Slant Awards Spring 2012

The main idea behind SLANT is to provide an opportunity to recognise, reward and promote contemporary works right across the entire spectrum of design, and we propose that one of the best ways of achieving this aim will be through the medium of international competitions.

In the fist half of 2011, we held our first international competition which was designed for students of landscape architecture and landscape design. Later on in the second half of 2011 we held our second competition and this time it was open to all. The theme of this competition was Garden Design and the results of these two competitions can be viewed in the Archive and on our Slant Facebook Page

The Slant Awards Spring 2012 competition is now open to all, and the challenge this time is to design a concept plan for a city sector which is undergoing urban renewal.

The city in question is not a real city; it has been designed solely for this competition, and its location is not being specified.

The “blanks” or “options” in the brief are deliberate, and the opportunity on offer to the entrants is that they can fill in the blanks in any way that they choose. For example you decide the country, the climate and who the citizens are likely to be.

We hope that by adopting this approach that you will feel free to demonstrate to the judges not only your planning skills, but also, equally importantly, your creative talents.



If you are interested in this competition you can register your interest via this link.



Jury Members:

Steve Martino FASLA (USA)     Teresa Moller (Chile)     Prof Paolo L Bürgi (Switzerland)


Closing date 22 June 2012


We would like to hear your views, so if you have any comments or questions please contact SLANT on mail@slant.eu

Hugh Ryan
February 2012