ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

• 350 word description of your idea and how it will impact Shanghai
• 2 x A1 Boards (high resolution PDF files; 30MB. max. file size per board)
• 1 hero image and 5 additional images to include renderings, plans, sections, sketches, and any diagrams, describing the design concept (with minimum resolution of 300 dpi in JPG format ; 8Mb. max. file size per image)
• Eligibility: competition is open to all designers worldwide
• There is no entry fee for this competition
• Specific about submitting boards will be sent with participant number

REGISTRATION

• Registration procedure - Please fill in the registration form on the competition website. After your registration has been approved we will send the participant number which will be necessary for submission boards. The participant number should be placed in the upper right corner of each submission board.
• There is no limit as to the number of participants per team. Individual entries are accepted.

PRIZES

• First Place USD 1500 and 3 months working in 10 DESIGN’s Shanghai or Hong Kong office to test and develop winning ideas
• Second Place USD 1000
• Third Place USD 500

THE JUDGES left to right; upper row to lower row

Jonathan D Solomon is Assistant Professors and Acting Head of the Department of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong. He is a founding editor of 306090 Books, a journal of architecture, landscape and urbanism that publishes its 14th volume, Making a Case. Solomon was co-curator of the US Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2011.

Michael Speaks is Dean of the College of Design and Professor of Architecture at the University of Kentucky. Speaks has also taught in the Architecture Schools at Harvard University; Columbia University; The University of Michigan; UCLA; Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA; the Berlage Institute; and TU Delft, the Netherlands. Speaks is currently a contributing editor for Architectural Record.

Terri Peters is an architect, writer and researcher based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her portfolio of specialist and academic writing includes more than 200 published articles for magazines such as Mark and Frame. She is the editor of an issue of an upcoming Architectural Design with the theme of ecological design research.

Carlo Aiello established Aiello Architects in 2006 with offices in NYC and Los Angeles. In 2008, along with fellow Columbians, he founded eVolo Magazine for which he is the Editor-in-Chief and Creative Director. Since 2010, Carlo has lectured at the School of Architecture of the University of Southern California.

Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects (LOHA) / Lorcan O'Herlihy, FAIA is founder and principal LOH. In 2004 the Architectural League of New York selected LorcanO’Herlihy as one of the eight “emerging voices” in the United States. In 2009 Lorcan was elevated to the prestigious College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. Lorcan’s commitment to design excellence has earned over 60 national and local design awards, including the 2010 AIA / Los Angeles Firm of the Year Award.

Mario Cipresso is founder and president of the award-winning, Los Angeles based architecture firm, Studio Shift. He is on faculty in the School of Architecture at the University of Southern California and is editor of the online resource, “Death By Architecture”, which he founded in 1995.

Hai Jun is Editor-in-Chief of four high profile international design and architecture magazines in China: FRAME China, MARK China, DESIGN MANAGEMENT CHINA and DESIGN. He holds a Master degree in Design from Tsinghua University, a PhD degree in Design Management from Central Academy of Fine Arts in China and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is a post-doctoral fellow and researcher at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; and he also lectures at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in China.

Stephen Lau is Associate professor of Department of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong. He is also an Honorary Professor of Tongji University, Southeast University, Wuhan University and Utrecht University. He is an HKIA Fellow, HK Acoustic Society Fellow, Certified Sustainability & Carbon Auditor of the British Energy Association.

Feng Qian is a Professor and Associate Dean of the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning at Tongji University, specializing in Architecture Design and Theory. He is also a Doctorate Professor at the University. His published papers included ”Exploration of Retractable Roof Design for the Nantong Stadium” and “Design of Table Tennis Gymnasium for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games”.

Wenjun Zhi is a Professor of the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning at Tongji University, specializing in Architecture Design and Theory. He is also a Doctorate Professor at the University and Chief Editor of “Time and Architecture” of Tongji University. His published papers included “Northern European Architecture”, “Architecture in the West：Western Cities and Architecture in Its Modern Age” and “China’s Eight Architects of Today’s Generation”.

David Hill AIA, is an Assistant Professor of Architecture and Director of Graduate Programs at North Carolina State University where his research and teaching focus on architectural prototype design and production in contemporary practice. He has been recognized with an ACSA Faculty Design Award and honors in several international design competitions.

Juliet Landler has a multidisciplinary background in architecture, environmental and structural engineering and over 20 years of experience in the building industry working on projects on five continents. In 2010 she joined the faculty of University of Technology Sydney (UTS) where she serves as a Senior Lecturer with a speciality in the sustainable design of buildings and cities.

Anthony Burke Associate Professor and Head of the School of Architecture at UTS, is a leading figure in Australian architecture, specialising in contemporary architectural design and theory in relation to technology and its implications for the built environment. He is an international curator, writer and architectural designer and a director of the architectural practice Offshorestudio.

Margaret Crawford currently lectures at the University of California, Berkeley. She has also taught at Harvard University and Southern California Institute of Architecture.