2A International Architectural Students and Young Architects Competition: Du(b)ailities: Supra_globa

2A International Architectural Students and Young Architects Competition: Du(b)ailities: Supra_global_culture / micro_ethnic_localities

In response to the current architectural, urban and cultural developments in the Gulf, the 2A Architecture + Art magazine has decided to organize an Architectural Competition for young designers with the following goals:

1- Challenge the cultural engagement, support and develop the skills of students and young architects.
2- Flourish and generate new thoughts and ideas for the Gulf by regional and international schools of design.
3- Focus on the development of Dubai as the emerging metropolitan prototype of the 21st century and stimulate reflection around its development.                       
4- Revive debates in the field and link young architects across geographical boundaries.
5- Promote the work of talented young architects for projects in the Gulf and expose their ideas.

Dubai is a city that has become the center of discussion and discourse across the globe as the post 20th century city and urban model. The international architectural / urban competition, Du(b)ailities: Supra_global_culture / micro_ethnic_localities, aims at intensifying and enriching this exchange by inviting young architects and students of architecture from the UAE and across the world to participate and present visions, concepts and proposals for Dubai. By doing this, the city and its inhabitants will have the chance to participate and discuss ideas about their city and benefit from the presented proposals. The competition offers its participants two separate challenges: one for the larger city scale and the other for a smaller urban area. Solutions for both categories will create the basis of real proposals and possibilities for the city.
The Competition has two categories (A and B). Participants may choose to submit in either with multiple projects or in both categories.

The competition is organized as a single stage, open ideas competition for architectural students and architects under the age of 40 at international level.

Two categories are set for competitors to select:
Category A: Supra_global_culture – large-scale visions
Category B: Micro-ethnic-localities – small-scale interventions

CATEGORY A: Supra_global_culture
Introduction - The large city scale competition is responding to the emergence of Dubai as the prototypical metropolis and a global city of the 21st century. With an anticipated growth of 8% over the next six years, a population which will reach 2 million inhabitants and with 10 million tourists per year by 2010, Dubai’s unique growth calls for large-scale urban visions with specific urban, social and architectural attributes going beyond the ongoing delivery of projects.

CATEGORY B: Micro-ethnic-localities
Introduction - The small-scale urban insertion(s) category is tapping on the nature of Dubai as a space of intensified expatriate presence assembling a multitude of nationalities and ethnic groups. Various transient micro-ethnicities can bring to the city a wealth of memories, experiences and wisdom enriching Dubai’s urban life, as people’s stories are weaved into the collective memory and making of the city.

COMPETITION CALENDAR
•  Launch: 26 April 2008
•  Period for registration:  1 June -1 September 2008
•  Period for questions and answers: 1-30 September 2008
•  Deadline for submission of documentation: 10 January 2009
•  Announcement of winners: 1 March 2009
•  Awards ceremony, exhibition and publication of projects:  dates to be announced

THE JURY
•  Prof. George Katodrytis, RIBA, Chair of the Jury (School of Architecture & Design, American University of Sharjah)
•  Prof. Mona El-Mousfy (School of Architecture & Design, American University of Sharjah)
•  Prof. Michael Schwarz (Architecture Dept, Ajman University of Science and Technology)
•  Rashad Mohammed Bukhash (Dubai Municipality)
Khalid Al Najjar (DXB LAB, Dubai)
•  Prof. Frederic Levrat (Columbia University)
•  Donald Bates of (Architecture Lab, Melbourne)
•  Prof. Thomas Lesser (Lesser Architecture and Columbia University, New York)
•  Brian Johnson, RIBA (Godwin Austen Jonson, Dubai)

THE SENIOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE
•  Nader Ardalan (Architect, Boston)
•  Behrooz Pakdaman (Architect, Tehran)
•  Dr. Nabyl Chenaf (American University of Dubai)
•  Dr. Khaled Naser (Architecture Dept, University of Sharjah)
•  Traudel Schwarz-Funke (Architecture Dept, University of Sharjah)
•  Tala Vaziri (Architect, Vienna / Dubai)
•  Hamid Kia (Director RMJM, Dubai)
•  Dr. Jihad Awad (Architecture Dept, Ajman University of Science and Technology)

COMPETITION CHAIRMAN: Mr. Khalid Habib Al Redha
HEAD OF ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Ahmad Zohadi (Architect & 2A Chief Editor, Dubai)

PRIZES
First prize for Category A:  20,000AED  
Second prize for Category A:  15,000AED    
Third prize for Category A:  10,000AED

First prize for Category B:  20,000AED  
Second prize for Category B:  15,000AED    
Third prize for Category B:  10,000AED

Additionally, 2A Magazine will compensate 6,000 AED for the expenses for the leader of each of the winner for each Category to attend the prize ceremony in Dubai.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Competition email address: [email protected]
For updated information and a detailed brief: http://www.est2a.com/