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Transparence 17.0 marks the 17th edition of India's biggest architectural competition. If you have what it takes to shape the architecture of the future, Register Now

India’s largest Architectural Design Competition for aspiring architects and designers is here in its 17th edition. A property of Saint-Gobain India Private Limited – Glass Business in association with Ethos, Transparence has always been the most looked-forward-to event by the budding architectural community for the opportunity it presents and the platform it offers like no other. Over the years, it has been the single biggest convergence of the best brains in the architecture and design fraternity mentoring the most promising and potential talent, together architecting the future of our country’s architecture and design landscape

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Can Architecture foster growth and harmony while revering the Environment?

As conscientious designers, our designs should tread lightly on the earth as they make a statement. The 17th year of Transparence encourages you to celebrate Nation Building through your designs and ideas. We look forward to holistic solutions on buildings that foster growth and harmony such as socio-cultural institutions, libraries, institutions for health and well-being, nature interpretation centres, ecological field stations, scientific learning or anthropological research premises, museums and beyond. Students and Colleges (through their studios) are encouraged to question the permanence of architecture and design by exploring responsive and reversible buildings. Your design should aim at carbon and energy neutrality by generating a positive impact on the environment and biodiversity at the site.

Lean and light is an approach to the construction process that increases the project value by reducing waste of resources, time, and work. Many experts have hinted at lean construction systems being the future in the building industry. For many leading firms across the world, the light and sustainable approach represents a smart business practice and social responsibility at the same time.

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Recording | Ask me Anything with Curators of Transparence 17.0

To get better insights on the theme and the brief of Transparence 17.0, watch the Curators discuss the competition theme and the brief in detail, and more here:

Architecture Student Contest - Warsaw

Transparence 17.0 Events

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Architectural Competition

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Architectural Competition

Through its evolution over several centuries and the desire to leave a mark, architecture tends towards permanence, often ignoring the actuality of the physical world and the current challenges. When a building has been unoccupied or abandoned, do we consider its lifespan to have ended? What do we do with the materials- demolish the structure and let it go to waste or reuse and repurpose the materials as well as the structure itself? How do we build structures that are reversible, or rather think of their afterlives? What is temporality in architecture?

Interior Design Competition

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Interior Design Competition

Exploring climate resilience and reversibility in design can be an exciting challenge. When a building has been unoccupied or abandoned, do we consider its lifespan to have ended? What do we do with the materials - demolish the structure or reuse and repurpose the materials as well as the structure itself?

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Beacons of Bharat

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Beacons of Bharat

As India completes 75 years of independence, here is an opportunity for you to participate in celebrating nation-building through design! The task is to design a commemorative tribute for the diamond jubilee celebrations of an independent India as well as for those who occupy the centre stage in bringing about the national vision through their work.