Ideas 09
Announcing AIA Maine's Ideas Competition 09:
Community Waterside Facilities
East End, Portland, Maine
To register for this event, please click here.
Introduction
In launching this new biennial design competition, AIA Maine's hopes to engage the public in a dialogue about architecture and sustainability, provide a service to the community, and provide a design competition that is open to architectural students, graduates and professionals.
We wish to thank the Friends of the Eastern Promenade, Portland Trails, the City of Portland Public Services Department and Planning Department for generously providing background information, their time and good ideas as we worked together to establish a program for the competition.
Thanks also to our media sponsor, Maine Home + Design, for their continued support and promotion of inspired design in Maine.
The Project
The east end of the Portland peninsula offers stunning views of the islands and waters of Casco Bay and the entrance to Portland Harbor. At the height of land is the Eastern Promenade, an Olmsted Brothers-designed park with broad lawns, walks, recreational areas, historic monuments, access roads and parking. Below the Promenade, at the waterside, are trails, a public beach, narrow gauge railroad, public and commercial boat ramps, picnic areas and rental storage racks for dinghies, canoes and kayaks. A building providing toilets, changing rooms and public works storage is also located here. Public moorings for shallow draft power and sailboats are nearby.
AIA Maine's Ideas Competition 09 solicits a vision for improvements to the water-side lands and facilities to create safer, more sustainable and attractive community facilities and open spaces that will serve, encourage and complement the land- and water-based activities that converge at the site. Practical, affordable solutions are encouraged.
The jury will be looking for design solutions that are visionary, sustainable, and affordable.
Eligibility
The competition is open to all architects, architectural graduates and architecture students whose work place or school is located in New England.
Jury
The jury will consist of past award winners of AIA Maine's biennial Design Awards program for built projects, led by Rob Whitten, AIA. More information on the jury will be available in August.
Registration
Early Registration forms and fees must be received at AIA Maine by Wednesday, September 23, 2009. Late registration forms and fees must be received by the entry submission date Wednesday, November 4, 2009.
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Complete Competition Information & Forms
Project Context Technical Plan
Questions & Answers
Questions should be directed to AIA Maine's Executive Director Susan Koch at susan@aiamaine.org. Questions will be collected and answered on this website; you will not receive an individual response. Please check the site frequently for updated questions and answers and additional information. Competition participants are responsible for staying up to date on competition information.
