Sponsor: International Federation for Housing and Planning

 

Type: International Student Competition

 

Location: Porto Alegre, Brazil

 

Language: English, Portuguese, Spanish

 

Fee: None

Eligibility: The competition is open for graduate and post graduate students in the field of urban planning, designing, architecture, engineering etc. If you enter as a team, then it is recommended that the team includes one or more Latin American participants, this is however not necessary.

Timetable:

01 October 2010 – Deadline for entries

12 October 2010 – Announcement of the finalists

20 October 2010 – Announcement of the prize winners

15 November 2010 – Results of student’s competitions

November 2010 – Exhibition of works of the finalists and winners

 

Awards:

First Prize – 3000 Euros

Second Prize – 2000 Euros

Third Prize – 1000 Euros

A selection of finalists will be chosen from among all the projects submitted, from which the

International Jury will determine the three prize winners. The 54th IFHP World Congress 2010 Porto Alegre will offer to one member from each winning team 1 (one) round trip ticket and lodging from November 13-17, 2010 – in order to participate in the Congress.

Jury:

The Jury will be coordinated by a professor of an outstanding international institution and members will be nominated from international, national and local partners.

 

Design Challenge:

Morro Santa Teresa, an area of 87 hectares, is knitted into the urban fabric of the city. At present, the area contains media installations, a social reintegration institution for young people, a home for elderly poor and a football sports center. It is an urban area subject to constant social tension due to these buildings, facilities and upper class residences being closely located to low income neighbourhoods. The proximity to Guaíba Lake provides the site a physical and visual landmark, which makes it one of the most significant areas of the city of Porto Alegre.

The view of the historic center of the city along with the rich landscape that opens up from the highest point of the area makes Morro Santa Teresa a strategic spot for formulating innovative proposals that take into consideration urban scales at the street, neighbourhood and city levels.

It is expected that the projects submitted for the International Student Competition will propose answers to the complex reality described above, especially in relation to:

• Interconnection of the territory with the surroundings and between parts within the territory itself - the road structure, morphology of adjacent centers, relationship with vegetation areas, view of the city and Guaíba Lake, etc.;
• Informal occupation within the area (slums);
• Preservation and enhancement of the vegetation;

Preservation and enhancement of the area's architectural elements of historic and cultural value.

Submission Requirements:

Participants are free in what way they wish to present their ideas/designs/plans, there are however some guidelines:

The work should be submitted in PDF format to the following e-mail -  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it - together with the following supplementary documents:

· Registration Form and Assignment of Copyright Agreement, completed and signed by each author;

· Proof of the authors’ student status;

· Copy of proof of registration/payment to the 54th IFHP World Congress 2010 from one member of the team.

Please send the supplementary documents by digital means at the same time the work is submitted.

The Organizing Committee of the 54th IFHP World Congress 2010 will send each team participating in the competition an e-mail confirming receipt of the project and supplementary Documents.

For the finalists: The works should be presented on no more than four boards in A1 format (84.0 cm wide x 59.4 cm high) with the longer side being the horizontal one. Information identifying the work, with the names of the participants and professor advisor, if any,should be listed in the 5 cm strip at the bottom of each board, which should also include the number of each board followed by the total number of boards (1/4, 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4).

For text, captions and other written information, one of the three official languages of the Congress (Portuguese, English or Spanish) should be used.

The boards should be independent from one another for presentation purposes; in other words, contiguity of design should not be used from one board to the next.

For more information, go to: http://www.ifhp2010portoalegre.com.br/

 

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