Below is the summary of the “Dubai 2A International Architectural Students and Young Architects Competition”: Du(b)ailities: Supra_global_culture / micro_ethnic_localities

In response to the current architectural, urban and cultural developments in the region, the 2A (Architecture & Art) magazine had organized an Architectural Competition for young designers with the following goals:

1- Challenge the cultural engagement, support and develop the skills of students and young architects. 2- Flourish and generate new thoughts and ideas for the region by regional and international schools of design. 3- Focus on the development of Dubai as the emerging metropolitan prototype of the 21st century and stimulate reflection around its development. 4- Revive debates in the field and link young architects across geographical boundaries. 5- Promote the work of talented young architects for projects in the region and expose their ideas.

Dubai is a city that has become the center of discussion and discourse across the globe as the post 20th century city and urban model. The international architectural / urban competition, Du(b)ailities: Supra_global_culture / micro_ethnic_localities, aims at intensifying and enriching this exchange by inviting young architects and students of architecture from the UAE and across the world to participate and present visions, concepts and proposals for Dubai. By doing this, the city and its inhabitants will have the chance to participate and discuss ideas about their city and benefit from the presented proposals. The competition offers its participants two separate challenges: one for the larger city scale and the other for a smaller urban area. Solutions for both categories will create the basis of real proposals and possibilities for the city.


The Competition has two categories (A and B). Participants may choose to submit in either with multiple projects or in both categories. The competition is organized as a single stage, open ideas competition for architectural students and architects under the age of 40 at international level.

Two categories are set for competitors to select: Category A: Supra_global_culture – large-scale visions Category B: Micro-ethnic-localities – small-scale interventions

CATEGORY A: Supra_global_culture
Introduction - The large city scale competition is responding to the emergence of Dubai as the prototypical metropolis and a global city of the 21st century. With an anticipated growth of 8% over the next six years, its population will reach 2 million inhabitants and with 10 million tourists per year by 2010, Dubai’s unique growth calls for large-scale urban visions with specific urban, social and architectural attributes going beyond the ongoing delivery of projects.


CATEGORY B: Micro-ethnic-localities Introduction - The small-scale urban insertion(s) category is tapping on the nature of Dubai as a space of intensified expatriate presence assembling a multitude of nationalities and ethnic groups. Various transient micro-ethnicities can bring to the city a wealth of memories, experiences and wisdom enriching Dubai’s urban life, as people’s stories are weaved into the collective memory and making of the city.

COMPETITION CALENDAR

• Launch: 26 April 2008

• Period for registration: 1 June -1 September 2008. Now extended to 1 October 2008
 
• Period for questions and answers: 1 October 2008 – 30 October 2008

• Deadline for submission of documentation: 10 January 2009 now extended to 10 February 2009

• Announcement of winners: By the end of May 2009 via email and website

• The cash prizes will be transferred to the winner’s account by 2A magazine

• Presentation of the selected projects and report of the jury board will be published in issue number 11 of the magazine which is supposed to come by June 2009.

THE JURY

Prof. George Katodrytis, RIBA, Chair of the Jury (School of Architecture & Design, American University of Sharjah) Prof. Mona El-Mousfy (School of Architecture & Design, American University of Sharjah) Prof. Michael Schwarz (Architecture Dept, Ajman University of Science and Technology) Rashad Mohammed Bukhash (Dubai Municipality) Donald Bates (Architecture Lab, Melbourne) Brian Johnson, RIBA (Godwin Austen Johnson, Dubai) Prof. Thomas Leeser (Leeser Architecture and Columbia University, New York) Khalid Al Najjar (DXB LAB, Dubai) Prof. Frederic Levrat (Columbia University)


COMPETITION CHAIRMAN:
Khalid Habib Al Redha
HEAD OF ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Ahmad Zohadi (2A Chief Editor, Dubai)

PRIZES (Category A)
First prize for Category A: 20,000AED
Second prize for Category A: 15,000AED
Third prize for Category A: 10,000AED

PRIZES (Category B)
First prize for Category A: 20,000AED
Second prize for Category A: 15,000AED
Third prize for Category A: 10,000AED


CONTACT INFORMATION Competition email address: 2acompetition2008@est2a.net
For updated information and a detailed brief: http://www.2amagazine.com/  

NAMES OF REGISTRANT’S UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR COUNTRIES:

