Program: 35-40 unit residential complex

Objective: To design a housing complex in Cleveland’s Fairfax neighborhood that will provide an innovative, affordable, sustainable and supportive environment for families in which grandparents are the primary caregivers of their grandchildren.

Type: Single-phase open competition

Eligibility: Open to Ohio registered architects in association with collaborating designers (see below for details)

Registration Fee: $75.00 (Registration form at www.cudc.kent.edu/fairfax. Mail with payment to Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, attn: Steve Rugare, 820 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115.)

Schedule

Competition Opens: September 22, 2008

Informational Session for Participants: September 29, 2008, 4:30-6:00pm at Quincy Renaissance Place, 8111 Quincy Avenue, Cleveland

Submission Deadline: November 19, 2008

Jury and Awards: December 5, 2008

Submissions on Display: Mid-December 2008

Jury

The jury will be announced at the informational meeting on September 29, 2008. Jurors will include nationally recognized experts on housing design, aging and sustainability, as well as local service providors, developers and representatives of the Fairfax community and grandparent caregivers.

Awards

first place: $10,000

second place: $5,000

third place: $2,500

people’s choice award: $1,000 (awarded at public presentation of jury awards)

http://www.cudc.kent.edu/fairfax/