Timber Design + Fabrication Competition Brief

7/30/2019 Timber Design + Fabrication Competition Brief

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Design + Fabrication Competition

www.timbernewengland.com

[email protected]

submit + register 07/01/13fnalists announced 07/15/13development period 07/13 01/14installation period 01/06/14 02/03/14exhibition opening 02/07/14

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Overview

New England was built in timber. The richhistory is still alive today in the regionalbuilding traditions that have evolved sincethe birth o the nation. Timber, as a organicrenewable material, is now being deployedto address issues o sustainability in con-temporary construction. Engineered lumbertechnologies are pushing the boundaries owood construction rom rural arm houses tocomplex urban structures and is driving a re-naissance o timber construction worldwide.

Today, our urban climate and requirementsor building perormance are changing andconstruction technologies and buildingcodes are racing to keep up. The practiceo midrise urban timber construction hasbeen successully implemented in manyEuropean countries or more than ten years,and soon the US building code will beamended to allow or midrise timber con-struction in urban areas.

This competition asks you to draw rom NewEngland building and crat traditions to pushbeyond the conventional use o engineeredlumber and heavy timber technologies. Usethis opportunity to develop research and ex-plore the possibilities o engineered lumberand heavy timber reed rom the limitationsinherent within the planning and construc-tion o a traditional building project.

Challenge

Propose a site specifc installation innovat-ing within New England building and crattraditions, using engineered lumber orheavy timber, to be realized at BSA SPACE(Atlantic Whar, Boston, Massachusetts)as part o the exhibition URBAN TIMBERopening February 2014.

Abstract and develop a partial constructionaddressing at ull scale, specifc issues omateriality, structure, connection and clad-

ding. Installations must be experimental innature and push beyond the boundaries oconventional timber construction. Entrantsmust choose and respond to one o threesites documented or intervention. (visitwww.timbernewengland/downloads/)

3 fnalists will each receive a $7,500 grantto realize their design. Each fnalist / teamwill work closely with a proessional archi-tectural frm, structural engineer, and mate-rial supplier to acilitate the development

and abrication o installations.

Eligibility

The competition is open to individuals andteams, with a maximum o three members.Entrants must be current students or gradu-ates o architecture, engineering or designwithin the last ten years.

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Registration + Submission

$75 per entry

Register + submit by: 4pm 07/01/13

Submission Requirements

Electronically submit one 36 x 48 PDF(7MB max / 200 dpi) in vertical ormat at:

www.timbernewengland.com/submit

Label PDF (registration number).pd

Mail one 36 x 48 sti mounted board invertical ormat and one physical model(detail or overall) at the scale o your choice,with one ace at 8 x 8 but not to exceed8x 8x 8 in dimension to:

ATTN: TIMBER / Mary FichtnerBoston Society o Architects290 Congress Street Suite 200

Boston, MA 02210

Electronic and physical submissions mustbe received by 4pm 07/01/13

Anonymity

All submissions will be judged anonymously.Do not include any distinguishing marks onany submitted materials. Upon registrationyou will receive a PayPal receipt. The last 8digits o your invoice number is your reg-istration number. Include this number in 11point ont in the bottom let corner o yourboard and on the underside o your modelor identifcation.

Electronic and physical submission must

match exactly. No edits or additions arepermissible.

Drawing Requirements

=1 plans / sections (include context) 3=1 detail o major connection Measurable assembly axonometric or

exploded axonometric Minimum o two rendered perspectives Maximum 500 word description

Maximum 200 word abrication andinstallation narrative

Include all relevant examples o historicand material research

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Judging

Proposals will be judged with considerationo two main conditions:

Depth o understanding New Englandbuilding and crat traditions as appliedto innovative installation proposal

Dynamic tectonic / spatial / sculpturalcomposition o primarily engineeredlumber or heavy timber with consider-ation o its potential use in urban areas

with a our season climateSelected proposals will be eatured in themajor exhibition URBAN TIMBER, at theBSA SPACE Boston February 2014.

