WINNIPEG – It’s a unique urban design competition looking to Winnipeggers in the driver’s seat.
Chair Your Idea asked participants to enter the contest an include a white chair with their idea for a city event or how to improve Winnipeg.
The open competition sought to generate more than 1,000 urban design ideas.
The idea can be anything from a massive ice cream party, to free swimming at pools for a week. Here is Johanna Hurme with “Chair Your Idea”.
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There is also 17 Celebrity Chairs taking part, including Global’s Eva Kovacs.
The competition website said the chairs, and ideas, would allow Winnipeggers to take a seat in newly claimed public spaces, open discussion on urban design and create dialogue on making our city great.
The winner will receive $30,000 to help realize their idea.
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