international-iccc.org Student Design Competition : Council For Caring Communities

Organization : International Council For Caring Communities (ICCC)
Competition Name : International Student Design Competition
Applicable State : Global
Event Date : 1 December 2015
Event Last Date : 15 September 2015

Website : http://international-iccc.org/
Notification: www.contest.net.in/uploads/883Guidelines-docx1.pdf

Eligibility:
** Both undergraduate and graduate students of architecture are eligible to submit an individual or a team project.
** All submissions clearly identify whether the submission is that of an individual or that of a team of students.
** All entries must be prepared by bona fide students currently enrolled in an academic program in architecture or in a related field as of 1 December 2015.
** An affidavit of authorship is a mandatory component of submission. Note that no more than 3 entries may be submitted by any one school.
** To enter the competition, an individual or teams of students must register electronically on the international-iccc.org entry form.
** The registrations are due on or before 15 September 2015 and projects must be received by 1 December 2015 and sent to ICCC, 24 Central Park South, New York, N.Y.10019, USA.
** No projects received after 1 December 2015 will be judged. Winning projects will be announced during the United Nations Commission for Social Development, February 2016.

Key Issues include:
** Location – Strategic placement of facilities for older peoplewithin walking distance where older persons can contribute and be engaged.
** Connectivity – Establishment of physical and possibly electronic connectivity to amenitiesand services.
** Symbiosis – Matching of talents and interests of older people and needs of society.
** Dignity – Uphold and preserve the personal rights and personal domain regardless of any reduction in faculties.
** Access – Availability of essential services such ashealthcare, food, educational facilities, recreational
** areas, social services and transportation.
The Context:
** Identify and analyze a particular neighborhood or district.
** The context for the neighborhood maybe either urban, suburban or rural, provided that it contains older people.
The Project:
** Devise a project which can act as a catalyst to address the key issues of an ageing population.
** The project can be an intervention, a building or a group of buildings.
The Design:
** Develop design ideas and depict them graphically.
** The competition is trying to foster replicable ideas i.e.ideas that can be fruitfully applied in different contexts