Yarışmalar-Competitions

Yarışma Özeti(Summary):
Contemporary architecture is more and more integrated with intelligent systems. Entrances, façades, and fixtures can be monitored by automatic systems, and their use influences both the functional choice, and the choice of the components. The automatic architecture today represents a status that qualifies the social value of a building, but also an actual contribution to the construction of architecture without hurdles. Automation, especially when taking fixtures into consideration, introduces new possibilities to reach an open way of thinking of architecture for the larger public.

Tip (Type): 

Kimler katılabilir (Open to):
The first section is open to architects, engineers, industrial designers and designers in general who are registered with the respective professional associations and/or registers. 

The second section is dedicated to students attending the faculties of architecture or engineering, as well as design schools. The works presented by the students must be co-ordinated by a member of the teaching staff. 

Katılım ücreti (Entry Fee):

Ödüller (Awards):
First section: Award for professional designers
1st prize: 5.000,00 Euros
2nd prize: 2.500,00 Euros
3rd prize: 1.000,00 Euros
In addition, the jury will assign two nominations of 500,00 Euros each for the refund of other meritorious projects.

Second section: Award for students and Universities/Design Schools
1st prize: 2.000,00 Euros to the student and a plaque to the University/School.
Two nominations of 1.000,00 Euros each will be assigned to students presenting meritorious works, while a plaque will be awarded to the University/School.
However, should the Jury decide not to assign one or more prizes, the available amounts will be used as refund money for meritorious works.

Juri (Jury):
Dr. Eng. Gabriele Del Mese (Ove Arup), expert in building technology;
Prof. Arch. Eric Dubosc (Dubosc&Landowski), Ecole d'Architecture of Lille;
Prof. Arch. Giancarlo Rosa, Faculty of Architecture "La Sapienza" of Roma;
Prof. Eng. Marco Imperadori, Faculty of Engineering of Lecco, Milan Polytechnic;
Dr. Arch. Fabrizio Bianchetti, Editor of Frames magazine;
Dr. Armando Vecchi, Managing Director of DITEC S.p.A.

İletişim Bilgileri (Contact): 
Secretariat of the organising committee
Flavia Gaeta
Gruppo Editoriale Faenza Editrice Spa
Via Pier De Crescenzi, 44
48018 Faenza (RA)

Tel: + 39 0546 670411
Fax: + 39 0546 660440

e-mail: [email protected]

Websites: www.ditec.it
www.faenza.com
www.fabriziobianchetti.com

Contemporary architecture is more and more integrated with intelligent systems. Entrances, façades, and fixtures can be monitored by automatic systems, and their use influences both the functional choice, and the choice of the components. The automatic architecture today represents a status that qualifies the social value of a building, but also an actual contribution to the construction of architecture without hurdles. Automation, especially when taking fixtures into consideration, introduces new possibilities to reach an open way of thinking of architecture for the larger public.

DITEC S.p.A., a leading company specialising in automatic entrances, and Faenza Editore promote an international architecture award in order to incentive the use of automatic components and systems aimed at architectural works. More specifically, it is the award’s objective to nominate and to reward the best architectural works where automatic entrances and/or automatic systems for openings, the control of natural light and/or other automatic systems for the control of façades and fixtures, are used.

The award is running under the patronage of:
· First Faculty of Architecture, University “La Sapienza” of Rome
· Faculty of Engineering in Lecco, Milan Polytechnic
· Ecole d’Architecture of Lille

The “Automatic Architecture” competition comprises a two-section international award. The first section is open to architects, engineers, industrial designers and designers in general who are registered with the respective professional associations and/or registers. Works of architecture, either completed or at the stage of design by the expiry date of the competition, featuring a will participate in this section.

The second section is dedicated to students attending the faculties of architecture or engineering, as well as design schools. The works presented by the students must be co-ordinated by a member of the teaching staff. Theses, results of research projects and elaborated exercises prepared within the respective courses of study that feature the design of works of architecture incorporating intelligent automatic systems in the sphere of residential, commercial, service or industrial building will participate in this section.

Individual or group participation is allowed in both sections. Regarding group participation, whilst acknowledging that the paternity of the work presented pertains to the whole group, a group leader shall be nominated as the only contact person for the organising committee of the award. Competitors may participate with one or more proposals, as long as these are presented separately.

Registration for the award is free and open from March 20, 2002 until the expiry date of the competition, scheduled on December 16, 2002. In order to register, competitors shall send their application form downloadable as well as further details and useful information from the websites: www.ditec.it, www.faenza.com, www.fabriziobianchetti.com - or send their application, either by letter or by e-mail to the competition organising secretariat.

The Jury will be composed as follows:
Dr. Eng. Gabriele Del Mese (Ove Arup), expert in building technology;
Prof. Arch. Eric Dubosc (Dubosc&Landowski), Ecole d'Architecture of Lille;
Prof. Arch. Giancarlo Rosa, Faculty of Architecture "La Sapienza" of Roma;
Prof. Eng. Marco Imperadori, Faculty of Engineering of Lecco, Milan Polytechnic;
Dr. Arch. Fabrizio Bianchetti, Editor of Frames magazine;
Dr. Armando Vecchi, Managing Director of DITEC S.p.A.

All entrants will be rewarded with a diploma of participation, while all winners will be rewarded with a plaque.

The jury will assign following prizes:
First section: Award for professional designers
1st prize: 5.000,00 Euros
2nd prize: 2.500,00 Euros
3rd prize: 1.000,00 Euros
In addition, the jury will assign two nominations of 500,00 Euros each for the refund of other meritorious projects.

Second section: Award for students and Universities/Design Schools
1st prize: 2.000,00 Euros to the student and a plaque to the University/School.
Two nominations of 1.000,00 Euros each will be assigned to students presenting meritorious works, while a plaque will be awarded to the University/School.
However, should the Jury decide not to assign one or more prizes, the available amounts will be used as refund money for meritorious works.

“Automation, especially when talking about fixtures, opens new possibilities to actually provide an architecture targeting the public at large, said Renato Calza, Managing Director of DITEC S.p.A. “Much is expected from architecture at the beginning of this new Millennium: The possibility to travel while staying home or at the office is not simply based on the presence of Internet, or of a TV set; the first “trip” performed by the human being is the one based on his environment, where architecture plays a prominent role, be it in residential, commercial, service or industrial buildings. The adaptation of homes through the automation of certain functions, apart from responding to the ambition of enhancing the general architectural image, can offer new market perspectives while taking integrated projects for the public at large into account. These are basically the ideas that have led to the international competition “Automatic Architecture”, was Mr. Calza’s conclusion.

“It is not by chance that our company’s denomination is DIffusione di TECnologia (spreading of technology): It is in fact our main objective to spread the automation devices for entrances and for fixtures more and more, meaning that we are working both on the positive expansion of the company, and on the progress of the comfort for people, in public buildings as well as at their homes. The International Architecture Award represents a serious possibility to look for new strengths and trends that might prove helpful for our company”.

“A building is usually designed, even when this is done by the most talented designers, like a passive space within which and with which the user can only interact in successive phases” said Architect Fabrizio Bianchetti. “The introduction of automatic systems can transform the building into something active and able to interact with the activities that are taking place inside. Checking of façades, entrances, as well as energetic savings said Arch. Bianchetti are just a few possibilities; we expect to see many projects translated into reality by the award’s participants.”