Competition Details
Overview
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A reef off St. Croix Photo credit: National Park Service Buck Island Reef National Monument Resource Management |
As part of the International Sustainable Laboratory Student Design Competition, students were challenged to design to the specifications of the proposed Salt River Bay Marine Research and Education Center (MREC) to be located in Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve, a United States National Park unit on the island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
This real-life building project will consist of a marine laboratory, education center, and museum collections complex. Architecture and engineering students from around the world had the opportunity to suggest new and innovative thinking on how to create the project in the most energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable fashion. Depending on the timing of the MREC project, all or parts of the winning competition design may actually be incorporated into the MREC final design plans.
Competition Schedule
March 28, 2012 |
Online competition registration deadline. |
May 22, 2012 |
Final entry submission deadline. |
Summer 2012 |
Prize winners selected by competition jury. |
Summer 2012 |
Winners are notified by Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. |
September/October 2012 |
Distribution of the digital competition summary publication to all schools of architecture. |
October 2012 |
Winners announced and awards presented at the Labs21 2012 Annual Conference. |
Winter 2012 |
Submissions posted to the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories' website. |
March/April 2013 |
Winning entries displayed at 2013 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California. |
May/June 2013 |
Winning entries displayed at 2013 American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Convention, Denver, Colorado. |
Student Benefits
Awards
- 1st place
Student: $5,000
Faculty Advisor: $2,000 - 2nd place
Student: $3,000
Faculty Advisor: $1,200 - 3rd place
Student: $2,000
Faculty Advisor: $800
Other Benefits
- Concepts and strategies contained in all submissions, not just winning submissions, have the opportunity of being applied at the actual MREC campus. Students' contributions would be recognized if this were to occur.
- Receipt of a plaque, certificate, and/or trophy recognizing the acheivement of winners and honorable mentions.
- All concepts and strategies, including student contact information if provided, will be placed on the I2SL website. This information will therefore be available to any marine, island, or laboratory project worldwide.
- Winning students may be considered for internships with competition sponsors and other organizations involved in the sustainable laboratory community.
- Winning groups and instructors attended the Labs21 2012 Annual Conference in San Jose, California, USA. They were honored during the conference Opening Plenary, given an opportunity to present their projects during the technical sessions, and photographed for additional recognition.