Join the Forma contest for architectural design - showcase your skills in the next-generation Industry cloud for AECO professionals. 

Autodesk invites you to showcase your design skills in our next-generation industry cloud tool for AECO professionals. Use our tools for data gathering, sketching and analysis to deliver a compelling best-in-class proposal and share your design with your peers and our judges for your chance to win honor, glory and an Amazon gift card. 

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Dates:

• Contest & submission start date: June 6th 2024 12:00am Pacific Time
• Contest & submission End date: September 30th 2024 11:59pm Pacific Time
• Winner Announcement Date: October 15th, 2024
  
  

 Requirements:

• Create the project in the US Forma demo project, which is available as a demo project for commercial, education and trial users. 
• The area requirements are:  3,000,000 ft² min, 4,500,000 ft max GFA. 
• The program must be approximately 10% commercial, 20% offices and 30% hospitality, and 40% residential, and preferably contain at minimum one conceptually strong landmark building, i.e. cultural institution or marquee office or hospitality building.  
  
  

Judging Criteria:

• Architectural Design - Develop an exciting architectural proposal that enriches the urban fabric around the plot.  
• Living Qualities - Show how you have used the analyses to optimize your proposal. E.g. Tell how insight helped shape the result and final concept. Find a balance between good sun exposure and shadow areas, optimize daylight access using the Vertical Sky Component and use Embodied carbon to shape your buildings. Make sure to avoid wind tunnels and create a great outdoor microclimate.  
• Storytelling - Explain your design decisions in a data-driven way. The voiceover should demonstrate how Forma was used as a decision support tool. Consider your buildings, the outdoor areas they define and the impact on neighboring buildings, and tell your design story in an easy to understand and compelling way. Note that you are allowed to use and show a workflow that includes 3rd party tools. 
  
  

Submission Details:

• The competition proposals must be delivered as a screen recording video with voice-over in English. 
• The video must be longer than 2 min and shorter than 3 min. 
• The only video editing actions allowed are cut and speed up video. No other effects are accepted (e.g. transitions, subtitles, etc). 
• The emphasis should be on telling a compelling data-driven story through your design and voiceover. 
  
  

Winners and Prizes:

All winners will be awarded one Amazon Gift Card issued by Tango Card Inc., valid in an Amazon store located in one of the following countries: Japan, Ireland, the United States, Australia, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Mexico, Spain, France, India, Canada, UK, Singapore, Ireland, Germany, Sweden, UAE and Saudi Arabia. 

1st prize: Amazon Gift Card worth three thousand U.S. Dollars or equivalent in local currency on the day of the issue. 
2nd prize: Amazon Gift Card worth two thousand U.S. Dollars or equivalent in local currency on the day of the issue 
3rd prize: Amazon Gift Card worth one thousand U.S. Dollars or equivalent in the local currency on the day of the issue.  

Total Number of Winners: 3

For more information, read the Autodesk Forma Design Contest 2024 Official Rules here. 

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