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SMART Ideas Urban Design Competition Fact Sheet
Sponsor: American Institute of Architects, Redwood Empire, and Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy
Type: Open Language: English Eligibility: Entrants may be from any discipline – architects, planners, developers, engineers, urban designers, transportation planners, energy managers, landscape architects, students, community leaders, suburbanites, cyclists, poets, artists, or general public. Multidisciplinary design teams are encouraged across various disciplines. Registration: All participants must register online at www.smartideascompetition.eventbrite.com Registration Fees:
By January 15: Students: $50 USD, Academics/Professionals: $100 USD By February 1: Students: $75 USD, Academics/Professionals: $150 USD Awards: Cash prizes to be awarded from fees generated, at the discretion of Jury panel. Best SMART Ideas Urban Design
Additional Citation Categories
Additional Citations may be awarded depending on the quality of presentations, at the determination of the jury panel. Top presentations will have their submissions published as part of SMART Ideas Urban Design Competition eBook, with the award winners highlighted. Selected entries will be exhibited in Santa Rosa California following the competition.
Time Line: (revised) 1 February 2010 – Late Registration Deadline 8 February 2010 – Submission Deadline 12 February 2010 – Jury meeting and decision 13 February 2010 – Community Presentation
+/- 1 March 2010– eBook available
Jury: (revised again) Ellen Dunham-Jones, AIA, author of Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs, is an associate professor and director of the architecture program at the Georgia Institute of Technology. An award-winning architect, she has published extensively on urban design and criticism. She has taught at University of Virginia, MIT, and Lund University in Sweden, and has been honored by Design Intelligence, ACSA, and AIA for bridging theory and practice. She serves on several boards including the board of directors of the Congress for the New Urbnaism andthe editorial board of the journal Places. RK Stewart, FAIA, Hon FRAIC, Hon JIA, Hon RAIA, LEED AP, Past President AIA
RK Stewart was elected president of the national AIA for its 150th anniversary year, in 2007. As president, he lead architects further into a green paradigm. During his tenure, the Soloso website was launched as well as the Walk the Walk initiative. Stewart has extensive experience in managing complex mixed-use, renovation, institutional, high-rise, and government advocacy initiatives in California and on the national level to impact building and planning. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and an Associate Principal with Perkins and Will - San Francisco.
David Baker, FAIA, has been practicing architecture for nearly 30 years. Over the course of his career, he has received numerous awards, and in 1996 was selected as fellow of the American
Institute of Architects. David founded San Francisco based David Baker + Partners, Architects in 1982 and now leads the firm with Peter MacKenzie, AIA, and Kevin Wilcock, AIA. DB+P is known for combining social concern with a signature design character. From 1977 to 1982, David was principal of Sol-Arc, a firm dedicated to energy efficient architecture. Before becoming an architect, he was a union carpenter.
New Juror: Lee Sobel is the Real Estate Development and Finance Analyst in the US EPA’s Development, Community & Environment Division (the Smart Growth program). Mr. Sobel’s work focuses technical assistance, outreach and education, and research and policy, related to real estate development that achieves smart growth goals and outcomes. Prior to joining the EPA, Mr. Sobel was a Senior Associate in the Miami office of CB Richard Ellis’ Investment Property Group, selling shopping centers and retail property throughout Florida. Mr. Sobel has been an active commercial real estate and mortgage broker in Florida for over eight years. Mr. Sobel is the author of Greyfields Into Goldfields; Dead Malls Become Living Neighborhoods, and co-author of This Is Smart Growth and Getting To Smart Growth II. He has a law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, and is a resident of Maryland.
Design Challenge: This is an Ideas competition, so everything is on the table to be considered. NW Santa Rosa developed in pieces according to sales of large farm tracts for key institutions, then filled in with a variety of uses, but without a planning vision for what the area could become. When the general plan was written in the early 1990's and a zoning map developed, the map primarily followed the existing uses, without much planning thought. Now there are some major employers, services, and institutions in the area, and they are growing. There is a highway right down the middle and there is a commuter train coming. How do we retrofit this interesting suburban puzzle, with parcels under multiple ownerships, to create a more walkable and livable community? Out of the box thinking is encouraged. Submission Requirements: All submissions must be received electronically. Submission is to be a maximum two 30”x42” .PDF panels, landscape orientation, uploaded to an ftp site to be provided, as a single PDF that must not exceed 10MB per panel. All participants will receive an identifying number upon registration. Only the identifying number to be shown on the presentation and filename. Identifying number and upload information to be provided after registration received. Electronic submissions must be received by 5:00 PM, PST, February 8, 2010, to be reviewed. Publication: Top presentations will have their submissions published as part of SMART Ideas Urban Design Competition eBook, with the award winners highlighted. The eBook will be provided in print version to jurisdictional entities, stakeholders and sponsors, and be made available for purchase to all who are interested.
Exhibition: Jurors will select certain presentations for exhibition. Additionally, participants may submit hardcopy presentation boards for exhibition, at their discretion. All submitted hardcopy presentation will be exhibited. These must not exceed two panels 30”x42”x1/2” and should be sent to AIA Redwood Empire PO Box 4178, Santa Rosa, CA 95402. Hardcopy submissions should be received by February10, 5:00 PM, to be reviewed, but will not be included if the electronic version was not already received. No materials will be returned, but hardcopies may be picked up locally within 30 days or recycled.
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