AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Expressions of Interest due February 1, 2008
Full Proposals due February 28, 2008

THE COMPETITION
Engaging affordability and sustainability as themes for this inaugural
competition, participants are asked to use two 20-foot shipping containers
as the raw material to create attractive, functional and eco-friendly
designs as possible solutions to the affordable housing question. The
sponsors seek a building that will be mobile, functional and beautiful.
Successful designs need to prove both cost and energy efficient as well as
conform to current local zoning and building codes. This competition offers
the winning proposal a chance to see the project realized in three
dimensions in a key location on the UC Santa Barbara campus.

NATURE OF THE AWARD
The competition winner will receive a cash prize of $10,000 and two 20-foot
shipping containers to be used toward the implementation of their design.
The winning design should be producible for approximately $10,000, although
teams may opt to produce a slightly more expensive version based on
available match funding. The total cap for production costs for this
competition is set at $20,000. Second and third place winners will receive
$500 and $250 cash prizes respectively. Honorable mention award winners may
also be named. If an agreement cannot be reached with the top-ranked
designer, the sponsors may elect to negotiate with the next highest ranked
contestant, but they are under no obligation to do so.

WHO MAY APPLY/ELIGIBILITY
This is an international competition open to anyone with great design
ideas. Enter alone or in a group. Collaborative and multi-disciplinary
teams are encouraged (i.e. a designer and an artist, a graphic designer and
a student, a builder and a homemaker). Project teams are srongly encouraged
to include students as part of the team composition.

COMPETITION SPONSORS
University of California Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA)
J Staal Storage Solutions
Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, UC Santa Barbara
Office of Sustainability, UC Santa Barbara
Associate Vice Chancellor for Campus Design and Facilities, UC Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara Architectural Foundation

FULL INFORMATION
Can be found on our website at
http://www.ucira.ucsb.edu/ContainerProjects

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Tracey Morris
Program Coordinator
University of California
Institute for Research in the Arts
6046 HSSB
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7115
Phone: (805) 893-3098
Fax: (805) 893-4336
www.ucira.ucsb.edu

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