Design Competition - Museum of Natural History, Paris

The LA+ EXOTIQUE design ideas competition asks entrants to design the forecourt of the Museum of Natural History in Paris. The museum was founded in 1793 during the French Revolution, though the site had been used as a royal garden of medicinal plants since 1635.

The site is located on the left bank of the River Seine and sits within the Jardins des Plantes, which are 28-hectare grounds that include exterior gardens and a zoo (Ménagerie), with five galleries in the museum precinct: Gallery of Evolution, Gallery of Mineralogy and Geology, Gallery of Botany, Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy, and Large Greenhouses (Grandes Serres).

All of these could be considered inspiration for your design. The Museum is not just a collection of fossils, it is an active research institution studying the evolution of life on this planet, and its occupants, both human and nonhuman.

ENTRY PLATFORM OPENS
June 20, 2023

SUBMISSION DEADLINE
October 30, 2023 at 11.59pm (US Eastern Time)

WINNERS ANNOUNCED
December 15, 2023

WINNERS + SELECTED ENTRIES PUBLISHED
The LA+ EXOTIQUE issue will be published in Fall 2024.

AWARDS
Total prize pool USD $10,000

More information here.