New Concordia Island Contest is a competition for ideas responding to the shipwreck of the Costa Concordia, a cruise ship of the Costa Crociere company, out from regular service after the shipwreck on the night of January 13, 2012 on the Giglio Island. The competition has the aim of stimulating new future visions for the Giglio Island and the shipwreck which will become as part of the same landscape and with the same identity. Recently the news reports that the exploration in the shipwreck to finding survivors and the phases of removing fuel have been concluded. The cleaning of the seabed around the shipwreck is currently underway and the final plan for the removal of the shipwreck will be released soon and could last for more than a year. At the same time faults in the movements of the hull are neither reported, nor in the research environment survey results of any pollutants escaping from the shipwreck and dispersed in surrounding sea. How to rethink the future of these places? What could the shipwreck become if it remains aground for a period longer than a year? How to program the steps for disassembling and dragging the parts? How to work with the shipwreck to build a form of memory? Is there any way to reconsider the Giglio island with this new outcropping rock that has changed the coastline?

The architectural competition in a single phase. Involvement in the competition is open to architects, engineers, designers, students and creatives world-wide. Individual or group entries are permitted. The indication of a group leader is required.

QUESTIONS

Questions should be sent via email to the following email address: (newconcordiaisland@icsplat.com) on and before 12.00 hours (Greenwich Time), August 15th, 2012.

Answers to f.a.q. are already on the website page: www.icsplat.org and ICSplat will update them question by question.

LANGUAGE

The official competition language is English. ICSplat will also provide a competition brief in Italian but the final proposal must be submitted only in English.

AWARDS

1st place € 1500,00
FARM Special Prize € 1000,00
Special Prize € 500,00
and 7 Honorable Mentions.
The prizes for the winners will be paid via Paypal.

REGISTRATION

Participants can register at www.icsplat.org

- until August 10 th , 2012 paying via Paypal with a fee of 50€
- until September 20 th, 2012 paying via Paypal with a fee of 70€
- until September 24 th, 2012 paying via Paypal with a fee of 150€

There is an entry limit of one proposal per individual or team and there is no limit to the number of participants per group.

After your registration ICSplat will provide by email, within 24 hours, a registration number which must be included on all entry documents.