Direct all questions to:[email protected]

Jury

Nader Tehrani / Principal o NADAAA, Pro-essor and Head o Architecture MIT

Charles Rose / Principal o Charles RoseArchitects

Alan Organschi / Partner at Gray OrganschiArchitecture, Proessor Yale University

Yugon Kim / Partner at IKD, ProessorRhode Island School o Design, Curator o

URBAN TIMBER exhibition

Elizabeth Cromley / Proessor o Architec-tural History at the School o Architecture,Northeastern University

Justin W. Cook / Sustainable DevelopmentLead at The Finnish Innovation Fund, Sitra

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Schedule

submit + register 07/01/13fnalists announced 07/15/13development period 07/13 01/14installation period 01/06/14 02/03/14exhibition opening 02/07/14

Entrants must be able to meet schedule out-lined above. In the event a fnalist / team isunable to commit to the timerame a runner-up will be selected.

Fabrication

Partnerships have been made with proes-sional architecture fms, structural engi-neers and material suppliers to acilitate thedevelopment and abrication o installations.

Material suppliers will provide both raw andcustom abricated materials in addition to

the $7,500 grant awarded to each fnalist.

Partnering proessional architecture frmsand structural engineers will work closelywith fnalists / teams during the develop-ment period outlined above.

Proessional architecture frms will beannounced 05/06/13 at:

www.timbernewengland.com/frms

Partnering Material Suppliers

www.raserwoodindustries.com

www.nordicewp.com

www.structurlam.com

www.unalam.com

Partnering Structural Engineers

Chris Carbone

www.bensonwood.com

Mack Magee

www.tet.biz

Matt Johnson

www.sgh.com

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Rules

Entry/Registration ee is non-reundable and must be submittedat time o Registration.

Ofcial language o the Timber New England Design + Fabrica-tion Challenge is English.

Ideas and submissions must be original ideas o the Entrant.

Failure to ollow the Competition Rules or any alse inormationprovided by entrant may result in the immediate disqualifcation.

By participating in the Timber New England Design + Fab-rication Competition, each Entrant (including any individualparticipants i the Entrant is a group Entrant) grants and assignsto TNE the perpetual, irrevocable, ully-paid, worldwide non-exclusive license and right to distribute, use, publish, post and/or release the Entrants submission as it may see ft. Theserights include, without limitation, reproduction, translation, cita-tion, the right to make or have made, modiy, or make derivativeworks rom the submission. Upon selection o the winning entry,such license shall become exclusive, meaning that the winningEntrant may not use the submitted materials or other purposesor assign rights to third parties.

Timber New England Design + Fabrication Competition plansto hold both an online and a gallery exhibition o the winningcompetition submissions ollowing the announcement o thecompetition winners. Entrant certifes/agrees that the submissionis the original work o Entrant.

Entrant will indemniy, deend and hold TNE (or its agents/as-signs) and the Boston Society o Architects harmless rom anyclaims relating to the alleged inringement or misappropriation o

the intellectual property rights o any third parties relating to thedesign or submission by Entrant. Entrant urther understandsand agrees that TNE and Boston Society o Architects does notaccept responsibility or any content within the submission orpresentation by Entrant that may be ound to be libelous, inring-ing on, or misappropriating the copyright or other intellectualproperty rights, invading individual privacy or to be otherwiseunlawul.

I the jury does not fnd sufcient quality in submissions TNEreserves the right to withhold awards. TNE reserves the right toalter at any time the competition requirements, rules, regulations,phases, timing, grant unding or other terms governing the com-petition as TNE may deem ft or proper at its sole discretion.

Copyright + Intellectual Material

All material submitted by an entrant will become the propertyo TNE. TNE reserves the right to reproduce any or all o theentries, in whole or in part.

Entrants agree to meet the installation calendar and timerameo TNE. Should a selected entrant be unable to commit to theschedule, a runner-up will be selected to take their place. Thehonorarium, identifcation as a winner o TNE, and inclusion inthe publication are all contingent upon completing the installationand participation in the Exhibition. The BSA reserves the right tomodiy exhibition and publication plans as needed.

TNE plans to hold both an online and a gallery exhibition o aselection o work submitted in the competition ollowing theJury. In entering the design competition, Entrant grant TNEunrestricted license to exercise the entrants rights regardingtheir design submissions, including, but not limited to, reproduc-tion, preparation o derivative works, distribution o copies othe design submission, and the right to authorize such use byothers. TNE reserves the right to alter at any time the competi-tion requirements, rules, regulations, or other terms governingthe competition as TNE may deem ft or proper at their sole andabsolute discretion.

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Timber Design + Fabrication Competition Brief