Universidad Nacional de Tucuman, FAU- ARGENTINA; Facultad de Arquitectura Planeamiento y Desino- Universidad Nacional de Rosario- ARGENTINA; Yerevan State University of Architecture & Constracting- ARMENIA; Curtin University- AUSTRALIA; RMIT University- AUSTRALIA; University of Newcastle- AUSTRALIA; University of South Australia- AUSTRALIA; University of Melbourne- AUSTRALIA; University of Sydney- AUSTRALIA; University of Tasmania- AUSTRALIA; University of Innsbruck- AUSTRIA; Khulna University- BANGLADESH; Sint-Lucas Brussels-BELGIUM; Architecture in Sarajevo- BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; Univerzitet Sarajevo- BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; Ss Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia- BULGARIA;University Of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy- BULGARIA; The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada-CANADA; Ryerson University- CANADA; University of Toronto- CANADA; ArchitecUniversidad Central de Chile- CHILE; Universidad Mayor- CHILE;  Ain Shams University- EGYPT; Alexandria University- EGYPT; Cairo University, Faculty of Engineering- EGYPT; Faculty of Fine Arts - Helwan University- EGYPT; Fine Arts Architecture- EGYPT; Mansoura University- EGYPT; Menofia University- EGYPT; Shoubra Faculty of Engineering- EGYPT; Ecole Special d Architecture- FRANCE; Nacionale Superieure d Architecture de Paris la Villette-FRANCE; Bauhaus- University- GERMANY; HfT Stuttgart- GERMANY; Hochschule Anhalt Bernburg- GERMANY; HTVG-KONSTANZ- GERMANY; Muthesius Academy- GERMANY; RWTH Aachen- GERMANY; SAbK Stuttgart- GERMANY; TU DRESDEN- GERMANY; University of Applied Sciences Munich- GERMANY; University of Applied Sciences of Leipzig- GERMANY; University of Arts- GERMANY; University of Dortmund- GERMANY; University of Karlsruhe- GERMANY; Technische Universitaet Berlin- GERMANY; National Technical University of Athens- GREECE; University of Patras- GREECE; Universidad Rafael Landivar- GUATEMALA; The University of Hong Kong- HONG KONG;  Amity University- INDIA; B.M.S. College of Engineering- INDIA; Bangalore University- INDIA; CEPT University- INDIA; Gru Govind Singh University Delhi- INDIA; Jawarlal Nehru Technological University- INDIA; Mumbai University- INDIA; Nagpur University-INDIA; Sardar Patel University- INDIA; School of Planning & Architecture- INDIA; Visvesvaraya Technological University- INDIA; University of Pune- INDIA; Madras University- INDIA; School of Planning and Architecture- INDIA; University of Pune-INDIA; Mumbai University-INDIA; Gadjah Mada University- INDONESIA; ITS School of Architecture and Industrial Design- INDONESIA; Institut Teknologi Bandung- INDONESIA; Parayangan University, Bandung-INDONESIA; Art & Architecture Faculty Azad University Tehran-IRAN; Azad University-Tehran Markaz-IRAN; Islamic Azad University of Tehran Central Branch-IRAN; Islamic Azad Qasvin- IRAN; Islamic Azad University of Kerman- IRAN; Sooreh University- IRAN; Shiraz University- IRAN; Urmia University- IRAN; Azad University-IRAN; Azad University of Tabriz- IRAN; SBU- Shahid Beheshti University of Iran- IRAN; Baghdad University-IRAQ;   Politecnico de Milano-ITALY; La Sapienza- ITALY; University of Florence- ITALY; University Degli Studi Federico II- ITALY; University Degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria- ITALY; La Sapienza-; Domus Academy-; FAF Universita’ degli studi di Ferrera Italy- 8 pt; Hokkaido University-JAPAN; Keio University- JAPAN; School of Architecture,Faculty of Engineering,Kyoto University Graduate School- JAPAN Jordan University of Science and Technology-JORDAN; Jordan University of Science and Technology-JORDAN; University of Jordan- 8 pt; Instituto Tecnologico de La Paz- MEXICO; ITESO-  MEXICO; Tec de Monterrey- Campus Estado de Mexico-  MEXICO; Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara-  MEXICO; Universidad de las Americas Puebla-  MEXICO; Universidad Iberoamericana León-  MEXICO; Universidad de Guadalajara- MEXICO; University of New Mexico-  MEXICO; Cityfoerster- NETHERLANDS; Swedish Agricultural University-NETHERLANDS; TU Delft- NETHERLANDS; University of Auckland-NETHERLANDS; Tianjin Institude of Urban Construction- P.R. CHINA; Tianjin University- P.R. CHINA; Tsinghua University- P.R. CHINA; XI’AN Jiaotong university- P.R.CHINA;  Harbin Institute of Technology- PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; National College of Arts, Lahore- PAKISTAN; University of Engineering & Technology- PAKISTAN; Islamic Gaza University-PALESTINE; University of the Philippines-PHILIPPINES; Technical University of Lodz- POLAND; Warsaw University of Technology- POLAND; Wrocław University of Technology- POLAND; Wyzsza Szkola Techniczna- POLAND; Bialystok Technical University-POLAND;  Escola Superior Artistica do Porto- PORTUGAL; Universidade Lusofona de Lisboa- PORTUGAL; EUAC- Coimbra-PORTUGAL; Faculdade de Arquitectura de Lisboa UTL- PORTUGAL; Faculdade de ciencias e Tecnologia Universidade de