AURAL ARCHITECTURE 2023

Archiol has organized this second edition of the Aural Architecture design competition to understand the possibilities of spaces designed with the help of sound.

SOUND TO SPACE –

This competition encourages using the sense of sound to design architectural space, depicting emotions and humanising the habitable volume encompassed by walls. Use your auditory sense to develop abstract architectural space which exhibits an emotion of itself. 

Download the music pieces from here: https://www.archiol.org/competitions/aural-architecture-2023

 The process of designing is as follows:

1. Listen to the music pieces.
2. Select any one of the four music pieces.
3. Analyze the music and understand the emotion.
4. Word those emotions to further translate it into architectural space. 
5. It could be any type of structure or installation
6. Be able to encompass a volume that depicts your understanding of the emotion in the music.

Aim:

Design an abstract architectural space influenced by sound. 

Keywords: Aural, Music, Architectural Space

Aural:  relating to ear or sense of hearing.

Music: vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion..

Architectural Space: Space expresses something invisible and intangible to the design in terms of shape, colours & material.

GUIDELINES / RULES

• Please mention the name (Artist’s name) in your description file of the music piece you select for design description.
• You have to design an architectural space that interprets the music piece.
• Innovative space.
• Drawing requirements: Conceptual (Priority), Plans, Sections, Elevations, Views.
• Support your design with all possible explanations, (Formats that are accepted: Text, Video, Audio, and the most obvious drawings)
• The reasoning for every space that has been designed.

Participation:

• This competition is open to all.
• You can participate individually or as a team (Maximum 4 members in a team)

Submission Requirements:

• Design sheets (2 -5) – jpeg. / jpg. format. (dimension: 30cm x 30cm,  file size: 25mb)
• Design description with a title  (Min. 300 words) – docx. / docs. Format

Timeline:

 Registration deadline:  30th April 2023

ADVANCED REGISTRATIONS

•       AR1: JAN 1 – JAN 11
•       AR2: JAN 12 – JAN 21
•       AR3: JAN 22 – FEB 01

STANDARD REGISTRATIONS

•       SR1: FEB 02 – FEB 16 
•       SR2: FEB 17 – MAR 01
•       SR3: MAR 02 – MAR 16
•       SR 4: MAR 17 – MAR 27

LATE REGISTRATIONS

•       LR1: MAR 28 – MAR 31
•       LR2: APR 01 – APR 15
•       LR3: APR 16 – APR30

Submission Starts:  20th March 2023

Submission Ends: 5th May 2023

Result Announcement: 27th June 2023 

Prizes:

Winners (X3): Certificate of achievement + Publication + Interview

Honourable mentions (X3): Certificates + Publication 

Shortlisted entries (X10): Certificates 

*All the certificates will be attested and e-format.

Registration:

Visit our website: www.archiol.org

Click the competition link below: 

Competition link –https://www.archiol.org/competitions/aural-architecture-2023

Organisers:

Archiol – www.archiol.com