It is possible to access the details activities scheduled during the Conference at the website area “Programme”

According the progress of the revision process for the submitted manuscripts by the International Scientific Committee, the titles and authors of lectures will be included in the plenary and parallel sessions.

In addition to the lectures, there will be two technical tours during the O&SB2010: “Architectural landmarks in Bilbao” on Tuesday 18th and “KUBIK by Tecnalia” on Wednesday 19th, when the research facility will be visited.

To finish, the delegates are invited to attend the Conference Dinner which will include the “Student Competition in Architecture Awards” and the O&SB 2010 closing.

At the beginning of the Competition the short-listed entries  from the 80 submitted entries were displayed in the “Student Competition” area of the O&SB2010 Conference website later the 10 finalists. Now we have the winners:

One First Prize  ($1000) goes to:

638 “New Compound Courtyard House” by Song Zhuangzhuang & Li Ruiqing. Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Two Second Prizes ($600 each) go to:

605 “Glenluce Musical Commune” by Laura Harriott. Glasgow School of Art, The Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow, Scotland.

625 “Floating Market” by Leung Ho Kiu, Kei Ka Yat, Chan Tak Yeung, Chan Hon Chu Hansen & Wu Ching Kwong. City University of Hong Kong, China.

Three Third Prizes ($400 each) go to:

517 “Dynamic Open Structure” by Dou Tong & Sun Miao. University of Stuttgart, Germany.

551 “Community of longevity — Reconstruction of community in Hankow “ by Jia Zijjian & Shiyin Zhang. Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China.

601 “Infinite loop – A new concept for living and working” by Jasmin Egerter & Vivien Stoffers. University of Stuttgart, Germany.

See the winners projects below:

We expect to invite student winners to the conference and to offer a $1000 stipend to help cover their costs. In case of groups, this amount should be shared by the group. However, all the member registered as part of the team will have the conference fee waived. The winning entries will be included in the published Conference proceedings.

In addition, for the students who entered the competition but failed to win one of the top prizes, their work will be published in an e-book available through the O&SB2010 website and in the CIB W104 website. This e-book will include all the entries includig the winners.

In order to guarantee the confidentiality of the evaluation process by the jury members, at this stage the short-listed, 10 finalists and winners entries are displayed anonymously (only the entry title, not the author’s names). They are available only to view and not to download.

Note:

We have informed the authors of the submitted entries that, by submitting entries in the Competition, they are agreeing to permit the organizers of the O&SB2010 Conference to exhibit and/or publish the entered projects, images, and descriptions during the Conference and as part of future publications, exhibitions, and presentations.

The organizers and associated organizations agree to fully credit the authors and institutions cited as part of the competition entries in any instance where their work is represented. Otherwise, authors retain all rights to submitted work.

Student competition introduction and instructions

FORMAT:

Entries shall conform to the following format: two A1 sized PDF documents (594 mm x 841 mm) oriented vertically (portrait style). Files may not exceed 5 MB.

SUBMISSION:

Submissions will be via Internet. All entries must be in pdf format and digitally submitted.

If you want to submit your contribution go to the “Conference submissions” area

AGREEMENT TO EXHIBIT OR PUBLISH:

By submitting entries in the competition, authors shall agree to permit the organizers of the conference to exhibit and/or publish the entered projects, images, and descriptions in the conference and as part of future publications, exhibitions, and presentations. The organizers and associated organizations agree to fully credit authors and institutions cited as part of the competition entries in any instance where work is represented. Otherwise, authors retain all rights to submitted work.

• One First Prize                                                          $1000
• Two Second Prizes                                           each, $600
• Three Third Prizes                                             each, $400

We expect to invite student winners to the conference and to offer a $1000 stipend to help cover their costs.

To learn more about “Detaching from Architecture. The 2nd International Student Competition in Open Architecture”, visit the “Student Competition” area of the Conference web site, www.OpenBuilding-2010.org.

The National Organising Committee has reach an agreement to offer an special rate to the delegates attending the O&SB2010, 16^th International Conference of the CIB W104 Open Building Implementation on “Open and Sustainable Building”, organised jointly with Tecnalia. 

All the details at “Accomodation” area.

Registration fees

Fill in now the registration form.

(*)   For a limited number of delegates classified as architecture or structural engineering students, the National Organising Committee will cover partially the registration fee. The final fee for them will be 100 €, covering delegate information pack, Congress proceedings, lunches and coffees.

• The Conference fee is reduced for one presenting authors per paper. At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to be present at the Congress. Accepted papers will not be included in the published proceedings unless payment of the conference fee is received by April 15th, 2010.
• Conference registration fee includes a delegate information pack, Congress proceedings, lunches and coffees.
• Upon receipt of your registration form and payment, the secretariat will send you a receipt of payment. The receipt should be presented when registering at the Conference.
• Fill in the registration form.

Cancellation should be made to the secretariat with a written notice. Refunds will be available with a 15 percent cancellation charge before March 15th, 2010. No refunds will be provided after March 15th, 2010.

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