module with a renewable energy supply, waste recycling, and communications systems. We invite proposals from architects, designers, engineers, artists, students, and engineering teams.

The design should be an open source mobile architecture/system/machine capable of functioning in extreme as well as temperate climates and containing mass/industrial and amateur production/manufacturing potential.

The unit is to serve as a model for mobile research in extreme cold environments, incorporating high tech solutions while utilizing sustainable resources.

Submitted entries are intended for the competition only. The selection of prizewinners does not guarantee the intent of API to award a commission for the actual building of the project. However, API does reserve the right to consult and negotiate on the continuation of the development with selected entrants pending the confirmation of the development budgets in 2009 and 2010. If realization is to continue, the first prototype will be tested in the field in the March/April/May 2010 time frame.

Prizes
First Prize: 5.000 Euros
Second Prize: 2.500 Euros
Third Prize: 1.500 Euros

All winners and honorable mentions will be published in the API Cahier #2 "Architecture", to be edited in the Fall/Winter 2009. All winners and honorable mentions will be included in exhibitions and presentations in the framework of European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010 as well as the international media-art conference ISEA 2010 RUHR, with additional exhibitions and presentations to be confirmed.

All submissions selected for exhibition and publishing will be notified in advance.

Contact
Arctic Perspective Initiative
c/o Hartware MedienKunstVerein (HMKV)
Güntherstraße 65
D - 44143 Dortmund, Germany

Tel: +49 (0)231-82 31 06 (Office)
Fax: +49 (0)231-88 20 240

Website: http://www.arcticperspective.org