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.
The metropolismag every year knocks in our idea doors for something new and innovative. And it always turns to a great brain storming to think beyond the typical boundaries as encouraged by the Next Generation Design Competitions every year.
The title of the competition this year is: “Fix Your Energy Addiction”
The competition is open to any designer or architect in practice for ten years or less, as well as design students. The entry fee is $75 for each submission. All entries must be submitted by January 30, 2009 at 11:59 p.m.
This idea competition is to question our energy consumption habits. The participants may come up with ‘worked out ideas’ from various arrays of way of energy efficiency. It may be a new urban design policy which may reduce the length of commuter traveling from home to work place, may be a new product which helps to reduce the energy consumption in our homes, may be an architectural intervention which will reduce the load of electricity, ac and gas… the path of thinking is quite open. So take a mug of coffee, sketch-pad, pencil and start thinking. It may give you a prize of 10 thousand USD and chance to make your idea in reality!
CLICK HERE to visit the competition website.
