For UG & PG Students &
Graduates (2019 or later)
India's 1st Category-driven Awards in
Architecture for Academic Projects
Pick your Category &
Submit any Design or Illustration!
Architecture & Allied PG Courses
Submit by 25 February 2023
REVIEW UNDER PROGRESS!
All of us have that one design or illustration which screams to us to be shared and celebrated! It could be the over scrutinised thesis, the maddening research, the teacher driven (or not) project from studio, the deadline challenging project from a design competition, or a design scribbled just to calm our nerves on an anxious afternoon!
Design Whack brings to you the perfect launching pad to the pool of infinite opportunities. Take your best designs, select the appropriate categories and participate in the 2nd edition of India's first Student Awards in Architecture!
We have all seen Awards for Architects which celebrate their designs in different categories. Similarly, select the category, send us your best work and face your compatriots from all across the nation. We will recognise the Best of the Best for their excellence in academic projects which usually remain uncelebrated!
What are you waiting for? You don't need your teacher's approval. You don't need to work from scratch to be recognised. Scroll down and participate!
Previous winners have gone on to secure graduate level admission at institutes such as Harvard University GSD, UCL Bartlett, TU Delft, CEPT University, SPA Delhi, and more. Winning Star Student Awards 2022 shall increase your chances of studying at a premier institution!
ELIGIBILITY
Current students and graduates (2019 or later) of Bachelor of Architecture, and current students and postgraduates (2019 or later) of allied Postgraduation courses (Architectural Design, Conservation, Housing, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Planning, Product Design, Project Management, Sustainability, Urban Design, etc.) are eligible to participate.
UG students + graduates (2019 or later) are eligible for - A + C + D categories
PG students + postgraduates (2019 or later) are eligible for - B + C + D categories
For current students and graduates (2019 or later) of Bachelor of Architecture.
01 | Commercial
This category shall recognise the optimized response and design innovation towards commercial buildings like Offices, Shopping Malls, Retails, etc.
02 | Conservation
This category shall recognise the Architectural Conservation Projects and the response to heritage structures.
03 | Cultural
This category shall recognise the innovation in defining a language to respond to the cultural needs of the society including Museum, Gallery, Hall, Theatre, Pavilion, Religious and Memorial Buildings.
04 | Educational
This category shall recognise the Design Excellence in designing Educational Buildings & Campuses like Schools, Colleges, Training Centres, etc.
05 | Furniture Design
This category shall recognise the innovation in furniture design and the varied interpretation of the concepts into its inception.
06 | Healthcare
This category shall recognise the design and coordination of multiple facets in healthcare facility design, in buildings or complexes, including Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Clinics, Speciality Clinics, Medical Parks, etc.
07 | Hospitality
This category shall recognise the architectural innovations in the fields of hotels, resorts, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, tourism centres and wellness centres.
08 | Housing
This category shall recognise the efficiency to respond to the mass housing challenges of now and future.
09 | Interior Design
This category shall recognise design innovations in the interior spaces of any project typology.
10 | Landscape Design
This category shall recognise design innovations in the outdoor spaces in landscape design and response to ecological and geographical issues.
11 | Mixed Use
This category shall recognise new directions in designing complexes or mono-units combining more than one of the other categories.
12 | Pop-Up or Temporary
This category shall recognise the excellence in designing temporary structures like exhibitions, pavilions and installations.
13 | Product Design
This category shall recognise innovation in design of objects and products.
14 | Public Building
This category shall recognise architectural design innovation in the design of public buildings like complexes for social, political, religious, and cultural complexes for the government or private sectors that caters to the common public.
15 | Public Space
This category shall recognise directions in a larger realm of public participation in designing a public space which contributes to the society.
16 | Residential
This category shall recognise the response to the idea of sustainable and comfortable living in a single unit dwelling.
17 | Sports and Recreation
This category shall recognise the innovations in designing sports and recreation facilities like stadium complexes, sports centres and gymnasiums.
For current postgraduation students and postgraduates (2019 or later) of allied PG courses.
01 | Architectural Design - Building
This category shall recognise the attempts to redefine and innovate architectural spaces of individual building.
02 | Architectural Design - Campus
This category shall recognise the attempts to redefine and innovate the spatial quality amongst a cluster of buildings in a campus of any typology.
03 | Conservation
This category shall recognise the brilliance in response to retrofit, renovation, adaptive reuse and preservation of existing buildings.
04 | Furniture Design
This category shall recognise the innovation in furniture design and the varied interpretation of the concepts into its inception.
05 | Interior Design
This category shall recognise design innovations in the interior spaces of any project typology.
06 | Landscape Architecture
This category shall recognise ecological, sociological, economic, geographical and sustainable approach towards landscape design of outdoor spaces.
07 | Product Design
This category shall recognise innovation in design of objects and products.
08 | Urban Design
This category shall recognise designs that reinvent the way of looking at the urban public realm through a holistic approach of design interventions.
For students of Bachelor of Architecture as well as allied PG courses, and graduates and postgraduates of 2019 or later.
01 | Documentation
This category shall recognise innovative and methodical documentations of architectural and public spaces.
02 | Parametric & BIM
This category shall recognise the application of newer technologies in architectural design innovations including parametric, computation and BIM.
03 | Research
This category shall recognise research projects in finding newer directions in the field of architecture.
