AIA4SHELTER / Aletheia House DESIGN COMPETITION

SUBMISSION REQUIRMENTS

Please read all Submission Requirements carefully. CD’s that do not meet all Submission Requirements will be disqualified. No refunds will be made for disqualified submissions.

DEADLINE
All submissions must be received NO LATER THAN 5:00 pm CST MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2008.

You will be required to submit a presentation board and a CD, with the pdf file required below, by the final deadline. Submissions must be delivered in person or by mail. You must include your Registration Number on the board and on the CD.

ANONYMITY
Submissions shall have no name or mark that in any way identifies the project or competitor, other than the Registration Number assigned to competitors upon completion of registration.

PRESENTATION BOARD
Competitors shall submit a single 24” x 36” board in a vertical/portrait format (long side vertical, short side horizontal). In addition to the board, the same image must be submitted in digital format as a pdf file and must be high resolution for exhibition and publication purposes and should be at least 150 dpi.
Scale and placement of drawings listed below are at the discretion of the competitor. The entrant’s competition Registration Number should be included on the board in the bottom right hand corner of the board in 36 pt arial bold font either black text on a light background or white text on a dark background.

All submissions must include the following:

1. Rendered elevations of the house viewed in context.
   
2. Site plan with context (show graphic scale and North arrow on drawing).
   
3. Floor plans (all) in one image
   (show graphic scale and North arrow on drawing).
   
4. A building section or wall section, showing sustainable construction materials and assemblies.

The board and the digital image must include the entrant’s Registration Number in the lower right hand corner in either 36-point plain black text on a light background or 36-point plain white text on a dark background.

REQUIRED TEXT
A text statement of no more than 250 words describing the project concept and design intent must be uploaded as a separate file in a Microsoft Word compatible (.doc) file.
English is the official language of the competition and only statements in English will be accepted.  

QUESTIONS
If you have any questions, please see the Questions and Answers section of this website. Additional questions must be submitted in writing to aiabirm@aiabham.com with “design competition” as the subject. Your questions will be answered and posted to this website.

DISCLAIMER
The competition organizers are not liable for lost, misdirected, or late entries. Decisions of the jury represent the professional judgments of its members and not the opinion of the competition organizers. All prizes will be awarded at the discretion of the competition organizers, and all decisions are final. While it is their intent to construct the winning scheme of Stage II, the organizers reserve the right to not proceed with construction for any reason.