AA Competition

Competition 2016 - Capture AUC Spirit

Brief:

"The organizational device that he adopted to implement this concept was to develop a planning unit that would allow the University to be divided into built and unbuilt areas as well as carefully planned and spontaneous functions." James Steele about design of AUC Master plan. The concept discussed above is the notion of liberal arts institution and the values a community of such institution stands for and reflects. The aim of the competition is to successfully capture and frame the campus's unique sense of place as a liberal arts institution. The photographs should focus on capturing the unique essence of the AUC community. This may be done by considering daily casual routines, unplanned and planned activities and special ceremonial events. Photographers should consider how the Architectural Design of the campus has played a role in influencing and supporting collective behavioral patterns, transmission of knowledge and information between various community members. AUC, a unique community with common values, diverse interests and social identity is in daily contact and interaction with the processional spatial planning (masterplan) and architecture of Abdelhalim Ibrahim. Those interactions generate a language of social, physical, literal, manifestation that is unique to its community. "Liberal arts in its essence is reaching the truth through multiple sources." Abdelhalim Ibrahim
The goal of the campus design by Abdelhalim Ibrahim was to have different Architects designing different schools for different micro communities yet finding a harmonious common language. This goal emerges from Abdelhalim Ibrahim's personal commitment to designing for community needs whether institutional, traditional or unique communities and rightfully representing those communities through architectural manifestations of their tradition, needs and aspirations. Jury Members:

The jury that will evaluate the entries will consist of a CDC representative, a member of the Architecture Department faculty, and professional photographers. Dr. Abdelhalim Ibrahim
Dr. Magda Mostafa
Photographer Barry Iverson
Architect Ashraf Salloum
Architect Dina Taha


Reward:

Photographs will be featured in Dr Abdelhalim Ibrahim's Book: “An Architecture of Collective Memory”. Winners will also receive a signed copy of the book. Monetary award:
First Place: 2500 LE
Second Place: 1500 LE
Third Place: 1000 LE


Submission Requirements:

A soft AND hard copy of the images are required. All softcopy submittals must be sent to [email protected]. All hard copy submittals must be submitted to an AA representative as will be clarified soon. Photographs:
A maximum of 5 images per student
[Image Size]: 20x30cm
Image Resolution: 300 DPI
.JPEG Format

Photographs need to be numbered by registration code [Registration Code_ Image Number] which will be provided upon registeration. Captions:
One Word Document
.DOC or .DOCX format

A description[s] needs to be sent in one word document for every image. Each description will be preceded by the registration code and image number that the text corresponds to. Caption must not exceed 30 words. Student Information:
Word Document
.DOC or .DOCX format
Name:
Email:
Phone Number:
Registration Code:


Registration Deadline:

April 19, 2016, 11:59pm Cairo Local Time
Email: [email protected]
You will receive your registration code within 48 hours of applying to the competition. Competition Deadline:

April 21, 2016, 11:59pm Cairo Local Time
Email: [email protected]
You will receive an email within 24 hours confirming your entry has been received. Authorship and Copyrights:

Submitted Photographs will remain in authorship of the original submitter of the work. By submitting photographs to this competition, the student agrees to allow for their use in Dr. Abdelhalim’s Book “An Architecture of Collective Memory” and the Architectural Engineering Department’s Website. Credits will be given to the students on the book for winning photographs.