[deadline registration: 2/04/2012]
The OPPTA Competition 2011-2012 is an international idea competition, launched simultaneously in 5 sites and under a common theme to propose solutions at a technical, territorial, infrastructural or architectural level. In this first edition the chosen theme is Emergency Interventions, and the location for the convening is the American continent. It has suffered successive disasters, natural or anthropic, over the last two years and with solutions still pending. The site locations chosen for this convening of proposals are: - Petropolis. State of Rio de Janeiro. Brazil | - Puerto Saavedra. Araucanía Region. Chile | - San Cristobel. Bolivar Department. Colombia | - Chimalhuacán. State of Mexico. Mexico | - Lima District. Lima. Peru | Under the common theme Emergency Interventions, each site will propose a strategy to be debated. The winning teams will be invited to participate in the conference Active Debates where they will publicly present their proposal. They will attend the Project Conference Table where there will be agents related to the possible development, management and financing of the selected proposals. Who can participate_ Multidisciplinary teams of professionals linked to architecture, landscape, urban design, urban planning, engineering, art, economy, geography, ecology and all the fields of knowledge related to the development of strategies and proposals regarding Emergency Interventions. Info: http://concurso.oppta.org