08 September 2014
Global Schindler Award 2015 – Call for Entries
Schindler, the UK's leading provider of lifts and escalators, has announced a new global design competition for architecture and design students with a total prize fund of US$150,000.
Now open for entries, the competition is a unique opportunity for young architects from across the world to share their ideas for creating open and inclusive urban environments, based on the theme of 'mobility'.
In the award's inaugural year, an actual site in Shenzhen in China - a booming commercial and industrial area adjacent to Hong Kong - has been chosen as the subject for urban design proposals. Entrants are being asked to re-imagine the city as an inclusive environment and to examine the mobility systems that helped the city to grow from a fishing village to a global city of 10 million people. With good urban design, the potential of the existing city can be realised to reduce sprawl, increase access and enhance the public realm.
The Global Schindler Award will allow students to explore some of the most important challenges facing societies around the world - the provision of public spaces, the issue of sustainability and the better integration of economic and political concerns in the built environment.
Commenting on the initiative, Richard Clarke, Sales and Marketing Director at Schindler UK said, "This is an excellent opportunity for architects and urban designers of the future to participate in the vital consideration of livable and sustainable urban environments - in all their complexities. Mobility networks provide access to basic human needs, such as housing, healthcare and welfare - and accessibility must be improved."
"With the use of an open competition format, which is common in design practice, students can to gain practical professional skills and have their designs judged by an internationally-renowned panel of experts."
The single-stage design and planning competition is open to final year bachelor students, masters' students and their international equivalents in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, urban design and planning. Students must work under the supervision of a faculty member and can compete individually or as part of a team.
The award winners will be chosen by an esteemed panel of interdisciplinary judges, including Professor Kees Christiaanse, Chair of Architecture and Urban Design at ETH Zurich (award chair), landscape architect Kongjian Yu of Turenscape, and Professor Farshid Moussavi of Harvard University.
Entry is free. Registration is required by 15th November 2014 and the deadline for entries is 31st January 2015. The awards will be announced in early 2015.
For further information about the award and to register, visit www.schindleraward.com.
Editor's Note
Founded in Switzerland in 1874, the Schindler Group is a leading global provider of lifts, escalators and related services. Schindler's solutions move one billion people every day across the world. Behind the company's success are 45,000 employees in over 100 countries.
