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5 May - 10 July, 2019

International Design Competition
THE HOUSE
Crafting Home through spaces

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BACKGROUND
Understanding the term ‘House’

Building designs have moulded through millennia, relentlessly adapting to

our needs, and essentially, our ever-expanding lives. Houses went from being
a territorial necessity to a lifestyle de nition, and yet the meaning of the word
'home' has remained constant.

Through the passage of time, we have been seeking homes that respond
to our innate humanness and our instincts. From being a space where you
seek shelter, comfort, a state of constancy and permanence, housing designs have
evolved to a colossal extent over time. Especially the modern 'bungalows' have
seen a myriad classi cation, along with transformation, in terms of design, style,
form, materials, construction.

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Amongst this plethora of existing styles of house designs, we at Archdais, seek to understand your
approach of space-making for the modern bungalow. In that respect,

How does your design t into neighbourhood fabric? How does it respond to the geographic and
socio-cultural context? Does the design isolate its surroundings, and engage in the serenity of its
interiors, or does it anchor itself in the exterior physical environment of the location?

How does it express itself in terms of the material and construction vocabulary? How does the design
respond to the landscape on the site? Is it an integration of interiors into the exterior landscape, or does it
focus on the introverted comfort of the rooms? How does your design play with niches and openings?
How does it balance the mix of intimate areas and social spaces of the house? How does the design
relate to the physical environment in terms of anthropometry, scale, proportion; or even essential
movement through the space?

While addressing these elements, how does it accommodate the functions and the spaces of the classic
concept of the 'house'? How does the design address the play of a typical household?

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AIM
Mission statement

With an aim to address these questions, this competition seeks to understand your idea of the
house design, in the context of the location you select. It encourages participants to rethink the
basic functionality of the house, and explore their own notions of what a 'home' is.

In that respect,
Every architecture student or professional has, at least once in their course, designed the
classic 'house' or ‘Bungalow’; be it for professional or academic purposes.

Hence, we urge architects to unwind back, and think through their earlier projects, and ask if these
designs allow the above questions to be answered. The competition welcomes any project the
participant may have done in the past, ones actually constructed; or just conceptualized.

As such, the competition is open to participants creating new designs for the brief.

Guidelines for creating a new design

Given below are approximate guidelines of what a standard house design dictates. Nevertheless,
participants are welcome to add spaces as per their design and spatial requirements.
Minimum spaces to be covered in the design. Maximum site area : 5000 Sq.ft
Living Space *Participants can select any site which will
Master Bed be best suited for their House Design.
Bedrooms
Study
Kitchen
W.C & Bath
*Participants submitting old design projects or new design have freedom of site selection, area selection for
the spaces, Scale of the building, Proportion of the built form to open space, distribution of
interior areas and all the aspects of functionality, are left to participants’ appropriate
judgement and discretion.

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EVALUATION CRITERIA
Mission statement

The competition aims to explore how the participants accommodate the simplicity of everyday life
in the classic house design in an innovative way.

Use of intelligent and appropriate design interventions with clarity and comprehensibility
of planning.

The evaluation criteria mainly entail participants to think through the basic functionality and
navigation of spaces of the structure, thoughtful conceptualization behind design and aesthetics
and expressive and evocative presentation.

QUERIES & QUESTIONS

In case you still have questions related to the briefs and the competition, please send them to
competition@archdais.com with ‘FAQ’ subject until 25th June 2019.

We highly recommend our participants to check the FAQ section on the archdais website as this will
provide additional vital information from time to time.

All queries regarding registration process, fees, or payment should be sent on the same email
address with ‘ENQUIRY’ as the subject.

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SUBMISSION REQUIREMENT
Proposal to be presented on ONE LANDSCAPE ORIENTED A1 SHEET.
TEAMCODE (UIC) to be mentioned on the TOP RIGHT-HAND CORNER of the sheet.
Proposal MUST NOT include ANY INFORMATION (Name, Organisation, School etc.)
that may give away your identity.
All text must be in ENGLISH, with a MAXIMUM of 250 WORDS for project explanation.
Proposal may be presented using any technique of your choice
(sketches, diagrams, 3D visualizations, model photos, CAD drawings, etc.).
All dimensions should be imperial or metric unit.

SUBMISSION FORMAT TEAMCODE

JPEG of your project must be submitted

via email to: submission@archdais.com

TEAMCODE must be the subject of the email. A1

841mm X 594mm
MAXIMUM FILE SIZE : 8mb

NAME OF THE FILE : Teamcode.jpeg

*Participants Teamcode will be provided by archdais once you have completed registration process through
PAYUMONEY or PAYPAL. Teamcode is your only UIC (Unique Identi cation Code).

