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| DIVISION 8
Green Home Design |
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Design
Problem
Design a green
home for a family in Chicago.
Who is eligible to enter in
this category?
Third year architecture students
must enter a project in either Division 8 or Division
9. Upon completion of one of these projects, you are eligible
to enter a second project in Division 4, 5, 6, 7 or 10.
In addition to Chicago Public School students enrolled
in a third year architecture class, any first or second
year student is eligible to enter this division. Any CPS
high school student not registered in an architecture
course is also welcome to enter this division. |
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| PROGRAM |
| Your client
is a family living in Chicago. The family consists
of a mother, father and 2 sons. One of the boys
is 8 years old and the other is 17 and about to
go off to college. The mother is a nurse who works
second shift from 2pm – 11pm. The father is
a grocer and works 9am – 5pm. The family has
one car and a dog. |
| The family has a general
eco-friendly attitude towards life and believes
in having a green or environmentally-sustainable
house. They want a house that is modern, yet fits
nicely into their typical Chicago neighborhood block. |
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| SITE PLAN |
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home will sit on a typical Chicago lot. The site plan
can be downloaded
here. You can also see images of buildings on the rest
of the block for reference.
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TECHNIQUE
You may use any method you’d
like to demonstrate your design. |
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Acceptable types
of representations include: |
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concept
sketch |
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drawing of the house
in plan |
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drawing of the house
in elevation |
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drawing of the house
in section |
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perspective drawing
of the home |
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hand-rendering of
the house using any of the following: pencil, colored-pencil,
ink, watercolor |
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collage to represent
your material selection or design inspiration |
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digital rendering
of your design |
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We encourage you
to do design a model, but please photograph it and
include the picture as part of your presentation
board. NO PHYSICAL MODELS will be accepted. |
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| FORMAT |
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Projects
may not be submitted in teams. |
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Please include a
3 – 5 sentence description of your design
idea on your presentation board. |
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Projects may be submitted
on EITHER 3 boards OR in a portfolio |
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3 boards maximum
to explain your design idea |
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1 sheet per board |
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Project boards will
be the standard 22” x 28” black mat
board |
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Projects submitted in
portfolios |
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3 boards maximum
to explain your design idea |
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1 sheet per board |
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Project boards will
be the standard 22” x 28” black mat
board |
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Projects submitted in
portfolios |
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Portfolios should
not exceed 10 pages total |
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The overall size
of the portfolio should not exceed an overall size
of 11” x 14” |
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Students are free
to use standard store-purchased portfolios (these
will not be provided by the Chicago Architecture
Foundation) |
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Students are free
to design their own portfolios |
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| JUDGING CRITERIA
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Originality
and creativity in design |
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Consistency of design
concept throughout project |
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Effectiveness of
design in resolving client issues |
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Precision and craftsmanship |
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Level of detail |
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Creative representation
of building materials, color, texture and scale |
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Thoughtful description
of final design |
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Well executed drawings
and representations of design |
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Composition of presentation
board |
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