PVP College of Architecture, Pune.: July 2015

PVPCOA invites all ARCHITECTURAL STUDENTS & FACULTY MEMBERS to attend the jury of Indian Domestic Contest at Pvpcoa Pune on Saturday, 8th August 2015 (8:00am to 6:00pm).

All the Faculty Members & Students interested in attending the Indian Domestic Contest for ACARA 2015, need to do Online Registration.
Note : Contestants need not register.

1. Registration Charges
Participants : No charges
Faculty : Rs. 500/-
Students : Rs. 300/-
2. Complimentary Breakfast and Lunch for all Registered members.
3. Online registration to be done before 7 th August 2015, 10:00am.
4. Registration charges to be paid at the registration desk at Pvpcoa on Saturday, 8th August, 2015 by 8:00am.
5. Carry your college ID -cards along with you.

For registration for attending the Indian Domestic Contest For ACARA, 2015 log on to:
fill it out in Google Forms

NOTE: Please find Posters For Indian Domestic Contest for ACARA 2015 for more information.

Asian Contest for Architectural Rookie's Award (ACARA) – 2015

Indian Domestic Contest 2015

Broad Details of ACARA:

ACARA is an International contest for students of Architecture, held every year in order to contribute to architectural education and establish rich networking associated with modern architecture in Asia. This design competition has its own uniqueness that it is open only for the current 4^th year students to present their 3^rd Year B. Arch Architectural Design work. Design work, which is an important bench mark & mid destination in the five year long course of Architecture.

Dr. Youngil Lee from Japan is the Chief organiser for ACARA. The objective of ACARA competition is to review, judge & evaluate architectural works and ideas created by students studying architectural design in universities in various countries across Asia like Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Japan, Vietnam & India.

For the Indian domestic contest for architectural Rookies-2015, (hosted by PVP college of architecture) invitation will be sent to all the 400 plus colleges recognised by Council of Architecture in india.

In ACAR-2014 we had a pan India participation of 42 students.

Winning Entries of ACARA 2014:

2 Gold Winners:

· Ms. Niomi Shah from SCET, Surat

· Ms. MrinaliGokani from KRVIA, Mumbai

3 Silver Winners:

· Mr. Rishit Jain from RachanaSansad Academy of Architecture, Mumbai

· Ms. KarishmaJoshi from BKPS, Pune

· Ms.ShivaniRastogi from BharatiVidyapeeth College of Architecture , Pune

Opportunity for 2 Gold winners in the year 2013, 2014 and 2015 :

· Winners of Indian domestic contest held in 2013 had an opportunity to represent India in Osaka, Japan

· Winners of Indian domestic contest held in 2014 had an opportunity to represent India in Dalian, China

· Winners of Indian domestic contest 2015 will have an opportunity to represent India in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam in October 2015

A) STAGES OF COMPETITION FOR INDIAN DOMESTIC CONTEST -ACARA 2015:

There are FOUR IMPORTANT STAGES in Indian Domestic Contest for Architectural Rookies:

*STAGE 1 : Online registration extended till Tuesday 28^th July 2015

For registration log on to:

Last date for Registration was Tuesday 28^th July 2015. Registration has closed.

*STAGE 2: Online submission of Power Point presentations extended till Wednesday day 5th August 2015 **

Kindly send your Power-point presentations to:

pvpcoapune.rookies@gmail.com

(Power-point presentation should not exceed 10 slides and to be less than 15 MB.

Your first slide to have the title for your Architectural project, your first name only and 6-digit code number given during registration)

*STAGE 3: Submission of sheets,model and Power-point presentation in CD , in person latest by Friday 7^th August 2015 from 9 am to 5 pm.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR STAGE 3 :

1) A1 sheets- 2 nos.( any medium is permitted )

2) For Indian Domestic Contest - MODEL of any suitable scale will be acceptable

(Note: For ACARA 2015, in Vietnam,MODEL has to fit in Size 900mm x 900mm x 700mm as per ACARA format )

3)CD with Power-point presentation with your project name & code number written on it.

· (Note :In case of overwhelming response, a selection process will be adopted for shortlisting of the entries.

· All the presented sheets & the models to be taken back by the participants after the Domestic Jury.)

*STAGE 4: Presentation of entries to the jury panel on Saturday 8^th August 2015 starting from 8 am to 6 pm)

(*Note: Reporting time on Sat 8 Aug 8:00 am.

3 to 5 mins will be given to each participant to present his/her work.)

*(VeryImportant Note: Participants should NOT reveal their identity or college name in Power-point slides, Sheets ,models or by any means during their presentation. Participants will be identified by first nameand 6-digit code number)

B) ELIGIBILITY:

1) Bonified students of 4^th year B.Arch studying in any Architectural Institute in India recognised by Council of Architecture.

(Note : Students to carry their college identity card during the contest)

2) Third Year Architectural Design project for Semester 1 or Semester 2 from academic session 2014 -15 to be presented.

(Note: Max. 2 Individual Entries per College ;

Group work will not be eligible;

Only Architectural Design project of 3rd year B.Arch. done in academic session 2014-15 will be eligible.)