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SCHEDULE
START OF COMPETITION & EARLY REGISTRATIONS
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5 MAY 2019

EARLY REGISTRATIONS
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ENDS
5 JUNE 2019

STANDARD REGISTRATIONS
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STARTS
6 JUNE 2019

STANDARD REGISTRATIONS
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ENDS
30 JUNE 2019

LATE REGISTRATIONS
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STARTS
1 JULY 2019

LATE REGISTRATIONS
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ENDS
5 JULY 2019

DEADLINE FOR
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QUESTIONS
25 JUNE 2019

DEADLINE FOR
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SUBMISSION
10 JULY 2019

ANNOUNCEMENT
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OF WINNERS
15 AUGUST 2019
*NOTE: All deadlines are 11:59pm - 00:00 IST (India) www.archdais.com
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AWARDS & CASH PRIZES

1 INR 50,000
CERTIFICATE + PUBLICATION

2 INR 30,000
CERTIFICATE + PUBLICATION

3 INR 20,000
CERTIFICATE + PUBLICATION

15 HONOURABLE MENTIONS
CERTIFICATE + PUBLICATION

PARTICIPATION
Eligibility criteria
We invite everyone, irrespective of their professions or qualifications, to join the competition and
present their ideas. Participants are free to submit multiple entries but each entry needs to be
registered separately.

Alongside individual entries, team entries are also allowed. A team can have a maximum of
three participants. Interdisciplinary teams are also welcome to join. There is no age limit, however,
entrants under 18 years of age must be lead or entered by someone
over the age of 18.

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REGISTRATIONS
Fees for the competition
EARLY REGISTRATIONS
5TH MAY - 5TH JUNE, 2019
For Indian nationals - INR 1000 (per team)
For Foreign nationals - USD 30 (per team)
*Inclusive of all taxes
STANDARD REGISTRATIONS
6TH JUNE - 30TH JUNE, 2019
For Indian nationals - INR 1500 (per team)
For Foreign nationals - USD 45 (per team)
*Inclusive of all taxes
LATE REGISTRATIONS
1ST JULY - 5TH JULY, 2019
For Indian nationals - INR 1800 (per team)
For Foreign nationals - USD 60 (per team)
*Inclusive of all taxes
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Entrants may register by lling the
registration form and submitting it
with the appropriate payment through
our secure gateway on our website
a r c h d a i s . c o m
The par ticipants will receive
their TEAMCODE within 24 hours of
completing their payment successfully.
TEAMCODE will be sent primarily
to the email address provided to
PAYUMONEY/PAYPAL while transaction.
DISCOUNT
Group discounts apply for a minimum of 5 teams
from one particular architecture school/university
as our initiative to promote more participation
from students. Send us the following details at
competition@archdais.com to avail the offer.
Name & contact details of all the participating
teams members and their respective
team leaders.
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REGULATIONS
It will not be possible to amend or update any information relating to your registration including
the names of team members once validated.
- Participant teams will be disquali ed if any of the competition rules or submission requirements
are not considered. Participation assumes acceptance of the regulations.
- Team code is the only means of identi cation of a team as it is an anonymous competition.
- The official language of the competition is English.
- The registration fee is non-refundable.
- Contacting the Jury is prohibited.
- Archdais as the competition organizer, reserves the right to modify the competition schedule
if deemed necessary.

FAQ
Q. How does a team receive their Unique Identi cation Code?
All the Participants will only receive the UIC after completing the registration process. The UIC will be mailed on
your registered email address.

Q. Where all do the participants need to use their teamcode (UIC)?

All the participants would be using their team code on the top right corner of their sheets, as the name of their
submission and wherever requested by the organizer. This code will be their only identi cation for the process
related with this competition.

Q. What does the participant do when they don’t get a unique identi cation code after the
payment is made?
In case of such a problem we request you to send us your payment receipt to competition@archdais.com with
the “Teamcode” as subject matter within two working days of the transaction.

Q. What should the participants do in case the payments are not available in our country?
We request the participants to send us the queries on competition@archdais.com to get an alternate payment
method. We would send you all the possible payment methods..

Q. What is the nature of the competition and is it open for all?

The Iconic House, Design Competition is an open ideas design competition with no intentions to execute the
proposals submitted in any form. The competition is open to students, Teachers, Designers and professionals.

Q. Will participants receive certi cate for participating in the competition?

Yes, all the participants will receive a participation certi cate.

*Kindly visit our FAQ section on archdais.com for more queries or

write us at competion@archdais.com
Please see our Terms & Conditions on archdais.com

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