Competition introduction
Competition organisers
Battling a life-threatening illness is an incredibly difficult challenge, especially for children and their families. It’s an impossible situation to get through, and a family may not always be able to give all the support that’s needed, no matter how much they try. Doctors and specialists can offer support for a child’s physical health, but they need more than just that when struggling with an illness, and so does their family.
The Children's Hospice architecture competition is the second in a series that looks to create designs for a place that can give more support to children and their families facing terminal illnesses. The jury are looking for designs that offer respite, recuperation and receive support in whatever form they may need it while they are battling their illness.
The Children’s Hospice would act as a center where children can visit daily to get whatever help and support they need while they’re going through treatment. This competition is a chance for participants to explore how architecture can be used as a tool to help people and demonstrate how architecture can offer psychological relief to those who are suffering.
While this is an architecture ideas competition with an emphasis on creating more conceptual designs, the Children’s Hospice would still need to provide a few essential functions. It will need to have a common area with a gathering room, games room, small library, and chapel; a kitchen and dining room, as well as a private area that could function as a nurse’s room and therapy room for psychological support.
There is no defined location chosen for this competition, and participants are requested to select a theoretical site from their own home country.
Download the full competition brief for more information!
The competition is open to all. No professional qualification is required. Design proposals can be developed individually or by teams (4 team members maximum). Correspondence with organizers must be conducted in English; All information submitted by participants must be in English.
Full competition brief
The full competition brief can be downloaded as often as required; no additional information will be provided after registration.
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- (!) FULL COMPETITION BRIEF
- Règles de compétition
- Reglas de la competencia
- Regolamento del concorso
Prizes
7,000 €
Total Prize Fund
1st PRIZE
3,000 €
PublicationsCertificate of Achievement
2nd PRIZE
1,500 €
PublicationsCertificate of Achievement
3rd PRIZE
1,000 €
PublicationsCertificate of Achievement
BUILDNER STUDENT AWARD (more details)
1,000 €
+ 50 € ARCHHIVE BOOKS Gift Card + 50 Points BUILDNER Architecture University Rankings
Publications
Certificate of Achievement
+ 6 HONOURABLE MENTIONS
CERTIFICATE:
Buildner will also acknowledge the outstanding performance of all winners and honourable mentions with Certificates of Achievement.
Publicity campaign
The Buildner’s extensive global publicity campaign for the competition winners:
- "SEEN BY" ONE MILLION Results published on buildner.com - one of the leading websites in the industry and is visited by over one million unique visitors each year.
- "SEEN BY" 800 000 MORE Publications on Buildner's social networks (over 600,000 followers) and newsletter campaigns (over 200,000 subscribers).
- INTERVIEW Exclusive interview published with the results and shared on Buildner's social networks.
- MOVIE The competition winners will be granted and opportunity to submit a movie about themselves. The video will be published on the Buildner's website and social networks.
- MEDIA PARTNERS The competition results will get international art and design media coverage and will be featured in the world’s leading architecture media outlets.
Jury panel
Jury members shall under no circumstances be contacted by competition participants or their representatives. Participants who attempt to contact jury members, shall be disqualified.
All jury members are involved in the evaluation based on their availability at that time. All communication regarding the competition should only be carried out with Buildner staff. For any questions please contact us on [email protected]
Alan Dunlop
Architect, Alan Dunlop Architects
UK
Rubén García Rubio
co-founder of studioVRA
Spain
Sonsoles Vela Navarro
co-founder of studioVRA
Spain
Arturo Mc Clean
Architect at Barcelona based Miralles Tagliabue EMBT
Spain
Rion Philbin
No So
Germany
Dr Johan van der Zwart
researcher and an assistant professor at the NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Norway
Dr Nirit Pilosof
Head of Research in Innovation and Transformation at Sheba Medical Centre
Israel
Susanne Siepl-Coates
member of the architecture faculty at Kansas State University
USA
Steven Wright
Principal at Perkins Eastman
USA
Phyllida Mills
Mills Power Architecture
UK
Key dates
Closing date for registration
06 April, 2023
Closing date for project submission
05 May, 2023 (11:59pm London time)
Announcement of the winners
21 June, 2023
Competition Q&A deadline: 11 April, 2023
In order to guarantee equal opportunities to all competition participants,
no new questions will be answered after this deadline!
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Registration fees
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Registration Deadline09 February - 06 April
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Architects / Enthusiasts / Companies145 €Full award package
This registration provides a complete set of prizes, including certificates of achievement, monetary rewards, and potential construction benefits.110 €No monetary award This registration offers a comprehensive set of prizes, including recognition through publicity, certificates of achievement, and potential construction-related benefits, without any monetary awards. -
Students115 €Full award package This registration provides a complete set of prizes, including certificates of achievement, monetary rewards, and potential construction benefits.80 €No monetary award This registration offers a comprehensive set of prizes, including recognition through publicity, certificates of achievement, and potential construction-related benefits, without any monetary awards.
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STUDENT REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
Contact us to receive special student rates for group registrations (discount applies for 3+ registrations from one university/school) and to receive further information and support for getting your students involved in architecture competitions. Send us request from your university email address along with basic information about yourself and your university/school. Please note that only recognized university staff can apply for the reduced student rate.
Competition results in media
F.A.Q.
Competition related questions
There is no defined location chosen for this competition, and participants are asked to select a theoretical site from their own home country.
This project has no set budget.
As it is explained in the competition brief - for this competition participants are required to upload one A2 presentation panel. Presentation deliverables set listed in the competition brief is a suggestion only. Participants are not required to present the entire list. Please choose only the most essential information set that would explain your design in the most efficient manner.
As the building is intended to function as a daycare centre, there is no overnight stay required.
15 visitors = 15 patients.
Yes, you may propose a multi-faith praying space.
There are no defined limitations for the building area.
Participants are asked to provide designs with the capacity to host 15 visitors and 5 staff members.
There is no maximum amount of allowed family members defined, however it should be an intimate gathering.
The staff would need to leave the facilities after the working hours. No overnight stay.
General questions
Click on "register now", fill in all the required fields, choose your payment method and submit your information. You will be forwarded to Paypal or CPS secure payment gateway, to cover the competition fee. Once we receive your payment, we'll send you an email with your username and password to upload your submission directly to the website.
You can add/remove/edit team member information as often as you want in the upload panel, up until the submission deadline.
Only one proposal per registration is permitted. Participants are entitled to register multiple times if they wish to participate in the competition with several proposals.
Yes we are in the process of negotiating with multiple international industry-related media representatives. The list of media partners is constantly updated on our website, please check it regularly to find latest updates.
Yes. If the jury panel selects a Student award's submission for the top 3, it will automatically be awarded both prizes.
Yes. If the jury panel selects a Sustainability award's submission for the top 3, it will automatically be awarded both prizes.
No. Competition entries are evaluated anonymously. The participant registration type is only revealed upon the announcement of the results.
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