2024 Steel Design, Student Competition

Registration Deadline: Apr 10, 2024; Submission Deadline: Jun 5, 2024 About the CompetitionThe Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) is pleased to announce the 24th Annual Steel Design Student Competition for the 2023-2024 academic year. Administered by the ACSA and sponsored by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), the program is intended to challenge undergraduate and graduate students, working individually or in teams, to explore a variety of design issues related to the use of steel in design and construction. Steel must be used as the primary structural material and contain at least one space that requires long-span steel structure, with special emphasis placed on innovation in steel design.The OpportunitiesThe 2024 Steel Design Student Competition will offer architecture students the opportunity to compete in two separate categories:CATEGORY I: STEEL INNOVATION CENTERDesign a Steel Innovation Construction Center in downtown St. Louis, MO. The site is part of the Construction Innovation District & Master Development just south of the Gateway Arch. Program spaces include areas for exhibition, fabrication, training, and community outreach. Steel is the primary material.CATEGORY II: OPENCategory II offers architecture students the opportunity to select a site and building program using steel as the primary material. This competition category permits the greatest amount of flexibility for any building type.Students may not enter both categories of the competition.EligibilityBecause the support of AISC is largely derived from steel companies whose markets are mainly in the U.S., the ACSA/AISC Steel Design Student Competition is open to students and/or student teams from ACSA Full and Candidate Member Schools, as well as ACSA Affiliate Members Schools from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.An ACSA member school, faculty sponsor is required to enroll students by completing an online registration form prior to registration by April 10, 2024. All student entrants are required to work under the direction of a faculty sponsor. Entries will be accepted for individuals as well as teams. Teams must be limited to a maximum of five students. Submissions should be principally the product of work in a design studio or related class.PrizesThe design jury will meet in Summer 2024 to select winning projects and honorable mentions. Winners and their faculty sponsors will be notified of the competition results directly. A list of winning projects will be posted on the ACSA web site and the AISC web site at www.aisc.org. Winning students and their faculty sponsors will receive cash prizes totaling $20,000 with distribution as follows:CATEGORY I: STEEL INNOVATION CENTERStudent(s), First Place: $4,000 USDFaculty Sponsor(s), First Place: $1,500 USDStudent(s), Second Place: $2,000 USDFaculty Sponsor(s), Second Place: $1,000 USDStudent(s), Third Place: $1,000 USDFaculty Sponsor(s), Third Place: $500 USDCATEGORY II: OPENStudent(s), First Place: $4,000 USDFaculty Sponsor(s), First Place: $1,500 USDStudent(s), Second Place: $2,000 USDFaculty Sponsor(s), Second Place: $1,000 USDStudent(s), Third Place: $1,000 USDFaculty Sponsor(s), Third Place: $500 USDVisit the competition's main site to register your students: 2024 Steel Design, Student CompetitionRead the full post on Bustler