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CEDTI 2026 Architecture Competition is officially open.
Design affordable, ambiance‑rich housing for Bambous and stand a chance to win major professional and student prizes.

Register by 31 August.
Details: cedti.net/designcompetition-2026

The CEDTI 2026 Architecture Competition is officially open.
This year’s brief: Design affordable, ambiance‑rich housing for Bambous.

Prizes
• Professional Category – First Prize
A 3–6 month Design Residency Lab with Medine Group, plus an exclusive Tamarina Golf experience and a VIP Casela safari for up to 3 guests.

• Young Graduate & Student Category – First Prize
A full trip to the Biennale of Architecture in Réunion — flights, transfers, and hotel stay included.

• Public Winner’s Choice – Special Mention
A community‑voted distinction open to all submissions.

Register by 31 August
Part of CEDTI Colloquium 2026 – Island Ambiances (17–20 Nov)
🔗 www.cedti.net/designcompetition-2026

The CEDTI 2026 Architecture Competition is officially open.
This year’s brief: Design affordable, ambiance‑rich housing for Bambous.

Prizes
• Professional Category – First Prize
A 3–6 month Design Residency Lab with Medine Group, plus an exclusive Tamarina Golf experience and a VIP Casela safari for up to 3 guests.

• Young Graduate & Student Category – First Prize
A full trip to the Biennale of Architecture in Réunion — flights, transfers, and hotel stay included.

• Public Winner’s Choice – Special Mention
A community‑voted distinction open to all submissions.

Register by 31 August
Part of CEDTI Colloquium 2026 – Island Ambiances (17–20 Nov)
🔗 www.cedti.net/designcompetition-2026

Affordable housing is often reduced to square metres and technical fixes. But what if we start with sound, air, light, materiality, and perception — not as decoration, but as the core of design?

CEDTI asks a simple, radical question:
What happens when ambiance leads, and architecture follows?

The Bambous housing brief embraces flooding, local materials, and the sensory fabric of the landscape — not as constraints, but as raw material for imagination.

Sponsored by Medine.

🔗 Full brief and registration link :

Architectural Competition 2026 | CEDTI Architecture competition for affordable, ambiance-driven housing in Bambous, Medine, Mauritius. Open to professionals and students. Built environment research in the Indian Ocean context.

A big thank you to everyone who came, shared, and supported . Your voices and reflections are essential.

If you missed it, you can still explore what was exhibited — including the Zistwar Lakot posters and the AR video experience — here: https://cedti.net/nu-lavwa-nu-lakot

Thanks to the organisers, co-hosts and organisations present

On Saturday, May 30, CEDTI participated in the first pilot event of "Nu Lakot Nu Lavwa" for Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Mauritius, giving the public a platform to make their voices heard.

The day was co-organized by the Commission de l'océan Indien - Indian Ocean Commission (COI) and hosted by Dynamia and the Indian Ocean Islands Foundation (IOIF). 👍

CEDTI was responsible for organizing:

📊 The coastal dynamics mini-exhibition to explain key environmental issues.
💬 A Talk Time session for direct discussions between the public and experts.

Thank you to our guest experts for joining us:
🛡️ Carina Gounden – Coastal protection (MRU 2024)
🏗️ Nicolas Paturau – Senior architect, urban coastal development
🌱 Zyaad Boodoo – Environmental and Sustainable Development

We would like to thank all of our partners for supporting this event. 🙏

📅 Next Event
Join us this Saturday, June 6, at Le Morne village beach for the second part of this pilot project for Integrated Coastal Management in Mauritius.

Please do come, as public participation is essential for the success of coastal planning. We hope to see you there. 🏖️

For more details on last Saturday : https://lexpress.mu/s/entre-mer-et-beton-lavenir-du-littoral-en-question-558619?fbclid=IwdGRzaASJT6hjbGNrBIlPQ2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHs-ptf1Cin1593uWkmndb9-b6gv10kodIKXXhEGVlY81jQANVxmzJhO4DacA_aem_7ha2FqnY7x9Huf9Y0Q1CRQ&sfnsn=wa

🗣️Votre voix compte ! Venez découvrir, explorer et soumettre vos idées pour une meilleure gestion des zones côtières à Maurice 🇲🇺 !

➡️Participez à , 2 journées uniques d’engagement citoyen dédiées à la protection de notre littoral.

🤝Soutenu par l' AFD - Agence Française de Développement et le FFEM, cet événement est co-organisé par la COI via son projet , le consortium Dynamia et Indian Islands Ocean Foundation, le ministère de l'Environnement, le Conseil de District de Rivière Noire, le CEDTI et MRU 2025.

⏳ Deadline Extended!

Good news — submissions are now open until 01 May 2026.
If you haven’t sent yours yet, there’s still time. We’re looking forward to seeing your work.

📩 500‑word abstract

🔗 https://www.cedti.net/colloquium-2026

Call for Artistic Proposals 🎨

Island Ambiances colloquium | 17–19 November 2026 📅

Open to artists from all disciplines.

Participation formats: exhibition (3 days), performance/show, participatory workshop (max 3h), screening/film (max 1h).

Entry themes (free interpretation): sensitive architectures, digital sensing, geo-sensitive approaches, knowledge and skills, arts and island ambiances 🌴

Submission deadline: 1 May 2026 ⏳

Notification: 15 May 2026

Send proposal (statement of intent, portfolio/links, bio) to: [email protected]
📧 Subject line: "Artistic proposal – Island Ambiances"

🗓 Three weeks left – submit by April 24

Island Ambiances
CEDTI International Colloquium – Edition #3 • 17–19 November 2026

This colloquium focuses on how ambiances mediate the relationship between humans and their environment—through light, wind, sound, materials, and lived experience. It invites researchers, practitioners, and doctoral students working at the intersection of architecture, geography, digital sensing, and the arts to contribute.

CEDTI brings together a cross-regional network to explore these questions from coastal and island perspectives.

Themes include:
🏛️ Sensible architectures & spatial experience
🛰️ Digital sensing & environmental visualization
🗺️ Geo-sensitive approaches to island ambiances
👥 Knoweldge and skills on island ambiance
🎨 Arts & island ambiances

📩 500‑word abstract
🔗 https://www.cedti.net/colloquium-2026

Colloquium 2026 | CEDTI Beyond visible landscapes and material infrastructure, islands are lived and perceived through their ambiances—the textures of light, wind, humidity, sound, temperature, and seasonal variations that form the experiential fabric of island built environments. These sensitive and experiential qualiti...