The Africatown International Design Idea Competition, Vereinigte Staaten

The Africatown International Design Idea Competition

Introduction
Africatown shot to the forefront of the world’s consciousness with the sensational May 2019 discovery of the sunken slave ship Clotilda in the Mobile River Delta. It illegally brought 110 kidnapped West Africans to America’s shores in 1860. After a short enslavement, and unable to return home, 32 of the Africans formed and governed their own community in 1865. Their descendants and the community they founded exist today, but Africatown suffers from generations of benign neglect and industrial encroachment.

The Africatown International Design Idea Competition leverages the spectacular Clotilda find to give multi-disciplinary design teams a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to imagine a revived Africatown, with 16 land and water-edged venues on 4 sites across 3 cities that interpret and honor its history.

Taken together, the 16 venues are destined to constitute a major new cultural heritage tourism destination system called The Africatown Cultural Mile™. We believe it can attract millions of visitors and generate billions of dollars in revenue for the economy of Africatown, the Cities of Prichard and Chickasaw, and the greater Mobile region.

Eligibility
Open To All: architects, students, designers, landscape architects, artists, graphic artists or other;
individuals or teams up to 4 members per team (multicultural/multidisciplinary teams, if possible)

Schedule
Registration deadline: September 19, 2022
Submission deadline: January 19, 2023
Initial Jury reviews: February 19, 2023
Winners announced: March 19, 2023

Cash Prizes awarded
The total value of cash prizes to 1st, 2nd & 3rd place competition winners will be up to $100,000.

More information and details at
africatowndesign.com/