Barkman Concrete Competition 2011-12

BACKGROUND
The competition is open to all currently registered students in the Faculty of Architecture as is a required assignment for students in course LARC 7002.

The competition carries total prize money of $3000 generously donated by Barkman Concrete Ltd as part of their Scholarship Fund for student in the Faculty / Department of Landscape Architecture.


SCOPE
The competition calls for the presentation of a design for pre-cast concrete units that could be installed on site at the semi-circular dock area and the adjacent linear area at The Forks in order to form a continuous concrete surface that will withstand regular inundation and that can be sat on after flood waters recede (download plan at right). The steps betweent these two areas are to be regarded as remain in-situ.

The units are to be designed to be pre-castable at the Barkman works with fixing and final finishing being completed on site. Although they are to be designed on the basis of requirements for the dock area at The Forks, the units are to be designed so that they could also be used at other locations.


DELIVERABLES
Students are to submit in duplicate scale drawings fitting within a 24 x 36 inch surface area and showing plan, section, and elevation drawings for their proposed unit(s) and how they are to be installed on site. The drawings are also to describe the anticipated method of fabrication of the unit.


SCHEDULE

Date of Issue of Invitation	Monday 17 October 2011
Explanation of Project	9:30 am Friday 21 October in The Forks Boardroom
Date / Place for Submission	by 4:00 pm on Monday 5 December 2011 at the Partners Program Office, Architecture 2 Building

  

ADJUDICATION
Adjudication of entries will be undertaken by representatives of Barkman Concrete Ltd and The Forks North Portage Partnership / The Forks Renewal Corporation on or around 9 December and some of the entries may be selected for display.


NOTES
Submissions will remain the "intellectural property" of the student. Barkman Concrete will retain the duplicate copy of submissions for their records and will enter into a compensation agreement with the designer(s) before commencing any commercial production on the basis of their design.