Submit proposals as a part of the
2011 Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 'Building an Earthquake-Resilient Society', for responses to the hazards and vulnerabilities of our cities and communities.
As a build up to the 2011 Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering, "Building an Earthquake-Resilient Society", the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering have launched an ideas competition seeking "proposals to increase the resilience of cities and communities affected by earthquakes and tsunami's, with a focus on aiding recovery and social regeneration to affected areas.
The brief elaborates: " Entrants are encouraged to choose a city or community familiar to them, anywhere on the Pacific Rim, and to design a proposal that utilises preplanning and/or post-disaster response and reconstruction methodologies to reduce the long term impact of an earthquake event on the built environment and social fabric. Entries will respond to the specific earthquake hazards and vunerabilities that the chosen area faces."
"This competition seeks design solutions that address the hazards and vunerablities of a chosen city or community, and propose ways in which resilience can be increased to minimise the impact of earthquake related hazards, aid the response process, and to facilitate effective recovery and reconstruction to achieve functional and social rehabilitation."
Full brief
details here.
Registration Due: March 18, 2011
Submission deadline: April 8th
FIRST PRIZE: $2000
Runner Up: $750
Highly Commended: $100 per award.
With the recent effects of the Canterbury earthquakes, this competition is clearly significant for the continued dialogue of earthquake resilience through design and research, I encourage you to give it some thought.
