Ideas competition seeks urban adaptation proposals

An international ideas competition has launched, inviting tertiary students and graduates of urban planning, architecture and landscape architecture to submit an urban adaptation proposal for a site of their choosing.

The Future Climate Future Home Competition is an annual competition initiated by the Australian Urban Design Research Centre (AUDRC), part of the School of Design at the University of Western Australia. The 2025 theme "Adapt Me" invites participants to select an existing urban site - developed or undeveloped - and adapt the site to projected climate conditions, focusing on extreme temperatures.

Conceived to promote better understanding of the design and planning implications of increasing temperatures on urban precincts, public open spaces and housing, the competition offers a total prize pool of $15,000 to be divided among the winners.

Entries for the competition can be submitted until 28 February 2025. Find out more at the AUDRC website.