Entrant Requirements
The competition is open to everyone and anyone who wishes to enter.
An entrant may be an individual or a team, but teams may not exceed seven (7) members.
Entrants are encouraged (but not required) to have teams with varied members, including architects, landscape architects, engineers, ecologists, urban planners, local community members, etc.
AIA Arizona and AIA Phoenix Metro staff, members of the Competition Committee, and members of the Competition Jury are not able to participate.
Submittal Requirements
Entrants must submit their competition boards as either: One (1) 36” x 48” horizontal (or landscape) board; or Two (2) 24” x 36“ vertical (or portrait) boards to be used freely to express a distinct physical design concept and visual narrative. All information regarding the competition entry must be included on the competition board(s) for consideration.
Provide a clear and simple narrative describing the design and the entrant’s approach to how the prompt was addressed. The response must not exceed 500 words and must be integrated into the board(s). Text must be legible at full resolution of the board.
The competition board(s) must be delivered digitally (PDF or JPEG) at no less than 150 dpi by the submission deadline listed in the Competition Schedule. Entrants must submit their competition entry no later than 11:59 PM on the day of the Submission Deadline via email to diana@aia-arizona.org. The submission may be made as an attachment to the email or through a file transfer link.
Entrants may submit a video or VR file associated with their entry, but are not required to do so and these files will not be considered by the Competition Jury to determine winning entries. These files may be used to further illustrate a design concept during the award ceremony or subsequent community presentations. Entrants submitting videos may upload their videos to a video streaming service(such as Vimeo or Youtube), or submit their files via a file transfer link.