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True architecture is life-enhancing. To touch the souls of the people, architecture must have a soul of itself. No place of work, study, worship, play or any other human activity should be depressing inspirit. Our built environment should be in harmony with nature and human senses, uplifting the functionality of the entire community. A sensitive architect will design spaces that will evoke our deepest sensations, which will spontaneously respond to our feelings, desires and touch our souls. The spirit and spirituality of architecture is not only confined within the religious buildings, it can be present anywhere-in a classroom, in an office, in a factory or at any place. The users of a space that is spiritually sublime, naturally feel and function well in that particular space.
In addition, we are always attuned to the reality the space that we use, we understand what it says to us, whether should we stay or we should leave, does it make us feel good or irritated, would we love to come back again or not. We are always capable of picking up the subtle nuances of the ambiance of the space and when all of these senses work together in harmoniously in the favor of the space, it becomes a work of Architecture.
To nurture the ideas of expressing one’s soul through their design, we, the students of Architecture’14 batch, Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology are proud to organize an idea based design competition on the event of Architecture Day, 2019 on the topic of “A Spiritual Space”
Submit your ideas about your vision about a spiritual space where it will bring forth the variety of multi-functional senses ranging from silence to shouts of joy, songs, poetry, dance, ecstasy, delight and even fear.

SUBMISSION PERIOD:

Submission Starts: February 21, 2019 (00:00:01 BD Local Time)
Last Date of Submission: March 14, 2019 (23:59:59 BD Local Time)

DESIGN REQUIREMENTS:

Site: 
The approach & choosing of site is rested freely upon the participants. You are free to choose any existing site of any size you want for your expression of ideas. The site can be outside of your room, it can be on a river, or it can be on a foreign domain. You can design a cantilever on a hill, a glass tower in amazon, or a place of meditation under water! Just feel free to to share any kinds of ideas that you think will represent the picture of an expressive spiritual space playing into your mind. The freedom of participants in choosing the themes & site will be able to give the students ample opportunities to express their inner spirits through the designs.

Who May Enter?

Individual/ Group of 2
All the undergraduate students of architecture departments of any universities of Bangladesh are eligible to participate in this competition. The design can be submitted individually or in groups of two.

SUBMISSION FORMAT & RULES OF PARTICIPATION :

The submissions will have to be provided with site location,size & necessary drawings to give a total idea of the project. The required presentation format and rules are as follows:

1. The submission may include any necessary drawings such as
plans, sections, elevations, perspectives, rendered images etc all
compiled on a sheet including the suitable title and project brief within 500 words.
2. The dimension of the sheet is 20″x 40″ .The sheet can be in jpeg/jpg or pdf format and The maximum size of the jpeg/jpg/pdf file will be 25 MB.
3. The submission must also include a docx/doc file containing the followings:
i. Participant’s name/Group mates’ name
ii. Name of the University
iii. Current Semester No (I.e. : For Level 4 Term 1 write “4/1” )
iv. Email Address
v. Contact no.
vi. Transaction id of bkash

4. Compress all files in a .zip format
5. Upload it in google drive and send to
cuet.archday.2019@gmail.com (with link sharing to anyone)
6. The Subject of the mail Should be : ASP_Your Names_ University
Name
i.e. : ASP_Samiul Haque_CUET
or for Group : ASP_Samiul Haque_Anika Ishmam_CUET

7. Before emailing, The entrant must Pay the Registration fee via
Bkash. The Details of payment procedure is given on the
“Registration Fee” Section below. (Pleas Save the Transaction id for future reference)

8. Remember only selected Projects will be exhibited On
Architecture Day 2019 at CUET.

REGISTRATION FEE:

All participant must pay the entry fee in order to complete the Registration procedure, other wise the project will not get selected for judgement.
Entry fee is 200 BDT (+10tk bKash charge)
Bkash Procedure: Entrant must Choose the “Send Money” option and Send the money to +8801674894854 or +8801761228228. Type “Competition Fee” in the Reference Option.
Please give a call to the number after payment to confirm.

JUDGING:
The submissions will be judged by the jury panel on the basis of ideas/concepts, context, relevance, sustainability. The result will be announced on the date of Architecture Day, 2019, Department of Architecture, CUET .

