The Land Port Authority of India and Council of Architecture (LPAI), in collaboration with MyGov India, invites architects, architectural students, and firms to participate in the Banbasa Land Port Design Competition 2025. The competition seeks to recognize and promote creative, context-sensitive, sustainable, and implementable design solutions for the Banbasa Land Port, set within a rich forest landscape and eco-sensitive zone.
The objective of the competition is to ensure that the land port is secure, facilitates ease of traffic movement, and blends seamlessly with the local context. The competition offers a first prize of ₹5,00,000 and a second prize of ₹3,00,000, recognizing the best innovative and context-sensitive design solutions.
This design initiative is open to final-year architectural and planning students, graduates from the last five years, and architects who may have taken a break but are registered with the Council of Architecture (CoA). Participation can be individual or as a team, with colleges allowed to form a team comprising faculty and students under a one-college-one-team policy. Architectural firms with relevant experience, such as involvement in GRIHA, LEED, or IGBC certified projects or development of transportation hubs, urban projects, or multi-modal facilities, can also participate.
Teams can have up to five participants, ideally including an architect as team leader, a civil engineer, and experts in transport planning and environmental planning. Design submissions will be evaluated by a jury of up to five members from relevant institutions or ministries, who will form evaluation criteria for each round. All submissions must be in English, with anonymity maintained throughout the documents.
The submission deadline is November 17, 2025, and interested participants can find more information on MyGov. The competition provides an opportunity for architects and designers to showcase their creativity and skills while contributing to the development of a sustainable and efficient land port.
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