Retooling Industrial Sites
CALL FOR ENTRIES

Deadline for submissions extended to December 18

OVERVIEW

The Community Design Collaborative, in partnership with the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation, is seeking submissions for Retooling Industrial Sites, an exhibit to showcase the exciting possibilities for the reuse of neighborhood industrial sites; where unused sites are brought back to life. The Retooling Industrial Sites exhibit has been designed as an opportunity for architecture, planning and engineering firms from the Mid-Atlantic region to highlight their own best practices in industrial reuse. Submissions of all project types and scales encouraged: large and small, built and un-built, interior and exterior, new construction and preservation.

This exhibit will open February 2, 2010, with the public launch of the Infill Philadelphia: Industrial Sites design challenge, the third phase of a five-year initiative launched by The Community Design Collaborative, and will close March 25. Infill Philadelphia brings together design practitioners, community development experts, policymakers, funders and the media to address urban infill development - a significant neighborhood revitalization strategy for Philadelphia and older American cities. Infill development sites are best characterized as neglected public spaces and clusters of vacant or nearly-empty buildings and land. Over time, these sites can obstruct community development plans and even threaten neighborhood stability and growth.

ELIGIBILITY

Eligible projects include industrial sites returned to industrial or transformed into commercial, open space, and/or residential uses (including but not limited to single-story former machine shops, garages, multi-story factories or warehouses, or new construction on brownfield sites). Projects must be submitted by an authorized principal or partner of an architecture, landscape design or planning firm, located within the Mid-Atlantic region.

CRITERIA

Submissions for this exhibit will be reviewed and selected by a panel of diverse experts who will be looking for the projects to:

• Promote best practices in the reuse of industrial sites.
• Highlight creativity in process, design and innovation.
• Integrate sustainable design strategies.

REGISTRATION

Step 1: Complete and return an Intent to Submit application with a pdf image and $25 registration fee (for each entry) by December 18, 2009. Each firm may enter up to two designs.

Step 2: A selection committee will review the projects submitted and entrants will be notified if accepted into the show by December 23, 2009.

Step 3: If selected, the applicant must submit a 40x40 display board and final pdf image between January 25-29, 2010.

DEADLINE: Thursday, December 18, 2009

Intent to submit forms, with accompanying pdf and $25 registration will be accepted via InfillPhiladelphia.org. If selected, the entrant is responsible for printing and delivery of the board and pdf by January 28, 2010.

SELECTION

A selection committee will be assembled to select the projects for inclusion in the exhibit. No awards will be given, however, this exhibit can be considered an excellent marketing opportunity. It is intended that the selected entries will be displayed in diverse venues such as the Center for Architecture, PIDC offices, and Infill Philadelphia off-site event locations.

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