School of Architecture, Building & Design(SABD) Student Society: March 2010

HEY EVERYONE!

It's that time of the year again: The Booth Competition is back.

That's right, the time the Student Council starts to bug you to join in the fun is here... again.

To top it off there has been some changes to the competition this year, so please bear with us while we take longer to explain all the details.

But!

Aren't you all excited?

Because this year there is the addition of the Special-MYSTERY-Bonus Prize, besides the RM 700 cash prize! (However to build anticipation, it shall not be explained right at this moment, so yes, you do have to read on).

Besides the awesome new prize, the winning booth will not just be displayed in One Utama but it will also be exhibited during PAM Camp 2010. That's right folks; if you win you'd be able to show off your mad designing skills to the public as well as all the other architecture students in Malaysia. (Don't try to pretend like you don't like showing off, because what kind of design student will you be if you refuse a chance to show the rest of the world that you are, in fact better than them).

In line with this year's PAM Camp's theme 'Archustic', our booth competition will also be having a sound based theme: Onomatopoeia.

If you haven't heard of this word, then pull out a dictionary.

All you have to do now is join in the fun!

PS: Remember the cash prize and the Special-MYSTERY-Bonus Prize as well as your chance to show off without getting all those dirty looks.

Now read on for further details:

Theme:

Onomatopoeia, which is the use of words that seem to imitate the sounds they refer to; or any combination of words in which the sound gives the impression of echoing the sense.

Participants may choose to visually express sounds, or vice versa; or interpret and derive other design concepts based on this theme.

Competition Stages:

Stage 1: Conceptual designs of booths in the form of A3 sketches, with relevant information and design intentions.

Stage 2: Top 5 winning groups will produce detailed drawings (elevations, plan, sections), either hand drawn, or with the aid of AutoCAD, 3DMax, etc. with a 1:10 scale. A prototype model conforming to the same scale must also be produced. Each group will be given 10 minutes to convey their message.

Stage 3: Final winning team will construct a 1:1 scale model in conjunction with the PAM Camp exhibition.

Timeline:

Registration closing: 7 April 2010*

Competition stage 1: 16 April 2010*

Competition stage 2: 7 May 2010*

Rules and Regulations:

Participating groups must consist of 3 to 5 students. The competition is opened to all SABD students, thus a mixture of students from FNBE, DAT, DID, DQS, and BSc, is encouraged.
A MYSTERY Bonus prize will be given should the final winning team consist of students from different divisions of SABD.
Registration can be made through respective semester/ course representatives:

FNBE: Kartigha 012-2478706

DAT/DID:

Sem 3: Julian Wong 017-6331938

Sem 4: Shauwn Koh 016-4213189

Sem 5/6: Yee Shuian 012-3930422

DQS/ DCM:Christopher Lai 012-3785979

BSc: Carol Lee 012-9101445

Registration fee of RM 2 per participant must be paid upon registration.
Booth must represent Taylor's University College (i. e. use of SABD/ Taylor's logo).
Booth design must relate to the theme, design concept is subject to student's interpretation.
Maximum space area for booth is 2.5m x 2.5m x 2.5m, while minimum is 2m x 2m x 2m. Final model need not make full use of space.
The booth must function as a structure to display at least 15 students' works (models, storyboards, and other promotional materials, subject to designer's creativity).
Materials used should be cost effective and readily available.
Winning team will construct the 1:1 scale model using the RM 400 cash prize, while the remaining RM 700 cash prize will be given after completion of final model.
Clarity and neatness of submission is up to own discretion, but must be able to communicate ideas of booth design.

Prize:

Grand prize: RM 700 cash prize (and RM 400 cash to build final model), feature in SABD blog, SABD merchandises, certificates ( and additional MYSTERY Bonus prize should the team consist of students from different divisions of SABD).