04 | Skyscraper
This category shall recognise innovative approach in designing tall buildings and skyscrapers.
05 | Sustainable Design
This category shall recognise innovative sustainable solutions for built environments from a holistic approach.
For students of Bachelor of Architecture as well as allied PG courses, and graduates and postgraduates of 2019 or later.
01 | Digital Rendering - Architecture
This category shall recognise digital rendering and illustration skills of the architectural scale.
02 | Digital Rendering - Urban
This category shall recognise digital rendering and illustration skills of the urban scale.
03 | Hand Sketch - Architecture
This category shall recognise hand sketching and illustration skills of the architectural scale.
04 | Hand Sketch - Urban
This category shall recognise hand sketching and illustration skills of the urban scale.
05 | Architectural Drawing - Building Section
This category shall recognise sectional drawings, sectional views and illustrations that represent the ethos of the design.
06 | Architectural Drawing - Details
This category shall recognise drawings and illustrations of building details that represent the material and structural principles of the design.
07 | Architectural Drawing - Isometric / Axonometric
This category shall recognise isometric and axonometric illustrations that represent the spatiality and elemental fragments of the design, or represent the design concept evolution.
08 | Physical Model
This category shall recognise the skills of architectural representation through the medium of physical models.
09 | Architectural Photography - Exterior
This category shall recognise the skills of creating architectural impression through exterior photography.
10 | Architectural Photography - Interior
This category shall recognise the skills of creating architectural impression through interior photography.
Previous winners have gone on to secure job or internship at practices such as Zaha Hadid Architects, Foster + Partners, Shigeru Ban Architects, MOFA Studios, Morphogenesis, and more. Winning Star Student Awards 2022 offers you the same opportunity!
EVALUATION CRITERIA
The design entries shall be evaluated based on the following criteria (in no specific order) :
- Originality of the central idea,
- Translation and physical manifestation of the idea,
- Built form and spatiality,
- Contextual coherence,
- Aesthetics and proportion,
- Argumentation and representation, and
- Clarity and comprehensibility of the design.
The research entries shall be evaluated based on their goal, clarity of expression, and the extent to which the goal is met in the body of the research.
The Category D entries shall be evaluated based on the technical skill of the medium, aesthetics and proportion.
FEE & DATES
Early Bird Registration
Till 25 December '22 : 500 INR Fee
Late Registration
26 December '22 to 25 February '23 : 1000 INR Fee
Submission Deadline
25 February '23
Result Declaration
Review under progress!
If there are five or more participants from your college, all participants can register their entries at the same time at a lower fee. Kindly send email to editor@designwhack.com with the subject Multiple Entries Registration.
SET REMINDER
If you will like us to send you a reminder before the end of the Early Bird Registration, kindly share your email address below.
Your submission is ready!
DELIVERABLES
For all project types except ‘03 | Research’ in Category C and except all project types in Category D -
1 cover image - 1800x1200 pixels - as jpg
4 (max) x sheets - 1800x1200 pixels - as one pdf
Summary Text (max 500 words) - as doc
One cover image sized 1800x1200 pixels (jpeg and horizontal) that best captures the essence of the project. Do not add descriptive text. Project title may be added. The file should be named as “[Category Code]_
[Project Type Code]_[Participant’s Code]_cover.jpg”.
Maximum 4 x sheets sized 1800x1200 pixels (horizontal and to be combined into one pdf) explaining the entire project. The files should be named as “[Category Code]_[Project Type Code]_[Participant’s Code]_sheets.pdf”. Descriptive texts may be used on the sheets but limited to 200 words combining all the sheets in total. Kindly avoid illegible text on the sheets. Make sure to combine the sheets into one pdf. Separate image files will not be accepted.
One A4 Word file summarising the project in maximum 500 words. The file should be named as “[Category Code]_[Project Type Code]_[Participant’s Code].doc”. For example, if Category is A, Project Type is ‘01 | Commercial’ and Participant’s Code is 9999, the name of the Word file shall be “A_01_9999.doc”.
Cover image and sheets shall bear the Participation Code text. Please download the formats (psd, ai and indd) from the Downloads page.
For ‘03 | Research’ in Category C -
Report Text (max 5000 words) and it’s pdf
One A4 Word file with a word limit of 5000 words in vertical orientation is to be submitted. Images can be used, with each image taken as an equivalent to 250 words. The file should be named as “C_03_[Participant’s Code].doc”. For example, if Participant’s Code is 9999, the name of the Word file shall be “C_03_9999”.
For all project types in Category D -
1 image - 1800x1200 pixels - portrait or landscape as jpg
One image file without any additional descriptive text. The file may be in horizontal or vertical orientation. The content need not cover the entire sheet. The jpg file should be named as “D_[Project Type Code]_[Participant’s Code].jpg”. The jpg file shall bear the Participation Code text. Please download the formats (psd, ai and indd) from the Downloads page.
Design Whack is committed to recognise outstanding academic works in the fields of Architecture, Interiors, Product Design, Landscape, Urban Design, Research, Illustration, Photography & Physical model.
We are not just an award giving organisation. We follow the growth of our Star Students too. We have created the Hall of Fame to celebrate past Star Student Awards Winners who have gone on to achieve exemplary academic and/or professional success!