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Corus
Undergraduate Architects Award 2005: '@ the Olympics 2012'
Corus invites entries to its
seventeenth Undergraduate Architects Award (UGAA), the longest
established award solely for students of architecture.
The main purpose of the award
is to give architecture students a creative vehicle for learning
about the use of steel in buildings and to help identify the
best emerging architectural talent. The competition is approved
by the RIBA.
UGAA 2005 asks students to explore
the complex issues surrounding the theme of '@ the Olympics
2012'. The Olympic experience is one of diverse sports
held at a widely disseminated selection of sites - sometimes
many miles apart with thousands of competitors and spectators
needing to find out about, get to and watch the various competitions.
With some of the events being mutually exclusive, for instance
you could not watch the athletics and yachting from the same
venue, there is a need for a venue that can become a 'third place'.
UGAA 2005 entrants will need
to consider this 'third place'. A place where participation is
facilitated away from the main venue, where information and services
can be procured and a public space created which will act as
a central hub for the games, wherever they may be held. As it
is not known which of the five bid cities will be successful,
the design will have to exist in a culturally neutral or culturally
adaptive form, able to fit an urban site in New York, Paris,
London, Moscow or Madrid. It may exist as one structure or a
series of related structures and the programme is open in that
respect.
The award is open to students
at all British Schools of Architecture recognized by the RIBA,
who, at the time of application, are participating in courses
leading to Part I and Part II examinations and also to students
who are doing courses at recognised British Schools of Architecture
equivalent to Part I and Part II and are design orientated. The
competition is also open to all students registered in a school
of architecture in Europe that is recognized by the professional
body of that country. Both undergraduate (equivalent to RIBA
Part I) and postgraduate (equivalent to RIBA PART II) students
are eligible to enter.
Team entries will also be accepted
provided the team members satisfy the requirements of the competition.
Prizes:
There will be a prize
fund of £5000 for the winning schemes and an order of merit
will be indicated.
Entry:
Students wishing to take
part need to register on the official registration form
which is available from:
Corus Undergraduate Awards,
c/o RIBA Competitions Office,
6 Melbourne Street,
Leeds,
LS2 7PS,
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)113 2341335
Fax: +44 (0)113 2460744
Email: riba.competitions@inst.riba.org
A registration form can also
be downloaded from www.corusconstruction.com/ugaa
or www.ribacompetitions.com
Registration forms must be received
by Friday 26 November 2004.
The competition will be assessed
by a team of internationally renowned architects which will include
the following representatives:
_ Bryan Avery of Avery Associates, Chairman of the judges
_ Yasmin Shariff of Dennis Sharp Associates, RIBA approved assessor
_ David Bonnett, David Bonnett Associates
_ Paul Finch, Architects Journal
_ Christopher Nash, Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners
_ Terry Raggett, Arup Associates
_ Dr Olga Popovich Larssen, University of Sheffield
_ Matthew Teague, Consultant Architect at Corus
_ Edward Baker, winner of the 2004 Corus Undergraduate Architects
Award
The award is supported by the
Steel Construction Institute (SCI), the British Constructional
Steelwork Association Limited (BCSA) and the Architect's Journal.
The competition is approved by the RIBA.
For further information please
contact project manager Andy Graves:
andy.graves@corusgroup.com
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