WWF Oasis of Orbetello, Young Architects Architecture Contest News
WWF Observation Cabins Competition 2021
Architecture Contest organised by Young Architects Competitions
26 Mar 2021
YAC Competition Winners
WWF Observation Cabins by YAC, Orbetello, Italy
YAC – Young Architects Competitions – and WWF launch WWF OBSERVATION CABINS, a competition of ideas aiming to design some observation points and a visitors? center for the WWF Oasis of Orbetello as a unique space to protect and safeguard nature.

The cash prize of ? 15, 000 will be distributed to the winning proposals selected by an international jury panel made of, among the others: Kazuyo Sejima (SANAA), Sou Fujimoto, Simon Frommenwiler (HHF), Patrick Lüth (Snøhetta), Raulino Silva, Mariana de Delás , Nicola Scaranaro (Foster+Partners), Giulio Rigoni (BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group).
BRIEF
Soil consumption, deforestation, poaching. If the numerous species living on Earth had a voice, there would be a deafening cry of pain rising from deserts, mountains, burning forests and polluted skies.
In the fight for the protection of ecosystems there are no winners or losers. Yet, human beings seem to linger. While the delicate balances supporting this planet are eroding, anachronistic economic systems linger over reversing course of a race for a progress with no future and a wealth with no tomorrow.

This is the awareness at the base of WWF?s initiatives. For sixty years, WWF has been giving voice to the silent cry...