IOC IPC IAKS Architecture and Design Award for Students and Young Professionals 2023 , Köln / Deutschland

 

The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities (IAKS) are committed to advocating for excellence in the visioning, design and operation of fully inclusive and universally accessible indoor and outdoor facilities.

 

Identifying and promoting trends for transforming communities and urban areas into places of active living as well as building sustainable facilities is at the core of this international competition.

 

As part of their commitment to excellence, the three organizations are inviting submissions for the IOC IPC IAKS 2023 Architecture and Design Award for Students and Young Professionals for innovative ideas, designs and concepts for sports, leisure and recreational facilities.

 

The goal of enhancing the human experience and appreciation of sports, leisure and recreation and the need to ensure equal, dignified and functional access to sport and leisure facilities are fundamental to the IOC, IPC and IAKS.

 

This includes access for all citizens, regardless of their physical abilities, as well as the protection of the environment through skilful design, the use of materials, and creativity. Achieving the global sustainability goals and adaption to the consequences of climate change are also part of this mission.

 

For many cities aspiring to become healthy places with pleasant living conditions, sports, leisure and recreational facilities are becoming increasingly important. In their strategy to promote youth and to safeguard and promote access to sport and leisure for all members of the community regardless of physical, sensory or intellectual limitations, the IOC, the IPC and the IAKS are calling on young architects and designers to dedicate their enthusiasm and imagination in the creation of areas and spaces for active life-styles.

 

It is the shared aspiration of the IOC, IPC and IAKS for young architects who create sporting environments for all citizens at an early stage in their career will continue this practice in later years so that inclusive design becomes second nature to them.

 

The IAKS is responsible for the organization and staging of the competition.

 

Eligible to enter the competition is any kind of design work that focuses on the creation of spaces and areas to be used for sports and leisure activities in the broadest sense. The design strategy must encourage youth to practise sport. By bringing sports activities to young people, e.g. in their urban environments, the project should aim at creating a high sports legacy.

 

The Award aims at students in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, interior design and general design, and at young professionals in their first two years of professional practice. All participants must be under the age of 30 years at the date of the submission deadline.

 

Submissions coming from young professionals must not be part of design projects from professional teams or design firms.

 

Each participant must submit a copy of his / her student matriculation document or a copy of his / her diploma. Each participant must also send a list of his / her submitted documents and a declaration that he / she is entering the competition, with details of his / her place of residence.

 

The IAKS is entitled to disqualify any submission which does not conform to the mandatory requirements for the competition.

 

Submission deadline: 30th April 2023, 24:00 h Berlin time

Results announcement: end of July 2023

Awards ceremony: 24 October 2023