Yarışmalar-Competitions

Yarışma Özeti(Summary):
The city is a fundamental and universal human creation. It is a unique centre for social life as well as individual and collective fulfilment. The frantic, irreversible urban growth that societies throughout the world have experienced over the past few decades has caused a transformation of cities and agglomerations, which rarely correspond to inhabitants legitimate needs, expectations and aspirations.

Tip (Type): 

Kimler katılabilir (Open to):
This world-wide consultation is separated into two categories, one for architects and another reserved to students of architecture. It is structured in three stages: local, national, and international. All projects will be adjudicated anonymously.

Katılım ücreti (Entry Fee):

Ödüller (Awards):
Two grand prizes of 5 000 Euro each (one per category)
Ten prizes of 1 000 Euro (1 prize per UIA Region in each category)
Twenty honourable mentions (two per Region and per category).

Juri (Jury):

İletişim Bilgileri (Contact): 
Web: http://www.uia-architectes.org/texte/england/Celebration/2Annonce.html 

The city is a fundamental and universal human creation. It is a unique centre for social life as well as individual and collective fulfilment. The frantic, irreversible urban growth that societies throughout the world have experienced over the past few decades has caused a transformation of cities and agglomerations, which rarely correspond to inhabitants legitimate needs, expectations and aspirations.

The Celebration of Cities, initiated by UIA President Jaime Lerner, aims to encourage architects to undertake real actions to support cities and their municipal authorities through concrete projects designed to improve the local lifestyle and give back to cities their qualities, their capacity to develop communication, solidarity, and creativity. This celebration also offers architects an opportunity to demonstrate their skills and know-how by playing the leading role in a practical and sustainable renaissance of the world's cities.

The international consultation launched by the UIA within the framework of this celebration is addressed to both architects and students of architecture. Its objective is to collect their ideas and create a global database of inventive ways to repair and heal the nerve points of the city, thus opening the way to a more generalised improvement that will be felt on the long term.

Like acupuncture needles, the projects must be simple and have an immediate effect, while remaining economical. They may apply to the daily life of the city's inhabitants, or address extreme situations ; take place in the heart of the cities, or at its most external limits. The actions may touch on problems relating to the environment, industry, communication, commerce, basic amenities, transportation, security, housing, education, culture, or public services. Projects should integrate the notion of sustainability.

Consultation Structure:
This world-wide consultation is separated into two categories, one for architects and another reserved to students of architecture. It is structured in three stages: local, national, and international. All projects will be adjudicated anonymously.

Local and National Participation:
All of the UIA Member Sections are asked to oversee the organisation of the local and national levels of the consultation. Their responsibilities include handling the registrations, receiving the entries, appointing local and national juries and, hold the jury meetings.

Timetable:
World Day of Architecture 2003 on the theme :
Celebration of cities
6 october 2003
Deadline for registration with UIA Member Sections
6 october 2003
Deadline for sending entries for local selection
20 november 2003
Selection of entries at local level
20 december 2003
Deadline for sending entries for national selection
5 january 2004
Selection of entries at national level
20 january 2004

Competitors must contact the Member Section in their country to find out if it is participating in this consultation.

International Participation:
As part of the national adjucation, UIA Member Sections will select a maximum of five projects in each category (architects – students) to be submitted to the international jury. This jury, composed of the members of the UIA Bureau and the Director of the UIA International Competitions Commission, will meet at UIA headquarters in Paris on 19 March 2004.

Prizes:
Two grand prizes of 5 000 Euro each (one per category)
Ten prizes of 1 000 Euro (1 prize per UIA Region in each category)
Twenty honourable mentions (two per Region and per category).

All of the above projects will be exhibited at the UIA World Congress in Istanbul, in 2005. One free registration to the Congress per project will also be granted for each of the 12 prize-winning projects.

Entries:
Competitors must present their project on two, A1 format panels that show the present state of the relevant site as well as their proposal and an explanatory text of 500 words maximum. Scale and style of presentation are left to the competitors judgement. An electronic version of the project on CD-Rom must be sent with the paper version.

Reference documents:
Documents to download: (pdf)
Foreword
Introduction
Conditions