Regarding the captioned issue, on August 8th, 2007 (Wed.), the initial screening was implemented. As the result of rigorous judgment, the top ten (10) out of 752 entries passed the initial screening, and the name of top ten applicants are as follows;
● Hiroshi Nishiyama, Keiko Okudaira
● Masami Habuchi, Yuka Nanba, Akiko Yamada
● Makiko Takasaki, Akiko Nishioeda, Takahiro Takagi, Takeshi Yamanaka
● Masahiro Kinosita, Yosai Isozaki
● Hironori Sorihashi, Naoki Ono
● Satoshi Numata
● Soya Takizawa, Kazuhisa Matsuda
● Helio Boto, Margarida Nogueira, Sandra Esteves
● Julian Chen
● Sung Goo Yang
Central Glass International Architectural Design Competition every year since 1966. Judged by architects renowned for expertise in their field, the competition has sparked interest among students who aspire to be architects as well as among professionals working both at architectural firms and in the design divisions of general contracting companies. The competition became an international event in 1976, when overseas entries were first invited. This global perspective is reflected in the timely and appropriate theme selected for this year's competition.
Theme
Environmental Zoo
Judges
Toyo Ito Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects
Masaru Okamoto Kume Sekkei Co., Ltd.
Riken Yamamoto Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop
Kiyoshi Sakurai Nikken Sekkei Co., Ltd.
Taro Ashihara Taro Ashihara Architects
Kengo Kuma Kengo Kuma & Associates
Yutaka Suzurikawa Director, Executive Managing Officer. Central Glass Co., Ltd.
Prizes
First Place (one) ¥2,000,000 and a commemorative gift
Second Places (three) ¥300,000 and a commemorative gift, each
Honorable Mentions (six) ¥100,000 and a commemorative gift, each
(All prize money tax included)
Data for Application and Entry Drawings;
Plan (in any Scale), section (in any scale), site plan (in any scale), and perspective. Photographs of models may be used. You are free to append detail drawing, other charts or descriptive texts that make your design clearer. Descriptive texts must be limited to less than 100 wards in English.
Paper and Media;
- Complete all drawings, illustrative matters, and texts on one sheet of thick drawing paper (600mm×840mm).
- You may use blue prints, pencil, ink, color, or photographs; but do not use panels.
- On the back of your entry attach a piece of paper gearing your name, address, age, home and office telephone numbers (or fax numbers), e - mail address, place of occupation. All of these have to be "typewritten" for the sake of legibility.
Deadline
All entries must reach competition office no later than July 25 (Wednesday), 2007.
Judging Method
First stage: First stage finalist (10 teams) will be notified of their selection by the end of July.
Winners will be notified by mail; results of the first stage will appear in this website (http://www.cgco.co.jp/english/environmental_zoo.html) on August 2007.
Second stage: The finalists will present their proposals at September 29, 2007 and the judges will choose the winner before the public.
The finalist will be invited to Tokyo, Japan.