Call for Participation:

2020 Belt and Road Architectural University International

Consortium University Student Architectural and Structural Design Competition

Dear Member Universities:

In order to cultivate the scientific and technological innovation spirits and practical abilities of university students, enhance their scientific literacy and research skills, strengthen the academic and cultural exchanges among university students from various countries, promote the exchanges and cooperation among architectural universities along the Belt and Road, and to improve the internationalization of education, the China Association of Construction Education and the Belt and Road Architectural University International Consortium (BRAUIC) have agreed that Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture will be the host of the First BRAUIC University Student Architectural and Structural Design Competition 2020.

In light of the ongoing, worldwide effects of COVID-19, the Organizing Committee has agreed to recreate the competition as an online event for the safety of all participating students, faculty and staff members.

The details are notified as follows:

I. Competition theme

Build the Belt and Road, Build the Future

II. Organizational structure

Organizers: China Association of Construction Education

Belt and Road Architectural University International Consortium (BRAUIC)

Host: Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture (BUCEA)

III. Competition principles and categories

(I) Competition principles: University-leading, students-centered & wide participation

(II) Competition categories:

Category A (architectural design): Future Library in A Historical Urban Area (see Annex 1 for specific requirements)

Category B (building structure): Bridge Design (see Annex 2 for specific requirements)

IV. Entry requirements

(1) The competition is open to students from architectural universities.

(2) Each university holds its own preliminary competition and selects the participating teams. Each participating university recommends no more than 4 teams with no more than 2 teams under each category.

(3) A participating team can be an individual student or a group of students with no more than 5 members and no more than 2 supervisors in each group. The supervisors shall be university teachers.

(4) There is no limit to the number of works provided by each team. Each work shall be submitted separately.

(5) The drawings shall not contain any words or patterns indicating the name of the participants or the university. Those who do not meet the requirements will be disqualified.

(6) The participants have the copyright of the entries, while the organizers and the sponsors have the right to exercise other copyright except the authorship of the entries, including the right to use the entries (without additional payment), and retain the right of post-processing of the entries, such as publishing books, photo albums, videos, model exhibitions, and technology promotion, etc.

(7) Works that have been used in other competitions or original works published by others are not allowed.

(8) Please state the standards and specifications adopted at the design drawings or renderings. It is strictly prohibited to copy the existing design works. The participants shall be responsible for the similarity, plagiarism and intellectual property disputes of the technical solutions.

(9) Submitted entries will not be returned. Please keep your own manuscript.

(10) All submitted materials and defenses shall be in English or Chinese.

V. Registration

(1) Sign-up

Deadline: July 30, 2020

Please submit the Work Recommendation Form (see Annex 3) and the Application Form (see Annex 4) to brauic@163.com with the email title of “university name + 2020 BRAUIC Competition Sign-up”.

All submissions shall be recommended by universities and submissions from individual team or persons will not be accepted.

(2) Work Submission

Deadline: August 31, 2020

Please submit each work’s application materials to brauic@163.com with the email title of “university name + 2020 BRAUIC Competition Work Submission”.

For each recommended work, you shall include the Application Form (see Annex 4), drawings and relevant documents with the file title of “university name + work name + first author’s name”.

All submissions shall be recommended by universities and submissions from individual team or persons will not be accepted.

VI. Awards

Category	Prize	Number of Winners	Bonus
A: Architectural Design	The First Prize	1	15000 yuan
	The Second Prize	2	10000 yuan
	The Third Prize	7	5000 yuan
B: Structural Design	The First Prize	1	15000 yuan
	The Second Prize	2	10000 yuan
	The Third Prize	7	5000 yuan

There are other awards such as Excellent Organization Awards and Excellent Supervisor Awards.

Excellent works will be selected for the exhibition. The Organizing Committee may add more prizes or raise the bonus amount according to the development of the competition.

VII. Schedule

The 2020 competition is arranged as follow:

S. N.	Time	Arrangement
1	May 2020	Call for participation
2	May-June, 2020	Participating universities’ preliminary competitions
3	July 2020	Competition Sign-up
4	Late August 2020	Work Submission
5	September 2020	Jury selection
6	2020 BRAUIC Conference (Lille, France)	Award ceremony & work exhibition

 VIII. Contact information

The Secretariat of the organizing committee is set at the Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture.

Contact Information: Ms. LI Yang, Ms. DING Shuai

Tel: 0086-10-61209397, 0086-10-6832476

E-mail: brauic@163.com

Address: No.1 Zhanlanguan Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, P.R.China 100044

Annex 1: Competition Category A: Future Library in A Historical Urban Area

Annex 2: Competition Category B: Bridge Design

Annex 3: Work Recommendation Form

Annex 4: Competition Application Form

China Association of Construction Education

The Secretariat of the BRAUIC

May 2020

Annex 1

Competition Category A:

Future Library in A Historical Urban Area

With the wide application of the Internet, the function of traditional libraries has become weakened gradually. In a digital and information-based world, what could be the role of a future library? And what will be its positioning and function in urban space?

