News and Information About the Competition
The Award Will Be Used to Advance Its Africatown Blueprint Initiative (Mobile, AL January 29, 2024) —M.O.V.E. Gulf Coast Community Development Corporation is pleased to announce it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a $25,000 Design Grant that will support the continuing efforts of its Africatown Blueprint Initiative. Specifically, […]
PolicyLink Announces M.O.V.E. Gulf Coast CDC’s President/CEO Vickii Howell As A Fellow in Its New Spatial Futures Initiative Eleven Community Leaders Across the Country Chosen to Be Part of Inaugural Class (Mobile, AL, January 11, 2024) — PolicyLink, one of the nation’s premier social justice organizations that advances economic and social equity policies for low-income
Competition Organizer Chosen As PolicyLink Spatial Futures Fellow Read More »
M.O.V.E. Gulf Coast CDC and studio|rotan, organizers of The Africatown International Design Idea Competition, released the names of winners chosen by a 16-panel jury of experts in architecture, history, archeology, and community development, including local Africatown leaders, led by New York-based architect Jack Travis, FAIA NOMAC. The names were announced during an awards ceremony Monday,
Unique Design Challenge the First to Apply World-Class Afrofuturism for Architecture, Culture, Heritage and Tourism in the Only 19th Century Settlement Built by Africans in the U.S.A. After the Civil War (Mobile, AL, June 5, 2023) – M.O.V.E. Gulf Coast CDC and studio|rotan will announce winners of The Africatown International Design Idea Competition during a
Unique Design Challenge the First to Apply World-Class Afrofuturistic Concepts for Culture, Heritage and Tourism in A Black Community Established by Africans in the U.S. (Mobile, AL, May 19, 2023) — The designs are in to The Africatown International Design Idea Competition, the world’s first multi-site design challenge centered on Afrocentric visuals and architecture, created
(MOBILE, ALABAMA, January 19, 2023) — WE’VE EXPERIENCED SOME TECHNICAL GLITCHES IN UPLOADING GLOBAL SUBMISSIONS. Therefore, to ensure that the submission process is fair for all, The Africatown International Design Idea Competition Organizers and Global Jury Chair are extending the submissions deadline for 2 weeks. We encourage ALL contestants to use this new deadline/time extension
Competition Submission Deadline Extended 2 Weeks to February 2, 2023 Read More »
Competition Registration Extended toNovember 19, 2022 (MOBILE, ALABAMA, October 9, 2022) — Due to continuing demand to join this unique design challenge: The registration deadline has been extended to November 19, 2022; A Late Registration Fee of $25 dollars is now added to the initial registration fee of $100 per site; Thus, each new registration
Competition Registration Deadline Extended to November 19, 2022 Read More »
(MOBILE, ALABAMA, March 2, 2022) — In 2022, the World Monuments Fund looked for nominations with clear potential to respond to the global challenges of climate change and its impact on the heritage places they value, imbalanced tourism, and the need to amplify underrepresented voices and cultural narratives. The Africatown Watch nomination and proposed plan
What if architects could design 30 new types of houses to put on Africatown’s vacant lots? What if the floodplain on the abandoned Josephine Allen public housing site could be purposefully flooded to create an underwater view of the slave ship Clotilda’s illegal human cargo? What if an unused portion of Mobile County Training School
Africatown Says ‘Yes’ to Proposed Architectural Competition July 2019 Community Meeting Read More »
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