The competition jury will award three cash prizes, and three honorable mentions. The prize for each of the three finalists is $25,000. The prize for each of the honorable mentions will be $1,000… [more]
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How To Enter:
Electronic registration forms will be posted on www.urbanrevision.com on January 26, 2009. Registration and submission deadlines for each competition are posted on our schedule. At the time of registration, each competitor must payment an entry fee in the amount of $50 (usd). Payments will be accepted either online with Visa, Mastercard and/or Discover cards and/or by check via mail. Once the fee is paid and the registration form filled out, each competitor will receive a confirmation email of their registration. The entrant’s email address will then be linked to an internal registration number (this will only be seen by ReVision team and jury). Only one submission per registration may be made. Digital entries will be submitted through Urban Re:Vision’s website at www.urbanrevision.com.
Awards
The competition jury will award three cash prizes, and three honorable mentions. The prize for each of the three finalists is $25,000. The prize for each of the honorable mentions will be $1,000. The top three finalists will receive a consultation with Central Dallas CDC. These initial discussions do not guarantee that the winners will be hired. See Developers Statement for details. ALL CASH PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED. Winners may be required to furnish proof of identity, address and birth date in order to receive prizes. In order to receive prizes, winners may be required to execute a written affidavit of eligibility, a liability release, publicity release in favor of Administering Sponsor. Taxes on all prizes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the winners.
Judging
The competition jurors are identified in the Jury section. Jurors will assess the submissions and determine winners. Jurors will base their judgment on their own expertise, the work submitted by the competitors, the information contained in the competition documents, and any questions and answers that arise during the judging process. Each juror will examine every qualified submission. To be considered, entries must comply with the requirements of the Project Brief and be submitted in accordance with Entry Guidelines. Entries will be judged on the following criteria: Sustainability and Reality of Intent – 25%, Affordability and Constructability – 25%, Innovation and Originality – 25%, Encourage increased use of energy, transportation, commerce, community & construction 25%. In the event of a tie, the competition advisor will cast the tie-breaking vote utilizing the same competition criteria used by the judges. The names of competitors will not be revealed to the jury until after winning entries have been determined. Administering Sponsor reserves the right to replace any of the jury members for any reason whatsoever, and shall do so if a juror is found to be involved in any material way with a submission.
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Entry Guidelines:
Entries that do not follow these requirements will be disqualified!
You must submit two separate PDF files.
- File one is the design concept.
- It is to be no longer than 6 pages.
- Each page must be formatted at exactly 24 inches x 36 inches.
All entries must contain:
- A statement of concept (max 400 words)
- At least one three-dimensional image of your scheme
- A site plan showing how it fits into the context
- At least two streetscape sections through the entire site
- Rough calculations on resource consumption/production including food produces.
- Diagrams of pertinent systems (physical, social, technical, financial, etc.)
- Table of total square footage by program type
- Basic floor plans of all pertinent levels
File two (also a PDF) is the supporting material.
- It is to be no longer than 25 pages.
- Each page must be formatted at exactly 8.5 inches x 11 inches.
- This may include additional text, diagrams, pro forma, outline of operating services, etc.
Any multimedia may be submitted separately but will not necessarily be judged.
This may include animations, video, audio, or any other ideas you’d like to include.
DO NOT include your name or any identifying items on the front of the images or documents. Your entries are to remain anonymous to the judges. Please use your entry registration number as the identifying mark on all boards. Any entries containing identifying information will be immediately disqualified.
Entry Deadline:
All entries will be uploaded through Urban Re:Vision’s website and must be received by April 30, 2009 – 11:59pm PDT
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Statement of Concept:
Each entry must include an approx. 100-400 word essay (in English) describing your entry, including the following: general ideas and concepts of the design; sustainable and energy efficient aspects of the design; design intentions, and strategies for involving the community; and reasons that the design can be used in various cities. Be sure to discuss your particular innovation.
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Eligibility:
The competition is open to any person(s) including architects, designers, urban planners, engineers, artists, students and anyone interested in sharing their vision and ideas for a sustainable urban community. However, no officer, director, member, manager, partner, or employee of Urban Revision LLC or any of its affiliates, or any other person or entity involved in the development, production, implementation, distribution or sponsorship of this competition, or any of their immediate family members, or any others persons living in the same household of any such persons, is eligible to participate. In addition, no member of the jury, or any of their partners or business associates, or any of their immediate family members, or any others persons living in the same household as a member of the jury, may participate in the competition. Immediate Family Members include spouse, domestic partners, children (natural, foster, adopted), siblings, parents and of their respective spouses and domestic partners. minors (i.e. competitor must be 18 years of age or older as of registration date. Competitors must not communicate with the jury about the competition in any way until the winning design(s) are announced. Any competitor found in violation of this rule will be disqualified immediately. THIS COMPETITION IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY THE LAW OF THE COMPETITOR’S PLACE OF RESIDENCE.
