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Competition Aspirations
The words ‘architecture’, ‘environment’, ‘ecology’ and ‘sustainability’ are indexes to open concepts. It is the belief of the organizing committee that it is an imperative of our time to critically reassess and continually rede?ne these concepts. The future of architecture and the built environment is to be informed by this changing discourse which we hope to glimpse within yet undiscovered experiments and projects.

The strength behind current explorations within the fields of ecology and sustainability is often due to cross-disciplinary collaborations and exchanges of knowledge between diverse fields of research. The competition is therefore open to all architects, designers, students, engineers, scientists and other related professions that express interest in the future of the relationship between the natural and built environments.

Projects will be evaluated on their ability to address the larger contextual issues of environments, ecology and sustainability and, most importantly, on their potential to develop new design methodologies in relation to these parameters. We hope to reward projects that integrate theory and technique, tectonics and materials, policy and context.

The organizers invite all ideas, projects and/or built works from 2003 to the present. Projects of all scales and types are open for submission and will be grouped by related themes at the discretion of the technical jury prior to final judging.

 

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The Architectural Association
The Architectural Association is, in its constitutional structure, ?rst and foremost an association of members, originally established by students in 1847.

Currently there are approximately 3,200 members of the AA internationally, including some of the world’s leading architects, who play a vital role in shaping the identity and assisting in the development of the School. Registered students and staff of the AA automatically become members, and membership is open to anyone with an interest in architecture. Members participate in lectures and events, visit exhibitions and make use of the AA’s facilities.

Environments, Ecologies & Sustainability Cluster
In 2005 the Architectural Association launched a series of clusters to connect the work of different members, programmes and events and to reach beyond the boundaries of the association. There have been four clusters established de?ne these extended associations of which one is the Environments, Ecologies & Sustainability Cluster.

The Environments, Ecology and Sustainability Cluster has chosen to launce this competition to collate and reveal currently undisclosed EES design ideas larger audiences. The competitions and exhibitions will form part of a discussion forum, led by members of the competition jury, which will debate emerging trends within the growing field of EES design-research.

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Submission Requirements
The competition sponsors again expect a diverse range of ideas and project types to be submitted. Projects of all scales and types are open for submission and will be grouped by related themes at the discretion of the technical jury prior to final judging. Because of this diversity the submission requirements ask for a minimum/ or maximum number of submitted panels rather than a fixed number. This flexibility will ensure that each participant is able to sufficiently communicate their ideas to the judges. These panels will serve as the bases for judging. No other formats will be allowed and no digital information submitted will be viewed during judging.

The panels should be either 2 or 4 vertical A2's (42cm x 59.4cm), mounted on a 5mm rigid lightweight board.

In addition the submission must include a CD containing, a 300dpi of each panel, the text documents included on each panel and higher resolution images included for each submission.

The submission must also include the offical completed competiton Registration Form found hunder Dowladable Brief & Poster.

More specific information can be found under Downloads, Brief & Poster in the downloadable brief.

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Registration and Submission Deadlines
The deadline for registrations is 5:00pm the 24th October 2007. There is no postmarked date. It is the submitter's responsibility to insure there is enough time for the registration to arrive on or before the required date.

The deadline for submissions is 5:00pm the 24th October 2007. Again there is no postmarked date. Registrations and submissions can be received as early as the 17th of May however, submissions arriving before thist date may be discarded. Submission and registrations may be sent together in the same package.

The deadline for questions is the 24th of September 2007. Questions must be received by email no later than the 24th of September 2007 and will not be received prior to the 17th of May. Answers will be posted on the website by approximately the first of each month. Please email all questions to contact email under Contact Details.

The competition judges will review the submissions in the beginning of November and conclude with prize announcements and a discussion forum. Future dates and information relative to the competition will be posted on this site.

Winners will be posted on the website and contacted immediately after the prize announcements during the preview opening in the beginning of November. Prizes will be awarded after contact is made with their recipients.

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Contact Details
For more information or to register, contact:

EES Cluster Curator
Architecture Association
36 Bedford Square
London WC1B 3ES
United Kingdom

Email: ees_comp2007@aaschool.co.uk
Website: www.aaees.net
Links: www.aaschool.net

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Exhibition
The competition exhibition will again be hosted at the Architecture Association, 36 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3ES. The competition winner(s) will be publicly announced during the of?cial opening of the exhibition in November 2007. The exhibition will also host a discussion forum amongst members of the multidisciplinary and international jury. The forum will be chaired by the Environments, Ecology and Sustainability Cluster Co-Curators. The forum and the exhibition opening will be made available for download on the EES website. All registered participants will receive invitations to the event though attendance is not required to receive an award.

Publications
While sole copyright remains with the author(s) of the projects it is understood by entering the competition that the Association and the Environments, Ecology and Sustainability Cluster are given the rights to publish and exhibit part or all the contents of the competition entry in any format. The 2007 competition will be published in a double volume publication together with the 2006 results.

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Awards
A first prize of will be awarded to the project that demonstrates ingenuity, resourcefulness and inventiveness in theoretical approach and resolution of idea and incites the greatest debate about the current paradigm in the relationship between the built and natural environment.

Commendation prizes will be awarded to projects that highlight critical inventiveness in the area of the environments, ecology and sustainability. The jurors and sponsors reserve the right to award as many commendation prizes as deems merit. Commendations will be ranked as second and third and awarded appropriately.

Honourable mentions will be given to projects at the discretion of the jurors.

Judges
The judges for the 2007 Environmental Tectonics Competition will be announced on this website in September 2007.

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Questions and Answers
The deadline for questions is the 24th of September 2007. Questions must be received by email no later than the 24th of September 2006 and will not be received prior to the 17th of May.

Answers will be posted on this website by approximately the first of each month throughout the opening of the competition.

Please email all questions to the contact email listed

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Downloadable Brief & Poster
Downloads may continually be made available for download. Check back periodically.

Documents currently available for download :

• EESCompetition2007BRIEF
• EESCompetition2007POSTER
• EESCompetititon2007CardPAYMENTS
• EESCompetition2007Q&A