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The Vital Signs Project: 1996 Case Study Competition

General Information

Competing individuals or teams must complete a Registration Form and send it to Vital Signs by mail or fax before the registration deadline noted in the competition schedule below. One form should be used per team, with each student participant listed individually. All entries must have a faculty sponsor.

Each registration form will be reviewed by the Competition Advisor and assigned an anonymous registration code number. The registration code number will be faxed back to the participant(s) on the registration form as confirmation of receipt. This code number must be visibly displayed on all competing entries (see Submission Requirements).

Eligibility

This competition is open to undergraduate and graduate students in ACSA member schools in the United States and Canada.

Entries will be accepted for individual as well as team efforts. We encourage entire classes to enter this competition as a class assignment, with each team or individual submitting their own entry. All work must be done by the student(s) listed on the registration form and conducted under the direction of an architecture faculty advisor as part of a studio, lecture, seminar, or independent study course. All team members must be enrolled during the semester/term they submit the Case Study. Only one entry per student or team may be submitted.

Faculty Responsibility

The administration of the Competition entries shall be conducted under the supervision of a faculty advisor and under the auspices of the school as part of a course, independent study, or thesis work, within the guidelines set forth in this program document. Refer to the eligibility criteria, submission requirements, evaluation process and criteria for guidance. The Vital Signs staff and Jury members are not available to serve in any capacity as faculty sponsors or advisors for Case Study submissions.

Awards

Cash awards for winning students and their schools will be distributed as follows.

First, Second, and Third Prizes will be presented to the best-ranking overall Case Studies, based on the evaluation criteria described later in this program. Prizes include a cash award for the student team, and travel stipends for a team representative and the faculty advisor to attend the awards ceremony in San Francisco. Cash awards will also be given to the school under the faculty advisor’s administration of funds, to support further investigations of building performance.

Three Honorable Mentions may be given up to three projects at the discretion of the jury. Cash awards will be presented to the student team and citations given to the schools.

Winning Case Studies will receive exposure in the AIAS Crit Magazine of the American Institute of Architecture Students and other notable publications. Additional compensation of $150 will be awarded to each of the winning Case Study teams to produce boards for a traveling exhibit, commencing at the awards ceremony in San Francisco.

Question and Answer Procedures

Questions concerning the competition may be submitted in writing, or via e-mail. All questions must be submitted by mail, fax, or e-mail to the Competition Advisor by the deadline noted in the competition schedule. All questions and answers will be summarized and sent to all participants shortly after the Question and Answer Deadline.

Questions should be addressed to:

• Gail S. Brager, Competition Advisor
  The Vital Signs Case Study Competition
  
  Mail:
  Gail S. Brager, Competition Advisor
  University of California, Berkeley
  390 Wurster Hall, #1839
  Berkeley, CA 94720-1839
  
  Email: gbrager@socrates.berkeley.edu
  
  Fax: (510) 643-5571

Vital Signs Curriculum Materials Project Staff

Charles C. Benton, Project Co-Investigator
Gail S. Brager, Project Co-Investigator
Bill Burke, Program Coordinator
Alison G. Kwok, Graduate Research Assistant
Allan Daly, Graduate Research Assistant

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All contents copyright (C) 1998.
Charles C. Benton.
All rights reserved. Revised: August 30, 1996

URL: http://www-archfp.ced.berkeley.edu/vitalsigns/act/1996comp/geninfo.html