Ammodo Architecture Award for Social Architecture Instructions

Eligibility: Architects, urban planners, landscape architects, collectives, or multidisciplinary design teams
Project Completion Period: January 2020 – December 2023

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Application Process Overview:

Start by thoroughly reviewing the submission form.

Nominate self-initiated or commissioned buildings or spatial projects.
Ensure your project aligns with socially and ecologically responsible architecture principles.

Prepare a plan for a project to be funded by the award money.
Fill out the submission form accurately with all required details.

Eligibility Check:

Ensure your project falls within the socially and ecologically responsible architecture category.

Verify that your project is a completed medium or large building or spatial project between January 2020 and December 2023.
Review the assessment criteria outlined in the document ‘WhatWe Value’ to confirm your project’s alignment.

Oeuvre Submission:

List at least three projects from your portfolio that demonstrate dedication to socially and ecologically responsible architecture.

Include project names, years, and locations for each project in your oeuvre submission.

Administrator Details:
Determine who will be the administrator for the application. Theadministrator can be a legal entity or a natural person. If applying as a collective or multidisciplinary team, ensure the architect, urban planner, or landscape architect involved acts as the administrator.

Prior to submitting your application, it is helpful to thoroughly educate yourself by reviewing the submission form. The submission form consists of the following sections:

Start here

Category: 3. Ammodo Architecture Award for Social Architecture

The AAA for Social Architecture encourages outstanding architects by rewarding excellent socially and ecologically responsible architecture.

Nominate: self-initiated or commissioned buildings or spatial projects. Completed between January 2020 and December 2023.
Award: 2 x € 150,000

Recipient: architect, urban planner, landscape architect, collective or multidisciplinary design- team.
Expenses: the prize money is to be used by the recipient to fund a project in the field of socially and ecologically responsible architecture which shall be proposed in a plan that is part of your submission. The proposed project has to be carried out under the administrator’s supervision and should meet the objectives outlined in ‘What We Value’.

Entry name: (project name)
Applicant: (choose from) architect, urban planner, landscape architect, collective or multidisciplinary design- team

Name Applicant:
Name collective (if relevant):

Eligibility

Is your project in the field of socially and ecologically responsible architecture?
Is your Project a completed (medium or large) building or spatial project?
Was your project completed between January 2020 and December 2023?
Does your project meet the assessment criteria as outlined in the document ‘What We Value’?
Are you an architect, urban planner, landscape architect, collective or multidisciplinary design team?
Can you present an oeuvre which showcase a strong dedication and involvement in the field of socially and ecologically responsible architecture? (In addition to the individual qualities of the projects, an oeuvre means in this context a series of coherent projects with and a clear signature or character. The series must include at least four projects.)
Will the award money of € 150,000 enable you to achieve your ambition to pursue socially and ecologically responsible architectural projects?

Oeuvre

Please name at least three projects from your portfolio that showcase a strong dedication and involvement in the field of socially and ecologically responsible architecture (excluding the submitted project):

Name project; Year; Location
Name project; Year; Location
Name project; Year; Location

If this does not apply to you as an applicant, please navigate back to the ‘start here’ tab and select the category Social Engagement or Local Scale.

Link to portfolio: (optional) (Can be the same link as for the website)

Details administrator

Below you can determine who will be the administrator for this application. The administrator is the applicant or is part of the applicant team and submits the entry form on behalf of the applicant. The administrator can be a legal entity or a natural person.

Note: that if the applicant is a collective or multidisciplinary design- team, the architect, urban planner or landscape architect involved, must be the administrator.

In case the award is granted to your project:

Ammodo will ask the administrator to provide additional information, such as an ID copy and copy of a bank statements, and additional information related to the proposed project,

The administrator shall confirm in writing that they are bound by the Ammodo Architecture Award Regulations and by the plan for the proposed project,
Ammodo will distribute the prize money attached to the award to the administrator, and
the administrator will account to Ammodo for the progress and completion of the proposed project and the expenditure of the prize money.

Is the Administrator an Individual (natural person) or legal entity?
Individual (natural person): (if applicable)

Name: (Please include both the first name and last name. If the prize is awarded to this project, additional identification will be required, including the submission of a copy of the passport.) (If the applicant is a collective or multidisciplinary design- team, the architect, urban planner or landscape architect involved, must be the administrator.)
Address:

City:
Country:
Phone number: (Contact details (of project lead))

Email: (Contact details (of project lead))
Bank account: (If the prize is awarded to this project, confirmation should be provided by submitting a bank statement for the designated bank account.)
Legal entity: (if applicable)

Named entity:

What is the legal form of the entity?

