Elevate Design Competition

UNI Competitions

This project was submitted as an entrant under firm StudioBUILD in the UNI design community’s Elevate competition. Despite rising technological innovation that connects, informs, and entertains like never seen before, it is commonplace for people to stare at their screens while being surrounded by active public spaces. The challenge presented by UNI was to create a publicly performing urban space that breaks this connectivity continuum to create a disconnect from screen time, thereby reconnecting people to the environment around us. StudioBUILD’s design sought to connect humans together in an authentic way across cultural and idological divides while also inviting a moment of stillness so that humans might commune with the metaphysical. This submission was shortlisted as a finalist in the competition, placed third in the popular vote, and ultimately received a honorable mention for its overall thought, design, and presentation.