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ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITIONS
IMPORTANCE OF ARCH COMPETITIONS
Gives the promoters a choice from the best viable project of high
standard with a variety of approaches
Bring out a wide range of ideas & concepts and gives the promoter
the choice of selecting that which fits into his specific requirements
Explore hidden talents among younger architects, could be the first
step into a career
Guidelines of COA protect and safeguard the interests of both the
promoter and the competitor
Ensuring the promoter a higher standard
Ensure competitors compete on like conditions within the same
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IMPORTANCE OF ARCH COMPETITIONS
COA guidelines lay considerable emphasis on the mandatory
requirement of Assessors and the qualifications
The appointment of the Assessors should therefore be the
immediate and first step the moment the promoter decides to
go in for a competition
The President of the Council of Architecture, if so requested by
the promoter, may suggest a panel of names experienced in this
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type of project proposed, for appointment as Assessors
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Their responsibilities commence with the approval of the brief
of the competition project
of the competition project
The Assessor may even help to prepare the brief
TYPES OF COMPETITIONS
OPEN COMPETITIONS
LIMITED COMPETITIONS
LIMITED COMPETITIONS
IDEA COMPETITIONS
ONE/SINGLE STAGE COMPETITIONS
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II. May be entered by any licensed architect
May be entered by any licensed architect
III. Permit entries for arch designers, students or other design professionals,
provided they associate themselves with an architect
provided they associate themselves with an architect
IV. Purpose of such an association is to assure a sponsor that the design
concept being offered in a project competition has come from an
experienced professional and can be realized, if selected
Open competitions are appropriate under the following circumstances:
•The nature of the project suggests that all architects have an equal
opportunity to be selected on the basis of design merit
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•The project requires the widest exploration of potential solutions made
possible by an open competition
LIMITED COMPETITIONS
Restrict the submission of entries to a specific set of architects, such as
those who reside within a specified area
Who are licensed to practice within a specified area or within a
particular state
Reasons for limited competitions may be due to:
I. Budget restrictions
II. Desire to use local talent
III. Awareness and sensitivity to local or regional styles
IV. Small scale project that requires frequent site inspection
IDEA COMPETITIONS
I. Held for projects that are not intended to be built
III. Can stimulate interest in untried possibilities in such areas as
memorial, symbolic architecture, city planning and UD
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IV. Subject for these competitions should be carefully chosen
V. Designers are likely to be wary of entering idea competitions that
promote or advance a narrow interest, that FAIL TO BENEFIT either
the public or the profession
the public or the profession
VI. Benefits are limited as the ideas cannot be applied or realized
VII. Examining the legibility is another major issue
ONE/SINGLE STAGE COMPETITIONS
I. Select a winner and rank other prize winning designs in a single
sequence
II. The majority of design competitions are held in one stage, since the
requirements of a single‐stage submission can be reduced or
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expanded in relation to the complexity of a project
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III. For idea competitions and real projects of moderate size, a single
For idea competitions and real projects of moderate size a single
design phase is usually sufficient as a test of the competitors’
designs
TWO STAGE COMPETITIONS
I. Afford competitors a chance to develop further their initial
designs
II. Those architects who are invited to participate in a second stage
receive compensation both as a reward for their work in the first
stage and as a means of paying for costs incurred in developing
their more detailed second stage entries.
III. They encourage architects to undertake a broad exploration for
general design concepts in the first stage, while requiring
detailed design elaboration in the second.
TWO STAGE COMPETITIONS
The advantages of holding a two‐stage competition are summarized as
follows:
I. It reduces the amount of work required in the original first‐stage
submission, thus attracting more entries
II. It is an excellent process for selecting promising concepts in the
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first stage that can be further developed in the second
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III. It provides the opportunity for comments by the sponsor and jury
It provides the opportunity for comments by the sponsor and jury
before the start of the second stage so that suggestions can be
transmitted to the competitors before they refine their designs .
IV. It permits a further level of judgement on the part of the jury, since
in the first stage, only concepts are sought, while in the second, the
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COA GUIDELINES – ARCH COMPETITIONS
I. Purpose of COA guidelines is to indicate the principles upon which
competitions will be conducted and the rules which must be
observed by a promoter for conducting competitions.