(Name of the Judges will be declared soon)

Date of Exhibition: March 21, 2019

COMPETITION PRIZE:

1. The Champion, 1st Runners-up and 2nd Runners-up will receive Crest, Certificate and Prize Money.

2.The Prize money of the Competition is as follows
Champion : 20,000 BDT
Runners-up : 10,000 BDT
2nd Runners-up : 5,000 BDT

3. Other Participants will be awarded Certificate of Participation.

Terms and Conditions of submission:

*** Only Digital Submission is allowed
*** Dept of Architecture, CUET holds the right to examine the authenticity of the Project in order to confirm compliance with these rules.
*** Dept of Architecture, CUET can use the submitted projects for promotional activities but will not use any project for commercial purpose.
***Dept. of Architecture,CUET & the Jury Panel holds the right to immediately disqualify any submission that is proved to be a copy or replica of any previously designed project.

Right to cancel or suspend the competition :

If, for any unforeseen reason the competition is not capable of running as planned or any other causes beyond the control of Dept of Architecture, CUET that hampers smooth operation of the competition, Dept of Architecture, CUET reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual(s) who tamper with the entry process, and/or to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the competition.

For any information, you may contact:

Mahir Aritro (Vice President)
Cell: +8801761228228
Facebook Id: https://www.facebook.com/Mahiiirr

Farhan Ishrak Shoumo (Public Relation Secretary)
Cell : +8801674894854
Facebook Id : https://www.facebook.com/awesome.psycho.farhan

Md. Shaieen Kadir Efaz (Competition Co-ordinator)
Cell: +8801521485348
Facebook Id : https://www.facebook.com/shaieen.efaz

Rub-ayat Zannat Khan (Competition Secretary)
Facebook Id : https://www.facebook.com/gazelle.mish

or You can email us at – cuet.archday.19@gmail.com

We are waiting for your submission . So, hurry up !

Frequently Asked Questions About the Competitions (FAQ):

1. When is the Submission Deadline?
=> Submit within March 14,2019

2. Can I Participate if I am not from CUET?
=> Yes you can. “A Spiritual Space” is an Inter University Design Competition. Meaning any Undergraduate Student of Architecture of any University of Bangladesh can participate.

3. Do I need to Register Before?
=> No need. You will only register when you are Ready to Submit your project.

4. How to Register?
=> When you are ready to submit your project, Send us the Entry fee via bkash. Then send us the doc file containing necessary information and the images of your project (maximum 10) via email. That’s it!

5. What to send if I want to do the project by hand drawings?
=> Simple! Scan the drawings and make jpeg files (maximum 10). Then send it according to registration process. Remember only digital submission is allowed. So email only.

6. How to submit via email?
=> The submission may include any necessary drawings such as
plans, sections, elevations, perspectives, rendered images etc all
in jpeg/jpg/pdf format. The jpg/jpeg/pdf files must not contain any
kinds of identity i.e. Name, University Name, ID No. etc. of the
individual.
-The limit of jpeg files is maximum 10 per entry.
-The submission must also include a docx/doc file containing the followings:
i. Participant’s name/Groupmates’ name
ii. Name of the University
iii. Current Semester No (I.e. : For Level 4 Term 1 write “4/1” )
iv. Email Address
v. Contact no.
vi. Transaction id of bkash
vi. A Suitable title and description about the project within 500 words.

-Compress all files in a .zip format
-Upload it in google drive and send to
cuet.archday.2019@gmail.com (with link sharing to anyone)
-The Subject of the mail Should be : ASP_Your Names_ University
Name
i.e. : ASP_Samiul Haque_CUET
or for Group : ASP_Samiul Haque_Anika Ishmam_CUET

7. How do I send the Entry Fee?
=>Entry fee is 200 BDT (+10tk bKash charge)
-Choose the “Send Money” option and Send the money to +8801674894854 or +8801761228228. Type “Competition Fee” in the Reference Option.
Please give a call to the number after payment to confirm.

CONTEXT contributors: Sanjida Hasan, Student, DoA, CUET