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Yarışma Özeti(Summary):

Tip (Type): 

Kimler katılabilir (Open to):
The competition is open to anyone, either individual or as a member of a team,
irrespective of country of domicile, gender, profession, major or otherwise.

Katılım ücreti (Entry Fee):
None

Ödüller (Awards):

Juri (Jury):
Alessandro Mendini (Italy)
Arata Isozaki (Japan)
Seok-Chul Kim (Korea)
Li Chung Pei (USA)
Yung Ho Chang (China)

İletişim Bilgileri (Contact): 
Address Hanssem Bldg., 757-1 Bangbae-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea 137-060
Phone (+82 2) 590-3472
Facsimile (+82 2) 593-8463
E-mail [email protected]
URLs www.hanssemcompe.com
www.designcompe.com

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What is Design beyond East and West?
The history of Western industrialization in Europe was the history of the
Reformation, the Renaissance, the French Revolution, and the Industrial
Revolution, through which the Western world was utterly transformed by
fundamental social changes. Nevertheless, throughout this process,
industrialization was to remain essentially the providence of the aristocracy and
the wealthy ruling classes of Europe. On the other hand, across the Atlantic, the
United States equipped itself with the necessary political, economic, and
cultural infrastructure to embrace the shift towards a civic society. The U.S.
embarked upon a process of industrialization that brought the middle class to
the center stage, and thus, achieved a different kind of industrialization than the
European model.

The US thereby became a nation that acted as a model nation, and developed
a democratic, egalitarian, and capitalist social system which proclaimed
freedom and equality for all its people. Furthermore, the nation also supported
developments in science and technology, and in turn created a dynamic popular
culture in which everyone could share in the bounties of modern life, such as
being able to own a car, telephone, computer etc, and enjoy movies, musicals,
jazz, and popular music. The U.S. provided a model and vision for the welfare
state, emerged as a world superpower, and mastermind of the frontier of a new
age.

Sustainable Development, Sustainable Design
However, the development of such a mass consumption society has inevitably
caused enormous abuse of the environment and waste in natural resources
and energy. The fact that for every thirty years half of the life species on earth
becomes endangered or extinct is an acute indicator of the state of crisis that
our civilization has reached. The amounts of energy consumed, and the extent
to which the environment is damaged by present consumption is already
beyond the danger level and puts our future at peril.

What is more troubling is that Asian countries including China and India, whose
combined population is over three times that of all the industrialized nations put
together, are in full gear towards industrialization, which will exponentially
increase the world's consumption of resources and further contaminate and
damage the environment. This is a problem that concerns us all. If Asia
continues to adopt the Western model of industrialization as they increasingly
have been, it is obvious that this region, as well as the rest of the world, will be
faced with a devastating future.

This scenario that we are now facing illustrates the acute shortcomings of the
Western paradigm of modernization. Unfortunately we have already blindly and
irrevocably embarked upon a trajectory of change which is fraught with dangers
without any clear idea of how to avoid or extricate ourselves from them.
Furthermore it is regrettable that the nation-states that have comparatively
recently joined the race for industrialization, such as Japan, Korea and other
East Asian countries, have not been able to develop a differentiated model, but
instead have blindly and clumsily appropriated the Western model, thereby
aggravating the dire condition of the world today.

We have now arrived at a point in history when we have no choice but to create
a new model for sustainable development that will minimize the destruction of
our environment and save resources. This also implies the need for a kind of
industrialization that will be feasible for the information age and that can
embrace the changes that are currently transforming our everyday life.

Design beyond East and West
Consequently Asia, in its struggle for modernization, should no longer simply
imitate the Western paradigm of industrialized consumer society with all its
shortcomings, but neither should it simply take refuge in looking backward
towards a bygone age of traditional life and culture. Rather it should search for a
New Vision for a differentiated society that will be universally applicable. This
alternative vision should be built upon the twin foundations of respect for human
dignity and harmony between man and nature which will lead to a healthy and
balanced society.

From the perspective of design, some one hundred years ago, handicrafts
movements were attempting to deny the onslaught of the Industrial Revolution
and the shift towards a mass produced consumption society, yet the Bauhaus
Movement reached out to directly engage with manufacturers in order to
transform mass produced goods by utilizing more humane and friendly
designs. It is with this historical precedence as an example that we can define
the task ahead for our designers who are faced with the new unlimited
challenges and opportunities that abound today.

