IAHH has hosted three international student design competitions during2002-05. The first IAHH student design competition focused on the issueof housing for the urban poor. 37 entries were received from among 52student teams who had registered for the competition from 15 differentcountries. The second competition took up the subject of revitalizationof an urban area as a sustainable community. 28 entries were receivedout of 51 student teams who had registered for the competition from 15different countries. The third competition focused on the issue ofcreating enlightening learning environments, 28 entries were receivedin time for the jury. We do hope to receive more entries this timearound!

Theme: Sustainable and Humane Work Places
We are living in an information and knowledge society, which is drivenby an intelligent and creative work force in different sectors of theeconomy. Each country, region and urban area has developed programmesfor facilitating the provision of work opportunity to the respectivecitizens. It is the ideal of all countries to have full employment, butthe reality leaves a lot to be desired. Places of work in humanhabitats may be variously located, inter alia, in the historic cores ornewer urban nodes.

It is the purpose and intent of the competition to study such workplace nodes, which are undergoing transformation due to new technologyand a variety of development impulses. The participants shall undertakesurveys and analysis of such work place nodes and identify potentialdeveloped / redeveloped to provide meaningful work opportunities indifferent branches of the economy, excluding strictly industrial areas.The surveys shall include the work places spanning commercialfacilities, formal and informal shopping, business parks, workshops andstudios, IT work centres, activity centres, cafes and food courts,related public facilities and open spaces, access for people, vehiclesand goods, adequate parking places and communication facilities. Thecompetition brief does not include industrial work places, such asfactories and heavy manufacturing, which generally require a differentcontext in our habitats. Nonetheless, work place nodes may well includesmall scale manufacturing.

The project brief shall focus on an urban node with a variety of workplaces to provide diversity and a mosaic of different work cultures. Itshall be large enough to generate a work community of about 1000 peopleand attract a much larger section of the urban population as users andvisitors. It should include a hierarchy of open spaces suitablylandscaped and provided with amenities for rest and repose of thecitizens to make the urban node come alive. It may include mixed landuse and provide some housing facilities and hotel and guest-houseaccommodation in the vicinity. It should become an important publicplace to make the city or town a more interesting living environmentand contribute to the shaping of an appropriate image of the city.

The site shall be sensitively serviced and landscaped ensuring itssustainable development. The proposed design shall provide for safe andsecure pedestrian movement and provide adequate parking for cycles,motorbikes, cars and buses. The architecture of the work places shouldreflect humane concerns: it should make appropriate and intelligentchoices of materials and technologies and contribute to the developmentof a sustainable and humane work place. The aim should be to evolvework environments that will inspire and stimulate a quest forexcellence.

International Jury:
Prof. Peter Schreibmayer, Austria;
Prof. Christopher Benninger, USA / India;
Dr. Ashraf Salama, Egypt / Saudi Arabia;
Dr. Parvin Ghaemmaghami, Iran
Prof. Ashish Ganju, New Delhi

Prizes
First Prize: Rs. 50,000/-
Second Prize: Rs. 25,000/-
Third Prize: Rs. 15,000/-

The Jury may award honourable mention to deserving entries without any prize amount.

Submission Requirements
The design submission shall be presented on 6 A1 size drawings (or 3 AO drawings), which shall include the following:
1. A maximum of two panels for contextual, social, economic andenvironmental analysis, site analysis of an area or areas incorporatingseparate sites measuring about 10 ha in total;
2. One A1 panel for proposed site development to scale of 1: 500 or 1:1000 for the work community;
3. Three A1 panels for innovative, appropriate and sustainable designsfor development of work places, including spaces for work andsupporting facilities, cultural, social and sports facilities for thework community;
4. A brief report identifying the context, analysis, concept, planningand design approach of the proposal on not more than 10 A4 sheets inArial 10 font size, with illustrations and photographs;
5. The participants are required to send CDs containing the proposal(including drawings and report, photos of models, etc.) for publicationpurposes.

The Jury may use these CDs in its deliberations. However, panelsubmissions are required, the CDs on their own not being acceptable.

Eligibility
The Competition is open to all registered students of any nationallyrecognized school, college or institutions of architecture, urbandesign, planning, landscape design and environmental design. The teammay comprise members from any related discipline.

The student group shall be headed by a student of architecture /related discipline with architectural undergraduate background. Theparticipants may be undergraduate, graduate, post graduate or doctoralstudents. The participants may be individuals or a group of not morethan 5 students.

The students shall fill in the registration form and airmail it alongwith the supporting certificates from the head / director of the school/ college / institution for each of the student participant.

Terms and Conditions
1. The participants shall assume a seven digit numerical code, whichshall be written in the right hand bottom corner of all the drawings in9cm x 9 cm boxes.
2. A plain sealed envelope containing the copy of the registration formwith the name/s of the participants and the institution shall beenclosed with the submission of entry. The seven-digit code shall bewritten on top of the copy of the form as well as on the envelope.
3. The drawings shall be in black and white or colour and they shall beprints. The drawings may be hand drawn or computer outputs. No originaldrawing shall be sent, with the participants retaining the originals.
4. The documents shall be sent by airmail or courier, not by airfreightcompany. The participants shall declare the submission as documentswithout any commercial value. The participants shall bear the expensesfor its transhipment including taxes and any customs duty.
5. The drawing and design copyright shall be with the authors.
6. The IAHH shall have the rights to its publication and exhibition.
7. The drawings shall not be returned, as they shall be required for travelling exhibition and publication.
8. IAHH may bring out a publication, documenting the award winning andother significant projects. The winning projects may be published inprofessional and institutional journals.
9. The jury shall have full freedom to decide on the awards and theirdecision shall be final and binding on all the participants.
10. The IAHH guarantees a free and fair student design competition.

Registration
The student participants have to fill-in the attached registration formand mail it along with the registration fees and a certificate of theirstudentship from the Head of the Department / Institute / Faculty ofArchitecture or related discipline, addressed to:

Convener, IAHH International Student Design Competition, Rizvi Collegeof Architecture, Off Carter Road, Bandra West, Mumbai 400 050 INDIA.

Registration Fees and Deadlines
Foreign countries (except SAARC countries) Early registration: US $ 25up to November 15, 2005 Late registration: US $ 50 up to January 24,2006

Indian and SAARC countries
Early registration INRs 1250 up to November 15, 2005 Late registration INRs 2500 up to January 24, 2006

Registration fee shall be paid by a bankerÂ's cheque or through moneytransfer in favour of Â"International Association for Humane HabitatA/C Â" payable at Mumbai, India.

Calendar
Announcement February 22, 2005
Queries: Up to January 1, 2006
Latest Submission: January 24, 2006
Jury : January 25 & 26, 2006
Awards Declaration: January 29, 2006
Exhibition: January 30- February 5, 2006 Publication of Document: December 15, 2006

For further particulars, please contact:
Prof. Akhtar Chauhan, Convener,
Prof. Anil Nagrath, Technical Co-coordinator,

IAHH International Student Design Competition Secretariat
Rizvi College of Architecture,
Off Carter Road, Bandra West, Mumbai 400050 INDIA

Tel: 91-22-26050624 /26044196 Fax: 91-22-26002744

Reference:
http://archnet.org/calendar/item.tcl?calendar_id=35000