Name of the Organization : Commonwealth Association of Architects
Name of the Competition : WISE Ninth International CAA Student Design Competition

http://www.wisecompetition.com/

All posts tagged as < wisecompetition.com >
WISE Ninth International CAA Student Design Competition :
Architecture students from around the world are invited to design forward thinking environments for our aging populations. Individual and team entries are welcome and multidisciplinary collaborations are encouraged. An international jury will award prizes totalling up to 4,600 GBP.

Judging has been timed to allow winning entrants to be celebrated at the Commonwealth Association of Architects (CAA) Conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh in February 2013. Winning entries will be published in the Architectural Review so read through the attached brief and participate in this exciting and relevant international competition.

Submissions close January 11, 2013

The Design Brief :
As part of the competition, entrants will propose a design scenario. The jury is interested in your strategies for connecting the elderly within the broader context of family and/or community considering relationships between different age groups rather than focusing on either gated retirement communities or nursing home facilities.

The jury will be looking for proposals that respond to a deep understanding of the social and physical contexts within your selected site location. The size of the design proposition is not important in itself, but the design should be distinctive and compelling, with cultural value.

You can choose to expand of the following scenarios or develop another.
** a house for an extended family;
** a multi-generational precinct;
** an agile planning strategy accommodating changing family structures from cradle to grave;
** housing for unusual demographic mixes or
** another well-considered option.

The Jury Criteria :
As part of the competition, you are asked to explain the people and context you are designing for in a 300 word scenario brief along with a further 300 word explanation of your design approach.

The jury will select the winning schemes based on the following :
** Design sensibility and originality
** Culturally, functionally and economically appropriate for the selected context
** Design resolution for local context in terms of climate and materials
** Incorporates best practices for sustainable design to suit the context
** Clarity of ideas and communication

Prizes :
First Prize : £2500
Second Prize : £1000
Third Prize : £600

Eligibility :
The competition is open to all architecture students, worldwide, who at any time during the competition from the launch on 23 May 2012 until submissions close on 11 January 2013 are registered at a Higher Education Institution. It is not limited to those studying in Commonwealth Countries. Individual and group entries are acceptable.

Postgraduate research students and higher degree students are not eligible to take part but CAA welcomes undergraduate students and postgraduate coursework students working towards a professional architecture degree qualification. Entrants are encouraged to build a team with other students including students from other disciplines.

Key dates :
Registration opens - June 2012
Questions close - November 9, 2012
Final answers November - 16, 2012
Submissions open - November 23, 2012
Registration closes - December 7, 2012
Submissions close - January 11, 2013 – Friday Midnight GMT

Note :
** Late submissions will not be accepted
** The Competition Exhibition and Awards Ceremony will be part of the February CAA Conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Presentation :
Drawings must for formatted to a maximum of two A1 sheets (841 x 594mm landscape format) in pdf format at 300dpi resolution submitted electronically to the website. Add two 300 word written explanations in English (each on an A4 portrait format); one outlining your brief and one explaining your design rationale. Include your Registration ID only in the top right of each sheet or drawing [24pt plain white text on dark backgrounds, or the inverse]. Remove any other identifying information to avoid disqualification.

Photographs (of the site, 3D model, etc) may be included in the drawings. No specific drawings or scales are prescribed, but the presentation must convey the ideas underlying the design, its overall form and spaces, and its character and intended atmosphere.

The following aspects should be explained :
** the design intentions
** the site and its context (built and natural)
** indicative construction, structure and materials
** the strategy for achieving sustainability and value

It is intended to publish a selection of winning and other entries in The Architectural Review.

Registration :
Online registration will be available mid-year, 2012. A one-off registration fee for each entry (individual or team) will be 50 GBP. This registration fee will contribute to the costs of printing, exhibition and judging.

Submission process :
Upload all documents to the competition website before January 11 2013 – Friday Midnight GMT. New documents can be uploaded to override the old until the close of submissions. You will receive confirmation that documents have been successfully uploaded within 24 hours.

Conditions :
Registration and participation in the competition implies a complete acceptance of all entrants regarding the competition terms and conditions.

Queries may be sent to the Competition Registrar wise@comarchitect.org.