Address entity:

City entity:
Country entity:
Phone number entity:

Bank account entity: (If the prize is awarded to this project, confirmation should be provided by submitting a bank statement for the designated bank account.)

Who is authorized to sign on behalf of the entity?
Name: (Please include both the first name and last name. If the prize is awarded to this project, additional identification will be required, including the submission of a copy of the passport.) (If the applicant is a collective or multidisciplinary design- team, the architect, urban planner or landscape architect involved, must be the administrator.)

Function and title:

Name: (optional) (Fill this in if there are multiple authorized persons. Please include both the first name and last name.)

Function and Title: (optional)

Phone number: (Contact details (of project lead)

Email: (Contact detail (of project lead))
Extract chamber of commerce: (Please upload an extract from the chamber of commerce for the administrator (or from the trade / business register in the country where the administrator is established.)

Project details

Project title:
Project region: (Select a region) Africa, Asia, Europe, North and Central America, South America or Southeast Asia and Oceania
Project location:

Country: Project year, completed in: (choose from) 2020, 2021, 2022 or 2023 Commissioned by:
Building area (m²): (Gross area)
Land area (m²): (optional) (total covered)

Project description (250 words): (If you receive an award this text will be placed on the AAA website.)
Project image (one image): (Upload a photograph in JPEG format that best represents your project. Renders and computer-generated images are not allowed. File size should not exceed 10MB.)

Criteria description

The assessment of the submissions, including the plan for the proposed project, by the advisory committee, takes place on the basis of the assessment criteria as laid down in the document ‘What We Value’.

We value how teams and projects use excellent design skills as the primary tool to support social and ecological responsibility. We encourage an integrated approach, while acknowledging that no project will address all values equally.

Please describe your approach to social engagement. How does your team and the project engage with and empower communities? (max. 300 words)
(Suggested themes include but are not limited to community involvement, cultural expression, wellbeing and health, economic vitality, resilience in times of disaster and conflict.)
Please describe your approach to ecological responsiveness. How does your team and the project consider environmental impact? (max. 300 words)
(Suggested themes include but are not limited to regeneration, adaptability, biodiversity, local and nature-based resources, (low-)technological innovation, circular building and reuse.)

Please describe your approach to design aesthetics. How does your team and the project achieve aesthetic quality? (max. 300 words)
(Suggested themes include but are not limited to craftsmanship, materials, spatial experience (beauty, affection, perception) and inventive typology. If relevant you may refer to the images of your project.)
Please describe your approach to the exemplary process. How does your team and the project inspire the profession and reimagine the reality of the practice? (max. 300 words)
(Suggested themes include but are not limited to new professional direction, innovative collaboration, cross-regional partnership, policy changes, prototypical value and scalability.)
Please describe your approach to a diverse architectural practice. How does your team and the project address social, ecological and economic inequalities? (max.300 words)
(Suggested themes include but are not limited to diverse representation, equality, mutual respect and a balanced team of built-environment professionals in relation to the building assignments. If relevant you may refer to other projects from your portfolio.)

Project Focus:
Not all values can be equally represented. Which of this values are most prominently emphasized within this project? (choose from)

Social Engagement
Ecological Responsiveness

Design Aesthetics
Exemplary Process
Plural Practice

Project team

Architect (team): (Within your practice) name and function (if applicable) Urban planner (team): (Within your practice) name and function (if applicable) Landscape architect (team): (Within your practice) name and function (if applicable)
Collective: (Within your collective) name and function (if applicable) Multidisciplinary design-team: (Within your practice) name and function (if applicable)
Project team (all members): name, function, and company/office

Team or Project Website:

Please introduce your team (150 words).
(Suggested topics include vision, mission and experience. If you receive an award this text will be shared on the AAA website.)
Team or project website: (optional)
Link to portfolio: (Can be the same link as for the website)

Attachments project

Attachments information
Please submit the images following the specified requirements outlined below. If your project is selected to win an award these images will be used to showcase the project on the AAA website.

