TOTAL PRIZE MONEY INR 200,000 15" JULY - 20" OCT, 2020Written & Conceptualised by Arindam Das and Ajinkya Salunkhe Religion occupies a very vast place in our lives and has played a formative role in the shaping of our society through centuries. in lot of cultures, it has acted as a guiding factor for their socio-cultural systems of faith and worship. Every religion has a set of organised beliefs and practices, which is usually shared by a whole community or group of people. It provides a sense of ultimacy and transcendence for the rest of your life and beyond. There are thousands of religions in the world which are all different from one another in some aspect or the other but what makes them similar is the presence of Architecture specially designed for religious expression. -Sacral Architecture Throughout history, we have seen Architecture being expressed most profoundly in religious spaces, and this has allowed them to become influential places in every society. It concerns the design and construction of places of worship or sacred spaces, such as churches, mosques, stupas, synagogues, temples etc. The absolute and most prominent design works since the beginning of time have been at the service of religion, driven by the need to develop spaces where mankind could be one bit nearer to a higher power. One thing that is common to all Sacral Architecture is that they are meant to exude certain qualities that evokes a sense of timelessness, and reinforces a sense of faith and belief in visitors. Participate on www.archdais.comRECREATE THE SAME QUALITII Pee y OTs Religion plays a huge part in the world's political and socio - cultural discourse and in his book, Transcending Architecture, Julio Bermudez claims that “Architecture has the ability to turn geometric proportions into shivers, stone into tears, rituals into revelation, light into grace, space into contemplation, and time into divine presence.” *TOWARDS A CHANGE We live in an age of reason and constant change. Religion today is mostly used Participate on www.archdais.com as a tool for political gain in almost all the major nations, religious leaders sometimes taking on the role of cheerleaders for political ideologies, and this has pushed it towards an inevitable decline. We see a considerable increase in the number of people who do not identify themselves to an organized religion, and instead affiliating themselves as having no religion. These so-called “Nones” consists of a set of people who subscribe to larger humane concerns in the world today and are of the overwhelming belief that we should all be ‘open’ to diversity and equality. Although their attraction to religion has decreased, they still believe in ‘values’ and ‘personal faith’. They are more accepting of the fact that religious ideas are on the decline and that notion of a supreme higher force or extraordinary power will in the end become a relic of times gone by. This idea of personal Faith has detached itself from religion for the better and in many places all over the world, it's role in public life is ontherise.Itis thus paramount for us to rethink the architecture of sacred spaces in new light and reconsider its many possibilities. People across the world have developed highly individualized, institutionally unsupported ways of worship and sacred spaces are no longer exclusively in the realm of religion and have become much more secular in nature. There is a change in the perception of secularism from its strictest sense as well. The new ‘Secular’ does not necessarily mean having a control over religion anymore, but instead it points towards the managing of diversities. It acts as an umbrella for future ideas that brings together synergies rather than isolate communities. Se aaa tS VAUD Tey Tag ge Ta Crete arate Participate on www.archdais.com. SUT NED g SO SR aa wy* OPPORTUNITY With more people choosing this new lifestyle now more than ever, it is necessary to acknowledge this move towards creating areligious and secular spaces that hold no religious biases- A Place of Faith. There has to be a push to understand what qualities these spaces should convey—timelessness, awe, silence and devotion, what Louis Kahn called the “immeasurable” and Le Corbusier called the “ineffable” and understand if they are still relevant. As Architects, we have a massive opportunity to reimagine and design a new typology of space that encompasses the ideas of the sacred, evokes the same emotions and beliefs and has the ability to reinforce the idea of Secular or personal faith, without any religious connotations BUM ote eo laser d destined to become an icon for the entire world and should be an expression Ole Talal lel Sona(o(n It should not be inclined or partial to any one particular faith, at the same MCs tact Rear Clem seessel Teme te Pr Mecen (9 col|-ta RE Nae ium unimunets tener age c: society can benefit from. Image Source: Pinterest j j ‘NON BIASED) — 8 0 Participate on www.archdai:The physical requirement for the participants is to design a Place