Birdhouse Competition

Birdhouse Competition
Open, International
First Phase Submission May 10th, 2008-August 30th, 2008
Second Phase Submission Deadline October 25th, 2008

2008 BIRDHOUSE COMPETITION FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

OBJECT OF THE COMPETITION

The global environment is transforming continuously. Human inhabitant environment is encountering enormous challenges. This competition provides an opportunity to consider an inhabitant pattern through

THEME

The earth is our nest

Prizes

Gold Prize (1) Certification and 30,000 RMB each

Silver Prize (2) Certification and 10,000 RMB each

Bronze Prize (5) Certification and 5,000 RMB each

Honorable Mention (15) Certification and Award

JURY

Jury Head:Kenji Ekuan (Industrial Designer, Japan)

Jury Members (alphabetically):

Angelo Cortesi (Industrial Designer, Italy)

Atsushi Deguchi (Professor, Faculty of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, Japan)

Hirofumi Sugimoto (Professor, Tokai University, Japan)

Jiang Xu (President, China Academy of Art, China)

Shouhei Fukui (Chief Planner, Expo 2005 Aichi, Japan)

Yung Ho Chang (Head and Professor, Department of Architecture, MIT, USA)

Zhiqiang Wu (Chief Planner, Expo 2010 Shanghai, President of College of Architecture & Urban Planning, Tongji University China)

ADVISORY PANEL

Mr. Minoru Mori (President & CEO, Mori Building Co., Ltd., Japan)

Liqiang Yuan (General Manager of Shanghai Zhangjiang Creative Industry Development Co., Ltd,China)

Zhicai Ge (Director-General, Shanghai Industrial Design Association,China )

Guoxin Wu (Vice Director of World Expo Shanghai Bureau Exhibition Department,China )

Jianping Xu (Director of Shanghai Spiritual Civilization Office, China )

Shinya Izumi (Chief Planner, Expo 2005 Aichi, Japan)

Mr, Heizo Takenaka (Professor, Keio University, Japan)

KPF – Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, USA

ELIGIBILITY

The competition is open to students from any university in the world, who has not graduated at the time of December, 2008.

CONTACT

All the submission please send to:

2008 Birdhouse in Shanghai Executive Committee

China Academy of Art Shanghai Institute of Design

No. 109 Chunxiao Road, Pudong Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park

Shanghai, China 201203

Tel: 86-021-50802834, 86-021-50277973

Questions please contact:

2008 Birdhouse Project Competition Organizing Committee, China

Telephone: +86-021-50802834 +86-021-50277973

E-mail:2008birdhouse_sh@163.com

2008 Birdhouse Project Non-Profit Organization, Japan

+81-090-7104-1921

E-mail: project@birdhouse.gr.jp

2008 Birdhouse Project Italy

+39 339 711 8728

E-mail: acfel@tin.it

2008 Birdhouse Project America

+1 917 294 6629

E-mail: koizumi@usa.com

FORMAT AND JUDGING

Participant should submit a design proposal to address the competition theme. There are two judging phases:

First Phase

Participant should submit a design proposal in the form of a photograph, sketch, rendering, drawing, or other media, on A4 panel format (297mm x 210mm). The number of panel is not limited. No particip

Second Phase

First Phase Entries will be notified in person. The participant will submit a physical model (within 1m x 1m x 1m) based on selected design proposal. The jury will advice the model making. Every entry

CALENDAR

First Phase Submission May 10th, 2008-August 30th, 2008

First Phase Judging September 6th, 2008

First Phase Nomination Mid-September, 2008

Second Phase Submission Deadline October 25th, 2008

Second Phase Judging November 1st, 2008

The result will be announced on http://www.birdhouse.gr.jp at the beginning of November.

Exhibition

December, 2008 at Shanghai World Financial Center

HOST

2008 Birdhouse Project Competition Organizing Committee

Japan Committee of Ecological Environmental Promotion

Shanghai Zhangjiang Creative Industry Development Co., Ltd

CO-ORGANIZER

Shanghai Institute of Design, China Academy of Arts

College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University

World Expo Shanghai Bureau Exhibition Department

Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau

Shanghai Industrial Design Association

SPONSOR

Consulate-General of Japan in Shanghai

Mori Building Co., Ltd. Group

Mori Building China (Shanghai) Property Management and Consulting Co.,Ltd.

Shanghai World Financial Center Co.,Ltd.

Shanghai Senmao International Real Estate Co.,Ltd.

Koizumi Sangyo Corp.

Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.

Zhangjiang Creative Industry Development Foundations of Pudong New Area

COPYRIGHT

The participants are guaranteed the intellectual property of the submissions, as per applicable legislation regarding author’s rights. Participation in the competition automatically grants the Bi