American University of Beirut

The AUB Botanic Garden, of the American University of Beirut, is hosting a Ladybug Hotel Design Competition to install ladybug hotels across the campus and support AUB campus’ ecological diversity within a densely concrete urban environment.

 

The competition invites artists, designers, ecologists, entomologists, and all members of the community be it families or students interested in joining in. We strongly encourage our local artists in Lebanon to try this out and we will look forward to display your work in nature. Anyone interested in applying can find more information in the registration section below.

 

Habitat hotels are designed to create ideal nesting sites for small creatures, whether to hibernate, lay eggs, or hide from predators. They are often hung on tree branches, set up on stakes, or slightly elevated, and are commonly composed of wood, leaves, gravel, recycled material, tied up sticks, and fermenting logs. Hotels might be as small as a 20x20x10cm box or as large as a meter high. A Bug Hotel is often constructed with a species in mind, so make sure you have a good idea of what animal you’re willing to support and which you would want to deter.

 

This competition is meant for local artists, students, families, local communities, and anyone who is around and wants to help the environment. The work can be an individual or team effort, and the structure must be submitted knowing that:

 

To participate in the competition, please fill in the form below and click on submit. Entry to the competition is completely free of charge. If you’re working with a group, make sure you fill in all the names of your team.

 

 

At the last day of registration, all who registered will be emailed a competition slip  with the names they have included in their form. This is used as proof of your registration and so that we know which structure belongs to whom once you submit it to AUBotanic.

 

Please include your competition slip with your habitat hotel once you submit it. You may submit your habitat hotel during AUB work hours; Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 4:00 pm at Reynolds Hall, 2nd floor in the LDEM department. There is no specific submission week, you may submit your work at any given time, just be aware of the deadline date, and once you submit your work it won’t be possible to take it back for any corrections. One week before the deadline of the design competition, we will be sending all contestants an email reminder of the deadline.

 

Prizes will be distributed to the winners after the yearly AUB Botanic Garden Spring Event on May 2019. Please keep in mind that winners will receive their prizes according to AUB regulations, policies, and timeframes.​ While we will immediately act on starting the process of prize payment, we are not liable for the timeframes which other departments are following. We thank you in advance for your patience.