ULI Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition

IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2009 COMPETITION

About the ULI Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition

The ULI Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition is a graduate-level annual competition that is intended to provide an interdisciplinary learning experience for real estate and design students in the United States and Canada. Self-formed student teams are asked to provide an urban design and a financial feasibility strategy for a large-scale real life site that ULI has identified somewhere in the United States. Through the formation of multidisciplinary teams, the program encourages cooperation and teamwork among future real estate professionals and the many allied professions, such as architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, historic preservation, engineering, real estate development, finance, psychology, law, and others.

This year’s site, to be announced on January 19, 2009, will be large scale and present complex challenges, needing practicable, innovative solutions that reflect responsible land use. The solutions incorporate design, planning, market potential and feasibility, and development strategies. The submission to the competition will be presentation drawings, tables, schedules, and text.

The seventh annual ULI Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition is part of the Institute’s ongoing effort to raise interest among young people in creating better communities, improving development patterns, and increasing awareness of the need for multidisciplinary solutions to development and design challenges. This competition is an ideas competition; there is no guarantee or expectation that any of the submitted schemes will be applied to the site. The winning team receives $50,000 and the finalist teams $10,000 each.

How to applyApplication checklist

The following materials must be included in the application:

Form 1: General application form with
• Four-digit identifying team code
• Name of faculty adviser
• Name of professional adviser (if applicable)
• Signature of sponsoring school/department/program head verifying that all participants are full-time graduate students enrolled for spring 2007
• Designated student team leader and contact E-mail address

Form 2: Team Member 1—Leader
• One-page curriculum vitae

Form 3: Team Members 2-5
• One-page curriculum vitae for each team member

Completed forms, c.v.s, and other application documents must be mailed to the address below or, emailed as PDF attachments to udcompapply@uli.org. The subject line must include your four-digit team code. Note that udcompapply@uli.org is a blind address—it will issue receipts only and will not issue replies. Inquiries should be directed to udcompetition@uli.org.

Forms are downloadable as Word documents. Form 1 must be signed by the head of the sponsoring school/department/program, then scanned to PDF if emailed.

Download forms

Deadlines
All applications must be received in the ULI offices by 5 p.m., e.s.t., Friday, December 5, 2008, whether mailed or emailed. If emailed, an automatic confirmation of receipt will be issued to each team leader. Note that this reply is a receipt only and not an acceptance of your team's application for participation in the competition. Address any inquiries to http://udcompetition.uli.org/ud_00_G.html. No phone calls, please.

EMAIL completed materials tomailto:toudcompapply@uli.org

OR

MAIL completed materials toUrban Design CompetitionULI—the Urban Land Institute1025 Thomas Jefferson Street, N.W.Suite 500WestWashington, D.C. 20007-5201202-624-7000

The Competition Web Site
http://udcompetition.uli.org/