Regional Coordinator: Lisa Kosick
Welcome to the Pittsburgh Regional Future City Competition Site!
Future City starts with a question—how can we make the world a better place? To answer it, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students imagine, research, design, and build cities of the future that showcase their solution to a citywide sustainability issue. Each city must incorporate a solution to a design challenge that changes each year. Past topics include stormwater management, urban agriculture, and green energy. The 2018-2019 challenge will be announced in July.
Students present their solutions via a virtual city design (using SimCity); a 1,500-word city essay; a scale model; a project plan, and a presentation to judges at Regional Competitions in January. Winners will represent Pittsburgh at the National Finals in Washington, DC in February. After the competition is over, student participants are not only prepared to be citizens of today’s complex and technical world, they are poised to become the drivers of tomorrow.
The 2018 Pittsburgh Regional Competition was held on January 20, 2018 at Carnegie Music Hall. Congratulations to the following winners:
1st place: The Ellis School
2nd place: St. Bernadette School
3rd place: St. Bede School
4th place: Marion Center Jr/Sr High School
5th place: Ligonier Valley Middle School
Special Award Winners (pdf)
Future City Pittsburgh Alumnus of the Year - Stephen Canton
Future City NATIONAL Alumnus of the Year - Stephen Canton
Also, visit (and like) our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/pghfuturecity for competition photos.
We hope to see you on January 19, 2019!
Videos
St. Bernadette School's winning presentation, https://youtu.be/zK8gNV7p6F8.
The 2017 Future City Competition team from Baden Academy Media Lab shares their experience, watch here!
The 2016 competition impacted this young engineer. Listen to Timothy Snyder, 6th grade Future City participant, speaking on TED Ed Club about one inspiring judge.
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National Competition Finals
DiscoverE provides the airfare and hotel accommodations for the five winning team members from each region. Team members are responsible for all additional expenses such as ground transportation and meals.
Prizes
The National First Place team will win a trip to the U.S. Space Camp. Other prizes include scholarships, computers and savings bonds. In addition, teams were eligible for special awards and recognition sponsored by engineering societies and other organizations.
The Pittsburgh Regional Competition is presented in cooperation with:
Sponsored in part by Shell Oil Company