FIRST METAVERSE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE

by 0xf7748b4f60a8d36dcd6ccb3d30244baecb1429cf (MetaverseRick)

Should the following $115,000 grant in the In-World Content category be approved?

Abstract

This proposal asks the DAO funding to organize and develop the first Metaverse Architecture Biennale to be held cross-metaverse in Decentraland and W3rlds in September 21-24

Biennale would unite the best creators worldwide to manifest the significance of architecture and design for the Metaverse. During the Biennale, two metaverse platforms would showcase bespoke projects and ideas and become a place to speculate about the future of this new environment, meet co-thinkers and formulate the vision role of the architect in the Metaverse!

Grant size

115,000 USD in DAI

Project duration

4 months

Beneficiary address

0xf7748B4F60a8d36DcD6ccb3D30244bAECB1429cF

Email address

info@metancy.agency

Description

There is only one decentralized Metaverse that unites all of the platforms, technologies, and communities. This is the basis of our vision of the Industry of the virtual worlds, and this is why we’ve decided to simultaneously run the event on two platforms to emphasize this idea. In Decentraland, a massive town would be developed especially for this event, and from there, you could teleport to the world in the W3rlds to explore even more unique spaces.

- colossal exhibition space in two platforms: Decentraland and W3rlds

- architectural competition open to creators with any experience

- more than 30 pavilions by creators from all over the world

- expositions by well-known architects and designers

- lectures and public talks

- thousands of amazing people to meet during the event

The event will consist of several pavilions designed by well-known architectural studios, and emerging designers selected by an open contest. In addition, there will be lectures, discussions, NFT exhibitions, art installations, and more, so anyone interested in architecture and design can enjoy the event.

We are proud to announce that we have already secured partnerships with top-tier architecture and design studios to become participants and creators of the event, such as Killa Design, Soomeen Hahm, ATRIUM, HWKN Architects, Spaces DAO, PLP Architecture, SA Lab, LAVA, Mariana Cabugueira, Il Prisma, iheartblob, and Illusorr (full list).

OPEN CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS

1st STAGE: OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Candidates will send three visualizations of the 3d-modeled architectural objects reflecting the theme of the Biennale “Presence of the Future” and a 200-500 words description of the concept. The jury would rate all projects by concept, formal/spatial complexity, and atmosphere (use of light, textures, and landscape). The function of the space is not limited: to an event hall, showroom, maze, etc.

2nd STAGE: FINALISTS PROJECTS REALISATION

All finalists are guaranteed to receive a grant from the organizers to produce the final spaces for the event. All submitted projects will be checked by the technical team and placed on the event web before opening. On the event's final day, the jury announces the best project of the Biennale, and its creators are invited to become the jury of the next event.

SPACE

Since the Biennale is advantageous for developing Decentraland and the industry, we’ve contacted the Decentraland Foundation and have already agreed to hold an event at one of the Plazas, which are 20x20 parcels.

We are working on the master plan and public spaces for the upcoming Biennale. After generating several co-ordinally different space structure variants, analyzing each, and searching for pitfalls, we settled on a variant. The architectural city is inspired by green futuristic-fantasy towns, with tree houses and a multi-level communication system between the works of participants and public spaces, which resembles the structure of tree growth.

Roadmap and milestones

Already done / in process - concept and planning / partnerships / headliners & jury invitations / creation of event program / onboarding the best architects & designers / masterplan design & modeling / event release

1st month - the masterplan turns detailed and ready to develop / developing team onboarding / developing & modeling of event space / event release & shilling / open call for creators / Metaverse worlds building / wearables modeling

2nd month - the end of the construction of the worlds and their unification / media coverage / wearables creation & minting / marketing / building of community / developing & modeling of event space / events developing / wearables minting

3rd month - finish of developing / testing & bug fixing / deploying public versions of the buildings and worlds / 4-days festival with events and architect contest final

4th month - post-production / post-PR / media coverage / after-events / creating of Decentraland Worlds with the works of participants

This proposal is summarized due to technical limitations. To view it complete and vote on it, visit the DCL DAO Governance dApp