EGB Design Comp

My name is Ivan Tang and I'm a senior undergrad engineering student at UBC. I'm an active member of the UBC Emerging Green Builders (UBC EGB). Some members of UBC EGB wish to enter this year's Natural Talent Design Competition (NTDC) with one or more interdisciplinary student teams, depending on the amount of interest. This year's Competition is a little different and a lot more exciting! The goal is to design an affordable, 800 square foot, green home for an elderly client in the Broadmoor, New Orleans neighborhood. The home is to achieve Platinum certification under the LEED for Homes rating system with a number of requirements. Examples include: a $100,000 construction budget, finish-floor elevation must be at least 7 feet above grade for flood protection, resistance and resiliency to withstand 150 mph hurricane winds, and it must be ADA compliant. Winners at the national level will see their project constructed in New Orleans and subsequently monitored, after which the final grand prize will be awarded according to the best performer.

This is an amazing opportunity to collaborate on an interdisciplinary project with students of different expertise. The team or teams carrying out this integrated design process would ideally involve students from at least architecture, engineering and community planning. UBC EGB has been in touch with the Kwantlen EGB group. There is already strong interest from Kwantlen interior design students to collaborate with UBC students to enter the NTDC but we require interest from architecture students. Architectural expertise is a critical component to submissions. Please forward this message to architecture students and others who you think may be interested. Alternatively, please post this on the ARCHUS blog.

For interested students, please contact me at ivanyhtang@gmail.com as soon as possible. We would prefer to register by March 1 as the cost increases thereafter.

Details are available at the following links:

USGBC: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=257

Open Architecture Network: http://openarchitecturenetwork.org/competitions/naturaltalent

Cascadia GBC: http://www.cascadiagbc.org/emerging-green-builders/ntdc10

Thank you,

Ivan

Beat Up the Beat

Jersey Shore-style drinks, and polish-style food. What more could you ask for out of Good Times? Live-streaming of the Olympic opening ceremonies?! We'll have that too.

See you Friday!

Winter 2010 Thesis Exhibition!!!

Good Times is moving downtown this week.

Come out to Studio 221A on East Georgia (just east of Main St.) for the opening reception of the Architecture Thesis Exhibition.

Good Times drinks will be served (at Good times prices)!

Some non-sporting events...

For those of you who'll be in town during the Olympics, there are loads of interesting events happening.

The cultural olympiad has an amazing amount of work being produced for the games including:

http://www.bright-light.ca/

and all of this.

And to see some work and events that are taking a critical look at the Olympics, while also promoting discourse, artistic production and critical analysis, check out http://www.vivomediaarts.com/.

An Invite from Architecture for Humanity (Vancouver Chapter)

Dear UBC

We would like to invite you to a special event we are hosting this Saturday, Feb. 6th. In conjunction with Architecture for Humanity Chapters all over the world, we will be hosting a benefit documentary screening to raise funds for AFH's effort to rebuild Haiti. 100% of proceeds will go towards the cause.

"One Peace at a Time" is a truly inspirational film, go to film/even info:
http://onepeacevancouver.eventbrite.com/

We look forward to seeing a lot of you there. We have set up a UBC student discount code for your use. It will take $5 off the regular screening price.

Code: ubchaiti
Link: http://onepeacevancouver.eventbrite.com/

Please make an effort to purchase a ticket or two if you cannot make it. We need all the help we can get to help rebuild Hait better.

Thank you for your support.

Yours sincerely,

Linus Lam MRAIC
Vancouver Architecture for Humanity Society

www.afh-vancouver.org
www.architectureforhumanity.org
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