Program

The objective of the competition is to design a botanical garden and event center. This complex will include both indoor and outdoor facilities and spaces including an event center, botanical gardens with biomes, greenhouses, and aviary, sculpture garden, observation deck, educational and research classrooms. The project is to use metal building construction with a maximum of two stories.

For complete project specifications click here. Note that The Exploratory Program undefined space allows students to express their ideas on what would make their Botanical Garden and Event Center design unique.

Sustainability Aspect
This new facility should embody the community’s commitment to environmental responsibility and incorporate sustainable strategies into the way that the building is designed and operated.  In particular, the new facility should take advantage of the sustainability benefits associated with using metal building construction. (See the Resource Tab for Sustainability Information for Metal Buildings).

Judging Criteria
Criteria for the submission will include:

• Demonstrates understanding of metal building construction
• Suitable proposal for the context and architectural design
• Technical integrity
• Constructability and practicality
• Overall presentation – video, graphics, renderings

Intellectual Property/ Copyright
The creator owns copyright of the project; however, MBMA reserves right to publish all materials and to modify presentation of images to better suit any publication format.

For use by others:

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs
CC BY-NC-ND

Work may be download and shared as long as the creator and competition are credited. The work may not be modified nor used commercially.