Faculty of Civil Engineering organized the contest "CIVIL IDEA 2023"

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Faculty of Civil Engineering Organized the competition “CIVIL IDEA 2023” with the theme “HOUSING ADAPTABLE TO CLIMATE CHANGE”.

- Time: 08:00 - 11:30, day December 9, 2023.

- Location: Room I107, Facility 6.

1. Contest rules:

- Each group of 02 students registers to do the project. 

- Determine the nature and climate characteristics of 1 of 2 areas:

      + Areas affected by flooding due to storms in the Central - Central Highlands;

      + South Central dry region;

- Propose appropriate architectural solutions to adapt to climate change issues: storms, tornadoes, floods, droughts...

- Implement the model on paper;

2. Content: Represented in accordance with regulations on technical drawings

- Design land area: 30m x 20m.

- Maximum construction density: 60%.

- Construction height: 02 floors.

- Overall: garden, trees, lake...

- Ground floor includes rooms: lobby, living room, kitchen, 01 bedroom, bathroom, garage, storage...

- The upper floor includes rooms: 01 main bedroom, 03 bedrooms, altar room.

3. Contest products

3.1 Notes and drawings: 

1. Cover sheet;

2. Present your energy saving ideas and solutions on Powerpointfile (maximum 10 slides);

3. Perspective (model photography);

4. Overall plan, scale 1/200;

5. Floor plan (02 floors), scale 1/100;

6. Vertical facades (minimum 02 sides), scale 1/100;

7. Cross-sections (at least 01 face), scale 1/50;

8. Details (minimum 05 details), scale 1/10 - 1/20.

3.2. Model: Material: hard paper, wood, mica... scale 1/100 (required).

4. Scoring criteria

- Aesthetics, structural feasibility: accounts for 70% of the score.

- Presentation: Each team will prepare a presentation within 03 minutes to present the structure they have implemented. Currently, the presentation will be graded by the jury, accounting for 30% of the score.

In this year, students registered 02 members to carry out the topic: Determine the nature and characteristics of the climate of flood zones in the Central Region - Central Highlands and the drought-stricken South Central region, then propose appropriate architectural solutions to adapt to these conditions. Climate change issues: rainstorms, tornadoes, floods, droughts...  

After preliminary examination, the organizers selected 14 topics to participate in ranking and competing for prizes. Attending and advising the competition were Mr. Nguyen Thanh Trung - Deputy Head of the Faculty and MSc. Architect Dinh Van Binh - Ho Chi Minh City Department of Architecture and Planning.

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