License to Use Submissions:
All physical, recorded, or online drawings, photographs, photocopies, plans, designs and any other materials submitted to the competition (“Submitted Materials”) become the property of Urban Revision LLC, and may be retained for archival purposes and possible exhibition, publication, and promotion. Each competitor hereby grants Administering Sponsor, its parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and assigns, and legal representatives, the irrevocable, perpetual worldwide license to edit, modify, reproduce, distribute, transmit, publicly and privately exhibit, display and publish, including, without limitation, as part of one or more books or other written publications, films, or art exhibits, all of the Submitted Materials, without compensation to entrant. All other rights of ownership to the Submitted Materials shall be retained by the applicant. Wherever possible, Administering Sponsor will make reasonable efforts to properly identify the author of any submission to this competition when publishing or displaying that material, but can not be held responsible for failing to do so.
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No Violation of Third Party Rights:
By entering this competition, each competitor represents and warrants that: (i) the ideas and designs submitted neither infringes on any patent, trademark or copyright or any other third-party right nor does it violate any applicable law or regulation, (ii) the competitor has the right to grant any and all necessary rights and licenses provided herein, including without limitation, all necessary patent, trademark, copyright and other related rights to the design idea submitted, free and clear of all claims and encumbrances without violating the rights of any person or entity, including any right to privacy or publicity; (iii) the information contained in the competitor’s entry is accurate, complete and correct and represents his or her own new, novel ideas; and (iv) the information contained in his or her entry has not been publicly disclosed prior to submission and shall not be publicly disclosed by him or her until the winners are announced. Each competitor agrees to indemnify, defend and hold the Administering Sponsor and its affiliates harmless from and against any third party claim arising from a violation of these representations. In the event that Administering Sponsor at any time determines that an entry violates any of the foregoing representations, the entry will be disqualified.
Limitation of Liability:
Administering Sponsor excludes all liability for any personal injury, loss, or damage of whatever kind (including loss of data) caused directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from downloading any material from Administering Sponsor’s web site, regardless of whether the material was prepared by Administering Sponsor or a third party, and regardless of whether the material is connected to Administering Sponsor’s web site by a hypertext link. Administering Sponsor takes no responsibility for the content of third party web sites which may be linked to Administering Sponsor’s web site by a hypertext link. Administering Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the competition if fraud, technical failures, or any other factor beyond Administering Sponsor’s reasonable control impairs the integrity of the competition as determined by Administering Sponsor in its sole discretion. In the event of such impairment, Administering Sponsor may choose potential winners from all eligible entries received as of the time of impairment. By receipt of any prize in the competition, the winner agrees to release and hold harmless Administering Sponsor, and its affiliates, directors, officers, members, partners, managers, employees and agents from any liability for damage, injury, death, loss, cancellation or other liability arising from the Winner’s participation in this competition, including without limitation, personal injury, death, and property damage, and claims based on publicity rights, defamation, or invasion of privacy . Administering Sponsor and its affiliates, directors, officers, members, partners, managers, employees and agents assume no liability for losses incurred as a result of cancellation of the competition or for any reason whatsoever or for events occurring after the award of such prize.
Governing Law and Venue:
This competition shall be governed by California law. Each competitor agrees that courts in San Francisco, CA shall have exclusive jurisdiction and venue over any dispute or litigation arising from or relating to this competition.
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Acceptance of Rules:
By registering, each competitor affirms that he or she has read these Official Rules and fully and unconditionally accept and agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Administering Sponsor and the jury. By entering, each competitor also unconditionally agrees to waive any right to claim ambiguity or error in these Official Rules. Administering Sponsor reserves the right to modify the rules and/or jury of this competition in any way or at any time.
Administering Sponsor:
The sole sponsor and administrator of this competition is Urban Revision LLC (herein referred to as “Administering Sponsor”). No other competition sponsor had any role in the development, production, implementation, distribution, or administration of this competition.
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