At the same time, the renewal of historical urban area is a topic widely discussed around the world. These urban areas have been built for a long time and can no longer meet the growing needs of residents. In addition to different degrees of physical aging, more and more problems have emerged in its functionality, structure and relationship with the city. Therefore, we look forward to using the library as a catalyst to provide a new vision for urban renewal.

In view of this, we encourage students to put a future library in an ancient city under a more comprehensive context, take the library and its environment as an “ecosystem” integrated with urban landscape, society, culture, public life, sustainability and other elements, and propose a creative design scheme accordingly.

I. Design Requirements

1. Participants are required to design a “Future Library” in a design site adjacent to water (such as a river, sea, a lake or an artificial lake) in the local historical city.

2. The participants shall complete the topographic map and designated assignment on their own under a selected real-life site and its current conditions. Participants shall show how their design will intervene and enhance the social, cultural and other elements related to the selected site and its surroundings, therefore turning it into an attractive urban public space.

3. Participants shall elaborate on the functions of the library, and the types of activities that could be organized in the library.

4. The suggested area of construction is about 2500 ㎡, which can be adjusted according to the demands and shall be explained accordingly.

II. Entry requirements

1. Submit drawings including: a floor plan, elevations, plans & sections, perspectives drawn to scale, and additional drawings to convey the overall concept; a 200-word project description outlining why your concept demonstrates the best solution in Chinese or English.

2. The above drawings and design instructions shall be arranged in 2 drawings with A1 size (841mm x 594mm) and vertical composition. There is no limit to the representation method of drawings.

Annex 2

Competition Category B: Bridge Design

I. Design Requirement

1. Select appropriate bridge sites that span road routes, rivers, lakes, seas, mountains and valleys.

2. The terrain, landform, climate, meteorology, hydrology, geology, earthquake, impact, temperature, load and other conditions of the bridge site and the technical standards to be implemented shall be determined by the participants themselves, and shall be specified in the design scheme and description together with the design parameters and results.

3. Bridge scale: the bridge length shall be between 50-5000m, the bridge width shall be between 4-50m, and the span combination shall be determined by the designer.

4. Requirements for bridge types and design contents are as follows:

(1) Bridge types: Highway Bridge, railway bridge, municipal bridge, landscape bridge, pedestrian bridge, bicycle bridge, comprehensive bridge, etc.;

(2) Bridge structures: suspension, cable-stayed, arch bridge, beam bridge and combination, mixing, cooperation, new concept, future bridge, etc.;

(3) Components: design and combination of bridge tower, arch rib, beam, abutment, cable, cable, deck auxiliary facilities, etc.;

(4) Materials: steel, concrete, combination and mixing, new materials, etc.;

(5) Construction schemes: advanced, innovative and applicable construction schemes.

(6) Design concepts: safety, applicability, durability, innovation, beauty, environmental protection, energy conservation, economy, constructability, easy maintenance, etc. Each work shall follow at least three of the above design concepts.

II. Entry Requirements

1. The electronic version of the work description shall be submitted in word format. If it’s in Chinese, use Song font with 4-size characters, 28-point line spacing, no more than 20 pages and 15000 words; if it’s in English, use Times New Roman font with 4-size characters, 28-point line spacing, no more than 35 pages and 10000 words;

2. The number of design drawings (design schemes, main structural drawings, construction schemes, etc.) shall not be more than 10 pages of A3;

3. Renderings: colored with no more than 5 pages of A3. The electronic version is submitted in JPG format.

Annex 3

Work Recommendation Form

For 2020 BRAUIC University Student Architectural & Structural Design Competition

S.N.	University/College Name	Field	Work Name (First Author)
1		Architectural Design
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3		Structural Design
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Contact Person：

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E-mail：

Annex 4

Application Form

For 2020 BRAUIC University Student Architectural & Structural Design Competition

Participant information：      Undergraduate□            Postgraduate□        (Please tick √ in □)
Full name		University
Gender		School/Department
Date of Birth		ID card No. / Passport No
Research Field
Address
E-mail
Supervisor information
Full name		osition
Title		E-mail
Entry information
Title of entry		(name of entry + abbreviation of university + participant name)
Category (Please tick √ in □)		□ Architectural design □ Structural design
Submission date
Design Description (Within 200 words)

Notes:

1. Fill in the form separately for each work. If there are more than one contestant or supervisor in the team, fill in the form separately.

2. In addition to this form, the submitted works shall be submitted with electronic design contributions. See Annex 1 & Annex 2 for specific requirements.

3. The electronic contribution file name of the submitted work must be filled in according to the format requirements (example format in brackets) in the entry information form.

4. Design Description: within 200 words, Chinese and English are optional. If the table space is not enough, additional pages can be added.