7th CTBUH 2018 International Student Design Competition
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CTBUH Founder, Lynn S. Beedle, gives his personal account of the origins of the Council, as a joint activity between the IABSE and ASCE organizations, and some reflections on the earliest days of the Council.
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The age of the tall building as a single iconic piece of sculpture, standing in isolation from its surroundings, is coming to an end. Designers have a responsibility to ensure that these permanent urban structures engender a future-oriented urban response to the greatest challenges of our time: unprecedented population growth; mass urbanization; climate change; environmental degradation; social, political and economic change; and the rapid advance of myriad technical innovations.
The future of humanity on this planet relies on the collective benefits of urban density; reducing both land consumption and the energy needed to construct and operate the horizontally dispersed city. Tall buildings must now be the vehicles for creating increased density not just through sheer height, but by connecting multiple layers of the city.
Physical urban infrastructure, circulation, greenery, and urban functions traditionally restricted to the ground level would all, ideally, continue up and into the building, such that the buildings themselves become an extension of the city: a part of the two-dimensional horizontal urban plane flipped vertical.
Physical urban infrastructure, circulation, greenery, and urban functions traditionally restricted to the ground level would all, ideally, continue up and into the building, such that the buildings themselves become an extension of the city: a part of the two-dimensional horizontal urban plane flipped vertical.
Participants are free to site their projects anywhere in the world.
Participants should engage with the exploration and resolution of the synergistic relationship of placing a tall building in a unique existing urban setting; how that tall building can be inspired by the cultural, physical, and environmental aspects of its site; and how the program of the building is influenced by the micro and macro site/urban conditions; and how the building responds to global issues. Proposals should show evidence of a clear understanding of how considerations of structure, environment, servicing, etc. are as vital to the success of a tall building as the form, materials, aesthetics, etc.
Some of the multi-layered elements that participants should take into consideration may include (in no particular hierarchy):
- local climate
- urban grain
- neighboring buildings
- city requirements
- community requirements
- social sustainability
- environmental sustainability
- efficiency of materials, space, and usage
- aesthetics
- proportions
- local, social, and cultural conditions
- materiality
- new technologies
- structure
- innovative program/functionality
- adaptability
- transit/mobility
- infrastructure
- etc.
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Rewards
First Place
$6 000US$3,000 cash + stipend to attend CTBUH 2018 Conference (up to US$3,000 value*)
Second Place
$5 000US$2,000 cash + stipend to attend CTBUH 2018 Conference (up to US$3,000 value*)
Third Place
$4 000US$1,000 cash + stipend to attend CTBUH 2018 Conference (up to US$3,000 value*)
Fourth Place
$3 000Stipend to attend CTBUH 2018 Conference (up to US$3,000 value*)
Fifth Place
$3 000Stipend to attend CTBUH 2018 Conference (up to US$3,000 value*)
Honorable Mentions
Certificates
Exhibition: A poster exhibition of the five “Finalists” and a selected number of “Semi-finalist” entries will be exhibited during the CTBUH 2018 Conference.
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