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Sabeel 2020 competition to design drinking fountain (win 100,000 AED)
Friday, March 29, 2024

Sabeel 2020 competition to design drinking fountain (win 100,000 AED)

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 LEVEL : Prize
 PLACE : Dubai
STATUS : Closed

The Sabeel 2020 competition is a programme that sets out to produce uniquely and innovatively designed drinking water fountains for the Expo 2020 Dubai site and its legacy. Drawing from the Expo 2020 theme of ‘Connecting Minds, Creating the Future’ and sub-themes of Opportunity, Mobility and Sustainability, Sabeel 2020 is a chance to build new creative collaborations and concepts, and further serves to provide major opportunities for the UAE creative sector.

Programme Details
  • Theme:Drinking water fountain design.
  • Duration: Not specified.
  • Number of Awards: 3.
  • Target groupe: Open to individuals that are based in the UAE, including UAE nationals, long-term residents and those with a demonstrable and sustained relationship with the UAE and its values.
Benefits
  • Three shortlisted submissions for the Sabeel 2020 competition will be selected by the jury. Of these, at least one will be mass-produced to become the iconic sabeel of the Expo 2020 site. Installed across various locations throughout the Expo 2020 site, the winning design(s) will remain as part of the Expo 2020 legacy.
  • A prize of AED 100,000 will be paid to each successful applicant selected as a winner.
  • Expo 2020 will cover the production costs, whereby applicants should aim to conceive designs that are commensurate to benchmarked standards for a drinking fountain in the UAE market without compromising the design aesthetic (excluding the internal unit, plinth, infrastructure connections and installation costs).
Eligibility

The Sabeel 2020 competition to design drinking fountain invites practitioners who:

  • Work as designers, architects, artists or within other creative industries
  • Have experience working in the public realm to brief or commission
  • Demonstrate an ability to design a work that is suitable for permanent public display
  • Display awareness of environmental concerns and a commitment to the key principles that inform Expo 2020’s overall sustainability strategy
  • Embrace conceptual and visual ideas/designs that are wholly original, dynamic, carefully considered and contextually appropriate
  • Have a proven track record of adhering to budgets and deadlines
  • Are from or are based in the UAE, including UAE nationals, long-term residents and those with a demonstrable and sustained relationship with the UAE and its values

Design proposals should:

  • Consider the architecture and environment of Expo 2020’s site and visitor usability, including public health and safety standards
  • Be robust enough to withstand high levels of usage, considering a projected 150,000 daily visitors to Expo 2020
  • Stand out conceptually, artistically and technically
  • Engage meaningfully with a broad, contemporary audience base, and encourage interactivity and engagement
  • Provide a memorable, captivating focal point that will bring the concept of the sabeel to life in a non-literal way
  • Show some flexibility in terms of concept as well as adaptability to place, design and install… for more info, please visit the official page
Application instructions

Click on the apply button below and fill the application form to apply for the Sabeel 2020 competition to design drinking fountain. Submissions must include: To be the first to see latest opportunities, please follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram.

  • A brief introduction to yourself and your practice (in Arabic or English, max. 500 words)
  • A summary that highlights your relevant experience of working to brief or commission for projects in the public realm (in Arabic or English, max. 500 words)
  • A statement on your approach to addressing this project’s brief (in Arabic or English, max. 500 words)
  • A draft budget in PDF format (in English, in AED)
  • Up to three high-resolution concept drawings of your proposed design
  • Up to three high-resolution preliminary technical drawings of your proposed design
  • A PDF containing up to 10 images/videos of your relevant previous work, accompanied by captions summarising each work shown

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