d3 Natural Systems Competition

d3 is an organization committed to advancing innovative positions in architecture, art, and design by providing a collaborative environment for architects, artists, designers, and students from throughout New York City and around the world. Our Brooklyn-based program of exhibitions, events, and publications is focused on generating dialogue and collaboration across geographic, ideological, and disciplinary boundaries in art and the built environment. Our mission seeks to unearth new approaches to connecting, form, space, and materiality with innovative notions of interiority and exteriority at various scales.
www.d3space.org
inquiries only: [email protected]
submissions only: [email protected]
competition categories
CATEGORY 1: Sustainable Worldwide
Open category that calls for sustainable design proposals envisioned for worldwide site locations. All projects will be entered into this category.
CATEGORY 2: Sustainable Brooklyn
Special category that calls for sustainable design proposals envisioned for Brooklyn. All projects based in Brooklyn will be entered into this category as well.
SPECIAL MENTIONS CATEGORIES: All projects will be eligible for typology-specific special mentions.
awards
Sustainable Worldwide Category
· First Place $500 cash prize
· Second Place $250 cash prize
· Third Place $125 cash prize
Sustainable Brooklyn Category
· First Place gift
· Second Place gift
· Third Place gift
Special Mentions Categories
· Sustainable Building: Infrastructural
· Sustainable Building: Institutional
· Sustainable Building: Commercial
· Sustainable Building: Arts/Cultural
· Sustainable Building: Housing
· Sustainable Interior Design
· Sustainable Designed Object
Award-winning project team members will receive individual award certificates. Top designs will be exhibited at the d3 gallery in Brooklyn, featured on www.d3space.org, and reserved in d3's Pandora Archive. Selected submissions will be published in the d3 Log.
jury
To be announced
judging criteria
Criteria for judging submissions will include depth of research, innovation in use/documentation/analysis of conceptual process generators, effectiveness of the design relative to its surrounding context, and originality in approach to sustainable issues including accommodation of human activities, integration of inventive technologies, and stewardship of natural resources. In addition, submissions will be evaluated based on overall creativity in the design solution and completeness of submission requirements as outlined in the competition brief. Late submissions will not be considered.
schedule
REGISTRATION BEGINS March 23, 2009
REGISTRATION DEADLINE May 20, 2009
SUBMISSION DEADLINE May 30, 2009
JURY CONVENES Early June 2009
RESULTS ANNOUNCED Early June 2009
SUMMARY PUBLICATION TBD

More: http://www.d3space.org/competitions/