Sleep/ReardonSmith 2014 Student Design Competition
Register/Submit Deadline: Friday, Oct 24, 201411 PMEDT
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The Sleep ReardonSmith Student Award was created to give students of architecture and design across Europe an opportunity to engage with the challenges and delights of working in the hotel and resort sector. Part of Sleep, Europe’s leading hotel design and development event, the Student Award is created afresh each year with a new brief based on an imagined scenario that, nevertheless, closely parallels a real project. As such, we believe that the competition offers a valuable learning experience. While the judges look for imagination and a freshness of approach, it is as equally important that the concepts are plausible, operationally thought-through and potentially buildable.
This year, we are formalising the process of the Award in a way which we believe will ensure even better learning opportunity for all the entrants. In addition to advertising the challenge on competition websites, we are approaching selected colleges and universities around Europe to invite them to integrate the Award into their teaching programme. The participating students may either work on their entries individually or in a team of up to three people.
There will be one winning entry and two runners up. The winning student(s) and the runners up will be expected to attend the first day of Sleep on Wednesday 26th November at the Business Design Centre, London where their work will be displayed. There will be an informal session when the students will be able to engage with a small number of specially invited hotel design professionals who will discuss and critique their entries. The winning student(s) will also be offered the opportunity to make a short presentation about their entry in the main Sleep conference.
There will be a cash prize of £500.00 for the winning student(s).
Students are invited to design a new hotel on a site which has already been cleared in the old quarter of a European City. Given its location, the hotel is expected to attract both business and leisure travellers and should equate to a good four star standard in terms of its facilities and the sizes and mix of bedrooms and suites. We are intentionally leaving the brief loose so that competitors have the maximum opportunity to demonstrate their creative skills. Our one stipulation is that the architectural massing needs to respond to the surrounding context and the environmental impact of the design reacts to its surroundings and is suitable for the site. The total site area is 1,500m2 approximately however your proposal will include 10,000m2 of Hotel which includes 2 floors of carpark located below ground level.
Students should consider the inclusion of the following spaces in their submissions:
- Lobby reception
- Lounge/Bar
- All-day dining restaurant
- Spa
- Bedrooms & Suites
- Kitchens & staff offices
- Car parking
It is essential that your proposal indicates the use of passive environmental strategies and key considerations for sustainability in a historical context.
Sustainable design features and innovative construction solutions that integrate new will be well received. See below for points of interest:
- Materials
- Thermal Performance
- Natural and Mechanical ventilation
- Heat Island effects
- Solar radiation & Sun path diagrams
The Submission
The competition submission must include the following:
- A minimum of four and a maximum of six A3 presentation sheets showing public area and guestroom layouts as well as a visual of the façade
- Two A3 concept sheets, one for a public space, the other for a bedroom, indicating proposed materials, style of furniture, facilities etc
- Supporting text, maximum 400 words, explaining the design and how it meets the brief and the regulatory requirements as well as the expectations of the likely guest profile
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