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Finding of marketplaces of the future.

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economic growth consumer market increase more than two folds

rising urbanization and expanding the middle- class population center stage in the global economy.

The concept of a physical store has changed drastically over a century, bringing us to the question as to what is next?

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E-retail but are they becoming a terminal solution

to consumer experience?

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Retail Stores public spaces avenue to procure basic necessities but also acted

as a sphere for harboring a social spot.online shopping services shifted the transactions from physical retail stores to online.

Retail fronts, struggling to find their place today. But why?

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Yesterday Today

Storage

Shop frontsPeople

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Malls considered a place for social gatherings

They were well lit, accessible, safe, air-conditioned and offered a range of stores

An already costly affair, malls became more unprofitable and unsustainable with time.

shifting trend also affected the way people spent their money and time.

The result of this gap was not surprising, and a lot of them were shut down sooner than expected.

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How can we change this?

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rigid design strategy with no room for flexibility lack of comprehension towards changing trends of retail.

repelled people other convenient forms of shopping like e-commerce.

battle of online vs offline trying to deliver a better kind of experience to people

With a common goal in sight, can these two forces play together instead of playing against each other?

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a marketplace flexible - evolving - incremental growing trends of retail in the coming future

Balance Inclusive Engagement E-Tail Materialized Agile

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Dixie Square Mall

With the technological assets of today and a better design strategy - how can we craft a better market place that serves as a model for re-thinking falling marketplaces like these around the world?

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Spaces to Shop Spaces for services Spaces for mobility Spaces to recreate

500 - 1000

More?

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Site - Phase 1

41°36'46.3"N 87°40'07.6"W

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[ 2362px 3544px ] [ 400mm x 600mm 150 dpi ] 15MB

Registration page here: http://competitions.uni.xyz/upcycling-retail

Submission Deadline: September 25, 2019

Public Voting begins:September 26, 2019

Public Voting ends: October 26, 2019

Result Announcement: November 5, 2019

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Institutional Excellence Award

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15,000$

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The entries will be judged by an international jury of the competition - To be announced:

Presentation Concept/Idea Spaces/Programme Design Output

The judging panel can also add other criterions based on their internal discussions - which will be in line with the problem statement. Participants are advised to fulfil above given criterions first in their design.

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Unyt typological discoveries.

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