of Faith that acts as a sanctuary for the secular world. The physical manifestation of this is open to interpretation. We encourage the participants to develop their program themselves. In simplistic terms, the aim is imagining a space thatis Sacrosanct*, The people who come here will remain true to their own religion, continue to draw from its power, and engage in peaceable dialogue with one another and with members of the world’s secular population. Participants have to reimagine a typology of space that draws clues from traditional sacred architecture and explore the qualitative aspects of it rather than just the form making. The competition aims to strengthen the secular beliefs of the community and celebrate diversity through design. The design should exude completeness and a feeling of oneness between humans and nature through the medium of faith and must be Qualitative, Atmospheric and Experiential. The emphasis should be on the need for all of humanity to come together and realise that we are connected in ways that we didn’t know before and all our boundaries are a creation of our societal prejudices and ways. Participants are encouraged to look at it as an experiment and not rely on past precedents. The architectural expression could be anything that a participant deems fit and there are no restrictions in terms of scale, heights etc. Participate on www.archdais.com er lccrUlag (especially of a principle, place, or routine) regarded as RM rc neta enlace han Reta cM are Uce Oe Maa) Com Cole Gare oL Cg) Lalo Ld oraleATMOSPHERIC EXPERIENTIAL ese Neal) aS Programme: com Participants must design the project for a minimum of 250 visitors at a time, and the minimum site area should be 0.5 acres (2500 sqm), with a ground coverage allowance of 50%. The Place of Faith must have a common prayer hall for all users, Library and Learning spaces and community gathering spaces (for meals, congregations). The project must be treated as a community common, completely public in nature. Participants are encouraged to add to the programme as deemed fit with a strong reasoning. The proposed design is expected to have a mix of open and semi open spaces and other technical considerations like services, parking can be SH SELECTION Since the idea and practice of faith is a very personal one that is bound by circumstance and shaped through context, there is no specific site for this project. Participants are free to choose sites that will justify the design objectives and have the maximum impact. Participants must choose site with any context that is accessible and allows the design to become a Participate on www.archd: hallmark for society. The design must be integrated into the site's context.We invite everyone, irrespective of their professions or qualifications, to join the competition and present their ideas. Participants are free to submit multiple entries but each entry needs to be registered by a separate email ID. Alongside individual entries, team entries are also allowed. A team can have a maximum of three participants. Interdisciplinary teams are also welcome to join. There is no age limit, however, entrants under 18 years of age must be Individual lead or entered by someone over the age of 18. or 2 Members or 3 Members INR 125,000 INR 50,000 INR 25,000 CERTIFICATE + PUBLICATION CERTIFICATE + PUBLICATION CERTIFICATE + PUBLICATION + 15 HONOURABLE MENTIONS CERTIFICATE + PUBLICATION All the participants will receive participation certificates irrespective of winning. All the winning entries will be published on archdais website and other media platforms W Participate on www.archdais.comARCHITECTURAL EXPRESSION The proposal is original, exciting and has the potential to effect positive change. X-FACTOR The proposal displays exceptional creativity , innovation in design and problem solving. COMPLETENESS All the requirements of the challenge have been met and incorporated into the proposal, REPRESENTATION Creatively presenting the design on the sheet, presentation has to be seamless. ALL DEADLINES ARE 11:59 PM IST Pe a) INR 2000 USD 60 $ cusvefob 15*JULY-5" SEPT 06" oct-20" oct 15" DECEMBER 2020 tseaTins ASTNTONS ANNOUNCEMENT e STANDARD SUBMISSION REGISTRATIONS DEADLINE 06° SEPT-5° oct 30" 0cT 2020 INDIAN | FOREIGN INR 1500 USD 45 $ ica fob Participate on www.archdais.comThe Proposal to be presented on One Landscape Oriented A1 Sheet. Teamcode (UIC) to be mentioned on the Top Right-Hand corner of the sheet. Proposal MUST NOT include ANY INFORMATION (name, Organization, School etc.) that may give away your identity. All text must be in ENGLISH, with a MAXIMUM of 250 WORDS for project explanation. Proposal may be presented using any technique of your choice (sketches, diagrams, 3D visualizations, model photos, CAD drawings, etc.) All dimensions should be imperial or metric unit. teamcone | @ JPEG of your project must be submitted via email to: submission@archdais.com Al @ TEAMCODE must be the subject of the Email. 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