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urban design awards2019 Call for Entries

Submission deadline: July 31, 2019 by 4 p.m

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Every two years, the Urban Design Awards celebrate and promote design excellence throughout Edmonton. By recognizing the contributions of citizens, urban designers, architects, landscape architects and artists who make Edmonton more attractive and livable, we can inspire them to continue to raise the bar.

As a growing city, it is important that we don’t lose sight of the future. The city we enjoy today was shaped by the generations of people before us, and the work we do together today will ensure Edmonton becomes a more welcoming, sustainable place for future generations. Good design, public realms and welcoming urban spaces help do this by reinforcing connections between people and their civic pride. Ultimately, they help create the experiences that make people want to put down roots here.

The City is committed to ensuring we continue to build accessible and attractive infrastructure, redesigning our major streets to become places, not just roads. We recognize that we can grow stronger communities by influencing the built environment, and I hope you are inspired to contribute to building a stronger, more beautiful and more vibrant Edmonton that we can all celebrate and enjoy.

Yours truly,

Don Iveson Mayor

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On behalf of City Council, I invite you to submit your entry for the 2019 Urban Design Awards.

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this is urban design

In Edmonton, our urban fabric is seeing an exciting and creative renewal with residents, politicians, City administrators, builders, and city visionaries, beginning to articulate the necessity for design that supports community health, quality of life, and aesthetic enjoyment.

The Borden Park Pavilion, which recently won a Governor General’s Medal for Architecture, in addition to being acknowledged with an Award of Excellence by the Edmonton Urban Design Awards, has generated a stir around the world. Many people have commented on the ability of design to create places for all people, regardless of age, gender, cultural background or wealth. Not long after these accolades, the area saw another investment with the Borden Park Swimming Experience, which has become Canada’s first natural swimming experience.

Within the City of Edmonton’s walls, a City Architect position, a design initiative led by City Council and a recently-held Missing Middle Infill Design Competition, has turned the nation’s attention to Edmonton — we’re a city that is putting its money where its mouth is, to help spur greater design throughout our built landscapes.

this is edmonton’s urban design awardsUrban Design and architectural excellence play a critical role in enhancing the quality of life in Canadian cities. The City of Edmonton wishes to promote a greater awareness of this role. For this reason, the Edmonton Urban Design Awards were established in 2005 to recognize individuals, organizations, firms and projects that have contributed to enhancing the quality of life in Edmonton. We invite you to participate in this celebration of excellence.

Across the nation, a collective movement to support greater design thinking, conversation, and celebration has emerged. Several associations like the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, and the Canadian Institute of Planners are coordinating programs and initiatives to encourage and promote their members’ work, ranging from public awareness campaigns to design awards and competitions.


I strive to design buildings that engage and attract people and enrich the urban landscape. In addition to the Award of Excellence for Ritchie Market, receiving the People’s Choice was particularly rewarding. The Edmonton Urban Design Awards recognition of excellent urban design is an invaluable contribution to raising awareness of the importance of a high quality urban environment. The Awards’ recognition of Edmonton’s architecture community is a significant and valued acknowledgement. - Ritchie Market, 2017 Winner Urban Architecture + People’s Choice.

let’s celebrate edmonton’s design community

It was a privilege to be recognized amongst leading professionals and architects whose vision was to create a high quality and aesthetically pleasing public realm. Enbridge Centre’s plaza has become a place where the public can enjoy a diversity of activities, an interesting and comfortable walking experience and will want to stay a while. We applaud the efforts of the Edmonton Urban Design Awards and encourage the submissions of projects which are enhancing and changing the landscape of our great city. - The Meadows Communicty Recreation Centre, 2017 Winner Urban Architecture

The Meadows Recreation Centre and Library was an extremely significant project both for our team, the City of Edmonton, and most importantly its residents. To win the 2017 Urban Design Award of Excellence on such a significant project is an honor, knowing that the time and effort put in by the entire design and construction team has resulted in the creation of a community hub that our citizens can celebrate and take pride in calling a part of their home. - Enbridge Centre, 2017 Winner Civic Design + Heritage Design

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John Day + Kevin McKee, Pangman Development Corp. + John Day Developments

Troy Smith (Group2)

Designers, developers, sponsors, and owners of projects selected as award winners will receive an Award of Excellence or a Certificate of Merit in one of eight categories. The projects receiving an award will be eligible for the National Urban Design Awards to be adjudicated in 2020. The winning Heritage category will also be forwarded to the National Trust of Canada’s awards.

