Velux Award 2010: The Light of Tomorrow

Sponsors: VELUX, European Associateion for Archiectural Education, International Union of Architect

Type: international student

Language: English

Eligibility: students or multidisciplinary teams of students, the team leader of which is registered in a school of architecture for the study year 2009/2010 together with their tutor

Registration fee: none

Awards: 30,000 euro to be shared between the winners and their tutors.  Ten honorary mentions may also be awarded as well as a student prize awarded by the students themselves

Timeline:
1 February 2010 – Registration deadline
1 March 2010 – Submission of questions
3 March 2010 – Submission deadline
October 2010 – awards ceremony

Jury: to be announced

Design Challenge: The International VELUX Award encourages students of architecture to explore the theme of sunlight and daylight in its widest sense to create a deeper understanding of this specific and ever relevant source of light and energy. The International VELUX Award is presented every second year to promote and celebrate excellence in completed study works in any scale from small-scale components to large urban contexts or abstract concepts and experimentation.

“Light of Tomorrow” is the overall theme of the International VELUX Award. The award seeks to challenge the future of daylight in the built environment with an open-minded and experimental approach. Therefore, the Award seeks to widen the boundaries of daylight in architecture, including aesthetics, functionality, sustainability, and the interaction between buildings and environment.

Submission requirements: the projects can only be delivered digitally. 2 PDF files with a maximum size of 150MB.  Picture resolution: minimum 200dpi scale 1:1, 2 images (A1) - landscape position and a text that describes the project in a maximum of 800 words

For more information, go to: http://iva.velux.com/default.aspx