Uniting people via sports

Sports is the cry of triumph, the tears of joy, the beating of the chest when your team loses in the nail-biting crusade. Gathering up on streets in front of a TV, listening to the radio broadcast in a remote village, or watching with your friends on a 52-inch screen - the euphoria with which the whole country cheers is unparalleled. A community lives its best experience when everyone is interacting under the same roof. And sports have the potential to provide such a platform.

Unfortunately, a dense city fabric, work-life, and technology has changed viewing patterns. An in-person experience has taken precedence over community integration. This has led to increased social isolation, lack of by road activity, a disappearing community fabric, and hence unsafe dead streets.

How can an activity that plays within the confines of four walls be shifted back to the streets? Without disrupting the pattern of virtual consumption.

The challenge was to design an interactive sports hub, where people can come together, watch and enjoy a sports event.

The jury for the competition consisted of esteemed designers, professionals, and academicians from around the world. The Lead Jurors for the competitions were as follows: 

Matheus Diniz, Owner, MDAD, Brazil

Kazuma Yamao, Founding Partner, Waiwai, Japan

Florian Busch, Director, Florian Busch Architects, Japan

Some of the Best competition projects are:

 

Winning Project: Dynamic Dojos

By: Mathilde Severinsen & Kathrine Vand 

      

Description: People who suffer from loneliness need a place where they are not stigmatized, a place where they feel safe, and where social interaction can happen. Dynamic Dojos is a modular construction system designed to fit any context and host any event. Each module contains a program specifically designed to encourage social interaction.

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Runner - Up: コミュニティ

By: Mohammad Hassan Baqershahi, Parinaz Abdshahzadeh, 

Parisa Nikoomaram & Atieh Fattahi

Description: We will bring people together.

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People Choice: THE BEACON

By: Akshat Barve, Ramiz Akhthar, Hritik Dawar & Akash Paralikar

Description: The Beacon is a multi-utility sports hub that recreates the ambiance of a stadium and presents an opportunity for the unification of the community.

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Editor’s Choice: Lantern Lights (行灯の光)

By: laras winarso & Annisaa Indrarini

Description: Lantern Lights is a space created for people to gather and enjoy each other's company while celebrating the festivity of the Tokyo Olympics. It is inspired by the traditional Japanese lantern 'Andon', which symbolizes guidance of liveliness and spirits of the people in supporting their team while enhancing the cultural experience of the Olympics.

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Editor’s Choice: Shinkō komyuniti (Tokyo Dojo)

By: Misak Terzibasiyan

Description: Just as the Olympic's vision is to build a better world through sport, the Shinkō komyuniti (Rising community). Utilizes sports spectatorship as the catalyst to celebrate and revive Japanese culture and its community.

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Editor’s Choice: Tokyo Dojo

By: Minga Architekten

Description: The concept of the design was the idea to create a central place where the world of experience around sports and the fan community can be celebrated together. With organic forms, the dynamics of the sport are also shown in the building structure. The design language combines traditional Japanese patterns and modern architecture with technology.

 

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