Material may be supplied as follows:

Upload JPEG or PDF files. Maximum file size is 5MB per piece. A maximum of 16 pieces can be uploaded with your entry.
Video attachments may be hosted on a video site such as YouTube or Vimeo.
Please do not upload any further written material as the judges will not consider these. The written component of your entry should be fully explained within the provided form fields.

If available, you may also upload one video of a maximum of two minutes. This video will only be viewed if your project is shortlisted.

Requirements

Please upload a maximum of ten images, including at least two exterior pictures, two interior pictures and two close-ups (six required).

Please upload a maximum of six architectural plans and drawings, including at least one site plan, one floorplan and one section (three required).

16 attachment (minimum 6 required)

Plan

The prize money is to be used by the recipient to fund a proposed plan. The regulations for the Ammodo Architecture Award 2024 (‘the Regulations’) set out the conditions attached to the Award, including how it can be spent. The project plan must be drawn up in accordance with these conditions. The project plan will be evaluated on the criteria outlined in the document ‘What We Value’.

In accordance with the Regulations, the prize money:

should be used by the winner to finance a project in the field of social and ecological architecture;
should be used for a new project, including research, publication, exhibition, building or spatial project, installation or pavilion;

should be used for new expenses;
may be spent on salary, construction costs, costs for materials, exhibition costs, education costs, rental costs that are supportive of the proposed plan;
may not be used to finance overheads or other costs which are not directly incurred as a result of the proposed project.

Plan format

Title plan project:
Field(s) of focus: (multiple options can be selected)
- Social Engagement
- Ecological Responsiveness
- Design Aesthetics
- Exemplary Process
- Plural Practice
Please describe the proposed project, including how the objectives outlined in ‘What We Value’ are met by the project (max. 500 words). (The description provides an explanation of how you plan to execute your project and the desired outcomes you wish to achieve.)

Please describe the expenses required to implement the plan: (If the prize is awarded to this project, a budget for the proposed project, specifying the cost items and the capital requirements on an annual basis, shall be provided to Ammodo.)
Please describe a timeline for the completion of the proposed with a maximum project period of five years after award announcement. (max 100 words).
If the project is carried out by multiple persons and/or entities, please explain their respective roles: Name and role(s)

Attachments plan

Upload here supporting image(s), drawing(s) or picture(s) that visually support your plan (optional).

Material may be supplied as follows:

Upload JPEG, PNG or PDF files. Maximum file size is 5MB per piece.

Video attachments may be hosted on a video site such as YouTube or Vimeo.
Please do not upload any further written material as the judges will not consider these. The written component of your plan should be fully explained within the provided form fields.
If available, you may also upload one video of a maximum of two minutes.

Confirmation

I confirm that:
By submitting this entry form and uploading any documents and (visual) materials, you, as the administrator:

accept the Ammodo Architecture Award Regulations and confirm to be bound by these Regulations,
confirm that you have completed this entry form fully and truthfully and that you are authorised to submit this form on behalf of the applicant,

confirm that you are responsible for (the creation of) the project as submitted,
accept and acknowledge that Ammodo has the right to request additional information, which will be provided by you at the first request (see also the Ammodo Architecture Award Regulations, Article 14),
hereby provide to Ammodo a perpetual and irrevocable license, free of charge, to use any of the uploaded documents and/or (visual) materials for (among other things) Ammodo’ websites, social media and any other marketing and/or promotion purposes,

confirm that if your project is granted an award:
- you will provide further documentation and (financial and legal) information (such as a copy of your passport and bank statements) to Ammodo within six (6) weeks as set out in the Ammodo Architecture Award Regulations (Article 9.3),
- you will reasonably cooperate with requests by Ammodo for one or more interviews and/or reports following the announcement of the award,
- you will comply with the monitoring and evaluation requirements as laid down in the Ammodo Architecture Award Regulations (Article 12).

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FAQ

Q: Can I apply if my project was completed before January 2020?
A: No, only projects completed between January 2020 and December 2023 are eligible for this award.

Q: Is there a limit to the number of projects I can nominate?
A: You can nominate multiple projects as long as they meet the eligibility criteria and align with socially and ecologically responsible architecture principles.

Documents / Resources

Ammodo Architecture Award for Social Architecture [pdf] Instructions
Architecture Award for Social Architecture, Award for Social Architecture, for Social Architecture, Social Architecture, Architecture

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