A new challenge for tomorrow's AEC design professionals
The Challenge Cup
The Challenge Cup; a team challenge designed to discover the next generation of young built environment design professionals that will help to propel the industry into an innovative future.
Each year select Universities are invited to participate in “The Challenge Cup”. With aspiring students from each University representing the Architectural, Engineering and other AEC design streams to form collaborative and cross disciplinary teams of between 4 to 6 students.
The prize
The Challenge Cup
$10,000.00 AUD
$3,000.00 AUD
$2,000.00 AUD
Finalist teams and selected competition presentation highlights will be showcased at the prefabAUS conference along with prizes being awarded to the winning team and to the 2nd & 3rd placed teams!
The Challenge
The inaugural competition will address the shortage of affordable housing in Australia with offsite construction and prefabrication solutions being ideally placed to develop affordable housing solutions that meet a cost-effective relocation requirement.
The competition’s design concept will address the building life cycle cost equation. With teams instructed to design solutions for a multi-level building design that can be readily modified, delivered in multiple configurations and with maximum flexibility to accommodate more than one façade type. Thus providing for a solution that will be responsive to various site locations over a 50-year period.
The BriefKey Dates
The year ahead...
• Competition commencement
• Online Competition Q&A portal opens
• University team nominations close
• Online Competition Q&A portal closes, final requests must be received by 4pm AEST
• Online Competition Q&A portal final post uploaded by 4pm AEST
• Competition submission deadline 4pm AEST
• 4 finalist teams announced
• 4 finalist teams to deliver an online presentation
- Finalist presentation at the prefabAUS 2020 Conference (Melbourne)
- Competition results announced
- Finalist teams and selected Competition Presentation highlights showcased at the Conference Networking Function held after the close of Conference Day session
