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| ACADIA DESIGN COMPETITION 2001 |
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| - Program & Site Overview The Inforum is a hypothetical project where the city of Berlin wishes to create a new kind of civic gathering place, which can build on the synergy of public and commercial information technology. Because it is a joint venture between the city, the local university and private investment, the program is a combination of public amenity, educational facility, and commercial venture. The site for the Inforum building is the site previously proposed for the new American Embassy in Berlin. The site faces the famous Pariser Platz on the North. More detailed information is available from the links listed below. Materials Program and Site Statement Computer models of site - Process Overview The competition is based on a participant model, where all entries are public web sites that are reviewed by participants. The objective is that the competition be an active learning experience where the participants are members of a community engaging in a global dialog. Members of the community serve a dual role as both competitor and juror. Reflecting this dual role, the members will be organized into two groups, where each serves as a jury for the other. The group you are in is your competition group, and the other group is your review group. You compete against the members of your competition group, attempting to produce a design that will be chosen over theirs. You review the members of your review group, seeking to select the most worthy entrant through voting. Voting will proceed in a series of stages until a winner is chosen for each group. The two-group organization separates the members you are evaluating from those you are competing against, so that the votes you cast do not influence the outcome of your project. See Frequently Asked Questions for details about the voting process. Here are the basic steps for participation: Register via the registration form. During registration, you will select an alias to that will used to identify the project on the ACADIA competition site. Deadline: October 1, 2001, 22:00 GMT. Send in your entry fee via surface mail. When ACADIA receives your fee, we will send you an email notice that you can activate your entry. Deadline: Postmarked on or before October 1, 2001. When your entry web site is ready for public viewing, activate it via the activation form. Activation will link your entry from the competition web site and create a discussion area for other participants to comment on your entry. Entries must be activated before the deadline in order to participate. Deadline: October 28, 2001, 22:00 GMT. During the voting periods, vote for the top entries on your ballot. There are three two-week voting periods during the competition, when you will have access to a ballot including a random subset of entries from your review group. Failure to submit a ballot during a voting period disqualifies a member from further participation. Deadline: See schedule. Rules All competition submittals will be web sites hosted on any Internet server. The submittals will be linked from the ACADIA Competition Site. A competition member may be a team of individuals. The team composition may change over the course of the competition. Shortly after the activation deadline, the pool of competition entries will be divided into two groups, where members from each group will evaluate and vote on entries from the other group. The groups will be called 'Group 1', and 'Group A'. Votes will be held in three stages. Each stage requires each member to evaluate a random subset of entries from the other group and cast votes for the top-ranking projects in that subset. At each stage, there will be one ballot per member. Ballots will be organized so that no two ballots have the same set of entries. The entries on ballots will be listed in random order. Members who advance in a stage will be free to invite non-advancing members to join them in continuing the competition. Participation in voting is integral to the competition process. Any member who fails to vote during a voting period will be disqualified from further participation. Detailed information concerning votes and balloting will be treated as confidential. The ACADIA Competition Committee is responsible for determining ballot groupings, tallying votes, and identifying advancing entries. Members will be notified of their status by email, and advancing entries at each stage will be posted on the ACADIA Competition Site. ACADIA reserves the right to revoke the participation of any member whose behavior it deems inappropriate or disruptive. Schedule November 1, 2001 22:00 GMT Registration Deadline. Entry fees and documentation must be postmarked by this date. See the Registration Page. November 28, 2001 22:00 GMT Activation Deadline. Entries must be activated by this time in order to participate. See the Activate Entry Page. December 1, 2001 22:00 GMT First stage voting begins. Active members see the Log On Page after this date to access the ballot. December 15, 2001 22:00 GMT First stage voting deadline. Members must vote to be eligible to advance to the next stage. By December 18, 2001 Results of first stage announced. February 1, 2002 22:00 GMT Second stage voting begins. Members active in this stage see the Log On Page after this date to access the ballot. February 15, 2002 22:00 GMT Second stage voting deadline. Members must vote to be eligible to advance to the next stage. By February 18, 2001 Results of second stage announced. March 1, 2002 22:00 GMT Third stage voting begins. Members active in this stage see the Log On Page after this date to access the ballot. March 15, 2002 22:00 GMT Third stage voting deadline. By March 18, 2002 Final results announced. Prizes Reflecting the dual organization of the competition, prizes will be awarded in each competition group. Group A Group 1 Grand Prize $2000, plus software $2000, plus software Honor Prize $1000, plus software $1000, plus software Merit Prize $500, plus software $500, plus software Requirements Web Documents Members will submit design proposals as web pages accessible by Internet browsers. Since entries will be viewed by competition participants from around the world, the web pages should be compatible with a commonly available web browsers and computer platforms. Sites which rely on highly specialized browser features of plug-ins may not be viewable to many reviewers. Participants should design their submissions accordingly, aiming to communicate their ideas to a large audience on the Internet. The first page of each proposal will have information to clearly direct the viewer to the rest of the pages. It will have a recognizable image of the proposal with a brief statement describing it. Submissions must contain a design statement including an itemized response to the program, indicating ways in which it was met using spatial simulation and/or physical solutions. There are no limits on the total size or the number of web pages, although participants should recognize that reviewers may prefer succinct presentations. It is recommended that graphics be clear and relatively small in file size, that is, saved in JPEG or other high compression format. All text must be written in English. The site should be clearly organized with consistent navigational aids. Documentation All members who enter the final voting stage need to produce and submit the following: High resolution Image files of their entry suitable for print publication for use by ACADIA in promotion. A zip-compressed file archive including the entire web site comprising the competition entry, for web-publication by ACADIA. Publication rights By submitting a competition entry you grant permission to ACADIA to publish all or part of your submission in digital or print media concerning the competition and its results. Registration The competition is open to students of design and professional designers worldwide. Registration fees and/or documentation must be postmarked by October 1, 2001. 1. The entry fee is US$40.00 for professional designers ($30 for ACADIA members), and US$10.00 for students (student members of ACADIA may register one entry at no charge). 2. Students must accompany the fee with a proof of student status (either full-time or part-time). Acceptable proof includes a letter issued by the University, or a copy of the student identification document. 3. The fee is payable with a check drawn on a U.S. bank or with an international money order. Make check or money order payable to ACADIA Each competition entry (whether student or professional) must submit a Registration Form online http://acadia.arch.virginia.edu/competition-2001/reg-form.html, followed by the entry fee and/or documentation via postal mail. Mail documentation and/or fees, postmarked by October 1, 2001 to: Dr. Konstantinos Papamichael Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road, Mail Stop 90-3111 Berkeley, CA 94720 tel: 510-486-6854 fax: 510-486-4089 e-mail: K_Papamichael@lbl.gov Organizing Committee Peter Anders, Competition Chair, Architect, Michigan Michael A Berk AIA , Mississippi State University Brian Johnson, University of Washington Loukas Kalisperis, Pennsylvania State University Kirk Martini, University of Virginia Konstantinos Papamichael, University of California Berkeley Thomas Seebohm, University of Waterloo official website: http://acadia.arch.virginia.edu/competition-2001/home.html |
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