49th IFLA WORLD CONGRESS - Students Competition

The transformative power of landscape design in cities has raised the awareness of the value of landscape architecture in creating living environments which satisfy a wide spectrum of the qualities needed for meaningful urban living.

Category Idea Competition / Open to Students
Type International, Idea, Students, Single-Stage, Anonymous
Genre Environment, Landscape
Country South Africa
RegDeadline 30 June 2012 GoogleCal iCal
30 June 2012 (via Online)
Eligibility All students of landscape architecture

Description
The transformative power of landscape design in cities has raised the awareness of the value of landscape architecture in creating living environments which satisfy a wide spectrum of the qualities needed for meaningful urban living.
This student landscape architecture competition aims to achieve the following:
- Generate new ideas about how creative landscape design significantly transforms lives in a variety of ways (directly and / or indirectly)
- Increase the awareness of the various benefits that innovative and strategic landscape design holds for cities and towns

Jury
Not yet announced

Prize
1st Prize: Group Han Prize for Landscape Architecture - $ 3,500 USD
2nd Prize: IFLA Zvi Miller Prize - $ 2,500 USD
3rd Prize: Merit Award Prize - $ 1,000 USD

Entry Fee
None

Entries
Three (3) A1 portrait posters, a brief (250 word maximum) summary of the project

Timetable
Adjudication: 3-4 September 2012
Awards presentation: 5-7 September 2012

Organizer
The Institute for Landscape Architecture in South Africa

Official Website
http://www.ifla2012.com/index.php/student-competition