The "Next Stop" design competition seeks to find the designer of Chicago's forthcoming Bus Rapid Transit system. The project has a simple mission statement: "This single-stage international design ideas competition is intended to be a catalyst for iconic, sustainable, and functional design for Chicago’s planned BRT system."
Chicago plans to expand its BRT from a pilot project to service running on its Central Corridor and possibly the Western-Ashland corridor.
In order to make sure a design can be adapted to any station in the city, organizers have specified that each proposal must have plans for three different locations: Downtown near State and Madison, Bucktown-Logan Square at the Western Avenue Blue Line L stop, and Pilsen near 18th and Ashland. All entries are due May 13 at noon.
Read the competition brief at the Chicago Architectural Club.