20120605 Competition Brief Final

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INTERNATIONAL DESIGN

COMPETITION 2012


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University of Westminster

International Design CompetitionThe design competition is a collaborative effort by the

National Association of Students of Architecture, India

and the University of Westminster, London to introduce an

international learning dimension to a long standing student

organisation in India.

The University of Westminster is one of United Kingdoms

leading centers for the study of Architecture and the Built

Environment, covering core subject areas that address thefuture shape of our cities. Internationalism, employability

and sustainability are key elements in the University of

Westminsters vision for the future. Interdisciplinary learning

within the fields of Architecture, Property and Construction,

Tourism, Transport and Urban are practiced at the School of

Architecture and Built Environment.


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Context.......................................................................4

Key Themes................................................................5

Approach....................................................................6

Study Area..................................................................7

Learning Platform......................................................7

Outputs.......................................................................8

Participants................................................................9

Key Dates...................................................................9

Submission Format....................................................10

Jury.............................................................................11

Winning Entries..........................................................11


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Rapidly developing urban areas are progressing measures

of countries like India, Brazil and China. While green field

developments in such countries are growing by the day,

existing urban areas are facing some serious environmental

challenges.

The School of Architecture and Built Environment at UoW

has a keen interest in exploring areas of existing cities facing

stresses in their physical environment. It intends to start adialogue with architecture students in India to encourage their

role in helping to build sustainable neighbourhoods

The purpose of the competition is to encourage innovative

and creative solutions to local issues of sustainable

development. It aims to bring out a holistic understanding of

severe environmental problems facing local neighbourhoods

and the communities that inhabit them, taking into account

their social, economic and political circumstances.

The approach to the competition should demonstrate an

interest in and some awareness of fields such as city planning,

sustainable design, urban design and infrastructure planning

and how these can work together with architecture in day to

day practice

Context


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We are seeking entries that address local environmental

stresses in India and the SAARC region. The term stress used

here refers to human environments and local ecosystems that

are physically degraded, hazardous, polluted and/or run down

due to manmade or natural factors or a combination of the

two.

Stresses may range from site specific problems to very

generic pollution related issues, shortage of water andenergy, vulnerability to natural hazards, poor waste

management or deficient and unsustainable use of local green

space, microclimate and other natural assets.

Environmental problems are often a consequence of

malfunctioning or lack of basic infrastructure and systems as

well as deficient urban management and poor governance,

including a lack of community involvement.

The challenge is to identify and address those stresses that

affect the built environment and related natural systems thatsignificantly contribute to the deterioration in the quality of

living of local communities.

Entrants are encouraged to explore the causes of stresses

specific to the study area and focus on the most important.

The emphasis must clearly be on the contextual response

to critical environmental stresses affecting the chosen site

area. The proposal should be a design response that gives

a framework at a strategic scale. This must be supported by

a detailed micro level solution, one that when adapted and

multiplied, feeds into the wider framework.

Key Themes


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A positive approach to the brief would involve

- Interdisciplinary learning that goes beyond

architecture

- Innovative and creative initiatives

- Contextual responses

- Socio economic understanding of the area

- Awareness of deliverability of the design

response.

- Clear understanding of the relation between micro and

strategic level solutions.

Students are also encouraged to give attention to local

policies and national objectives that are relevant to the designresponse. Identifying different bodies that will help deliver the

proposal will add depth to the submission.

Approach


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Entrants must identify a local study area, preferably within the

same district as the location of the participating institution.

This is to facilitate deeper understanding or an area of which

the entrants are possibly familiar with.

The size of the study area, for strategic framework purposes

may be a local ward or a neighborhood up to 10000 people.

The environmental stress identified may go beyond the

boundaries of the site however the intensity of the problem

should be relatively high in the selected site. Micro levelsolutions should be identified within this study area.

The competition is a dialogue between the students and

the University of Westminster. We will encourage exchangeof thoughts and ideas through the online forum set for the

competition. Experts from the University will share some

interesting case studies. The intention through the competition

is to initiate knowledge transfer and positively influence

thought processes

Study Area

A Learning Platform


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Entrants must organize their design responses in 2 A1 size

panels. The first A1 panel must display relevant analysis of

the study area and clear understanding of the environmental

stresses. Part of this panel may be dedicated to the design

process.

The second A1 panel must be dedicated to design responses.

Each panel must display the logos of National Association of

Students of Architecture and University of Westminster as perspecifications.

The entries shall be supported by a A4 size report elaborating

the process of design responses, additional site analysis and

local issues. The report should not be more than 1000 words.

A neat collection of 8 coloured photographs giving a sense of

the environmental stresses should be part of the report. The

font size should be legible and not less than 12. Three key

images of the scheme must be part of the report.

The written material in the report and panels must be

appropriately referenced as any instance of plagiarism will

lead to disqualification of the entries.

Outputs


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Entrants should be undergraduate students of member

colleges/ institutions of the National Association of Students

of Architecture, India. One team entry per college with team

members up to four will be accepted.

8th of June- Launch of competition brief

30th of June Deadline for questions and feedback

25th June to 31st of July Registrations open

28th of September 10am IST- Submission of entries online

2013 January- Submission of hard copies at the annual NASA

convention

Participants must register for the competition through the

NASA website between 25th June and 31st July 2012. Details

of online links for submission of entries will be released in the

1st week of September on the NASA website.

Participants

Key Dates


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The submission must be compiled in 2 A1 panels and an A4

size report not exceeding 10MB in total. The NASA logo must

be displayed on the submission material.

Resolution of the panels must be no less than 300 dpi

Submissions must be uploaded online before 10am IST on the

28th of September 2012.(Details of submission links will be

released in the 1st week of September on the NASA website.)

Email confirmation for the receipt of the entries will be sent

to participants. Printed panel entries and reports should

be submitted for the exhibitions at the Annual Convention in

January 2013.

Shortlisted entrants may be asked to provide additional

documentation of their schemes suitably reformatted for

website display.

Submission Format


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Eight shortlisted entries will be announced in the second

week of December 2012. Shortlisted entrants will have the

opportunity to prepare a 15 minute panel presentation for the

jury at the annual convention. Winners will be announced at

the annual convention. One citation and two special mentions

will be awarded. The decisions of the jury members will be

final and binding.

Jury

Winning Entries

An exhibition of the shortlisted entries will be displayed at the

University of Westminster campus in London. The exhibition

is part of the universitys commitment to add an international

dimension to the National Association of Students of

Architecture, India.

The University of Westminster is delighted to sponsor the

winning team to attend the exhibition in London in 2013.This

will include flights and accommodation for up to one week of

stay in London. Details of the exhibition will be released at the

Nasa Annual Convention in 2013.

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