For the last 7 years Aarhus School of Architecture has celebrated architectural drawing through the international drawing competition for architecture students, DRAWING OF THE YEAR. The competition is a joint collaboration with Schmidt, Hammer, Lassen Architects, Vola, and The Danish Arts Foundation. Every year the number of participants has increased, and so has the quality and the level of the drawings. Internationally acknowledged architects from all over the world have taken part of the jurys and thereby contributed to the high standard and professionalism in the organization of the competition.The aim of the competition is to celebrate the architect’s oldest and most important tool, and to continuously explore new tendencies in architecture through architectural drawing. The drawing process eventually leads to new thinking and to development of ideas for the one who draws. Furthermore, it is a valuable medium that disseminates thoughts and ideas to colleagues, clients, and a broader audience. The drawing enables the architect to communicate, seduce, convince, and initiate a dialogue. That´s why drawing is so important, and why Aarchus continue to encourage students all over the world to participate in the annual competition, because, as former jury member Jenny Osuldsen from Snøhetta says, ‘the one who holds the pen, has the power.’
This year’s theme: Hand Me A Drawing
After years of focusing exclusively on digital drawing and mixed media, this year´s competition treasures handmade entriesonly, celebrating the art and skill of traditional representation methods. Aarchus want to encourage mastering of hand drawing, and emphasize the relevancy of communicating ideas through hand drawing.
What to submit
The drawing can either be an initial sketch (dream), a project drawing (process), or a definitive drawing (reality).An initial sketch is one of the purest forms of architectural drawing, and could be a simple design concept, or lots of details concerning a much bigger composition.
The project drawing holds all the reflections, trials and errors of the process, where the definitive drawing is an elaborated drawing, close to reality.
The drawing must describe the unique process or moments that a computer is unable to create.All kind of drawing tools – such as pens, watercolour, paint, ink, led – can be used.Entries will be judged on originality and artistic expression, architectural composition, technical skill, and success in communicating an idea.
The drawing must be followed by a short text and a title.The drawing must be scanned in high quality, 300 DPI, and uploaded as PDF, maximum 100 MB.
Announcement of Competition: SEP 1st
Submission: NOV 1st
Announcement of winners: NOV 27th
Exhibition: NOV 27th – DEC 18th
Participation requirements
The competition is open for students of architecture worldwide, including graduates from spring 2020.
Prizes
1st PRIZE 5000€
2nd PRIZE 2000€
3rd PRIZE 1000€
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