DITEC International Architecture Award

DITEC International Architecture Award
son başvuru tarihi:	16.12.2004	teslim tarihi:	16.12.2004
Registration deadline:		Submission deadline:

Art. 1 Type of competition and aims
DITEC S.p.A. of Caronno Pertusella (MI), a leading manufacturer of automatic entrances, in conjunction with the frames architecture magazine FRAMES, announces the second edition of an international architecture award to encourage the use of automatic components and systems in buildings.

Art. 2 Contents
The aim of the competition is to pinpoint and reward the best architectural solutions incorporating automatic entrances and/or automatisms for openings, for controlling sunlight and/or other smart automations for controlling fronts and frames. Already implemented projects or projects due to be developed within the expiry date of the competition shall be eligible.

Art. 3 Participation
The award is of an international nature, is open to all designers and is split into two sections, with separate ratings:

SECTION 1: for architects, engineers and designers in general, registered in professional Rolls and Registers. This section is dedicated to already implemented projects or projects due to be developed within the expiry date of the competition, which incorporate automatic entrances and/or automatisms for openings, for controlling sunlight and/or other smart automations for controlling fronts and frames.

SECTION 2: for students in architectural, engineering faculties and design institutes. The works presented by the students must be coordinated by a teacher. This section is dedicated to theses, research works and study projects centring on architectural design that integrate smart automation systems in residential, commercial, service-industry or industrial buildings.

For both sections, individual or group participation is allowed. Though recognising the paternity of the work as belonging to the group as a whole, a "Group leader" must be indicated as the sole interlocutor in relations with the Award organisers. Competitors shall be allowed to take part with one or more works as long as these are presented separately. All competitors shall present their candidatures and entries in a clear manner.

Art. 4 Entries
Entry to the award is free . All entries will be accepted as and from 18 March 2004 until the expiry date of this notice of competition. To enter the competition, competitors must complete the special form available on website www.faenza.com, or send an entry application by ordinary or e-mail to the organisation secretariat:

DITEC-Premio Internazionale "l'Architettura automatica" - 2004
c/o
Gruppo Editoriale Faenza Editrice
Via Pier de Crescenzi, 44
48018 FAENZA (RA)
tel. +39 0546 670411
fax +39 0546 660440
e-mail: [email protected]
(Ms. Flavia Gaeta)

All entrants will receive a competition folder containing details on the architecture automations industry, the entry presentation procedures and the main judging criteria to be adopted by the panel of judges. All entrants will also receive an I.D. number required for presenting entries and when contacting the organisers. The secretariat and the organisers cannot accept any liability for postal losses or delays.

Art. 5 Entries and expiry dates
For all future exhibition purposes, all the entries must be contained on 2 rigid tablets (50x70 cm) and be accompanied by a descriptive report , in A4 format, consisting of no more that 5 typewritten pages. All notices must be written in Italian or English. More details and information will be included in the competition folder.

Entries can be dispatched by mail or express courier and reference shall be made to the date of dispatch. The entries can also be delivered directly by hand to the secretariat and in this case a receipt will be issued. In all cases, only entries received within 15 days from the expiry date will be accepted. All others will be rejected. The secretariat and the organisers cannot accept any liability for postal delays or loss. The entries of the winners and meritorious entrants will not be returned. All the others, after being used for the exhibition, will be returned, if requested, at the applicant's charge. Materials not collected within 90 days will be destroyed.

Art. 6 Ineligibility
The following cannot participate in the competition:
• Members of the panel of judges;
• The spouses, relatives or similar, up to third degree of kinship, of the members of the panel of judges;
• The employees, employers or persons having stable work relationships with the members of the panel of judges;
• The employees of the organising body;
• Persons involved in drawing up the notice of competition.

Art. 7 Panel of judges
Members of the panel of judges will be:
• Mr. Gabriele Del Mese (Ove Arup), expert in building technology.
• Mr. Felix Foure (groupe 6, Grenoble - Paris), international expert.
• Mr. Giancarlo Rosa. Department of Architecture "La Sapienza", Rome.
• Mr. Antonio Piva Department of Architecture, Politecnico, Milan.
• Mr. Fabrizio Bianchetti, editor of the magazine FRAMES.
• Mr. Paolo Pons, DITEC Team Managing Director.

Art. 8 Awards
All participants will receive an entry diploma The panel of judges will have the following awards at disposal:

SECTION 1: professional designer award
1st prize euro 5,000.00
2nd prize euro 2,500.00
3rd prize euro 1,500.00
The Panel of judges will also present a special plaque with euro 1,000.00 refund to the project that best addresses the topic of automatic entrances.

SECTION 2: student and institute award
1st prize euro 2,000.00 to the student and plaque to the institute
A special plaque with euro 1,000.00 refund to the project that best addresses the topic of automatic entrances.
2 recommendations of euro 500.00 each to refund students presenting meritorious projects, as well as a plaque for the institute.

Finally, in the event of the Panel of judges deciding not to assign a number of prizes, it shall be entitled to make use of the prize money to assign refunds to projects considered meritorious.

Art. 9 Results and divulgation
The decisions of the panel of judges shall be taken by 30 January 2005. The results shall be notified to the winners by registered mail and divulged through the press and by means of a special prize-giving event. The Panel of judges shall distribute a final report indicating the evaluation criteria and decision motivations. The winning projects and all those considered meritorious by the Panel of judges shall be exhibited in an exhibition and presented to the public during the prize-giving ceremony to be staged by March 2005 during the course of a special event.
The organisers reserve the right to publish the works received in the trade press as well as compile a catalogue of the works received. Persons taking part in the competition by submitting works authorise use of their materials for the above purposes. The competitors shall not be entitled to any consideration for the above-mentioned uses.

Art. 10 Acceptance
By submitting projects, competitors accept, without reservation, the conditions indicated in the notice of competition and the decisions of the Panel of judges, both as regards the construal of the notice of competition and the evaluation of the participating works.

For information
Ms. Flavia Gaeta
Gruppo Editoriale Faenza Editrice
Via Pier de Crescenzi, 44
48018 FAENZA (RA) Italy
tel. +39 0546 670411
fax +39 0546 660440
[email protected]

Summary of competition dates
18 March 2004 entries open
16 December 2004 dispatch of entries
30 January 2005 verdict of panel of judges
20 March 2005 exhibition and prize-giving