Congratulations to all teams who defied the gloomy weather forecast and participated in MERGE Sandcastles Competition at City Beach, on Sunday 17 March 2015! Here are some results and photos. For a further summary and more photos, keep an eye on the MERGE news webpage.
Professional League
FIRST PRIZE – $250 to spend at Clancy’s Fish Pub
Team: Sandcastley-Rock – engineers
Concept: Turtle Safe Haven
Key design features: Tunnels over tunnels allow the client, Sheldon the Seaturtle, to wander out of danger from predator birds. Spire lookout allows for predator check before the journey to the water.
SECOND PRIZE + PEOPLE’S CHOICE – 5x Event Cinemas Movie Tickets
Team: Good Hard Diggers – engineers
Sandcastle: Sheldon’s Tree Change
Concept: Eco-forest in the hills
Key design features: Self-sustainable living complete with chicken, cows, pond and a working train.
THIRD PRIZE – $50 voucher to local sports store
Team: Woodside – engineers
Sandcastle: Ziggurat
Concept: Based on the massive structures built in the ancient Mesopotamian valley and western Iranian plateau.
Key design features: Solar orientated, naturally draining engineered floodplains, naturally washed-up local landscaping.
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Team: Georgiou – engineers
Sandcastle: Timmy’s Paradise
Concept: Everything a turtle would want
Key design features: Wind turbine, swimming pool with slide, and 2 nesting burrow for 2 wives.
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Team: Not a Cube – engineers
Sandcastle: Perennial
Concept: Based on the great pyramids
Key design features: sustainable design – 1 large pyramid with smaller pyramids (intergenerational flexible living), local materials, compaction construction method, solar-powered.
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Team: Sandtects – architects
Sandcastle: Sub-merged
Concept: Thermal home
Key design features: natural cooling, wind protection, western sunset views.
Young Professional League
FIRST PRIZE – Adventure World Pass
Team: Charlotte Davey + Mum and Dad
Key design features: Giant turtle home inspired by everything Charlotte has learned from David Attenborough documentaries.
SECOND PRIZE – Adventure World Pass
Team: Coco’s Team
Key design features: Swimming pool, garden, and multi-functional house with turtle tunnel, skylight and slippery slide.
THIRD PRIZE – Adventure World Pass
Team: Elliot Webster + Mum and Dad
Key design features: Pyramid theme embellished with locally sourced shells.
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Team: Jumping Jennifers
Key design features: Pyramid and Sphinx Turtle
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Team: Tom’s Team
Key design features: Classic construction method – dig around and pile up.
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Team: Golden Girls
Key design features: Shipwreck with coral garden. Great white shark-proof.
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Team: The Turtle
Key design features: “Turtle Castle” air-vented doorway from the beach.
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Team: Zou
Key design features: Lap pool with flag towers
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Team: Zambos
Key design features: Singing sandcastle. Built in 10 minutes!
The annual Sandcastles Competition is a collaborative event between MERGE Emerging Architects, Young Engineers WA and the Town of Cambridge.
