For any doubt write us an email: info@cityvision-competition.com and we will answer as soon as possible and post it on this section.

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QUESTION 1

Where can I find the registration form? Is the receipt of payment necessary?

ANSWER 1

To register participants must pay the entry fee via paypal:

- before the 04th April, 2010 paying via paypal with a fee of 50€ (early registration deadline)

- before the 27th May, 2010 paying via paypal with a fee of 70€ (late registration deadline)

After your registration CITYVISION will provide by email a registration number which must be included on all entry panels.

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QUESTION 2

Where can I download the competitions’ material?

ANSWER 2

The competition is free of restrictions. The objective of the competition is to drive your imagination, by the use of new materials, echo-technologies, parametric software and territorial organizations for a future vision of the city of Venice.

The competitions’ material can be downloaded at the following link:

www.cityvision-competition.com/download

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QUESTION 3

Is it necessarily a vision of Venice’s PRG?

ANSWER 3

The current planning instruments should not constrain your imagination. Because this is a competition about a future vision of Venice these are not imperatives in the formulation of your project proposal.

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QUESTION 4

Is there basic documentation (plans, orthographic photos, etc…) from which I can choose my area?

ANSWER 4

The competitions’ material can be downloaded at the following link

www.cityvision-competition.com/download

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QUESTION 5

Hi, I would like to ask if the project proposal may be to areas within the area of Venice:

one in the centre and one in the periphery.

ANSWER 5

Of course. It’s up to you. The competition is free of restrictions.

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QUESTION 6

My question about the competition is about the quality of the design. I was wondering if I can draw by hand, perhaps telling pieces of the project in a comics style? And can I represent 3D graphics by hand?

ANSWER 6

Of course. It’s up to you. The competition is free of restrictions.

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QUESTION 7

Which information should we insert in the A4 “participants data”? Just name, profession, address and e-mail of participants (in a schematic way) or we can write short presentations about team’s members? Can we also involve areas closed to Venice?

ANSWER 7

Participants data should include only name, profession, address and e-mail of participants.

Please refer to paragraph 1.8 of the Competition Document for additional information.

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QUESTION 8

I’m choosing the place of my project. Must I consider Venice’s P.R.G.?

ANSWER 8

The competition is free of restrictions. The objective of the competition is to drive your imagination, by the use of new materials, echo-technologies, parametric software and territorial organizations for a future vision of the city of Venice.

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QUESTION 9

I would like to ask if there are any rules regarding sending multiple/ separate entries by the same group? I am asking as my group has two ideas that we feel have potential for.

ANSWER 9

You can send just one project per group/person. You cannot send multiple proposals using a name already registered.
If you do that you’ll be disqualified.

Venice Cityvision Competition is now closed, go to the RESULTS page

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1.1 NATURE AND PURPOSE OF THE COMPETITION

Venice CityVision is an ideas competition, which challenges architects, engineers, designers, students and creatives individuals to develop visionary urban proposals with the intention of stimulating and supporting the contemporary city, in this case Venice. Through innovative ideas and methodologies which can improve the connection between the historical, present, and future city. CITYVISION aims to foster a critical evolution of architectural historiography.

The Italian city manifests a consistent absence of Contemporary Urban Planning and relatively ineffective architectural intervention. The objective of the competition is to drive your imagination, by the use of new materials, eco- technologies, parametric software and territorial organizations for a future vision of the city of Venice.  Globalization, environmental concerns, the future historiography of the city, adaptability and emerging digital practices are some of the elements that should be taken into consideration.

Venice CityVision Competition focuses on the revealing of the urban context as a newly launched syntax of diverse terms. If one imagines the existing area as the creational canvas then on a mixture of Baroque and Renaissance fragments, one is invited to propose an original dialogue, an advanced element, as if inserting a new exhibit in an ever-existing museum.
Aiming to highlight the intense water border, that divides the vertical body of the city in two parts – above and underneath it -  the proposals given should reinterpret the symbiosis, the antithesis or even the collaboration of the three parts: the lower and upper urban segments, as well as the in-between limit.
If the particular case of the city of Venice would be translated verbally as a live microcosm in constant – yet discreet – change, then as focal point of the competition stands the element of a delicate motion. This specific urban example is appointed, one one hand, to represent a moving city – concerning the as-said phenomenon of sinking – but also a city in which the transportations are being executed in a special way.
Architects, engineers and all kind of creational artists are invited to participate in a competition that attempts to answer the following questions: How can a subtle city movement be expressed through a design proposal? And how one may develop his work according to a vertical or horizontal axe?

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1.2 PROCEDURE OF PARTECIPATION

Architectural competition in a single phase.
Participation in the competition is open to Architects, engineers, designers, students and creatives world-wide.

Individual or group entries are permitted. The indication of a group leader is required.

