Sponsors: Philadelphia Water Dept., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Community Design Collaborative
Type: Open, ideas
Language: English
Location: Philadelphia
Eligibility: Each submission must come from an integrated design team consisting of a minimum of three licensed professionals, including at least one civil engineer, one architect and one landscape architect. One of the required design professionals must be Philadelphia-based.
Fee: $300 per entry
Timetable:
30 November 2012: Registration Deadline
22 January 2013: Submissions deadline (Digital format)
Awards:
Three $10,000 first prizes for each of the three categories
Jury
Architecture/Urban Design
Alan Greenberger, FAIA, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Director of Commerce City of Philadelphia
Glen J. Abrams, AICP Manager, Strategic Policy and Coordination, Philadelphia Water Department Office of Watersheds
Civil Engineering/Hydrology
Christopher Kloss, Green Stormwater Infrastructure Coordinator, Office of Water, US EPA
Robert G. Traver, PhD, PE, D.WRE, Professor and Director, Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership
Landscape Architecture
Mark A. Focht, ASLA, President Elect ASLA/ First Deputy Commissioner, Philadelphia Parks and Recreation, City of Philadelphia
Development/Construction
Shanta Schachter, Deputy Director, New Kensington Community Development Corporation
Patrick McDonald, LEED, AP, Owner, Onion Flats
Sustainability
Mark Alan Hughes, PhD, Distinguished Senior Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
Competition categories:
1. • Industrial: Warehouse Watershed – Hartranft, North Philadelphia
2. • Commercial: Retail Retrofit – Grays Ferry, South Philadelphia
3. • Neighborhood: Greening the Grid – queen Village, South Philadelphia
Design Challenge:
The Infill Philadelphia: Soak It Up! national design competition seeks to generate innovative, cost-effective designs that can aid public, private and nonprofit property owners in seeing the return on capital investments, illustrate public/private partnership solutions, and serve as prototypes for green stormwater infrastructure throughout Philadelphia and the country.
Website:
http://infill.cdesignc.org/participate-2/design-competition/competition-packet
