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 Wisdom
Writing 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!
Visit these links to get all the details:
Competition Background | Eligibility, Criteria, Schedule etc
