Calzavara Tower Coating Design

Calzavara Tower Coating Design is now open for entries!

Calzavara Tower Coating Design: Calzavara, an Italian company together with Desall are looking for ideas to create new coatings that contribute to defining the aesthetics of telecommunications towers, improving their integration into the urban landscape, and transforming them into architectural icons.

Short description

Calzavara is looking for ideas for new aesthetic coatings dedicated to telecommunications towers, specifically suitable for installation on its own collection of architectural towers.

Solutions that manage to combine different materials, with particular attention to ecological and sustainable ones, will be of greater interest. Additionally, proposals that integrate technological elements into the coatings, capable of reducing the structure’s management costs or generating income through the sale of advertising space, will be appreciated. However, it is essential that these elements do not compromise the aesthetics and harmony with the installation environment.

The style of the coatings should be modern, technology-oriented, green, and sustainable. No specific colour constraints are provided.
The aesthetic elements should be visually appealing and evoke pleasant emotions in the observer, combining innovation and functional solutions to create a positive and significant impact on the urban landscape. The primary function of the coating is to provide aesthetic value to the structure. However, the coating design could also integrate technological elements useful for reducing management costs and enhancing sustainability. For example, solar panels could reduce electricity costs, while the integration of advertising panels and LED screens could generate revenue from advertising space.

The components must fit within the space allocated for the coating. The interior of the structure should not be obstructed to allow passive ventilation through the chimney effect and to ensure that personnel can safely and easily access the internal ladder used for maintenance.

Any material is permitted as long as it is readily available on the market and suitable for industrial production processes. Solutions that successfully combine different materials, with a particular focus on ecological and sustainable options, will be of greater interest.

Entries will be judged by the Sponsor based on the following criteria:

➜ Aesthetic Quality 5/5
➜ Degree of Innovation 4/5
➜ Functionality 4/5
➜ Technical Feasibility 3/5
➜ Economic Feasibility 3/5

one or more projects.

Submission requirements:

Provide detailed descriptions and up to 5 images to effectively present your projects. Images should be in 4:3 format, with .jpg, .gif or .png file formats acceptable. The colour mode should be RGB and the maximum size of a single file should be 1 MB.

To better evaluate your proposals, you are invited to upload:

➜ Description/Vision of the Project, PDF file. A text describing the design concept, the materials used, the technologies employed, and the rationale behind the design choices. Explanations on how the design meets the contest requirements and project objectives.
➜ 3D Renderings, Raster files (jpg, png, tiff) in high resolution showing the proposed design from various angles and photorealistic images set in context to visualise the final appearance of the project.
➜ Graphics and Textures, Vector files (pdf, eps, ai) if the proposal includes graphics and textures applied to panels.
➜ Technical Sheets of Materials/Technologies, PDF file. Sheets detailing the materials used, the technologies employed, and the reasons behind the design choices.

You’re also invited to use the designated field on the Upload page (on the offical website) to attach a .zip file containing 3D files and high-resolution versions of the project images. The maximum file size for the .zip archive is 100MB.

All texts (abstract, description, tags, etc.) must be written in English.

Who may enter?

Participation is open to creative talents of any nationality aged 18 or older.

Prize:

The winner will receive €3000.

Throughout the duration of the option right, the Sponsor offers an additional opportunity to all participants by setting the compensation of €1500 for the purchase of the licence for the economic exploitation of projects not recognized as winning proposals.