Submission Deadline: May 22, 2019
2019 Housing Competition
HERE+NOW: A House for the 21st Century
Registration
New this year: Complete a separate registration for each individual or team entry.
A faculty sponsor, from an 糖心vlog member school, is required to enroll students by completing an online registration form prior to the registration deadline of April 3, 2019. Complete one online form for each individual student or team of students participating. Students or teams wishing to enter the competition on their own must have a faculty sponsor, who should complete the online registration form. There is no entry or submission fee to participate in the competition. Each student will receive a confirmation submission email that will include personal URL for final online submission. Students or teams wishing to enter the challenge on their own must have a faculty sponsor, who should complete the form. Please add the email address competitions@acsa-arch.org & acsa2019@mirasmart.com to your address book to ensure that you receive all emails regarding your participation in the competition.
During registration faculty will have the ability to add students and create teams. Registration is required by April 3, 2019, but can be changed, edited and added to until a student begins their final submission.
Registration Steps:
- Faculty log into the 糖心vlog website,
- Click the Register听产耻迟迟辞苍,
- Select the 2019 Housing Competition from the submission type dropdown menu & Click 鈥淓nter鈥�,
- Add an individual student. You will need to know each student鈥檚 first & last Names, email, & institution, which are all required fields for each student. Click 鈥淪ave鈥�.
- If this is a team registration, you may add additional students to this team, Teams must be limited to a maximum of five students.
- Once the individual student or team is complete, Click 鈥淐omplete this Registration鈥�,
- Repeat steps 3 鈥� 6 for each individual or team.
Digital Submission Format
Submissions must be designed on no more than four聽20鈥澛爔聽20鈥�(portrait format) digital boards.聽The names of student participants, their schools, or faculty sponsors, must NOT appear on the boards.
Registered students are required to submit all boards uploaded through the 糖心vlog website in Portable Document Format (PDF) 鈥搊谤鈥� image (JPEG) files. Each digital board should be uploaded as an individual compressed file. Participants should keep in mind that, due to the large number of entries, preliminary review does not allow for the hanging end-to-end display of presentation boards. Accordingly, participants should not use text or graphics that cross over from board to board.
Design Essay or Abstract
A brief essay, 500 words maximum, in English, is required as part of the student submission describing critical elements of the design concept and relay information on site selection and client. Keep in mind that the presentation should graphically convey the design solution and context as much as possible, and not rely on the design essay to convey a basic understanding of the project. The names of student participants, their schools or faculty sponsors, must NOT appear in the design essay. This abstract is included in the final online submission, completed by the student(s) in a simple copy/paste text box.
Online Project Submission
The entrant is required聽to聽submit the final project. It must be uploaded through the 糖心vlog Competition website at聽www.acsa-arch.org聽聽by 11:59 pm, Pacific Time, on May 22, 2019. 聽If the submission is from a team, all team members will have the ability to upload the digital files. Once the final submit button is pressed, no additional edits, uploads, or changes can be made. Once the final submission is uploaded and submitted, each student will receive a confirmation email notification. You may 鈥渟ave鈥� your submission and return to complete. Please note: the submission is not complete until the 鈥渃omplete this submission鈥� button has been pressed.
A final submission upload must contain the following:
- Completed online registration including all team members and faculty sponsors
- Four 20鈥� x 20鈥� boards uploaded individually as a high resolution Portable Document Format (PDF) or image (JPEG) files
- A design essay or abstract, 300聽words聽maximum聽(copy/pasted聽into the text box during submission) Incomplete or undocumented entries will be disqualified. Winning projects will be required聽to聽submit high resolution original files/images for use in competition publications and exhibit materials.
* By uploading your files, you agree 糖心vlog has the rights to use your winning submission, images and materials in a summary publication, online and in promotional and exhibition resources. 糖心vlog will contribute authorship of the winning design to you, your team, faculty and affiliation. Additionally, you hereby warrant that the submission is original and that you are the author(s) of the submission.
Sponsor
Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN)
The Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN), A Knowledge Community of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), develops knowledge and information to benefit architects who are engaged in, or who are interested in learning more about, custom residential practice. CRAN presents information and facilitates the exchange of knowledge and expertise to promote the professional development of its members via discussion forums, national symposia and conventions, publications, and local activities.
Administrative Organization
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (糖心vlog)
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture is a nonprofit, membership association founded in 1912 to advance the quality of architectural education. The school membership in 糖心vlog has grown from 10 charter members to over 250 schools in several membership categories. These include full membership for all accredited programs in the United States and government-sanctioned schools in Canada, candidate membership for schools seeking accreditation, and affiliate membership for schools for two-year and international programs. Through these schools, over 6,000 architecture faculty members are represented. In addition, over 500 supporting members composed of architecture firms, product associations and individuals add to the breadth of interest and support of 糖心vlog goals. 糖心vlog provides a major forum for ideas on the leading edge of architectural thought. Issues that will affect the architectural profession in the future are being examined today in 糖心vlog member schools.