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WELCOME TO MOCK FIRMS STUDENT-BASED INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITIONS
MOCK FIRMS COMPETITION MAY 3 & 4, 2012
"VERSATILITY" Already more than a decade into the 21st century, changes in technology are occurring so rapidly that one can feel like they are standing in a rushing stream of information and innovation. Yet, within the fields of architecture, construction and engineering, current economic conditions have down-scaled projects around the globe, However, in spite of the adverse financial climate which continues to hang like a gray cloud overhead, positive developments have come about in the design\build industry out of our need for better discipline in design. Purposeful research and greater public awareness have brought an intense focus on sustainability, adaptability and “versatility.” Versatility is defined as having varied uses or serving many functions or capable of or adapted for turning easily from one to another of various tasks, fields of endeavor, etc. Tall buildings, for one, are being re-imagined as vertical communities with multi-use spaces and functions able to serve evolving needs and changing desires throughout its lifetime. With this in mind, “Versatility” was chosen as the theme for the 2012 Mock Firms International Skyscraper Competition.
ABOUT THE COMPETITION Entering its 4th year, the Chicago-based Mock Firms Architectural Competition is already highly regarded on the landscape of student-based design competitions. The Mock Firms model aims to help facilitate the formation and function of simulated-architectural design firms by collegiate and secondary school students. The desired outcome is to foster collaborative and cooperative educational experiences which may better prepare participants for a workplace environment which values these and similar values. This competitive event continues to bring together some of the best and brightest talent from the U.S. and around the world. Additionally, these future design professionals are given the unique opportunity to interact with the industry's leading design\build professionals as they pitch their design concepts directly to them receiving immediate feedback and evaluation of their work.
THE VENUE FOR FINAL PRESENTATIONS Chicago, Illinois will be the site of the 2012 Mock Firms Competition final presentations. The tentative location for this event is the Congress Hotel and Plaza Convention Center on beautiful and historic Michigan Avenue.
DESIGN OBJECTIVE To organize a “mock” design\build firm for the purposes of conceiving, coordinating, constructing and commercializing a mixed-use tall building or single-family residence which accommodates senior-living for the appropriate designated venues.
2012 PROJECT SITE DESIGNATIONS Beijing, China has been selected as the site for the Collegiate Division of the Int'l Skyscraper Challenge Detroit, Michigan has been selected as the site for the High School division of the Nat'l Skyscraper Challenge
QUALIFYING PARTICIPANTS To qualify for participation in the 2012 Mock Firms Competition,
CHANGES FOR 2012! Firms can take advantage of an additional partner (a possible total of 5 student participants) Preliminary sketches will NOT be required for registration, but are to be included in materials submitted for final presentations.
ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPDATES Mock Firms Welcomes First Time Participants!
Naperville North H.S., Naperville, Illinois Waubonsie Valley H.S., Aurora, Illinois St. Charles North H.S., St. Charles, Illinois Klein Forest H.S., Houston, Texas North Oconee H.S., Bogart, Georgia
We Also Welcome Returning Participants!
White Knoll H.S., Lexington, South Carolina North Mecklenburg H.S., Huntersville, North Carolina Bolingbrook H.S., Bolingbrook, Illinois Lemont H.S., Lemont, Illinois
IMPORTANT! Design Parameter Update for Regional Home Design Division Please follow link to Regional Home Design Info for specifics
DATES AND DEADLINES Note: Events and dates scheduled for listed events are subject to change
Late Registration & Proposal Deadline - Now thru Mar 3, 2012 Video Presentations - April 14, 2012 Project Deadline for Non-attendees - April 20, 2012 Media Publication Inclusions - April 6, 2012 Project Presentation - Friday, May 4, 2012
In order to qualify for participation in the Mock Firms competitions, entrants must submit among other stated criteria a project proposal. This proposal is a preliminary declaration of the scope and direction of your desired building project. We are not looking for details at this stage as we know things of this nature are to be worked through an ongoing design process. We are seeking a rudimentary approach to what kind of design team you may be looking to assemble in order to accomplish competition objectives. Additionally, we desire to gage your initial perspective on the overall scope and direction of your design concept. This report is to be viewed only as a summary of possibilities and intent and will not be used to tie any "firm" to its content in the final analysis. Our hope is that each design partner or team give purposeful thought to their plan of action even that those plans evolve into something almost entirely different from what was present at the outset. To this end, we are asking for a 1 - 3 page, 1.5 or 2x spaced brief which includes a tentative firm name, possible individual project team titles (responsibilities) needed, why you and your firm are taking on this commission, name and dominate program of your building (if it will be the skyscraper project), intentions of incorporation of sustainable principles and consultation you may seek (i.e. teacher, professors, professionals, etc). This report should accompany registration but can be sent separately up to January 6, 2012. If you will be registering later in March and would like to submit this report at that time, please email your request to info@mockfirms.org
LINK TO COLLEGIATE INTERNATIONAL SKYSCRAPER COMPETITION LINK TO H. S. NATIONAL SKYSCRAPER COMPETITION LINK TO H. S. REGIONAL HOME DESIGN INFO
The Tallest 20 in 2020: Entering the Era of the Megatall Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat announces the projected world’s tallest 20 skyscrapers in the year 2020
Chicago – December 8, 2011
As we started the 21st century, just
11 short years ago, the Petronas Towers held the
title of “The World’s Tallest” at 452 meters
(1,483 feet) in height. Taipei 101 took the
title in 2004, at 508 meters (1,667 feet).Then,
at the end of the decade, the Burj Khalifa set
new standards at 828 meters (2,717 feet) – over
half a mile high. Now, with work set to start
on-site in January 2012 for Jeddah’s 1,000+
meter Kingdom Tower (see Figure 2), we can
expect that in a mere two decades (2000–2020)
the height of the “World’s Tallest Building”
will have more than doubled. The Tallest 20 in 2020 study ultimately underlines a now well-known fact: the skyscraper is here to stay. Shortly after 9/11, many predicted the death of the tall building, but as the study shows, skyscrapers are increasing in number, height, and diversity. The ever-increasing and rapidly urbanizing global population will continue to drive cities higher.
Not long ago, building height was primarily
restricted by structural limitations. In the
late 1800s, Chicago’s Monadnock Building
demonstrated the maximum height achievable with
a masonry structure while still providing an
economically feasible space efficiency. Over the
19th century, many advances in the fields of
structure, construction, and transportation (to
name a few) allowed for a steady increase in
building height. Now, the tremendous heights
being achieved globally demonstrate that many of
the physical constraints that once restricted
height have been broken. The question for
humanity is thus no longer “how high can we
build?” but “how high should we build?” With
every increase in height, there are energy
implications in the construction, maintenance,
and occupation of a building. Additionally, with
added height comes less space efficiency, as
structural members and service cores increase to
service the increased height of the building. At
what point are the significant benefits of
increased density provided by building tall
overtaken by the energy repercussions of height?
This elusive figure is most certainly affected
by the technologies of the day. Half a century
ago, a megatall would have been considered
possible only within a dream. It is now a
reality. Is it not possible that we could soon
see the emergence of a zero-energy megatall?
Just as we pushed the structural boundaries of
height, we must now continue to push the
boundaries of environmental engineering in order
to progress the tall typology. For, as
skyscrapers continue to multiply, their effect
on our cities – visually, urbanistically, and
environmentally – continues to increase
exponentially.
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