On the occasion of IDEAS CITY 2015, the biennial Festival created to explore the future city and to effect change – Storefront for Art and Architecture, along with the New Museum and the New York City Department of Transportation, is launching a Competition for the design and construction of an outdoor structure – a work of “Street Architecture” that facilitates new forms of collective gathering and engagement with the city.

The 2015 edition of IDEAS CITY will take place in downtown New York from May 28 to 30, 2015. On Saturday, May 30, 2015, the winning entry will occupy a designated pedestrianized outdoor space in the vicinity of the New Museum and Bowery area and will host programs and activities throughout the day.

This year theme “The Invisible City” is an invitation to explore the question of visibility and related dynamics, including transparency and surveillance, citizenship and representation, expression and suppression, and participation and dissent, as defining forces within the contemporary city.

Registration Deadline: January 23, 2015 Submission Deadline: February 23, 2015 Construction Budget : 20,000 USD Prize 7,500 USD

Ideas City 2013. Storefront for Art and Architecture: SpeechBuster by J. Lai and G. Cox, SpaceBuster by Raumlabor and Mirror Mirror by D. Rafailidis. Photograph by Naho Kubota.

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