Category | Idea Competition / Open to Students |
Type | International, Idea, Students or Age Restriction , Single-Stage, Anonymous |
Genre | Public, Sustainability |
Country | Philadelphia, United States |
RegDeadline | 30 April 2012 GoogleCal iCal |
30 April 2012 (Must be Received or via Online) | |
Eligibility | all college and university level students as well as emerging professionals (5 years or less of professional design experience, regardless of age) |
Description
The City of Philadelphia Parks & Recreation Department (PPR) currently oversees and operates approximately 160 recreation centers and facilities in the city of Philadelphia. Most of these recreation centers and facilities need repairs and modernization, and on-going maintenance. PPR is working with other departments and partners to make the recreation centers more energy efficient, while providing new programming and activities.
DVGBC has asked Parks & Recreation to identify four sites that meet the following criteria:
- in need of repair/site improvement
- easily accessible via mass-transit
- opportunities for energy efficiency
The challenge this year for the DVGBC Sustainable Design Competition is to re-imagine an existing urban recreation center. Starting with an existing site, teams are asked to use adaptive reuse strategies and analysis to design their vision of what a recreation center can be for the community.
Jury
Not yet announced
Prize
Students
- First Prize: $1500 cash
- Second Prize: $750 cash
- Honorary Mention: $250 cash
Emerging Professionals
- First Prize: $1500 cash
- Second Prize: $750 cash
Honorary Mention: $250 cash
All local winners will receive a 1 year Student or Emerging Professional membership to the DVGBC.
Entry Fee
None
Entries
One (1) 30” x 40” board
Submission Address
c/o Ms. Mary Alcaraz
Ewing Cole
Federal Reserve Bank Building 100 N. 6th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106-1590
Timetable
Awards Ceremony: May 3, 2012 at Best of Greenbuild at the Federal Reserve Bank
Links
Past winners
Organizer
The Delaware Valley Green Building Council
Official Website
http://dvgbc.org/sustainable-design-competition