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Terms & Conditions

Houses for Change

Architecture for Social Responsibility

Local action, global impact

www.housesforchange.net

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IE University announces its rst competition initiative “HOUSES FOR CHANGE,” hosted by IE School o Archi-tecture and Design. The purpose o the competition is to consider housing as an urgent and basic componento improving urban environments or the poor and at risk and to propose viable housing alternatives or thoseoten neglected or let out.

The competition will be governed by the ollowing rules:

For the rst time in history, more than hal the world’s people live in cities. Over 90 percent o urban growth isoccurring in the developing world, adding an estimated 70 million new residents to urban areas each year.

This is coupled with estimates that about 1/3 o the world’s population are slum dwellers. These settlements may be called dierent names - slums, villas miseria, avelas, bidonvilles, shantytowns - all have a common denomi-nator o urgency and they are ast becoming the norm in our societies. While urban poverty is a complex situa-tion,the physical environment o housing is one crucial aspect to be dealt with i this problem is to be tackled.

The purpose o the competition is to consider housing as an urgent and basic component o improving urbanenvironments or the poor and at risk. Architecture students and recent graduates o architecture, along with

peers rom other elds orming multidisciplinary teams, have a unique role to play in suggesting solutions andapproaches in response to the housing crisis acing many cities today.

Buildings and projects are place-specic and must take into account not only physical realities, but also cultural,economic, and the social context. Entries are invited or housing that is appropriate and aordable or a specicplace (identied by the participating team). The housing must be or an urban area, and thereore address theneeds o many. Schemes or units should be designed so the model can be reproduced/duplicated. (Entries or only one unit or a single amily house or or a rural environment are NOT appropriate).

The housing proposed should respond to the needs (geographic, economic possibilities, materials, construc-tion processes, cultural context, etc.) o a specic community or place, selected by the competition entrants.Participants are reminded that the proposal is directed at those in the most ragile economic situations - thepoor and disenranchised- and should selected their community accordingly . The design solution and budgetmust not assume government subsidies or support.

The competition

Objectives

Teams must submit an architectural concept, as well as a brie business plan justiying the cost, materials pro-posed, and aordability/viability vis a vis the place. Sustainable solutions will be positively rated.

Each individual or participating team must submit:

a) A PDF in vertical Din-A1 ormat (59.4 cm x 84.1 cm), which clearly refects the analyses and conclusion,as well as the proposed solution (maximum le size 6 Mb).

The proposals

A competition to propose social and sustainable housing in cities for the 21st century




Proposals will be evaluated based on appropriateness or the specic context (and the justication o this), quality o the design, viability o the proposal, sustainability, budget and innovative approach.

The proposals must refect the physical, economic, social, technological and cultural realities o the specicplace and community or group o people.

The Organization reserves the right to reject and to exclude rom the competition any project submitted in theollowing cases:

a) When it does not comply with the subject matter or the requirements laid down herein.

b) When, in the Organization´s opinion, is does not meet a minimum standard o quality.

c) When, in its opinion, it may be in poor taste or include oensive or illegal content.

d) When the participant breaches any o the rules herein.

Evaluation criteria

To take part in the competition, you must:

1. All members o a team must be currently registered students or recent graduates with a maximum o 5 yearssince the date o their graduation. That is to say, the ocial graduation date or a Bachelor degree or rst Master degree was in 2009 or later. Additionally, no team may have any participant over the age o 35 years old at thetime o submission o the competition entry.

2. There must be at least one architecture/design student or architecture/design recent graduate on each team.

Participants

b) A JPG version o the proposal to be viewed on the website (maximum le size 6 Mb - recommended 1500px

wide maximum).

c) A PDF in Din-A4 ormat (21 cm x 29.7 cm), which contains a brie explanatory note (maximum 5 pages,double spaced) o the site chosen, the design solution, and the business plan and other inormation to supportthe proposal. This part must also include a realistic budget or the design proposed and conrm that it is withinthe possibilities o the community identied.

All documents should be written in English.

Every individual or participating team must submit the project online through the ocial website.

Each panel must have in the upper right corner the proposal identication code generated during the registration

process. Any proposal that does not have a visible ID Code under the described conditions shall be exemptedrom the selection process and cancelled (Example: HFC 0000). In no visible place on the submission shouldthe real name o any participant or team member appear, as this is also cause or exclusion.




June 27, 2013 Registration period opensConsultation period opens

November 15, 2013 Deadline or consultationsDecember 10, 2013 Registration period deadlineDecember 16, 2013 Deadline or submissions o proposalsFebruary 28, 2014 Publication o the results o the Jury on the web

Virtual exhibition

Schedule

The winning project will be granted with a scholarship equivalent o 20.000 € applicable towards the tuition eeso the ollowing programs at IE:

- Master in Architectural Management and Design- Master in Architectural Design- Master in Workspace Design- Master in Corporate Communication- Master in Market Research and Consumer Behaviour

- Master in International Relations- International LLM- Master in Management- International MBA - Global MBA - Master in Finance- Master in Advanced Finance

Should more than one member o the team decide to join any o the above mentioned programs at IE, thescholarship will be divided among them in the percentage decided by team members. The scholarship will notbe cumulative to other IE scholarships.