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1.3 LANGUAGE

The official competition language of the competition is English.

CityVision will provide also a competion brief in Italian language but the final proposal must be submitted only in english.

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1.4 REGISTRATION

Architects, engineers, designers, students and creatives are invited to take part in this competition. Temporary groups are allowed especially if they are multi skilled. Being multi skilled  is an important characteristic because it can help to understand and to better represent a global vision of the city.

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1.5 QUESTION

Further character references should be sent via email to to the following email address:info@cityvision-competition.com on and before 22.00 hours (Greenwich Time), 21st March, 2011inclusive.

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1.6 AWARDS

1st  place.  € 2.000

2nd place.  € 1.000

Farm Special Prize.  € 1.000

and 6 Honorable Mentions.

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1.7 SUBMISSION OF BOARDS

This is a digital competition and hard copy proposals will not be accepted. All entries are to be submitted via e-mail on and before the 6th June,  2011 (hours 22:00 Greenwich Time) to the following email address: submission@cityvision-competition.com.

The attachment, packed in a ZIP file, should include 2 boards of project in A2 horizontal format, a technical/written report in A4 format and partecipation data in A4 format.

BOARD 1: in A2 horizontal format with the principal image of the entry useful in showing in its entirety the planning idea saved as follows: (xxxxx_01.jpg).

BOARD 2: in A2 horizontal format which describes the project in detail with proposed sections, elevations, planimetries, schemes and images which will be useful for the understanding of the project saved as follows: (xxxxx_02.jpg)

TECHNICAL/WRITTEN REPORT: in A4 vertical format maximum 2 pages of useful text to explain the planning proposal saved as follows (xxxxx_description. doc)

PARTICIPANTS DATA: 1 file doc containing the names of the participants with profession, address and email saved as follows: (xxxxx_info. doc)

Entry ID numbers must be positioned in the upper right corner with required dimensions 1cm X 5cm.

Entries are encouraged to inclued all necessary information to clearly explain the proposal. Board resolution should not be less than 300 dpi, RGB color mode in JPEG format. The entry ID number must be included on the top right hand side of all layouts, which is issued by CITYVISION at registration. No other form of identification permitted.

The file names should quote the entry ID number followed by an underscore and number of the board as follows: xxxxx_01.jpeg and xxxxx_02.jpeg. The same system is to be used for the technical report (xxxxx_description. doc) and the participants data (xxxxx_info. doc)

All files should be packed in a ZIP file labeled with your Registration Number, as follows: xxxxx.zip

The choice of the graphic representation is completely open to the entry team. Refusal of any entry may occur if the mentioned guidelines and methods are not met.

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1.8 METHODS OF EVALUATION

The entries will be judged based on the following criteria:

1. Visionary potential; On the base of which the jury will concentrate on originality, sustainability, and the innovative character of the proposal.

2. Architectural integrity; Formal composition, integration with the urban environment, design sensibility, in the context of which the jury will review the coherence of the proposal.

3. Ecological sustainability.

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1.9 ANNOUNCEMENT AND SCHEDULE

16th February 2011 Announcement of the competition

04th April 2011 Early registration deadline

27th May 2011 Late registration deadline

06th June 2011 Submission deadline

June 2011 Announcement of results

September 2011 Projects exhibition, Awards Ceremony and Conference

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1.10 RULES AND REGULATION OF THE COMPETITION

The participants (however, without any limitation) irrevocably accept the royalty-free publication, in particular of their respective names.

To take part in this competition, all applicants must accept the rules. Every infringement of the rules will be noted and subject to the evaluation by the panel of judges. This is an anonymous competition and the Registration Number is the only means of identification.

The files containing the personal information are confidential and known only to the Organizer Responsible and will not be revealed to the Panel until the final winners have been selected.

1.  The official language of the competition is English.

2.  The enrolment fee is not tax deductable.

3.  Applicants who try to contact members of the jury will be disqualified.

4.  Participation requires that all the above rules are adhered to.

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1.11 APPLICANTS AND THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS

USE and PROPERTY: All enrolments in the competition will remain in the care of the Organizer, who has the right to publish or exhibit the material presented  according to the formal procedure indicated  in the present program, without obligation of remuneration to the applicant. During the period in which the projects are in the care of the Organizer, the organizer has the right to use thematerial for educational purposes, without obligation of remuneration to the applicant.

DISAGREEMENTS: Any disagreements that rise between the organizer, Operating Body of the panel, including disagreements with one of the above conditions will be resolved by arbitration

IN CLOSING: This competition is subject to the terms of this  program. The program of the competition is the definitive declaration of the terms and conditions of this competition. The conditions  are  binding for the Organizer and the panel of judges. By presenting a design, the participant declares that he / she is aware of and accepts the terms and conditions of the competition.