// YP Design Challenge: Ideas for Sustainable Communities

TAO-Pilipinas is pleased to announce the winners and finalists of the YP Design Challenge - Sustainable Shelter category. The jury panel composed of Arch/EnP. Arlene Lusterio of TAO-Pilipinas, Arch/EnP. Dinky von Einsiedel of CONCEP Inc. and PIEP, and Engr. Ramby Nolido of RA Nolido Construction Corp., deliberated on November 10, 2008 and selected the winning entries from among 22 submissions.

Selection of winning entries were based on the following criteria: Sustainable Design Features (25%); Originality and Innovativeness (25%); Cost-effectiveness (20%); Environmentally-sound Construction (20%); and Socio-Cultural Sensitivity and Affordability (10%).

First Award (PhP 20,000 prize)
No First Place was awarded by the jury.

Second Award (PhP 12,000 prize each)
Second Place was shared by two entries.

Mark Cris Abarquez
Team members: Leonard Bryan T. Tecson, Johmar E. Beley
4th year BS Architecture students, Far Eastern University (FEU)
Adviser: Arch. Antonio C. De Vera

Jasmine M. Soriano
2008 BS Architecture graduate, Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP)

Third Award (PhP 8,000 prize)

Randy A. Amonoy
Team members: Jerome T. Dañas, Ildefonso M. Madiano Jr.
5th year BS Architecture students, Technological University of the Philippines (TUP)

Special Award for Innovation (PhP 5,000 prize)
Special Award was given by the jury for an entry that showed outstanding efforts
in specific aspects of the design proposal.

Alvin C. Trinidad
4th year BS Architecture student, University of the Philippines (UP)
Adviser: Arch. Nicolo Del Castillo

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Registration for the YP Design Challenge categories Portable Playground and Trash Transformation will be open until November 20, 2008. Submission period for entries for both categories is until November 28, 2008.

Those who have already joined the Sustainable Shelter category may also register for Portable Playground and Trash Transformation without having to conduct another community area visit.

Registration and submission deadlines for the YP Design Challenge have been changed. Please be advised of the following revisions in the competition schedule:

Revised Schedule for Design Challenge 1: Sustainable Shelter

Registration Deadline : September 16, 2008
Submission Period : October 1-24, 2008
Results Announced : December 2008

Revised Schedule for Design Challenge 2: Trash Transformation

Registration Deadline : October 17, 2008
Submission Period : November 3-21, 2008
Results Announced : December 2008

Revised Schedule for Design Challenge 3: Portable Playground

Registration Deadline : October 17, 2008
Submission Period : November 3-21, 2008
Results Announced : December 2008

For more information and updates about the competition, please visit the website www.ypdesignchallenge.tao-pilipinas.org or call Ms. Mai Ilagan at telephone numbers 441-0998 or 0929-6800924.

TAO-Pilipinas, with support from SELAVIP, presents the Young Professionals (YP) Design Challenge, an ideas competition that seeks to encourage young design professionals to apply their creative abilities and design skills to projects addressing real community needs. The YP Design Challenge affirms the organization’s commitment to providing technical assistance to the marginalized sectors by calling for ideas that deal with the shelter needs of poor communities and with the wider issues and challenges of social housing and sustainable human settlements development.

The goal of the YP Design Challenge is to generate ideas and design solutions for sustainable community development in urban poor settlements. The competition targets design solutions tailored towards the conditions present in our urban poor communities where TAO-Pilipinas does its technical assistance work:such as SHEC (Saint Hannibal Empowerment Center) community in Malibay, Pasay. Community visits to the areas will be integrated in the competition program.

The competition provides an opportunity for young design professionals to put forward innovative, environmentally-sound, appropriate and affordable design solutions that can benefit poor and informal communities and improve the livability of social housing sites. It is open to individuals or teams of architecture, engineering, interior design, fine arts, industrial design, and environmental planning undergraduate students and young professionals with not more than 5 years of professional experience.

To download the complete rules and guidelines, click here.