purpose

The "Best Engineering Diploma of the Year" prize is awarded jointly by the Architecture Students Scientific Association of the Technical University of Łódź "IX Piętro" and the Łódź branch of the Association of Polish Architects for the best engineering diploma project to graduates of the following courses: architecture (including interior design), spatial management or spatial planning, realized at universities located in Łódź.

terms and conditions

The competition is a one-stage competition, addressed to those who have received an engineering degree from a university located in Lodz.

Submitted works must have been defended within the last two calendar years in the field of architecture (including interior architecture) and urban planning or spatial planning. Works can be submitted only once.

The subject of the submitted work should be a design task developed by a single graduate student. Submission of works made by a team of authors of diplomas is allowed conditionally in justified cases.

Submission of the work to the competition is made by sending a summary of the work, the opinion of the promoter or reviewer and a scan of the participation card signed by the author of the submitted work.

The work submitted to the competition consists of a summary of the thesis, including the author's presentation of the thesis, containing selected material covering the most important aspects of the thesis, developed on up to two boards (each 100 × 70 cm) in a horizontal layout, and an abbreviated description on up to two A4 pages - contained in files of no more than 25 MB each.

The boards in the field of architecture should include the design of land development, projections of the most significant floors and elevations or views of the developed object in a scale and technique that allows reading the idea of the project. All works should also show the broader
context of the design intervention.

Eligible to submit and submit theses for the competition are:

• promoters,
• reviewers,
• diploma committee or other collegial bodies established at the university, participating in the process of evaluating diploma theses, resulting in the awarding of the diploma of architectural engineering,
• diploma students.

awards

The main criterion for evaluating diploma theses submitted for the Award is the outstanding architectural and urban design values of the project and their significance in the process of spatial shaping of the human living environment. The works submitted to the competition will be evaluated in terms of the following criteria:

• value of spatial, functional and utilitarian solutions,
• ideological value,
• impact on shaping the environment,
• innovativeness and technical level of the presented solutions,
• artistic values of the work.

Solutions to environmental and energy issues of the designed object will also be taken into account, as well as the use of the latest tools supporting the designer's work (for example, BIM). The recalled aspects of the evaluation of works are not equal elements, valuing works in an equal way. Due to their thematic diversity and often their
incomparability, the Competition Jury will evaluate each work individually, pointing to those elements that, in the opinion of the Jury, are decisive in the overall evaluation.

The following prizes will be awarded:

• two first prizes: however, one in the category of architecture and interior design, and the other in the category of urban planning and spatial planning - PLN 1,700 gross each
• two honorable mentions: one in each category - PLN 800 gross each,
• non-statutory awards are allowed - in the number determined by the Competition Jury.

calendar

• opportunity to ask questions - until January 3, 2025
• public announcement of answers to questions - until January 6, 2025
• deadline for submission of works - until January 10, 2025, 11:59 pm
• announcement of results - February 2025

the competition court

• Andrzej Owczarek - chairman of the Competition Jury
• Robert Mrzewa - referee
• Małgorzata Hanzl, Ph.
• Monika Cysek-Pawlak, Ph.
• Dorota Szlachcic
• Magdalena Rafałowicz
• Karolina Taczalska
• Aleksandra Antoszczyk, Ph.
• Barbara Pluskota-Gajewska
• Maria Stasiak - winner of the previous edition of the competition,
• Aleksandra Sztuka-Tulińska - judge on behalf of the Department of Environmental Protection of the City of Łódź,
• representative of KNSA "IX Piętro"

The secretary of the competition without voting rights is Dr. Wojciech Pardala.

more information

More information and the application form can be found on the competition website.

terms

https://koloixpietro.wixsite.com/9pietro/konkurs-dyplom-roku-2024-25

regulations

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1G0NUuYbpdKZgXzzYdti110EecvsJGVp5