Small urban design contribution projects are often fun to do. And these projects are full of passion enthusiasm for doing something for the public with a small in-fill in the city. Trimo Urban Crash competition is being held from 2007 and its becoming a well known competition mostly in Europe for its promise to implement the winning idea in reality. So its not just an idea, the design one conceive after enthusiastic brainstorming may come under light and be built in reality.
"Competition Eligibility: Any students of architecture or urban design may participate from any country
What to design? : Architectural installation for a real project in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Deadlines: 31st January 2009
Award: The winning design will be built and the winner will get a paid summer school attendance at an acclaimed school (Last winner attended in AA in London)"
Submission and Registration and Details: Open, online at
http://www.trimo-urbancrash.comThe Trimo Urban Crash 2009 competition will run from 1st November 2008 through 31st January 2009 across 11 countries, and is open to all students of architecture. Participating students will design an architectural installation for a real project, for a given location in the centre of the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana.
The installation solution must fulfil several conditions: it must be both, unique and must serve a public purpose. Students are invited to create an urban meeting place, an alternative cultural stage or a wireless information point. Participating students are invited to submit their projects through the competition web site
www.trimo-urbancrash.com, which serves as the focal communication point of the competition. An international jury consisting of an academic faculty and practitioners will choose an overall winner from the shortlisted projects in late February 2009. The winning project will be built and taken into permanent use on location in June 2009. Also the winner will be awarded with paid summer school attendance at an acclaimed school of architecture.
The first Trimo Urban Crash competition was held in 2007 when the overall winner – Jelena Grujic from Belgrade – was awarded with realization of her proposed solution and with attendance in summer school at the AA in London.
Here is an image of the winning design:
Burkeley Prize: Essay Competition 2009 is open to all undergraduate architecture students around the world and registration is free. It is organized by the Burkeley Prize authority of Department of Architecture, The University of California, USA. The first prize winning student or group will be awarded $ 4000 USD. The first stage 500 word essay proposal submission
deadline is December 1st 2008. Selected finalists will get the chance to submit the full paper of 2500 words later as per the competition schedule.
The essay writing topic is:
Sustainable Architecture/ Traditional WisdomWriting while designing is a good practice. Scribbling in sketchpad and writing serious essays is a bit different, yet all good essays are nothing but the outcomes of emotional and logical attachment with a thought. So writing a thoughtful essay is also somewhat like designing a space.
And if writing in English is a problem then take some helps from friends who writes good English, remember it’s the ‘idea’ which is more important not the language.
The topic of the competition makes it interesting with the ‘slash’ in between of ‘Sustainable Architecture and the ‘Traditional Wisdom’.
It is often said that the ‘traditional wisdom’ of rural indigenous people are automatically sustainable from the beginning till now. It’s the consumer capitalist urban world which is the greater cause of environmental hazards and now they are mourning for ‘green’; sad but true and necessary. And it may be a wise approach to take ‘intelligence’ from the ‘traditional wisdom’ to make contemporary sustainable architecture.
Think think… and jump in to write a good essay which may really help to grow more consciousness and good thoughts among all, hah it may lead you to win the Burkeley Prize 2009!
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Competition Background |
Eligibility, Criteria, Schedule etc
The annual Skyscraper Competition organized by eVolo has become an
important architectural prize with high media attention.
The 2008 edition was published by more than ten architecture and design
magazines and by several news, fashion, and art publications.
The eVolo Book with the best projects of the first three years has
received excellent reviews and has been included in the catalog for the
Book Expo America, Frankfurt Book Fair, and Beijing Book Fair.
For the 2009 edition eVolo invites architects, engineers, and designers to
continue exploring on new ideas and concepts for vertical density.
Skyscrapers have been springing up in fast-developing countries without
careful consideration of the urban fabric, environmental effects, and
quality of life.
The 2009 competition calls for innovative designs for the XXI Century
which takes into consideration the historical and social context, the
existing urban fabric, the human scale, and the environment.
There is no restriction on site, height or shape.
The idea is to give the designers enough freedom to address the challenge
in the most creative and innovative way.
Designs must be technologically feasible and environmentally responsible.
The projects should also investigate on the urban and private space as
well as the definition of new programmes for a vertical structure.
EligibilityAll students, architects, engineers and designers are invited to
participate. It is encouraged to have multidisciplined teams. There is no
limit on the number of participants in a team. Individual etries are
accepted.
Registration Fee:
50 Dollars (per team)As soon as the competition entry fee is received, the participation number
which will be used later on in the submission boards, is sent to the
entrant.
AwardsFirst Prize: 2.000 Dollars
Second Prize: 1.000 Dollars
Third Prize: 500 Dollars
Schedule10 November 2008: Acceptance of questions deadline
24 November 2008: Answers to questions will be posted on website.
12 January 2009: Registration deadline19 January 2009: 23:00: Submission deadline
16 February 2009: Winners announced
Visit:
http://www.evolo-arch.com to register.
