Ideas Spring, an international ideas competition, now at its 4th edition with a direct approach to specific European Universities, resulted from the wish to highlight the characteristics that allow Domus Academy to be one of the most well-known and active educational institutions at the international level. Its students come from all over the world, with a multidisciplinary background.

Theme
Ideas Spring Competition 2007 has the target to promote a research of innovative models to live the waiting spaces of the city.

The waiting spaces are parking zones, meeting points, crossing paths,... for short or big periods but usually dead; they could be public or private, open or closed, but they have the common feature of being abandoned, without quality and identity. The target of this competition is to find the necessary qualities to transform these waiting periods in nice moments. Revitalize, adapt, improve, colour, call for attention, etc...

Project
Urban, architectonic, design, installation projects, made for a specific site or not, adapted to different situations or not and that can be reproducible or not, are acceptable.

Participation
The participation in the competition is open to all the professionals in the subjects related to the urban and territorial development (economy, sociology, urban geography, architecture, planning, landscape, industrial design, etc.) and to students graduating in the above mentioned subjects within 2006.

Required Material
1. Report describing the project in Word or PDF format (max. 5 pages, A4 format);
2. Tables A3 format (max. 4) with project, sketches, scenario, images, etc.
3. CD with an overall presentation of the project in PowerPoint, PDF or Flash format (max. 10 slides);
4. CV of the participant.

Prizes
. First prize: 75% discount on the tuition fee (13.000 Euro + 20% VAT) of the Master in Urban Management and Architectural Design at Domus Academy.
. Second prize: 50% discount on the tuition fee (13.000 Euro + 20% VAT) of the Master in Urban Management and Architectural Design at Domus Academy.
. Participants prize: 20% discount on the tuition fee (13.000 Euro + 20% VAT) of the Master in Urban Management and Architectural Design at Domus Academy.
. All the discounts only apply to the 2007 academic year (January  -  December).

Deadline
The material must be submitted no later than the 15 September 2006 to: Domus Academy "Ideas Spring Competition 2007" Via Watt 27, 20143 Milan, Italy

The winner will be informed via e-mail by the 29 September 2006 

The deadline to accept the prize is the 9th of October. In case the winner renounces the prize, it will be assigned to the next student on the list of winners.