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ASA International Design Competition 2018 : VEX Agitated Vernacular

Category
International
Type
Open
Registration Deadline
03/31/2018
Submission Deadline
03/31/2018
Open To
Open to all
Entry Fee
None
Awards
First prize: 4,000 USD
Address
The Association of Siamese Architects under Royal Patronage 248/1 Soi Soonvijai 4 (Soi 17), Rama IX Road, Bangkapi, Huay Kwang, Bangkok 10310 Thailand
Email
Competition E-Mail
Web Site
Competition Web Site
Phone
(662) 319-6555
Fax
(662) 319-6419

Description
This year’s ASA International Design Competition aims to upend the typical associations of vernacular architecture and design. The term ‘VEX’can be approached from a multitude of perspectives, all to challenge, or agitate, the stereotypes of what vernacular should or should not be. One tends to assume that vernacular architecture is in opposition to modern architecture and lifestyle. There is the perception that vernacular is something that is traditional and therefore is considered to be technologically ‘inept’ or ‘crude’. This relegates vernacular design to irrelevance in today’s society and also implies that it is immutable and static, and ‘unimprovable’. The challenge of the competition is for participants to create a new type of vernacular with characteristics not commonly associated with vernacular design. The competition is looking to showcase new vernacular design that is mutable, inventive and capable of self-renewal. The goal is tore-think vernacular as something that can assume performative roles and possess generative potentials. The Jury will reward entrants that can demonstrate vernacular design that is dynamic and is particularly suited to innovation, invention and relevance.

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