Coimbra- Darq- PORTUGAL; Faculty of Architecture University of Porto- PORTUGAL; Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST- UTL)- PORTUGAL; Lusofona University- PORTUGAL; Universidade Fernando Pessoa- PORTUGAL; Universidade Lusiada do Porto PORTUGAL; Universidade Lusiada Lisboa-PORTUGAL; University of Beira Interior-PORTUGAL; Universidade  Lusiada de Humanidades e Tecnologias- PORTUGAL; Universidade Lusiada do Porto- PORTUGAL: University of Puerto Rico-PUERTO RICO; Universitatea Technica din Cluj-Napoca-ROMANIA; University of Architecture and Urbanism “ION MINCU” Bucharest-ROMANIA; Technical University of Novi Sad-SERBIA; Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade- SERBIA; Ljubljana University-SLOVENIA; Dongseo University- SOUTH KOREA; Inha University- SOUTH KOREA; PuKyung National University- SOUTH KOREA; Korea University- SOUTH KOREA; Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid- SPAIN; IAAC (Institute of Advanced Architecture in Catalunya)-SPAIN; University of Granada- SPAIN; Universidad de Politecnica de Madrid- SPAIN; University of Valladolid- SPAIN; Universidad del Pais Vasco(UPV/EHU)- SPAIN; Politecnica de Valencia-SPAIN; Aleppo University- SYRIA; International University for Science and Technology- SYRIA; Chulalongkorn University-THAILAND; Ecole Nacionale de Architecture et Urbanisme-TUNISIA; Bahcesehir University-TURKEY; Northumbria University-U. KINGDOM; Edinburgh College of Art- U. KINGDOM; The Robert Gordon University- U. KINGDOM; University of Edinburgh- U. KINGDOM; University of Newcastle-U. KINGDOM; London Metropolitan University- U. KINGDOM; Architectural Association School of Architecture, London- U. KINGDOM;  The University of Manchester- UNITED KINGDOM; University College London- UNITED KINGDOM; Architectural Association School of Architecture- UNITED KINGDOM; Lawrence Technological University- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; Lawrence Technological University-UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;  School of Art Institute of Chicago- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; Southern California Institute of Architecture-UNITED STAES OF AMERICA; Southern Polytechnic State University-UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;  Huoston-UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;  University of Southern California- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; American University of Sharjah- UAE; British University in Dubai- UAE; United Arab Emirates University- UAE; Ajman University- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; Makerere University-UGANDA; Kiev National University of Constructions & Architecture-UKRAINE; Universidad de la Republica-URUGUAY; Arizona State University- USA; University of California, Los Angeles- USA; University of Tennessee-USA; University of Virginia- USA; Carnegie Mellon University-USA; Clemson University-USA; Columbia University- USA; Florida International University- USA; Harvard University- USA; Harvard Design School- USA; Harvard University Graduate School of Design- USA; Lawrence Technological University- USA; Massachusetts Institute of Technology- USA; Parsons The New School for Design- USA; Pennsylvania State University- USA; Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY-USA; Rhode Island School of Design-USA; Rice University- USA; Savannah College of Art and Design- USA; Southern California Institute of Architecture- USA; Temple University- USA; Tulane University- USA; Tuskegee University- USA; University of California Berkeley- USA; University of Kentucky- USA; University of Miami- USA; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor- USA; University of Oregon- USA; University of Pennsylvania-USA; University of Southern California- USA; University of Texas at San Antonio- USA; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University- USA; Washington University -St. Louis- USA; Universidad Nacional Experimental del Tachira-VENEZUELA: Hanoi Architecture University-VIETNAM; The University of Architecture of Hochiminh City- VIETNAM; University of Civil Engineering- VIETNAM .

Dubai (UAE), 15 June 2009 (updated)

2A Competition Press Release and announcement of results

2A International Architectural Students and Young Architects Competition:

Du(b)ailities:  Supra_global_culture / micro_ethnic_localities

Category B: Micro-ethnic-localities – small-scale interventions

First prize: Project code # 1001 by Budoor Muhammad Bukhari (UAE), awarded 20,000 AED

                   CAT-B-The First Place.pdf

Second prize: Equally shared between project code # 1037 Sérgio Garces Marques / Ana Lúcia da Cruz (Portugal), awarded 12,500 AED and project code # 1097 by Lisa Sauvé / Adam Smith (USA), awarded 12,500 AED

                    CAT-B-The equal Second Place.pdf

                    CAT-B-The equal Second Place -01.pdf

Special mentions: Project code # 1278 by Ariel Noyman / Yaniv Lenman and project code # 1470 by Hannah Allawi