7th edition of the Brick Architecture Competition

Nationwide

deadline for submitting works

06.05.2024

7th edition of the Brick Architecture Competition

organizer: Association of Employers of Building Ceramics, Association of Polish Architects

Students and students of architecture! The Association of Employers of Building Ceramics, together with SARP, invites you to participate in the 7th edition of the Brick Architecture Competition. You can submit your works in two categories: single-family house and building of the future.

purpose

The purpose of the competition is to showcase the workshop skills of male and female architecture students at universities, in the field of architectural design using clinker products on the facade of buildings.

The organizing partner of the competition is the Association of Polish Architects.

terms and conditions

The organizers expect participants to propose optimal solutions on any examples of their choice, within two competition categories:

Category I: Single-family house (optimal solution of the concept of a single-family house with a clinker façade, both in terms of aesthetics and functionality),
Category II: Building of the future (creativity and innovation in future architectural solutions for buildings with clinker façade).

The competition evaluates unrealized projects (concepts) that can be a vision for the development of a specific space in an existing or abstract location. Any person can submit an entry in one or both categories.

The competition task is to make an original architectural work in any form of drawing. The mandatory format of the work is a 100×70 cm board in horizontal layout.

In each category, works should include: visualization and elevation views. In addition, floor plans with a description of the function in the 1st category or a description of the project concept in the case of the 2nd competition category will also be welcome. Alternatively, a design of the clinker façade or clinker façade detail.

Detailed guidelines for competition works are available in the regulations. Competition works should be submitted together with the application form, via the competition website in electronic form.

prizes

The following prizes will be awarded in both categories:

1st Prize: PLN 5,000 (*in the case of collective works, PLN 2,500 for each co-author), a two-month paid internship for one person in a reputable design office (*in the case of collective works, one month for each co-author of the awarded project),
II Prize: PLN 5,000,
Third Prize: PLN 3,000,
Special Mention.

calendar

Deadline for submission of works: until May 6, 2023 (electronically only),
announcement of results and presentation of awards: June 14, 2024 at SARP headquarters in Warsaw.

competition court

The jury consists of:

Agnieszka Kalinowska-Sołtys,
Daria Kieżun,
Jan Belina-Brzozowski,
Grzegorz Stiasny,
Marek Furmańczyk.

Evaluation of the competition works will be based in particular on the visual qualities of the presented solutions, their functionality and creativity, with particular emphasis on the ability to use clinker products of at least one of the companies: RÖBEN, Wienerberger, Lode (Lhl), King Klinker, Vandersanden, Zcb Golowczynski. Textures and product information are available on the manufacturers' websites.