ArchDaily Innovation Challenge – Innovative Workplaces

That’s why we have partnered with HP to (1) recognize the projects that are pushing the boundaries of workplace design, creating remarkable spaces for work, and (2) to foster experimentation among students and encourage them to think about the workplace of the future.

We have therefore divided the competition into two categories: for professionals and for students.

Professionals
Architects from around the world are invited to submit their recently completed workplace projects. The jury will award entries that demonstrate innovation in workplace design in the form of sketches or diagrams.

Show us why your project introduces innovation to the workplace!

Students
Students from around the world are invited to design an innovative workplace within a given generic floor plan of office space. This constraint will force students to work within a more realistic framework.

Unleash your imagination (within a realistic framework). Show us how innovation can be made possible in the workplace of today in order to foster the ideas of tomorrow!

Schedule, eligibility, prizes, and general rules after the break.

Competition Schedule

• Competition Launches/Submission Starts: June 5th Noon EST
• Submission Ends: June 20th Midnight EST
• Review period: 21st- 23rd
• Voting Phase Starts: June 24th Noon EST
• Voting Phase Ends: July 1st Midnight EST

Eligibility

• There are no nationality-related constraints. Any architect or architecture student can participate.
• Neither the Promoter of the competition, Assessor/s engaged for the competition nor any of their associates, partner or employee shall compete, assist a competitor or act as an architect or joint architect for the competition project.

Prizes

Prizes will vary depending on the category and how the winner was selected:

• Professionals

- HP expert’s choice: HP DesignJet T920 + USD2,500
- People’s choice: HP DesignJet T120 + US 1,500

• Students

- HP expert’s choice: HP DesignJet T120 + USD 1,000
- People’s choice: HP DesignJet T120

HP will deliver the printer to the country where the winner resides, or any other country he/she chooses. In case the selected country has custom constraints (e.g. Iraq, Cuba, Russia) HP is responsible for the shipping of the product but it cannot guarantee its delivery. HP will cover the cost of the product, freights, duty, and any other logistic cost BUT NOT local custom agents in countries that require it.

Jury

The jury will be made up of a group of renowned architects, HPDesignjet Experts.

General rules

• Submissions must be made using the dedicated page for this purpose, in digital form. No hardcopies will be required. No entries will be received via email or other electronic methods. If you have any issues uploading your entry you must contact help@archdaily.com.
• Any questions about the rules or the process must be submitted to editor@archdaily.com.
• Competitors may be requested to submit a proof of qualification regarding the authorship of the project in the case of professional entries, or school enrollment (undergrad/postgrad) in the case of student entries.
• Contacting the jury is prohibited.
• ArchDaily reserves the right to disqualify entries that do not comply with the rules at any point with no warning.

Rules for Professional entries

• Professionals are invited to submit a completed project of their authorship.
• Projects must have been completed (built) after January 1st, 2011.
• Collective projects can be submitted, but only one prize will be given to each awarded entry.
• Offices can submit as many projects as they want, each as a separate submission.
• Buildings and interiors can be submitted, but judges will only focus on the actual workplace space.
• The submission consists of three parts: (a) one general image of the project in JPG/PNG format, hi-res (up to 10mb); (b) one image in JPG/PNG format containing sketches, diagrams or other types of drawings that illustrate the workplace innovation (it can be a composition that includes serveral drawing, but only up to 10mb); (c) a written description that includes the innovative aspects of the project (up to 400 words).
• In short: Show us why your project introduces innovation to the workplace!

Rules for Student entries

• Students are invited to submit original ideas of their authorship for a proposed workplace.
  
• Students must use the given floor plan and axonometric as the base for their project, but are free to apply any representation technique on top of it. Download the plans here.
  
• For the purpose of the competition, please assume all four facades are glass, with no specific orientation or location (this must be made clear by the contestant). The specific program for the workplace can be  proposed by contestants.
• Structural elements of the plan cannot be altered (columns, vertical cores).
• The project cannot extend outside of the façade.
• Submission will consist of : (a) one floorplan in JPG/PNG  format (10mb max); (b) one promotional image in JPG/PNG format (10mb max); and (c) a written project description (up to 400 words)
• Multiple entries can be submitted, each as a separate submission.
• Collective projects can be submitted, but only one prize will be given to each awarded entry.
• In short: Unleash your imagination (within a realistic framework). Show us how innovation can be made possible in the workplace of today in order to foster the ideas of tomorrow!

Copyright & Right of ownership:

• Each competitor shall retain Copyright in his/her own competition design.
• Each competitor shall retain the right of reproduction of his/her own competition design.
• By submitting their work, competitors authorize ArchDaily and HP to display their projects on the competition website, their own websites, on banners and social media channels, newsletters, and other promotional material.