"Buildner has announced the results of the Dubai Urban Elements Challenge, a landmark international design competition organized in strategic collaboration with Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). With a total prize fund of 2,000,000 AED (approximately €500,000), the initiative represents one of the most significant publicly funded global design competitions focused on urban transformation. The competition was conceived as a forward-looking procurement and innovation platform for one of the world's fastest-evolving metropolitan environments."
"Participants were invited to propose modular, climate-responsive urban elements-seating systems, shading devices, lighting infrastructure, wayfinding components, rest areas, and micro-retail structures-designed to enhance pedestrian life and strengthen Dubai's public realm identity. Responding to Dubai's extreme climate, multicultural demographics, and rapidly expanding infrastructure network, entrants were challenged to develop scalable, durable solutions capable of deployment across diverse urban typologies. The response was global in scope and ambition."
Buildner and Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) ran the Dubai Urban Elements Challenge with a 2,000,000 AED prize fund to advance urban transformation. The initiative solicited modular, climate-responsive elements including seating, shading, lighting, wayfinding, rest areas, and micro-retail to strengthen pedestrian life and public-realm identity. Entrants needed scalable, durable designs suited to extreme climate, multicultural demographics, and a rapidly expanding infrastructure network. The challenge attracted 558 global submissions and was judged by an international panel including RTA representatives, urban academics, civil engineers, public-realm specialists, and figures from firms such as Snøhetta and Calatrava International. RTA has begun studies to prototype selected proposals across the city.
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