Turning Military Bases into Public Civic Centers

As host of the Open Architecture Challenge, AFH is asking designers around the world to re-envision the future of decommissioned military space through its “[un]restricted access” competition. The six-month competition (PDF brief) with $5,000 in prizes wants architects and design teams to transform former places of conflict into “civic spaces built for the public good.” If teams don’t have bases closing in their own communities, Architecture for Humanity has selected five sites that teams without a local site can use including Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay Detention Center, the NSA’s “East Bank” in New Orleans and Flak Towers in Vienna, Austria.

What would you do if you had a deserted military base as your canvas?

Maybe you’d like to take a shot and enter in the design competition?