Columbus Re-Wired

Columbus Re-Wired is an urban design ideas competition intended to seek out a wide array of creative proposals and solutions that will initiate a dialogue about the current and future state of Columbus ’ overall infrastructure network with specific emphasis on public transportation.

The City of Columbus continues to be one of the fastest growing urban places in the United States. While historically having had a more cohesive strategy for public transportation (having a heavily used streetcar system dismantled after World War II when the city’s compact development patterns rapidly transformed), Columbus currently is the largest city in the United States without significant forms of robust public transportation, a major factor in “SustainLane” assigning Columbus a #50 ranking (out for 50) for the most sustainable U.S. cities. However, studying only public transportation’s impact on a city’s livability and civic health limits the understanding of a city’s complex matrix of interconnected variables, both explicitly and implicitly manifested.

Submission of two boards are required; The competitors are being asked to think critically and respond to general conditions and potentials vis a vis a speculative reading of Columbus’ transportation and infrastructural “network” (board one) and then act on that speculation using one of three sites (board two).

Schedule

Monday, April 2 2007: Competition Registration Begins
Tuesday, May 1 2007: Early Registration Deadline
Tuesday, May 15 2007: Late Registration Deadline
Tuesday, May 29 2007: Submission Deadline. Entries must be received by 5pm to be juried.
Thursday, May 31 2007: Jury Deliberations
Friday, June 1 2007: Public Announcement of Awards and Public Reception

Jury

Borja Ferrater
Partner, Carlos Ferrater Architect
Barcelona, ES

Robert Livesey, FAIA
Professor, Knowlton School of Architecture, The Ohio State University
Columbus OH

Mark Robbins
Dean, Syracuse University School of Architecture
Syracuse NY

Ashley Schafer
Associate Professor, Knowlton School of Architecture, The Ohio State University
Columbus OH

Jerome Unterreiner
Associate Partner, Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects
Portland OR

Marilee Utter
President, Citiventure Associates
Denver CO

Bart Overly
Jury Advisor
Blostein/Overly Architects
Columbus O

Full details
http://columbusrewired.org/competition/