The Edmonton Urban Design Awards will be presented at a ceremony in Edmonton’s City Hall on November 15, 2019.

The awarded projects will be exhibited in City Hall and will be promoted through a variety of communication platforms over the coming year, to continue to highlight and celebrate the importance of design in

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timelineJuly 1, 2019 - Competition opens

July 31, 2019 - Competition closes at 4 p.m.

October 4, 2019 - Judges select winners

October 4, 2019 - Public presentation by judges - presented by Media Architecture Design Edmonton

November 15, 2019 - Winners announced

National Urban Design AwardsThe National Urban Design Awards of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) recognize excellence in urban design and demonstrate its importance to the general public. The Urban Design Awards program was established in 2006 to recognize individuals, organizations, firms, and projects that have contributed to the quality of life and sustainability in Canadian cities.

The two-tiered program is a cooperative venture between the RAIC, CIP and, CSLA and Canadian municipalities.

In the first year of a two-year cycle, Canadian municipalities will administer a local, RAIC/CIP/CSLA endorsed, Urban Design Award Program.

In the second year, the RAIC/CIP/CSLA will conduct a National Urban Design Awards program. Participants will include the previous year’s winners from Canadian municipalities and be an open competition so that worthy initiatives undertaken in other communities across Canada may also be recognized.


categories

community projects

student projects

heritage design

Good design isn’t one-size-fits-all, and that’s why the Urban Design Awards celebrate a variety of projects of all scales and types. Projects can be submitted under one of the following seven categories:

The winning submission in each category will be forwarded on to the National Urban Design Awards organized by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, the Canadian Institute of Planners and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects in cooperation with Canadian municipalities.

More information on the seven formal award categories is described on the following pages. The winners of the awards in these categories will be decided by our panel of judges in October. However, there are many other ways for all of the submitted projects to receive special recognition.

urban design plans

urban architecture

civic design

urban fragments


categoriesurban design plansThis category is for a plan or study of a significant area within Edmonton that provides a development or redevelopment strategy for urban transformation in the mid-term to long-term. Urban Design studies, master plans, redevelopment strategies and community plans of high inspirational value with the potential for significant impact on the City’s sustainability or development may be submitted.

eligibility

The plan, project, or study must have been completed/approved after January 1, 2017 within the municipal boundaries of the City of Edmonton.

criteria

+ Comprehensiveness: addressing a wide range of factors affecting development including energy efficiency and other environmental factors

+ Innovative approach: proposals that highlight new ideas and/or approaches to interventions in the city

+ Acceptance of the plan by the community: Evidence that the community supports the plan and its implementation

Ribbon of Steel - 2009 Winner

Borden Park Pavillion - 2015 Winner

urban architectureThis category is for an individual building or group of buildings, of a high architectural standard, which achieve urban design excellence through their unique relationship with their immediate surroundings because of its site, massing, and pedestrian amenities. Winning projects will also contribute to defining a special relationship with the neighbouring urban fabric.

eligibility

A new building, a renovated building, or complex of buildings completed or installed after January 1, 2017 within the municipal boundaries of the City of Edmonton.

*Only winning entries designed by an architect will be eligible for consideration at the National Urban Design Awards

criteria

+ Compatibility with the urban initiative

+ Positive contribution to the public realm

+ Architectural excellence

Demonstration of the value of urban design by showing how the urban design plan directed and influenced the building


categoriescivic designThis category of Award will recognize a civic improvement project such as a park, a public space, civil engineering or environmental infrastructure, street furniture and lighting elements, etc. which have been implemented as the result of an urban design plan or initiative.

eligibility

A construction project completed or installed after January 1, 2017 within the municipal boundaries of the City of Edmonton.

*Only winning entries designed by registered design professionals (architects, engineers, registered planners and landscape architects) will be eligible for consideration at the national Urban Design Awards.

criteria

+ Compatibility with the urban plan


+ Design excellence

Demonstration of the value of urban design by showing how the urban design plan/initiative directed and influenced the space or the objects

urban fragmentsUrban fragments are single, small-scale pieces of a building or landscape that contribute significantly to the quality of the public realm. This category includes small and modest elements such as street furniture, lighting elements, interpretation media, memorials, public art, façade improvement or other forms of intervention. These are projects that contribute to the beautification, sustainability, enjoyment, and/or appreciation of the urban environment. Projects can be of a temporary (but not ephemeral) or permanent nature.

eligibility

The project must have been completed after January 1, 2017.

criteria


+ Design excellence

+ Innovation and uniqueness of the element

Federal Building Centennial Plaza - 2015 Winner

Transition - 2011 Winner


categoriescommunity projectsThis category is for any built project, however modest, initiated and implemented by a community-based organization that enhances the public realm. Placemaking, public art, special installations, environmental initiatives or banner programs are examples of this category.

eligibility

The project must have been completed by a community-based organization after January 1, 2017, within the municipal boundaries of the City of Edmonton.

criteria

+ wide community involvement – demonstration of how the community-at-large was involved and supported the improvements

+ positive contribution to the public realm

+ conceptual clarity and execution of the improvement

+ innovation and uniqueness of the built project

student projectsThis category is open to students enrolled in planning or design programs at a post-secondary level. Student projects must have been completed with direction or oversight from a faculty member. Submission will be urban design projects pertaining to Edmonton and located within its municipal boundaries.

eligibility

The project must have been completed after September 1, 2016 and be located within the municipal boundaries of the City of Edmonton.

*Only winning entries from students enrolled in participating programs (architecture, planning and landscape architecture) will be eligible for consideration at the National Urban Design Awards.

criteria

+ Comprehensiveness — addressing a wide range of factors affecting development, and providing solutions to the stated problem

+ Conceptual clarity and urban design excellence — as demonstrated in the illustrations showing physical improvements

+ Clarity of presentation — understandable, readable and well illustrated graphically

LIVINGbridge - 2013 Winner

Impose - 2015 Winner


categories

peoples choiceIntroduced in 2017, the newest category is people’s choice, which is decided by the public. The category encourages public conversation about good design, and promotes Edmonton’s design community. In addition, special recognition will be presented for submissions that include Winter Design or Child Friendly Design elements.

The winning project is selected by the public. Over the course of 3 weeks, Edmontonians vote for their favourite project from all seven categories. The winner is the project which received the most votes.

heritage projectsThis category is for projects that demonstrate sensitivity and creativity in preserving the heritage values of a building or area. The project should contribute to the sense of place, revitalization or viability of the complex or district while demonstrating excellence in the conservation of heritage values.

eligibility

The project must have been completed after January 1, 2017 within the municipal boundaries of the City of Edmonton.

criteria

+ Heritage status and value to the community

+ Quality and scope of the heritage rehabilitation

+ Adaptive reuse of the original resource

+ Architectural sensitivity and excellence

+ Demonstration of the value of urban design by showing how the project contributes/integrates to the public realm

+ It is preferable, but not essential, that projects have heritage status, on the City’s or Province’s Inventory or Register or part of a designated heritage district

Enbridge Place - 2017 Winner


special recoginition

Edmonton has one of Canada’s youngest populations and is also Canada’s northernmost major city. This year, special recognition will be given to projects that showcase child friendly and winter design considerations. Submissions are encouraged to include additional information regarding these design elements at a variety of scales.

Projects that choose to include information about child friendly and winter design elements will be promoted through the Child Friendly Edmonton and WinterCity Edmonton Initiatives. This information is separate from the category criteria and is not a competition requirement.

about child friendly designChild Friendly Design provides immense economic, environmental, safety, health, and social benefits. Important elements include:

1 Multifunctional green infrastructure for multiple purposes enables play in various conditions.

2 Intergenerational community spaces and community hubs increase interaction and exchange between all ages.

3 Pedestrian priority and traffic measures that removes or calms traffic to create a safe environment for everyday street play and socialising.

4 Playable spaces and playful encounters that use public or creative art/design to invite playful interaction as part of everyday journeys.

5 Children need to be involved through co-creation and increased activity which can help to decrease vandalism and maintenance costs.

6 Routes to connect community and child identified important sites.

For more information on the Child Friendly Initiative in Edmonton, please visit edmonton.ca/childfriendly

about winter designWinter is a core part of Edmonton’s identity. Designing for all seasons improves public life and grounds design in our local context.The five main principles of winter city design are:

1 Incorporate design strategies to block wind, particularly prevailing winds and downdrafts.

2 Maximize exposure to sunshine through orientation and design.

3 Use colour to enliven the winterscape.

4 Create visual interest with light, while being mindful of intensity, spread, contrast and colour.

5 Design and provide infrastructure that supports desired winter life and improves comfort and access in cold weather

For more information on the Winter City Initiative and Winter Design in Edmonton, please visit edmonton.ca/wintercitystrategy

If your project incorporates any of these elements, include it in your submission.Full information on submission requirements for special recognition is found in the submission form.

http://edmonton.ca/childfriendly

http://edmonton.ca/wintercitystrategy

johanna hurmeJohanna Hurme is an architect and a co-founder of Winnipeg-based 5468796 Architecture. In the past twelve years the firm has received numerous awards and recognitions regionally, nationally and internationally, and its work has been published in over 200 books and publications. In 2012 5468796 represented Canada at the Venice Biennale in Architecture, and in 2013 they were selected as recipient of the 2013 Prix de Rome Award in Architecture for Canada by the Canada Council for the Arts.

In addition to the practice, Johanna is an activists and an advocate. She has initiated and co-created a number of design related events and programs that serve to improve the public appreciation of architecture, including Table for 12 + 1200, Chair Your Idea and Design Quarter Winnipeg, which she chairs. She is also the immediate past Chair of the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and a past Council member of the Manitoba Association of Architects. Johanna is a member of the International Council of the New-York based Van Alen Institute, and has taught design at the University of Manitoba’s FAUM, the University Toronto Daniels Faculty of Architecture, the University of Montreal, and lectures extensively at universities, forums and festivals across Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia. Most recently Johanna was named visiting Professor-Morgenstern Chair at the College of Architecture, IIT, Chicago.

brent bellamyBrent Bellamy is an architect and Creative Director at Number TEN Architectural Group in Winnipeg. He is a leading public advocate for sustainable city-building and human focused design. Since 2010, he has contributed a featured business column in the Winnipeg Free Press, titled ‘On Architecture’, in which he challenges the conventional perceptions of architectural and urban form. He explores the connection between design and economic growth, environmental sustainability, civic competitiveness and quality of life. His advocacy has been widely featured on radio and television as well as in periodicals such as En Route, McLean’s, Architecture, Canadian Architect and Sustainable Architecture and Building. He was recently awarded by the Royal Architectural Association of Canada with the 2019 Advocate for Architecture medal, recognizing his long-term commitment to the profession at a national, regional and local level.

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Brent is committed to the ideal that our cities must be organic and stimulating places that facilitate social interaction and provide a fulfilling experience to those who interact with them. He believes cities that celebrate individual expression, diversity and beauty, while managing the economic, social and environmental impact of urbanization will be sustainable, prosperous and joyful places for its citizens.

Brent received his Master of Architecture degree from the University of Manitoba. Graduate level study included international design studios in Kathmandu, Nepal and at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Upon graduation he worked as an intern with Moshe Safdie Architects in Jerusalem. As an avid traveler, his personal exploration of cities in nearly 60 countries has brought a global perspective to his writing and his design philosophy.

He works to maintain a thorough knowledge of evolving architectural and planning theory from around the world.

liz wrefordLiz Wreford is the Principal Landscape Architect and a founding Director of Public City Architecture, an urban building and site architecture studio in Winnipeg. The firm is known for its pursuit of winter urbanism, pleasure, and a driving commitment to the quality of multi-seasonal public realms. Public City has projects currently active in Manitoba, Alberta, and Ontario. With a portfolio of work that is colourful, ecological, playful, and disciplined, Public City has been identified by Azure and the Globe & Mail as one of Canada’s most exciting and distinct emerging design practices.

Liz has practiced Landscape Architecture in Perth (Australia), Seattle, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Toronto. Prior to starting her own practice in 2011, she worked principally with Murase Associates of Seattle and Portland on public plazas and open spaces across the United States. In 2018 Liz established the Prairie Chapter of Building Equality in Architecture to advance excellence and diversity across city-building professions in the west. Liz has taught design studios on topics of regional and seasonal urbanism at the Daniels Faculty of Architecture at the University of Toronto and at the University of Manitoba.

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marc fo rnesMarc Fornes is a registered and practicing Architect DPLG specializing in computational design and digital fabrication. He leads MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY, a Brooklyn-based studio which has evolved a prototypical strategy to unify surface, structure, and spatial experience into a single tectonic system—namely through the invention of Structural Stripes. Over the last ten years, the studio has designed and built a number of thin-shell pavilions and installations that push the limits of form, structure, and space. These permanent and temporary projects are situated between the fields of art and architecture, with an emphasis on public-facing, spatial artwork. Some of those prototypical architectures have been acquired and exhibited by institutions including the Centre Pompidou (Paris), the FRAC Centre (Orleans), Art Basel Miami, and the Guggenheim (New York), and have sold at auction at Phillips De Pury. The studio has been acknowledged by the American Institute of Architects as part of New Practices New York in 2012 and by the Architectural League, winning its annual Prize in 2013. Several projects of the studio have gone on to win international awards. Marc has shared his research as a TED Fellow, and in graduate design studios at Columbia GSAPP, Harvard GSD, University of California, University of Michigan and Die Angewandte. As a project architect with Zaha Hadid Architects, he directed research for an experimental mediatheque in Pau, France—what would have been the largest carbon shell structure to date.

antonio gomez-palacioAntonio Gomez-Palacio, is a founding partner of DIALOG, one of Canada’s leading design firms. He is internationally recognized for transforming cities into vibrant urban places, which respond to their social, economic, environmental, and political context. Grounded on both a participatory and an evidence-based approach, his work is credited with meaningfully improving the wellbeing of communities.

Antonio has worked on a wide range of projects focused on urban intensification, master planning, mixed-use, transit, heritage, economic development, and sustainability.

Antonio has acted as the Chair of the Toronto Society of Architects and Vaughan’s Design Review Panel and is involved with a number of industry initiatives and organizations including the Canadian Institute of Planners, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (of which he was names a Fellow this year), and the Canadian Urban Transit Association. He is currently leading multi-sectoral research on the link between built environments and Community Wellbeing.

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The jury will evaluate the submissions on October 3 and 4, 2019.

While in Edmonton, the jury will evaluate submissions collaboratively and will come to a collective decision. Jurors may also visit projects at their discretion.

Submissions which do not meet the evaluation criteria may be excluded from the judging process. Submissions must demonstrate how the evaluation criteria of the respective category has been met (see pages 5-8). The jury will be responsible for selecting the winning submissions that most completely satisfy all of the criteria in each of the categories.

Submissions that do not meet the Submission Requirements (see pages 5-8) will not be advanced to the jury; rationale explaining this rejection will be prepared, and available to the entrant upon request. There will be no appeal of this decision.

fine printAwards will be given at the sole discretion of the jury. Decisions formed by the jury are final and may not be appealed. There is no limit to the number of awards that may be given. There is no guarantee that any Awards will be given in each category. The jury has the discretion to move a project to a different category, or multiple categories other than the one selected at the time of submission.

Rationale for each of the winners will be explained in the publicized awards booklet. Submissions reviewed by the jury will be publicized and featured on the competition website for an online vote to determine the winner of the People’s Choice Award.

how to submit

Submission and Fees

All entries are to be submitted online through the competition website by July 31, 2019 at 4 p.m. Online payment of $100.00 CAD will be required prior to your submission being accepted. Please see the Urban Design Awards Website for more information.

edmonton.ca/urbandesignawards

Registration fees will not be refunded under any circumstances.

Submission Deadlines

The submission deadline is July 31, 2019. All entries must be received on the competition website prior to 4:00 p.m. local time (Mountain Standard Time). Competitors are encouraged to send in their submissions as soon as possible to avoid any potential difficulties at the deadline.

Submission Content

Submissions must be digital only; no hard copies will be accepted. The submission form is located on the project website and provides detailed information on the content needed to submit. This includes:

+ Submission Fee

+ Detailed Project Information

+ Written Descriptions

+ Photographs and/or other media including renderings, sketches, drawings

This year, boards will not be required in order to submit.

judging process


http://edmonton.ca/urbandesignawards

Submission deadline: July 31, 2019 by 4 p.m

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