*Please ONLY select your categories in one division.
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Sky Design Awards 2022 Special Category: “Unbuilt” in Architecture - Call for Entry
Companies and individuals are invited to submit their projects for the Sky Design Awards 2022 in the relevant categories. The shortlisted entries will culminate in Tokyo's Sky Design Awards' Gala Awards Ceremony. After that, the winners will be announced, followed by an Exhibition Design Symposium in November and December 2022. The competition is open to all practices Only in Architecture.
Many projects are being put on hold or are still in the planning stages during the global pandemic. Designers are left to select the most appropriate category for their project; they are ideologically open and comprehensive.
URBAN - A master plan or any urban plan that is concerned with the long-term relationships between structures, infrastructure, social and economic conditions, and environments.
LANDSCAPE - Landscape projects are not limited to gardens and parks. As such, they are more broadly or subtly related to nature, and as such are eligible for this category.
Residential, commercial, cultural, hospitality, institutional, sports & recreation, transportation, or temporary structures can be built by architects.
ASPATIAL – Projects can include abstract and conceptual ideas with no physical representation such as utopian projects, projects for digital platforms, tools or devices, process-oriented projects, participatory processes or even gaming and digital simulations.
ELIGBILITY
All types of conceptual works, research and speculative ideas are eligible. Projects can have an exploratory or critical purpose, as long as they were not designed with the primary goal of being built.
PROJETS UNBUILT or in process from March 01, 2019 - 2022 March 22, 2022
Registration from
NOW
Submission Deadline
April 15, 2022 23:59 PM (E.S.T)
Entries will be accepted for a limited time from Now until April 15, 2022 (E.S.T Time at 23:59pm).
Awards and Prizes:
Gold, Silver and Bronze winners for each category will be awarded a trophy and a certificate along with a chances for an editorial/s in Merci Magazine, international media exposure, social media post/s and a listing on the SKY Bridge business to business platform. Gold, Silver and Bronze winners will have a special feature in the SKY Design Awards 2022 Almanac.
All Shortlisted entrants receive a certificate and will be showcased in the SKY Design Awards 2022 Almanac.
Special Project Prize/s: Brand collaboration, project hiring and cooperation with international companies to be announced.
Submissions are carefully evaluated by a Judging Panel comprised of the most esteemed architects and interior designers based on:
25%: Originality and Creativity
25%: Appearance
20%: Constructibility
20%: Commercial value
10%: Sustainability
(If your project plan to involved to Sustainable Development Goals - ISO, please also included)
TIMELINE:
SDA Online judging process: May 01 - 22, 2022
SDA Shortlist Announcement: June 11, 2022
SDA Ceremony (Tokyo, Japan): December 02, 2022
SDA Design Symposium (Tokyo, Japan): December 03, 2022
SDA Exhibition (Tokyo, Japan): December 09 - 11, 2022
SDA Exhibition (Other Counties): IDS Toronto, Canada in January 2022
Submission Guidelines:
Each entry is limited to one Award. If you would like to submit a project to multiple Awards, you will need to enter multiple times.
Please be sure to read the following guidelines.
Submission
How to apply for Sky design Awards 2022?
Go to the landing page for your submission
You may provide any link from any server for us to download your files.
If you wish to use We-transfer.com
Select the categories you wish to apply
Fill in the name of the contact person and company name accordingly on the online form
Upload all the information and basic requirements on we-transfer www.wettransfer.com OR a server of your choice to send a link for us to download
Copy and paste the link from the We-transfer to the online application form
Make your payment
Click Submit
Please notes:
In the application please also list any individuals or companies involved in the project
A video for judges to preview can be up to 2 minutes and up to 1 minute for marketing collaterals. For any submitted videos, please make sure to only include music which is not copyrighted.
We would like to offer entrants the opportunity to have access to a professional and qualified copywriting/ proofreading service for any written materials. Please note that this service can be used freely outside of the Sky Design Awards. The service cost will be USD 125.
ABOUT SKY DESIGN AWARDS
Like the limitless sky, the Sky Design Awards aims to create opportunities for designers to expand their potential and broaden their horizons. The Sky Design Awards was established by Merci Magazine, a company active in the design industry.
The SKY Design Awards celebrates achievement in design excellence for projects that deliver meaningful social impact in the areas of architecture, interior design, visual & graphic design, and industrial design.
The Sky Design Awards endeavours to create opportunities for collaboration between designers and companies in the Asia Pacific region and internationally. We strive to empower design professionals to hone their skills and creative development through our awards recognition, design dialogue and experience hub. We hope to encourage and nurture creative exchange and collaborative relationships with design peers and companies around the world.
For further information about this initiative, please contact:
Sky Design Awards: enquiries@merci-magazine.com or submission@merci-magazine.com