International Union of Architects’ Award to advance Sustainable Development (2nd Cycle)

Categories

Awards will be made for built projects which demonstrate design quality and have made significant contributions towards achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in each of the following categories:

• Sustainable Development Goal 3, Good Health and Well-being
  • Good health and well-being: This category will recognise a project which can demonstrate having significantly contributed to the promotion of healthy lives and well-being, such as a reduction in communicable diseases, consistent with the principles underpinning Target 3.3 of SDG 3.
• Sustainable Development Goal 11, Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • Adequate, safe and affordable housing: This category will recognise a project which has significantly contributed to the provision of accessible, adequate, safe and affordable housing, urban regeneration and/or slum upgrading consistent with the principles underpinning Target 11.1 of SDG11.
  • Access to safe, accessible, and sustainable public transport: This category will recognise a project which, by virtue of siting, design, density etc, has significantly contributed to the provision of safe, accessible, and sustainable public transport (such as Transport Oriented Development and/or neighbourhood planning).
  • Access to green and public space: This category will recognise a project which has significantly contributed to the provision of access to safe, inclusive and accessible green and public space for all, consistent with the principles underpinning Target 11.7 of SDG11.
  • Adaptation to climate change and resilience to disasters: This category will recognise a project which can demonstrate having significantly contributed to adaption to climate change and/or resilience to disasters, consistent with the principles underpinning Target 11b of SDG11.
• Sustainable Development Goal 15, Life on Land
  • Promotion, restoration and sustainable use of ecosystems: This category will recognise a project which, either through its siting, design or construction, significantly contributes to the promotion, restoration and/or sustainable use of ecosystems consistent with the principles underpinning SDG15.

Stages

The award will be run in two stages. Stage 1 submissions will be assessed on a regional basis, reflecting each of the five UIA Regions, namely:

• Region I, Western Europe
• Region II, Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East
• Region III, The Americas
• Region IV, Asia and Oceania
• Region V, Africa

Eligibility Criteria

• Submissions are invited from clients (with the approval of their architects) and by architects who must be the authors of the work to which the submission refers.
• Members of the Organiser’s team, the jury and their associates, business partners, employees, students and close relatives are not allowed to submit entries.
• Any person who has been involved in the preparation of the award/prize is not eligible to participate or to assist any participant.
• Submissions should be for built projects that have been completed and occupied for a period of between 1-5 years prior to date of submission.

Criteria

• Entries will be judged on the extent to which they can evidence having addressed the principles underpinning the relevant SDG targets and any appropriate aspects of the New Urban Agenda. All entries will also be judged on the extent to which they meet the following criteria:
  • Building performance/impact: The performance and/or impact of the building in use in relation to the relevant award category and its underlying.
  • Design quality: Submissions should reflect design quality in terms of amenity, durability and resilience having regard to the method of construction, materiality, energy efficiency and intended lifespan together with usability, accessibility and adaptability having regard to its intended function. Projects should enrich the lives of their users and make a positive contribution to the context in which they are.
  • Integrated & holistic approach: Submissions should recognise the importance of an inclusive, integrated and holistic design approach that addresses stakeholder participation, design, construction, operation, occupancy and post-occupancy of a building over its complete life cycle in its broadest.

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