The scholarship will expire in July 31st, 2015.

Awards

Participants must register between June 27, 2013 and December 10, 2013 and the complete competitionproposal must be submitted by December 16, 2013.

Registration

3. The maximum team size is six people.

Each participant or member o a team may only participate in one project and may not submit more than oneproject to the competition.




The scholarship will be subject to the successul completion o the IE program’s admissions process, as well as

the candidate’s eective enrollment in the program and intake o their choice.

I any o the nalists cannot be located within a term o ve calendar days ollowing the date when notication issent by e-mail, the organizer will decide whether to declare the competition void or summon the jury anew tochoose a new winner within a term o three days.

It is the intention o IE to construct a prototype o the winning entry. I sucient unding can be secured and apartner school in the region is willing to assist in the organization and management o the project, the prototype will be realized.




Bijoy Jain

Hubert Klumpner

Kimberly Holden

Samia Yaba Christina Nkrumah

Yung Ho Chang

The Jury

Founder o Studio Mumbai Architects

Studio Mumbai is a human inrastructure o skilled cratsmen and architects whodesign and build the work directly. Gathered through time, this group shares anenvironment created rom an iterative process, where ideas are explored throughthe production o large-scale mock-ups, models, material studies, sketches anddrawings.

Co-director o Urban - Think Tank

Since May 2010, Hubert Klumpner has held the chair or Architecture and UrbanDesign at the Swiss Institute o Technology Eidgenössische Technische Hochschu-le, ETH) in Zürich, Switzerland. Work at ETH centers on contemporary architectureand urbanism practice, with research ocusing on inormal settlements in the globalsouth. The members o the ETH team are specialized in conducting research andeldwork in dierent urban slum areas around the globe (India, Jordan, Palestine, Venezuela, and most intensively in Brazil).

Founding Principal o SHoP Architects

Kimberly Holden is an American architect and a ounding partner o SHoP Architectso New York. This design think tank has pushed the architect’s realm past ormmaking and into sotware design, real estate development, construction, and theco-development o new sustainable technologies.

President o the Kwame Nkrumah Pan Arican Center

Samia Nkrumah is a Ghanaian politician and Chairwoman o the Convention Peo-

ple’s Party (CPP), the rst emale to chair a political party in Ghana. She is the oun-der o the Kwame Nkrumah Pan Arican Centre and also Arica Must Unite! Bothorganizations promote Kwame Nkrumah’s vision, philosophy and political culture within the context o a united Arica.

Founder o Atelier FCJZ

Yung Ho Chang, Proessor o Architecture and omer Head o the Department o Architecture, comes to MIT rom Peking University where he had also served as theKenzo Tange Chair Proessor at Harvard Graduate School o Design as well as theEliel Saarinen Chair Proessor at University o Michigan. He has exhibited internatio-nally as an artist as well as architect and is widely published.




Participants guarantee they are the legitimate owners o the work submitted and ensure that they do not violateintellectual or industrial property rights o third parties. In the event o using music, sound, images or texts o thirdparties, participants guarantee that such elements are in the public domain or, otherwise, that they have the dueauthorization rom the legitimate owners. Participants accept, with respect to the organizer, any liability arisingrom non-compliance with these declarations and guarantees.

The organization reserves the right to demand that participants accredit the ownership o the project submitted.

Participants authorize the public communication o their projects on the organizer´s website and in any meansthat the organizer deems appropriate or publicizing the competition rom the outset o participation in the com-petition until the winning project is made known, stating the author’s name.

The winning project will grant the organizer rights o reproduction, distribution, communication and transorma-tion o the said project or the maximum term o such rights and in all countries. The winners authorize that the winning projects become part o the archives o IE, in order to promote the historical memory o winning projectsin uture editions o this competition.

Intellectual property

Personal data obtained through the registration process will be added to a digital le owned by IE or managingteam members´ participation in the competition and or sending inormation regarding its activities, including by e-mail. I you do not want this inormation to be sent, you may state this by sending an e-mail to [email protected]. Participants may exercise their rights o access, rectication, cancellation and opposition in accor-dance with the legislation in eect, by sending an e-mail to [email protected]. Participants authorize their names as authors o the projects to be shown in the notications made in this respect.

Data protection

During the period indicated, questions about this competition can be posted in the wall o Houses or ChangeDiscussions (www.housesorchange.net/group/houses-change-discussions).

Additionally, questions may be sent to [email protected]

The organization will respond to all o the questions posed during the established period and will publish thosequestions and answers o particular interest to all participants in the “Frequently Asked Questions” (FAQ) section. The aim o this is to improve understanding o the objectives and resolve doubts about the competition.

All the documentation needed to take part in the competition can be downloaded rom the web site www.hou-sesorchange.net

Queries




Participation in this competition implies ull acceptance o these rules. Acceptance of the rules

AcknowledgementsIE School o Architecture and Design is grateul to the jury members or their interest and support.

IE also invites interested Schools o Architecture rom around the world to be listed as collaborators in this initia-

tive, to help with the construction o a prototype o a winning entry, recognizing that education or social actionand building innovative design solutions or housing problems requires a team eort across the globe.

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