The Hanssem International Interior Design Competition is an opportunity that
is open to designers with vision; designers who are equipped with new values
fit for these changing times. The theme for the competition, Design beyond
East & West, embraces the aspiration towards creating a sustainable society in
which man and nature co-exist in harmony, and for new paradigms by which
such a dream can be realized. This theme calls for a regional vision of a new
direction for industrialization in Asia, but it is also seeking a universal vision for
a new mode of life in the global information age.

Theme of 2002 Design for Digitalized Space Cultural Kitchen Creative Kid Room

DBEW for the One Child Family
The progress of industrialization and urbanization has changed the roles and
functions in the family. In a traditional family, the elders in the family led the
family and all family members took part in running the household; but in the
nuclear family, the housewife shoulders the burden of not only the housework
but also of raising children. With the advent of communal living and electric
home appliances, the workload of the housewife has to some extent been
reduced. However, now that more and more women are working outside their
homes, the family with only one child ("Dual Income Single Child Family") is
becoming the most common type. The theme of this DBEW Competition is the
creation of a new atmosphere which is best suited to these social changes.
In the One Child Family, all the members usually go out in the morning to work
or school work and return home in the evening. All 3 members are active. A new
living environment which corresponds to this lifestyle is required. Based on the
following three keywords, a new convenient living space for the 21st Century is
sought.

The first keyword is " digitalized space ". The domain of control over time and
space which Internet usage imposes is increasing. Pursuit of digitalized space
design, "Design for Digitalized Space" is required. This new space must also
coincide with the individual desires of each family member and must be created
as a space where communication, cooperation and binding among family
members can harmoniously take place.

The second keyword is "kitchen culture". An intelligent kitchen may be a
cooking space where utility and convenience are adapted to a kitchen, yet now,
a cultural meaning should be added to the kitchen, as a space where family
members gather and share their warm talks together. In other words, the
kitchen is a SPACE ADAPTED TO LIFE. The so-called "CULTURAL KITCHEN",
as a new concept, is expected to be a small cultural plaza for family members.
The third keyword is a " new inner environment for children". Various media
such as Internet, multi-media, and multi-channel TV are giving our children a
wider range of choices. Also, as the general living standard improves, children
have access to a greater amount of furniture and products in their rooms and
their physical growth patterns are changing. The relationship between parents
and children, body and furniture, mass of information and products, space and
spirit have to be re-established. To nurture the healthy, original and competent
leaders of our future, a "Creative Kid Room" must be proposed.

Theme Design beyond East & West for the One Child Family

Eligibility
The competition is open to anyone, either individual or as a member of a team,
irrespective of country of domicile, gender, profession, major or otherwise.

Objectives
1. To develop best-seller designs in the home interior and furniture design field
2. To unearth talented professional home interior designers
3. To present new interior design concepts befitting Asian culture, lifestyle and
sentiment
Category A : Architectural Design for an Apartment House Unit
for the Dual Income Single Child Family

Design Categories
Category B : Interior Design for the Dual Income Single Child Family
Category C : Furniture Design for the Dual Income Single Child Family

General Rules
1. All the entrants must register for the competition entry. Registration is
completed by entering at the membership through the competition web site.
Entrants entering as a group, as well as individuals, must register at the
membership to have an ID in order to be eligible to submit their work.
2. Entrants may select one or more items from all items of Category A, B, or C.
3. All markings or labels on the work to be submitted must be in English and
Arabic numbers. The metric system must be used for measurements.
4. The plan should be made on a scale of 1/50~1/100.
5. The principal measurements must be labeled inside the plan(unit millimeters).
6. There cannot be any IDs or names which identify the entrant appearing in
front of the work.
7. The entries will be displayed on panels for judging.
8. Your work can be submitted only once, either by mail or on-line.
* Submissions via E-mail are NOT allowed.
9. For <DRAWING & IMAGE> submitted for each work, you can submit
maximum of 5 panels or files, A3 size horizontally.
-By mail: maximum of 5 panels
-On-line: maximum of 5 files
10. Design Report must be written in the following format:
1) The Design Report is mandatory for all categories.
2) The Design Report should be in English, no more than 800 words in A4 size paper.
3) The Design Report should include the following:
i) The present status and problem analysis of the item design through
living situation research
ii) Solution to problems in engineering and marketing
iii) Design concept