3) Participant should have a valid PASSPORT till January 2016 or should manage to avail it before 30^th August 15.

( Note : Xerox copy of the passport to be submitted along with the submission on Fri 7^TH Aug)

C) AWARDS :

1) Indian Contest – Top 2 Gold Awards worth Rs.10,000 each& 3 Silver Awards worth Rs.5000 each along with a certificate and trophy.

(Note: It is Juries discretion to award all or part of the total prizes announced )

2) Top 2 Gold winners out of these 5 awardees from Indian Domestic contest 2015 will be nominated for presenting their work in ACAR 2015 which will be held in Ho Chi Minh cityin Vietnam on Saturday 24th October 2015

(Note: Travel and other expenses for Vietnam will be reimbursed by the host of ACARA for the two selected participants)

D) JUDGING CRITERIA :

1) Design will be assessed by Power-point presentation, Drawings as well as Model for the Indian Domestic Contest 2015.

2) Students will present their work in the form of Power-point presentation for 3 to 5 mins each as per Rookies standard format.

(Note: In case of overwhelming response, a selection process will be adopted for shortlisting of the entries. )

E) JURY PANEL:

Jury panel for Indian domestic contest for ACARA 2015 involves more than 12 jury members out of which 7- jury members will be from colleges with winning entries to ACARA 2014 and ACARA 2013 and will consist of :

1. Dr. Youngil Lee, Japan

2. Ar. Narendra Dengle, Pune

3. Ar. MustansirDalvi, J.J. College of Architecture, Mumbai

4. Ar. Persi Engineer , SCET,Surat

5. Ar. ManojParmar, KRVIA, Mumbai

6. Ar. Suresh Singh, Rachana Sansad Academy of Architecture, Mumbai

7. Ar. Kiran Shinde, BharatiVidyapeeth, Pune

8. Ar. PushkarKanvinde, BKPS, Pune

9. Ar. Prof. Prasanna Desai, PVP College of Architecture , Pune (Convener of ACARA)

And Additional 4 to 5 eminent jury members from India.

F) IMPORTANT DATES FOR INDIAN DOMESTIC CONTEST FOR ACARA-2015 :

· Last date of Registration of Entries extended till: Tuesday 28^th July 2015

· Last date of online submission of power-point presentation extended till: Wednesday 5^th August 2015 **

· Submission of sheets and models , CD in person: Friday 7^th August 2015

· Presentation of entries to the jury panel: Saturday 8^th August 2015

· Presentation for ACAR-2015 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Saturday 24^th Oct 2015

G) ACARA -2015 TO BE HELD IN HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM ON SATURDAY 24^TH OCTOBER 2015

(2 Gold winners of ACARA-Indian domestic competition to represent Indian ACARA-2015)

Submission Requirements for ACARA-2015, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam :

· A1 sheets- 2 nos. ( any medium is permitted )

· For ACARA 2014 in China, MODEL has to fit in Size 900mm x 900mm x 700mm as per ACARA format

H) CONTACT:

For further details please visit www.pvpcoapuneblog.blogspot.com

For any queries write an Email on pvpcoapune.rookies@gmail.com

Or contact :

Ar Mrunalini Anekar (faculty Coordinator PVPCOA) M : +91 9823408033

Ar Neha Gosavi, (faculty Coordinator PVPCOA) M : +91 9422029716

NOTE: Please find Posters For ACARA-2015 & location map below.

I) VENUE for Indian Domestic Contest for ACARA 2015

VIT’s P.V.P. College of Architecture, Pune,

274/2, 275/2,282, Aditya Nisarg, at-Pirangut, Tal.-Mulashi, Pune-412115

Directions to PVPCOA Pune (7kms from CC) come to ChandaniChowk, (CC) take Pirangut Road towards LAVASA cross Toll Naka, cross Manas Resort on left( 4kms from CC ) Reach PirangutGhat DESCEND SLOWLY & KEEP to LEFT watch for ADITYA NISARG ALUMINIUM finish ENT GATE on LEFT.Enter the GATE come down the Road. Office at Second Floor. For assistance call VinayakShinde 9881593136 for COMING by PVPCOA BUS call Vikrant 9881592863 for bus timings & pick up location.

(Note : Refer the 3 location maps given below)

PVP College of Architecture organizes “Architectural Quotient 2015”, an Inter-Collegiate Quiz, between colleges of Architecture affiliated to SPPU (Pune University) and other Universities, as a platform to showcase the best and the most knowledgeable minds in the city of Pune. This is an endeavour to encourage a spirit of friendly competition between the participating students eager to win the coveted prizes.

The vision is to elevate the quizzing standard of the Architectural Fraternity and establishing Pune as an Architectural Quiz Hub, thus preparing them for the Grand National Quiz, 'ARCHUMEN' organized by Ethos.

Total 111 teams participated in the preliminary round held at the venue. Out of which 6 teams qualified for the final quiz round.

The final Winners were:
Karishma Joshi and Manasi Saraswate (BKPS)

First Runners up were:
Akshay Marsute and Aniket Raskar (PVPCOA)

2nd Runners up:
Gaurav Park and Pinak Bhapkar