Honorable Mention # 3 Rivet and Angela post-workout!

this is a contest for canonically confirmed polycules or polycules that have a lot of hints to a possibility of them being canon, even if the authors might not have intended that way!

Beware of spoilers!! Some of these only become polycules later in the media they're from, and some of the descriptions describe a tragic fate for the polycule, so keep in mind there will be spoilers

rules can be found here

bracket can be found here

honorable mentions can be found here

links for all the match ups as they go live can be found in the MASTERPOST. it will be updated each round, but i will also tag every round to make them easier to find

help me w descriptions for the honorable mentions!

Round 2 part 2 finished.

Round 3 will go live on May 19th!

(#canonround2 or #pollycule if you want to search for the polls)

tags:

#canonpolyculeshowdown - for relevant updates and the polls

#pollycule - (yes double L) specifically for the showdown polls, to make it easier to find. doesn't include the prelims cause I only thought to add this after, sorry

#canonpropaganda - for, well, propaganda. ill post asks, reblog posts and maybe reblog reblogs

#honorablemention - for the ships that did not make it in (i will still make a post introducing all of them)

#tournamnt poll - the generally agreed on tag for blacklisting purposes. let me know if i forget to use it! i cant edit polls but it will remind me for the following round

#canonroundN - N being the number of the round we're in. so, for example: canonround0, canonround1, canonround2, etc. from the quarterfinals onwards, they'll also include the specific tag (#quarterfinals, etc). Check the post's tags for that ome if you want to look at all polls from that round!

list may be updated as needed.

if you submitted something that did not get in, nor was it posted as an honorable mention, and you wish to know why, feel free to send an ask.

LIST OF CONTESTANTS:

Once upon a time during my unemployment days, I had the chance to fill my time with a slight productivity before the skill I got from Uni went dull. Long story short, Judit found a competition brief to rejuvenate Penang Bay and managed to gather the six of us: Malavika, Marilou, Jun, Wida, and me--just around one month before its due. Last February, about 4 months after the submission (and after several emails about the announcement result delay), we finally heard that we received an honorable mention for the entry! Thank God! Although we did not win, we truly did not expect this one... Because, the winners did some serious effort you have got yet to check their works too: https://penangbaycompetition.com.my/winner/

But anyways, allow me still to share the gist of what we did:

[transitioning to linked-in style writing tee-hee]

In the near future, Penang is calling out for new stories through its livable, attractive, and environmentally just promenades where all living creatures could equally embrace the soft breeze of the sea. Apart from accommodating social interactions, these waterfronts also provide new spaces to stimulate ideas, experiment with technology, and execute sustainable innovations so that the community is ready to face future urban challenges. Public transport and infrastructures are being reconfigured to engage both locals and visitors to these destinations. Nature-based solutions are also utilised to protect the coastline from the rising climate threat and water quality issues.

To come up with an integrated vision, the issues are explored through the social, economic, and environmental aspects of Penang. Penang’s economy relies heavily on tourism, manufacturing, and agricultural sectors. However, at times of the pandemic, the agricultural sector has proven itself most resilient. The challenge is now to advance this sector while taking into account the need to provide affordable housing, as the demand is increasing while the land is scarce. Secondly is to manage the income disparity of the workers in the agricultural field to the business services and high-tech manufacturing workers at the mainland. Thirdly is to assure that the innovation would also minimize the impact of climate change. The geographical location of Penang has made it prone to climate threats such as the sea level rise, coastal erosion, and eventually flooding. The existing industrial area at the South of Butterworth is also to blame for the degrading river and sea water quality of Penang. These water-related challenges have not yet reached the awareness of many. However, the creation of appealing public spaces may allow these landscape to be more noticeable and that it may encourage conversations between the diverse society of Penang.

As we have considered the issues of the different domains, we believe that we could enable strong and resilient characters of the designed spaces. These critical problems are then resolved with our main sub-projects: Stimulate, Engage and Protect. First of all, a  conceptual framework is created by listing the possible variables of each project, the strategies that correspond to it, and the spatial interventions that follows. Afterwards, we took three critical sites which have the urgency of the issues and rehabilitation potential to apply our conceptual framework. They are the Unesco World Heritage listed site of George Town, the busy port of Butterworth, and the Jelutong landfill area. Stakeholders are being mapped at these pioneering interventions to induce collaboration on the implementation of the scheme. By fostering the interactions through the strait, we propose The Equilibrium Baywalk: a coastline trail for you and Penangites to discover what it means to live in a productive and resilient environment. Below are the intervention of our strategies on our chosen sites: