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CONVERGE: Pushing the Reset Button
You are required to demonstrate and showcase elements of good designs and how it can benefit its users. “CONVERGE: Pushing the Reset Button” is about bringing different aspects of life and letting it live through your design.
How can we design a future where people can learn to live in unison with nature? Just like how through the pandemic, mother nature thrives in the absence of human destruction, how can good design promote a collaborative relationship between people and nature?
What are we looking for in Interior Design Category?
Your interior design proposal should portray an interior environment with the potential to better the lives of its users or inhabitants, both practically and psychologically. You should demonstrate a way of looking at all possibilities for improvement and inspiring people within a spatial context.
Submission Criteria
THEME
CONVERGE: Pushing the Reset Button
PROJECT CATEGORY
Open Category
PROJECT LAYOUT SIZE
less than 30,000 sq ft
PARTICIPANTS REQUIREMENT
Young interior design professionals in their first year and above and enrolled in an interior design or other relevant courses at an educational institution at the time of submission.
Project Requirements
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Name and Theme Concept
All projects must start with the project title and theme/concept. -
Design Concept Statement
- Design statement should not be more than 800 words, saved as Microsoft Word file format in A4 size.
Presentation (A2 size)
At least 3, but not more than 5 A2 sized sheets are to be submitted as soft copies in pdf format. Your submission must meet the following criteria:
- Please ensure that the site, site details, site analysis project details, floor plans, elevations, sections, 3D views, perspectives, colour choice and any other information relevant to your design are submitted in the alotted maximum 5 A2 sheets.
- You could refer to the Nippon Paint colour palette and other products available on www.nipponpaint.co.in for your colour scheme and to enhance the quality of your spaces.
- Presentation must be designed in landscape format and be submitted as a single PDF.
- Shortlisted candidates will be notified to make an oral presentation in front of an eminent jury.
Checklist
- Label all areas on the floor plans.
- Mention North point and add graphical scales to the drawings.
- Read the theme and brief throroughly. Prepare your submissions: Presentation & Design Statement.
- Please note that, we would advise you to restrict your word limit on the A2 sheets to 100-150 words per sheet.
- Do not place your name or other identifying information on your boards to ensure anonymity during judging. Entries with names written on the sheets will be subject to disqualification.
Gold Award Interior Designer
Maitri Shah for Community library
Judging Criteria
The criteria below will form 70% of the total marks. The remaining 30% will be scored from the oral presentation.
CONCEPT
- Identifies clear and impactful project concept and problem statement.
- Displays effective and extensive research.
- Demonstrates the ability to propose relevant and effective solutions to the design challenge.
- Indicates critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Showcases originality, relevance and potential impact to users.
- Reflects human-centred values.
- Does your design successfully fulfil an innate human-need or solve a problem?
- Does your design facilitate better functionality and purpose for its inhabitants and/or visitors on a human scale?
- Is your design able to deliver and demonstrate commercial or social values?
- Does your design reflect ergonomic and environmental principles that sustain physical well-being?
- Does your design offer alternative perspectives and/or ways of solving problems?
Prompters
- Spatial planning: Appropriate design and planning of individual spaces as suited to the specific needs of the user, with an emphasis on anthropometric and ergonomic principles.
- Functionality: Design is appropriate for its intended use and has a positive impact which benefits the community and users holistically.
- Displays a high level of the integration between aesthetic and practicality.
- Practicality: Design is fit to deliver with materials and technology readily available in the market today.
- Could your design be implemented using processes, materials and technologies available or in development today?
- Is your design a versatile one that supports people, activities and change?
- Does your design stand the test of time, from both an aesthetic and physical point of view?
Prompters
INNOVATION
- Displays a high level of originality and creativity.
- Showcases the ability to deliver innovative and forward-driven interventions with the integration of technology.
- Does your design maximize or leverage tech-enabled connectivity and/or intelligence?
- Is your design original in its execution?
Prompters
USAGE
- Showcases brilliant and creative use of colours.
- Showcases brilliant display of balance between colours, materials and design outputs.
- Demonstrates the use of colour for the enhancements of materials and facades etc.
& RELEVANCE
- Demonstrates the long-term capacity to support the needs of people and the environment (e.g. Demonstrates climate and energy responsiveness).
- Displays effective thought process and use of renewable resources and life cycle throughout the development and maintenance of the design.
- Displays long-lasting design and universality.
- Does your design comprise of sustainable and eco-friendly elements which help preserve the natural environment?
Prompters
& PRESCENCE
- Presentation showcases a high level of clarity, creativity and interactivity.
- Presentation is cohesive and demonstrates a high level of understanding of the design challenges and solutions given paired with appropriate visual aids, graphics and/or animations.
- Presentation focuses on both your project deliverables and design philosophy, including the journey and concept.
Things to consider
PURPOSE
Does your design successfully fulfill a need or solve a problem?
CREATIVITY
Does your design offer originality in its execution?
USABILITY
Does your design facilitate better functionality and purpose for its inhabitants or visitors on a human scale?
PRACTICALITY
Could your design be implemented using processes, materials and technologies available or in development today?
VIABILITY
Is your design able to deliver and demonstrate commercial or social values?
TECHNOLOGY
Does your design maximise or leverage tech-enabled connectivity and/or intelligence?
SUSTAINABILITY
Does your design comprise sustainable and eco-friendly elements which help preserve the natural environment?
COMMUNITY
Does your design contribute not only to its users, but also the communities that surround it?
DURABILITY
Will your design stand the test of time, from both an aesthetic and a physical perspective?