Competition Outline
Chief Judge
Takayuki Kishii
Professor, College of Science and Technology, Nihon University / President of“The Institute of Behavioral Sciences”
Judges
Ryue Nishizawa
Professor, Y-GSA,Yokohama National University; SANAA; Office of Ryue Nishizawa
Takeshi Kito
Founder & CEO, Crowd Realty, Inc.
Eriko Ozaki
CEO, Shinsenryoku, Inc.
Tadao Kamei
President and CEO, Nikken Sekkei Ltd
Prizes
First Place (one)¥1,000,000
Second Places (three)¥500,000 each
Honorable Mentions (six)¥100,000 each
All prize money amounts are tax inclusive
Judging Method
The competition will employ a two-stage screening method with a final screening open to the public. In the initial screening, 10 finalists will be chosen. During the final public screening, the 10 finalists will give presentations and be interviewed by judges, after which a judging session will be held and award winners selected.
Entry Qualifications
Entry is open broadly to applicants regardless of where they live, in Japan or abroad. Entries can be made as a group or as an individual.
Deadline
Domestic entries must be postmarked by
December 10, 2019.
Overseas entries must arrive at the competition office no later than December 10, 2019.
Note: Only entries sent by post will be accepted. No deliveries by hand or motorbike courier.
Entry Registration
Applicants must first register using the registration form on the competition website.
A registration number will be issued by e-mail after the registration form is properly completed. Each applicant should record and save this registration number, as it will be needed for submitting your proposal.
http://www.japan-architect.co.jp/public/
-Once registration numbers are issued no inquiries about them will be accepted.
-In the case of multiple entries, each proposal must be separately registered.
-Registrations can only be made on the competition’s website.
-Please re-register if any changes should occur in your registered information.
-Entrants who register a mobile phone mail address may have problems receiving the reply mail notification of registration number.
Initial Screening: Documents for Submission
Documents:
Use a single A1-size (594 x 841mm) sheet of paper printed on one side only in landscape orientation. Avoid using tracing paper or other thin paper as it may tear when the proposal is opened. Proposals in frames or on panels will not be accepted. Also, please submit a CD-R or DVD-R containing a PDF file having the same content as your entry proposal. Name the file as “registration number.pdf” (example: 00186.pdf).
Content: Method of expression, whether a plan, perspective, sketch, CG or photograph of a model, is unrestricted. Materials having three-dimensional features (roughness or protuberances) will not be accepted.
Language:
Japanese or English.
Notation of registration number:
Front: Print your registration number in 30-point or larger font size at the right, below
your drawing or picture. (Note: Only registration number, please. Do not
include other information identifying the entrant.)
Back: Leave blank
Inquiries: Inquiries concerning the theme will not be accepted. Matters not covered in these requirements are left to the discretion of the entrants.
Address submissions to
“Urban Public Space Design Competition 2019” Shinkenchiku-sha Co., Ltd.,
Kasumigaseki Building 17F, 3-2-5, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 100-6017
Tel. +81-3-6205-4382
For inquiries, please contact
Announcement of Initial Screening Results
In late December 2019, the 10 finalists will be notified and also announced on the competition’s website.
Final Screening: Documents for Submission
PowerPoint presentation data, etc. The 10 finalists will be notified of details when the initial screening results are announced.
Final Public Screening
Date: March 9 (Monday), 2020
Venue: Tokyo
During the final public screening, the 10 finalists will give presentations and be interviewed by judges, after which a judging session will be held and award winners selected.
-Venue will be announced on the website once a location is chosen.
-Finalists who unavoidably cannot attend the final screening may participate using Skype.
-Finalists will be paid for transportation to the final screening. For residents of Japan, one representative per entry will receive actual costs. For participants from abroad, one representative per entry will receive 100,000 yen. Payment will be made when prize money is awarded after the final screening.
Announcement of Final Results:
Other
-Entry works will not be returned.
-Changes cannot be made to registered proposals. If changes are to be made, please re-register the proposal.
-Entries must not infringe on the rights of any third party, including copyright, patent, utility model rights, trademark, trade secret, portrait rights, publicity rights, defamation, and privacy rights.
-Copyrights to works submitted in this competition will belong to the entrant, but the organizers will bear the right to announce the winning works.
-The entrant shall bear all responsibility for copyright infringement or other problems arising after the awarding. In the case of such occurring, the award may be taken back at the organizer’s discretion.