Architects for Health: Student Design Award 2010
The 2010 competition introduces a greater emphasis on the sample brief; designing for Death: Hell, Purgatory and Paradise.
| Category | Idea Competition / Open to Students |
| Type | International, Idea, Students, Two-Stage, Onymous |
| Genre | Medical-Facility |
| Country | UK |
| RegDeadline | 2 July 2010 GoogleCal iCal |
| 5 July 2010 (via Online) GoogleCal | |
| Eligibility | Students who are presently studying or havin completed their studies within 18 months of submission date |
Description
The aim of Architects for Health is to promote and campaign for better healthcare environments through bringing together individuals and organisations who share an interest in excellence in the planning and design of healthcare facilities.
Students are expected to:
- Study existing systems; investigate the process of dying in different contexts and eras including the present in your chosen country of study
- Compare and contrast different settings and observations
- Take a position based on your research and clearly define it
- Drawing on your research elect to design a building or part of a building of your choice. The building may or may not be a Hospital.
Jury
Not yet announced
Prize
Cash Prize, Publication and a travel fund to assist short-listed students in attending the evening event
Entry Fee
10 GBP
Entries
Separate 300-600 narrative document and 4 number A3 landscape PDF or JPG graphics
Timetable
The award ceremony: August 2010 at the RIBA
Links
Past winners
Organizer
Architects for Health
Official Website
http://www.afhawards.org/