Second "Visional City Design Competition" to be Held
TRIAD Inc. announced the second "Visional City Design Competition," an architecture and urban design competition. With a panel of experts from diverse fields as judges, the competition seeks proposals that pioneer the future of cities, with a particular emphasis on business-oriented plans that consider commercial viability and social implementation.
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TRIAD Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo / Representative Director: Masayuki Kuramochi) is pleased to announce the holding of the second "Visional City Design Competition," a design competition that proposes future urban visions starting from architecture and cities.
Following last year, Sou Fujimoto, Makoto Tanijiri, Seiichi Saito, and Wataru Muto will return as judges, joined by new judges Hitoshi Tanaka, Aya Sengoku, Natsuko Shiraki, and Eri Tsugawa, forming an eight-member judging panel. The competition broadly invites proposals that open up the future of cities, incorporating perspectives from diverse fields such as art, technology, business, and institutional design, not limited to the frameworks of architecture and urban planning. This year, in particular, we actively encourage applications for business-oriented plans that consider not only spatial proposals but also commercial viability and social implementation.
Official Website: https://triad.company/vcdc
## What is the "Visional City Design Competition" (VCDC)?
This competition aims to re-examine the challenges and contradictions hidden in cities through the concept of "dystopia" and to envision new future possibilities from diverse perspectives, including architecture, urban planning, institutions, and business.
In the first competition held in 2025, with the theme "Shadows of the City," we received many challenging proposals from students, young architects, and creators, with over 1,100 entries.
First Visional City Design Competition: https://triad.company/vcdc/2025
## About the Second Competition
Through the various proposals received in the first competition, we reaffirmed the significance of not merely treating the "shadows" of the city as problems, but re-examining the underlying structures and envisioning new solutions. With this in mind, we will continue to hold this year's second competition under the theme "Exit of DYSTOPIA #2."
This time, the target application area has been expanded to Tokyo's 23 wards, and we are broadly seeking proposals that connect to social implementation, not just concepts. We look forward to encountering proposals that confront the "shadows" of the city head-on, amidst the gap between ideals and reality, and outline a new future.
Following last year, Sou Fujimoto, Makoto Tanijiri, Seiichi Saito, and Wataru Muto will return as judges, joined by new judges Hitoshi Tanaka, Aya Sengoku, Natsuko Shiraki, and Eri Tsugawa, forming an eight-member judging panel. The competition broadly invites proposals that open up the future of cities, incorporating perspectives from diverse fields such as art, technology, business, and institutional design, not limited to the frameworks of architecture and urban planning. This year, in particular, we actively encourage applications for business-oriented plans that consider not only spatial proposals but also commercial viability and social implementation.
Official Website: https://triad.company/vcdc
## What is the "Visional City Design Competition" (VCDC)?
This competition aims to re-examine the challenges and contradictions hidden in cities through the concept of "dystopia" and to envision new future possibilities from diverse perspectives, including architecture, urban planning, institutions, and business.
In the first competition held in 2025, with the theme "Shadows of the City," we received many challenging proposals from students, young architects, and creators, with over 1,100 entries.
First Visional City Design Competition: https://triad.company/vcdc/2025
## About the Second Competition
Through the various proposals received in the first competition, we reaffirmed the significance of not merely treating the "shadows" of the city as problems, but re-examining the underlying structures and envisioning new solutions. With this in mind, we will continue to hold this year's second competition under the theme "Exit of DYSTOPIA #2."
This time, the target application area has been expanded to Tokyo's 23 wards, and we are broadly seeking proposals that connect to social implementation, not just concepts. We look forward to encountering proposals that confront the "shadows" of the city head-on, amidst the gap between ideals and reality, and outline a new future.