Individual Freedom Spaces in Public

“Individual Freedom Spaces in Public”

The modern towns have been witnessing a process of fast change and transformation in the face of global policies. There is the intense pressure from the mechanism of commodification in parallel with neo-liberal policies in harmony with the intermingled integrity not only in the areas of architecture or planning but also in all areas of life. We have been witnessing the transformation of architecture, design, space and even towns into marketing commodities. The processes that are shaped and imposed according to the demands of the capital are quite ominous and challenging in terms of life quality and communal relations in future. Are the towns open for development in the light of scientific mind and research with participative and democratic methods that are required by 21st century? Or, are we desperate in the face of transformation of the urban spaces, public spaces, art and culture as well as the heritage of towns as the projection of excessively liberalized policies on global scale into marketing tools? What is imposed is not only the projects or spatial arrangements, but also the consumption-oriented lifestyles, mechanism and a state of losing continously.

The verb "imposing" refers to a power as the subject, to an idea/subject/project that is an object of this act and to a second subject-object that is the passive side of such act. In other words, "imposed" refers to a couple of subject and a couple of object at the same time with the three poles located inside the asymmetrical power relations.

The objective of the theme of “ideas awards and exhibiton" is to research the criticisms to be brought against the "imposed" processes as well as the creative approaches and ideas to be developed against the states of "imposing / being imposed". The connotation of this concept will open the gates of defending the values and qualities that are destroyed by multi-dimensional policies which are imposed together with the defense of self and authenticity while revealing the mechanisms of imposing and discovery and invention of possible methods of resistance. Considering the relationship between social existence and space, the discussions on spatial expansion of the states of "imposing / being imposed" will offer clues on the possibilities of new thinking, conception and representation in architecture, urban design and planning.

The event is organized by the Chamber of Architects of Turkey and its Antalya Branch under the auspices of UIA.

This single stage ideas awards programme is open to young architects worldwide in accordance with UIA-UNESCO regulations.

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  To be born after 1975 and to be an architect,
  
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  To be a member of the Chamber of Architects of Turkey for participants from Turkey,
  
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  To be a member of an organization of architects in their own country for the participants from abroad.
  
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  It is possible to participate as a team. Each member of the team has to fulfill the above mentioned conditions.
  
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  Participation in the event is free of charge.
  
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  People who are relatives of jurors or the Technical Committee can not participate in the event.
  

Turkish and English are the official languages for projects and documents.

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  Announcement: June 2, 2014
  
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  Deadline for questions: July 18, 2014
  
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  Deadline for answers of the questions: July 21, 2014
  
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  Deadline for submission of projects: September 8, 2014
  
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  Announcement of the results: September 22, 2014
  
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  Final Evaluation of the Jury: October 23, 2014
  
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  Exhibition of the projects: October 24, 2014
  
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  Award ceremony: October 24, 2014
  

All questions about the event will be asked by using the question-answer form on the web site up to June 30, 2014.

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  All projects will be presented and adjudicated anonymously. Participants will choose an identity code that will appear on each document submitted. This code will be made up of 3 numbers (non-consecutive) and 2 letters. They will be written on the 15mm/50mm white background with black letters and it will be written on right upper corner of the all documents making up the entry.
  

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  The technical committee will mask these identity codes with a serial number for the duration of the jury meeting.
  
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  When the jury has made it final selection, the identification envelopes will be opened and anonymity lifted.
  

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  Entries will be submitted anonymously.
  
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  Submissions will include a sealed envelope containing the competitors personal information. The identity code of the participants will be written on the outside of the envelope in which applicants’ name, surname, telephone number, e-mail address, communication address, photocopy of their identity card/passport and their registration number at their Chamber/Institute will be clearly written.
  
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  In case of team participation, all team members’ information will be in this closed identity envelope.
  
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  Project boards will be prepared according to the template. The template can be found on website. The Project boards (70cm x 100 cm) will be submitted DIGITALLY without printing, at least 150dpi resolution, CMYK format, TIFF/JPEG/EPS type document recorded in DVD/CD.
  
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  Project boards, CD and identity envelopes will be packed in paper on which “INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ARCHITECTS’ IDEAS AWARDS AND EXHIBITION” is written clearly, will be sent or delivered to the address below:
  

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  For the projects submitted from abroad, a maximum of 7 days will be allowed for delivery after the submission deadline. For the projects from Turkey it is limited to 3 days after the deadline for submission.
  
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  The receipts and the confirmation of the carrier company about the posting date of projects should be faxed to the awards secretariat and should confirm that the projects are posted at latest on submission date September 8, 2014 at 17.00.
  
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  The carrier service cost will be paid by the participant.
  

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  Personally submitted projects have to be submitted by September 8, 2014, 17.00 at the latest.
  
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  Applications which are not received on time will not be accepted.
  
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  In addition to all; the project board (as required), the project report and the participant’s identity and communication details will be uploaded to the “project participation form” on www.youngarchitectsmeeting.com by the participants before deadline of submission.
  

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  Project scenario will be sent in WORD DOCUMENT format with maximum 500 words, without any images (drawing, photo, graphic,figure, etc.)
  
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  All documents will also be delivered on two CDs with at least 300 dpi resolution as PDF. The scenario must also be in that CD as a word document.
  
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  Presentation technique is free.
  
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  Each participant can present only one project.
  
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  The identity code must be placed on right upper corner of all documents.
  

Funda ALYANAK KAYA, Architect, MSc.

Özge ŞAHİN, Architect

Article 12: Presentation of the Results and Exhibition

The Jury will transmit 10 leading projects to the organization committee on 22 September 2014 with their identitiy codes so that at the international young architects’ meeting on October 24, 2014 those 10 projects will be presented by their owners to all participants, whose votes will determine a “Participant Award” after the presentation.

The results determined by the Jury and the “Participant Award” will be announced to the public together during the 9th International Young Architects’ Meeting.

The report of the jury will be sent to UIA.