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HACKCITY URBAN DESIGN CHALLENGE

100
Moving
Pixels

Co-build a self-organizing sustainable city with 100 modular moving spaces 

PRIZE FUND
37,000$

CONSTRUCTION TIME
2023

REGISTRATION DEADLINE
09 Dec. 2022

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COMPETITION CONTEXT

According to Wiener’s Cybernetics, a city's complex changing orders necessitate a dynamic loop of "feedback-adjustments" to preserve its inner balance. However, modern cities are now patternized and plagued by issues like traffic congestion, over-centralization etc. and reluctanct to react dynamically to the changing needs of people. 

Earlier in 1964, Archigram proposed a visionary, but contentious, solution called "Plug-in City," in which living spaces became "capsules" with personalized designs that were plugged into the city. The plug-in city is ideally installed by a massive crane, which appeared unrealistic at the moment and could not be finished.

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Hopefully, with autonomous chassis and other new technologies available today, the "crane" and "capsules" will be replaced with dynamic moving spaces - Robobus. This led to the introduction of PIXCITY as a sustainable superorganism and an organized prototype running based on moving spaces.

Igniting ideas and designs has become an urgent need. Hackcity, a PIX Moving design Hackthon, is where urban designers, urban planners, architects, architectural institutions and even students can share talents and intelligence. We refer the participants as "city hackers" in recognition of the contribution that you will make to the community and city of the future. 

Before the event, all city hackers will gather in a PIXCITY DAO Discord community to connect and build teams.

You are encouraged to improvise from the following, but not limited to, three perspectives:
1. To create various real-life scenarios of moving space used in the smart city
2. To address the issues afflicting modern cities
3. To plan a '15-minute' community ecosystem

Context
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FULL COMPETITION BRIEF

Download the full competition brief for more information!

PRIZES

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37,000$

Total Prize Fund

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"THE FUTURE CITY AWARD | VILLE FUTUR"

The design outcome meets the criteria of being shareable, configurable, connectable and achievable, and has the potential to be landed in a way that effectively making the urban space autonomously mobile, responding to the demands of citizens, and maximizing the quality of life of future residents

2ND PRIZE

7,000 $

Project Landing Opportunities
​Trophy 
Exhibition and Forum Promotion
NFT Collaboration

1ST PRIZE

15,000 $

3RD PRIZE

5,000 $

Project Landing Opportunities
​Trophy 
Exhibition and Forum Promotion
NFT Collaboration

Project Landing Opportunities
​Trophy 
Exhibition and Forum Promotion
NFT Collaboration
PIXCITY Urban CHO Medal of Honor
CG Animation Promotion

“THE GENESIS CITY AWARD | VILLE GENESIS”

Most Popular Award.

5,000 $

​Trophy 
Exhibition and Forum Promotion
NFT Collaboration

"THE RADIANT CITY AWARD | VILLE RADIEUSE"

Most Humanistic Valued Award.

5,000 $

​Trophy 
Exhibition and Forum Promotion
NFT Collaboration

Prizes

JURY PANEL

JURY PANEL

All jury members will also participate in open lecture during design phase and share their insightful urban expertise
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Maria Fedorchenko

Urban Consultant

Co-Director of 

Karta Architecture Ltd

Diploma Unit Master of

Architectural Association

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Ivan

Tallarico

Founder and CEO of

Hi-Interiors

Ecosystem Builder of

DesignTech

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Susan

Du

Head of  Business Development

at BIG

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Ling

Fan

Founder and CEO of

Tezign

Director of 

Tongji University Design A.I. Lab

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Benjamin Chan

Director of 

LWK + PARTNERS

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Biao

Hu

Director of Environmental Planning and Design Department Hunan University

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Tiantian

Lo

Assistant Professor of 

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design

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Tommaso Boralevi

President of

Federal Innovation @MIND

CTO of

LendLease

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Enea

Colombo

General Manager of

Icona Design Group

Leader of

Icona Smart City Project

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Chuan

Yu

CEO of 

PIX Moving

The skeptic of static cities​

More Guests Will Be Released 

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Jury
Key Dates
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KEY DATES

9th December 2022
Registration Deadline

11th December 2022
E-mail Confirmation

12th December 2022
Kick Off

13th - 14th December 2022
Virtual Teaming

15th December 2022
Competition Start

Sept. 2022 - Feb. 2023
Open Lecture | Workshop | Tutorial

10th February 2023
Submission Deadline

11th - 27th February 2023
Voting & Selection

28th February 2023
Result Announcement

THE COMPETITION SITES

City-hackers are required to choose one of the six sites list below.

Taking into account the local urban context, climate, culture, geography, etc., city-hackers can set the hypothetical site into the provided cities.

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RIO DE JANEIRO

BRAZIL

Rio de Janeiro
Brazil

22.9068° S, 43.1729° W

Please consider the combination with old city, thereby enhancing the local community and way of life.

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BLACK ROCK

CITY

USA

BLACK ROCK CITY
USA

40.7886° N, 119.2030° W

A completely uninhabited area where a new PIXCITY is being constructed and activities are taking place.

THE LINE
SAUDI ARABIA

28.212942° N, 34.735456° E

The PIXCITY here could integrate with the Line's existing design.

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THE LINE

SAUDI ARABIA

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SHANGHAI

CHINA

Shanghai Knowledge and Innovation Community
31.2304° N, 121.4737° E

The PIXCITY here should combine with the business district's existing structures and buildings
 

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LAGOS

NIGERIA

Lagos
City

6.455027°N 3.384082°E

The PIXCITY should combine with its existing urban form



 

Moon
Earth's only natural satellite
The 5th largest satellite in the Solar System


The design should consider the lunar environment, gravity, etc. when designing a space PIXCITY on the moon.

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MOON

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