This international ideas competition explores how the traditional news kiosk can be reinterpreted as a contemporary civic device. Participants may select any publicly accessible site anywhere in the world and propose a micro-architectural intervention that introduces new programmes, services or public uses while responding to the chosen urban context. Rather than simply redesigning a kiosk, the brief questions how an increasingly obsolete urban typology can regain social relevance. The proposal must negotiate the relationship between compact architecture and public life, balancing adaptability, identity and everyday use. Participants are encouraged to rethink both the kiosk itself and its immediate surroundings through interventions such as seating, lighting, paving, shading or other public realm elements that strengthen social interaction and civic presence.<\/p>","sector":["landscape-public-realm","urban-master-planning"],"location":"Worldwide","intervention":"Ideas \/ conceptual proposal","website":"","tender_portal":"https:\/\/www.terravivacompetitions.com\/the-civic-kiosk-competition-2026\/","tender_stage":"Open design competition","deadline":"04 Dec 26","contract_type":"","consultant_team":"Architects, designers, urban planners, engineers, artists, makers, creatives and anyone interested in architecture and design may participate individually or in teams. No maximum team size is specified.","submission_criteria":"
1st Prize \u2013 US$3k (~ \u00a32.2k); 2nd Prize \u2013 US$2k (~ \u00a31.5k); 3rd Prize \u2013 US$1k (~ \u00a3740); total prize fund US$8k (~ \u00a35.9k); 5 Golden Mentions, 10 Honourable Mentions and 30 Finalists published by Terraviva Competitions.<\/p>\n
Proposal Deliverables:<\/strong><\/em> Submission, Format and Requirements:<\/strong><\/em> Content Requirements:<\/strong><\/em> Evaluation:<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u2014 Architectural and\/or design proposal for a civic kiosk.
\n\u2014 Spatial strategy responding to the chosen site.
\n\u2014 One horizontal A1 presentation panel (594 \u00d7 841 mm) in JPG format (maximum 20 MB).
\n\u2014 Panel may include title, diagrams, sketches, plans, sections, renders, collages, model photographs, 3D visualisations and any other graphic representation required to explain the proposal.
\n\u2014 One accompanying A4 project description (250\u2013500 words) in DOC or DOCX format.<\/p>\n
\n\u2014 Language of submission: English.
\n\u2014 Online upload panel (access issued after registration).
\n\u2014 Anonymous submission.
\n\u2014 The panel and text document must contain the issued Order Number in the upper-right corner.
\n\u2014 Files must not contain names, offices, universities or any identifying references.
\n\u2014 Registration is required before access to the download package and upload area is issued.<\/p>\n
\n\u2014 Reimagine the civic and architectural role of the kiosk.
\n\u2014 Demonstrate how the proposal activates its surrounding public space.
\n\u2014 Address adaptability, changing daily uses and public interaction.
\n\u2014 Develop an appropriate architectural identity through materials, fa\u00e7ades, openings and transformation strategies.
\n\u2014 The intervention may extend beyond the kiosk to include seating, lighting, paving, shading, signage or other public realm elements.
\n\u2014 The proposal must remain at the scale of a micro-architecture located in a public or publicly accessible space.<\/p>\n
\n\u2014 Originality of the concept.
\n\u2014 Integration with the urban context.
\n\u2014 Creative interpretation of the programme.
\n\u2014 Social impact of the proposal.
\n\u2014 Sensitive use of materials and colours.
\n\u2014 Graphic representation.
\n\u2014 No published weightings.<\/p>\n","beedier_commentary":"","calendar_date":"20261204","region":"europe","country":"albania","type":"open-design-competition","value":"zero-to-five-million","tender_source":"","tender_status":"","batch_id":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beedier.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tenders\/53442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beedier.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tenders"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beedier.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tenders"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/beedier.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tenders\/53442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53448,"href":"https:\/\/beedier.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tenders\/53442\/revisions\/53448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beedier.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tender-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beedier.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tender-categories?post=53442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}