ASLA’s Opportunities and Events page provides users with the latest information on everything from conferences and meetings to calls for papers, requests for qualifications, consulting opportunities, and competitions. Below, a design competition tied to Earth Day.

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The National Capital Planning Commission, in cooperation with the General Services Administration (GSA), is sponsoring a design competition for a new temporary outdoor commemorative installation in Washington, D.C., with the goal of enhancing a prominent but underused public space in the city’s monumental core while fostering a public dialogue regarding the nature of commemoration in the nation’s capital.

The proposed site for this temporary installation is the Ariel Rios Hemicycle, a grassy semicircle along the west side of 12th Street NW between Pennsylvania and Constitution avenues in Washington’s Federal Triangle.

Artists and/or design professionals, working as individuals or teams, are invited to propose ideas for an innovative temporary work that embodies the commemorative theme selected for the competition—the precepts and positive impact of Earth Day, the world’s largest civic observance. The winner of the competition—who will be named in summer 2012—may be contracted to design, fabricate, and install his/her proposed installation, resulting in a public display at the hemicycle for a period of approximately one year. Concurrent with this competition, GSA will be making permanent site enhancements such as new seating and improvements to the landscape. For details, visit the site.