II. Guidelines have been drawn up in the interest of both the promoter
and the competitor to ensure that the architectural competitions are
properly conducted and that the selection of design will be on merit
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alone and will satisfy the promoters requirements
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III. Code of Professional Conduct of COA does not allow architects to give
Code of Professional Conduct of COA does not allow architects to give
unpaid services in competition with each other
IV Competitive
IV. Competitive designs shall only be submitted through competition
designs shall only be submitted through competition
organized within the framework of these guidelines
COA GUIDELINES – ARCH COMPETITIONS
A ti l 1 Eligibility to Compete
Article 1 – Eli ibilit t C t
Participation in any and all competitions shall be open to:
I. Architects i.e those who are registered with the Council of Architecture
under the Architects Act, 1972 on the date of announcement of the
competition and thereafter
II. Firms in which all the partners shall be registered with the Council of
Architecture under the Architects Act, 1972 on the date of announcement
of the competition and thereafter
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III. Students of a Teaching Institution, the qualifying examination of which is
recognised by the Council of Architecture provided that no member of
the staff of the said institution is the sole Assessor or in a jury of three or
the staff of the said institution is the sole Assessor or in a jury of three or
more Assessors, only one Assessor is from the staff of the said institution
COA GUIDELINES – ARCH COMPETITIONS
A ti l 1 Eligibility to Compete
Article 1 – Eli ibilit t C t
IV. Neither
Neither the Promoter of the competition, Assessor/s engaged for the
the Promoter of the competition, Assessor/s engaged for the
competition nor any of their associate, partner or employee shall
compete, assist a competitor or act as an architect or joint architect
for the competition project
V. Competitor may be requested to submit a proof of qualification, copy
of his valid Registration certificate issued by the Council of
Architecture, and in case of a student, a certificate from the head of
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his institution which is qualified as per 3 above
COA GUIDELINES – ARCH COMPETITIONS
Article 2 – Competition
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I. The word 'Competition' shall apply to any competition described in Schedule
1 and participation shall be open only to those qualified as per Article 1
II. The draft competition conditions including time table, registration fees, prize
monies/honoraria, board of assessors, the programme etc. of competitions
monies/honoraria, board of assessors, the programme etc. of competitions
shall have been finalised within the framework of the guidelines prescribed by
the Council of Architecture before any announcement is made by the
promoter of the competition
III. The competition shall be conducted in English
IV. All competition designs shall be submitted anonymously
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Article 2 – Competition
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The conditions of the competitions shall clearly give:
¾Conditions based upon guidelines prescribed by the Council of Architecture
¾Conditions based upon guidelines prescribed by the Council of Architecture
¾Type of Competition
¾Purpose of the competition and intentions of the promoter
¾Nature of the problem to be solved
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¾All practical and mandatory requirements to be met by the competitors
¾Number, nature, scale and dimensions of the documents, plan and/or models
¾Estimates if required in standard form issued with the conditions
¾Nature of prizes
¾Names of Assessors
¾Necessary information required for conducting the competition.
COA GUIDELINES – ARCH COMPETITIONS
Article 3 – Board of Assessors
The Board of Assessors shall at all times include Architects who are
registered with the Council of Architecture and shall be in a majority of at
least one
least one
Article 4 – Prizes, Honoraria & Mentions
No competition shall be conducted without adequate premium/honoraria
and the competition conditions and the media announcements must state
the amounts and number of prizes for the open competition and the
amount of premium or honorarium to each competitor in a limited
competition and in the second stage of a two stage competition
Article 5 – Copyright & Ownership
Article 5 Copyright & Ownership
Each competitor shall retain Copyright in his own competition design
Each competitor shall retain the right of reproduction of his own
competition design
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Article 6
All competition designs including those disqualified by the Board of
Assessors shall be exhibited for at least one week, together with a copy of
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the signed report of the Board of Assessors
The exhibition shall be open to public free of charge
COA GUIDELINES – ARCH COMPETITIONS
COA GUIDELINES – ARCH COMPETITIONS