Central Glass International Architectural Design Competition 2002 

Judges
Toyo Ito Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects
Tetsuo Naito Nihon Sekkei Inc.
Masaru Okamoto Kume Sekkei
Itsuko Hasegawa Itsuko Hasegawa Atelier
Riken Yamamoto Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop
Kengo Kuma Kengo Kuma & Associates
Norihisa Yamamoto managing director, Central Glass Co., Ltd.

Coordinator
Shozo Baba Architectural Communication Consultant Ltd.

Sponsor: Central Glass Co., Ltd.
Co-sponsor: Shinkenchiku-sha Co., Ltd.


Prizes
First Place (one)
پ�2,000,000 and a commemorative gift
Second Places (three)
پ�300,000 and a commemorative gift, each
Honorable Mentions (unfixed)
پ�100,000 and a commemorative gift, each
(all prize money tax included)



Theme:Restaurant in ruralscape

As the dietary fare diversifies, the simple satisfaction of "fast food" has recently been losing its appeal in favor of "slow food". There is also a rising trend towards health food. If one considers the function of food to be for both the sustenance of life and a means to the enjoyment of living, the significance of eating may be recaptured. When designing for the culture of dining, there is a welcome return to the role of nutrition in preserving good health.
Conceived from this viewpoint, the "restaurant in ruralscape" will receive attention for its rural landscape, useing only the freshest of ingredients, and as a place where visitors may even spiritually enjoy an abundance of cuisine culture.
It is assumed that this restaurant will be produced by an owner/chef who is interested in the spiritual enjoyment of food culture. Therefore, this owner's lifestyle will deeply affect the restaurant's concept. Or perhaps it could be an autonomous plan for the revitalization of a certain rural area. In any case, it should be designed with an assumption of its use.
The restaurant's intended environment is a "field", but this may be a wheat or vegetable field, a fruit orchard, even an olive grove or a rice paddy. In any case, the relationship with its particular surroundings must be firmly grasped. More important than issues of how to position the building within the scenery or how to establish scenic view for diner, the restaurant must lend itself to an ecological relationship with its environment. It is hoped that the "restaurant in ruralscape" will cultivate the way for the cuisine culture of tomorrow.


Deadlines:
All entries must reach the competition office (by mail, not parcel post) no later than July 29 (Monday), 2002.

Announcements:
Winners will be notified by mail; results of the competition will appear in the Volume 48 (YEAR BOOK 2002) issue of quarterly JA.

Additional Information:
* No registrations are necessary for this competition.
* Entries must never have been made public in any form previously,
nor should it be submitted simultaneously for any other competitions.
* Copyrights on the winning entries remain the property of their
designers, but the sponsors of the competition retain the all rights on
the announcement of these entries.
* Questions will not be answered by the sponsors. All matters not
covered in the regulations listed above are left to the discretion of
the entrants.
* A part of the work or all must not infringe a copyright. Do not use the
images copied from the magazines, books and Web sites. When
there is the infringement of the copyright, winning will taken back in
the sponsor's judgment.
* No entries will be returned.
* The entry would be admitted only its submission keeps all the rule
appropriately.
Data for Application and Entry
Drawings: Plan (in any scale), section (in any scale), site plan (in any scale), and perspective. Photographs of models may be used. You are free to append detail drawing, other charts or descriptive texts that make your design clearer. Descriptive texts must be limited to less than 100 words in English.

Paper and Media:
* Complete all drawings, illustrative matters, and texts on the sheet of
thick drawing paper (600 by 840mm).
* You may use blue prints, pencil, ink, color, or photographs; but do
not use panels.
* On the back of your entry attach a piece of paper bearing your name,
address, age, home and office telephone numbers (or fax numbers),
place of occupation. All of these have to be شtypewrittenص for the sake
of legibility.


Address entries to:
Dept. of Central Glass International Architectural
Design Competition 2002,
Shinkenchiku-sha Co., Ltd.
2-31-2 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8501, Japan