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Learn about the 3rd Competition
Living Steel is once again asking architects to take up the challenge to develop sustainable housing for the world’s burgeoning housing shortage.
This competition is the chance to be a positive force in the growing global need for economical, environmentally responsible housing. We've put together an exciting format that will allow ten teams of two architects each to present their best ideas for filling this critical need.
Competition Deadlines and Schedule
The 3rd International Architecture Competition presents architects with the task of creating energy efficient, single-family, detached housing that minimises climate change emissions and can withstand temperature extremes, yet is affordable to build and to buy.
The winning architects will use the exceptional qualities of steel to construct their design in Cherepovet, Russian Federation, where temperatures can range from -49 C to +34 C. The homes constructed from the winning designs will be part of a community for use by employees of Russian steel maker, SeverStal JSC, headquartered in Cherepovets.
Take a virtual visit to Cherepovets or even see a movie of Cherepovets and the surrounding area.
Competition Brief - Part 1 Regulations Part 2 - Competition Brief Programme is available for your download. In it, you’ll find the latest information on the shortlist design criteria.
The third competition includes a two-part challenge each with a winner and prize. Ten teams of two architects each will be short-listed as competition finalists. The ten short-listed teams will be given the project brief and one month to put together their ideas for efficient, sustainable housing that fits the location specifications. These teams will be flown to Helsinki, Finland, where they will present their concepts to the competition's Jury on 26-27 June 2008. The Jury will select a winning team who will be awarded the Jury Prize of €50,000 and the opportunity to see their design come to reality.
In addition, a two-day design charrette will follow on 28-29 June in Helsinki where the teams will be joined together in groups and tasked with master planning of the community development. The groups will present their plans to each other and then vote which group offered the best solution. The winning group will share the €20,000 Architects' Prize.
Each of the ten competition teams will be awarded a €3,000 honorarium, as well as have their travel costs to Helsinki paid by Living Steel.
The competition event in Helsinki will conclude with an awards dinner on 29 June 2008 and the announcement of the winners of the Jury Prize and Architects' Prize.
Judged by some of the leading architects around the world, total prizes and honoraria are €100,000. Following are the details:
- Winning design Jury Award: €50,000
- Architect's Award: €20,000
- Honorarium: €3,000 for each team
- Expenses: Travel expenses for each team to Helsinki, Finland
Living Steel is pleased to announce the 3rd Competition Jury, who will serve the 3rd International Architecture Competition for Sustainable Housing. The Jury members represent some of the world's finest architects, known for their passion for the environment and their application of sustainable practices in their designs. They are:
- Glenn Murcutt, Australia
- Kimmo Lintula, K2S Architects Ltd., Finland
- Mark Middleton, Grimshaw Architects, UK
- Patricia Patkau, Patkau Architects, Canada
- Alexei Venediktov, SeverStal
Architects entering an Expression of Interest must do so as a team of two architects to be eligible for short-list consideration. The competition is open to:
- Qualified architects registered with the relevant professional body in the Russian Federation where the competition building is to be built,
- Qualified architects registered with the relevant professional body in other jurisdictions, or
- Students of architecture enrolled in a recognized programme of architectural studies on the provision the other member of the competition team meets admission criteria (1) or (2).
Calendar of Events, June 25 – July 2
Following is a list of our activities. News and pictures from each day will be posted on our website the following day.
| 25 June 2008 | Finalist teams submit design documentation to Living Steel Competition Committee |
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| 26-27 June 2008 | Presentations by each competition team to the jury, which will take place at Historic Suomenlinna |
| 27-Jun-08 | Competition dinner and presentation of the master planning issue to be addressed in the Design Charrette workshop |
| 28 June 2008 | Design Charrette workshop with the workshop teams to address master planning for the Cherepovets development. Take a virtual visit to Cherepovets or even see a movie of Cherepovets and the surrounding area |
| 29 June 2008 | Workshop teams will continue their work in the morning. In the afternoon each team will present their master planning ideas |
| 29 June 2008 | Competition closing dinner with announcement of the competition results to the teams |
| 2 July 2008 | Public announcement of competition results will take place during the Living Steel presentations, at the XXIII Union of International Architects (UIA) World Congress of Architecture, Turin, Italy, and on this website |
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