24H, a competition branch of ideasforward, has announced winners for its themed-based international competition, titled "Everest" in its 28th edition.

The three top winners selected from China, France and Russia, as well as 4 Honorable Mentions selected from Poland, India, China, Russia, Malaysia and Germany. 

The competition asked the participants to design five fixed camp structures that are resistant to harsh climate of Everest South Rise. One of them had to be a Base Camp including storage for food, oxygen, medicines, clothes, tents, mountaineering material; communal kitchen; garbage collection; memorial to the victims. Other camp structures had to include shelter with oxygen, medicine, food, climbing material, waste bin for oxygen bottles. 

"Increasingly, the ascent to Everest became accessible to the less prepared. This is due to the improvement of equipment and support teams that exist today to make possible the dream that for many would be impossible. Despite this, every year many die trying, and their bodies rest on the mountain," said 24H describing the program.

The goal of this challenge was to design the fixed structures that will support the 5 camps that make up the Everest South Rise, trying to create the conditions for a death on the highest mountain in the world to be a thing of the past. The competitors had to consider landscape friendly structures, without much impact on the nature of the site.

Jury members composed of World Architecture Community Editor-In-Chief, Architect Berrin Chatzi Chousein, Bustler Editor-In-Chief, Architect Alexander Walter, Architect Adrian Welch, Architect Rui Oliveira and Architect Maria Malitskaya.

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See the full winning projects with jury comments below:

1st prize: Jiaqi Wang, Wanzhu Jiang, Pinwen Zhang, Qiuyu Li City - Xiamen, China

"The proposed structure is extremely realistic for this composition since its materials applications, implementations, rigidity and and strctural details are clearly expressed. The architectural language of the structure is quite perceivable and distingushable from far away. The proposal entirely proposes a non- standard, dynamic, easily percevable and fresh camping structure that considers all climatic conditions for different weathers. The internal logic of the structure is also very varied, well-thought and elaborated in detail," said Berrin Chatzi Chousein.

"Modular proposal very interesting and that offers all the conditions of adaptability necessary in each case with an innovative design that respects the elements," said Rui Oliveira.

2nd prize: Brice Franquesa, Julien Marie, Victor Didier City - Annecy, France

"Proposal without a negative impact on the nature and that seeks with the simplicity to offer the conditions of support and meditation necessary to the continuation that the adventurers propose. No one would be indifferent to this silent cry," said Rui Oliveira. 

3rd prize: Nikita Werth, Bulat Kalimullin, Samat Sungatullin - Kazan, Russian Federation

"Besides its stunning visualizations, this submission impresses with a highly practical, more product design-y angle: a survival toolkit
of ultra-lightweight mobile structures that can increase the chances of making it to the summit and back alive. This entry thinks also
about the spaces in between the camps - shelter between the shelters," said Alexander Walter.

Honorable Mention: Klaudia Lachcik, Joanna Romaniuk - Warsaw, Poland

Honorable Mention: Mukul Gupta, Sritoma Bhattacharjee, Varun Sethi, Namita Relan, Siddhant Mathur - Delhi, India

Honorable Mention: Xia Lu - Beijing, China

Honorable Mention: Andrey Astakhov, Arina Karenova, Sophia Dobychina, Anastasia Slavina - Moscow, Russian Federation

Honorable Mention: Yi Yang Chai, Yi Ming Ng - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Honorable Mention: Lukas Frenzel, Julia Thiem, Mara Joergens - Aachen, Germany

Honorable Mention: Su Zeyong, Zhong Hongfeng, Wen Weijian - Shenzhen, China

"24H competitions are really challenging in terms of testing different lifes, places, conditions and functions in an innovative way. Especially designing in a limited time shows us how any architects can develop urgent or alternative agendas for any type of structure," said Berrin Chatzi Chousein.

"As rapid technological breakthroughs keep shifting the boundaries of what is believed possible and impossible terrain, so does architecture need to adapt to new, increasingly extreme environments to create human habitats: oceans, deserts, outer space, the arctic and antarctic, and certainly also alpine regions. Mt Everest is faced with ever more environmental and infrastructural challenges, and this competition received an overwhelming response from designers around the world eager to propose solutions to a spectrum of issues," said Alexander Walter.

"With this contest of ideas, we are forced to reflect on the impact our attitudes have on nature. The challenges, however difficult they may be, fascinate the human being to go further. Excellent opportunity for reflection," said Rui Oliveira.

See 24H's next competition Hypermega as well as other competitions on WAC Competitions page.

All images courtesy of 24H

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