1er Concurso de Arquitectura en SecondLife

Ya os hemos hablado varias veces de la aparición de SecondLife como una nueva rama en desarrollo para el trabajo de los arquitectos.
Las últimas novedades ya hablan de efectos de luz con renderizado instantáneo muy realistas (screenshots), herramientas para importar directamente archivos desde autocad (presentación) y del uso de SecondLife como parte de las prácticas de formación en Arquitectura.
Pues bien, hoy os presentamos la 1st Annual Architecture & Design Competition de SecondLife, un galardón que promete ir convirtiéndose en un premio importante para diseñadores de mundos virtuales.
Los resultados serán evaluados por un jurado en un evento de «FirstLife»: el festival Ars Electronica de Linz (Austria) en septiembre, y se expondrán en el Zollverein de Essen (Alemania)

Aquí­ os pongo los detalles:

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! to the First Annual Architecture and Design Competition in Second Life. Spatially interesting and aesthetically independent pieces of architecture are sought from the inhabitants of the digital parallel world that has almost seven million participants.

The competition will be part of this year’s renowned Ars Electronica Festival in Linz / Austria (Sept. 5th – 11th, 2007), where the jury will be held. A massive prize ceremony with party and exhibition will be held at the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Zollverein Essen to celebrate the winners of this competition.

There is no submission fee.

Deadline: Sept. 1st, 2007

Online submission form at: www.sl-award.com

A highly qualified, independent jury of designers and architects will award the prizes:

* Shumon Basar, curator, author and architect. Unit Master at the Architectural Association, London

* Mathieu Wellner, architect and curator at the Haus der Kunst, Munich * Tor Lindstrand, architect, International Festival und Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm

* Pascal Schí¶ning, author and architect, Unit Master at the Architectural Association, London

* Michael Schirner, head of the institute for art and media, professor at ZKM, Karlsruhe

* Stephan Doesinger, artist, creative director & architect, initiator of the competition, Munich

Projects will be chosen from five categories:

* High rise
* Private homes
* Corporate architecture and v-business
* Landscape design
* Special freestyle projects