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ADC evaluation tool for Architectural Design Competitions | Architects

Evaluate your plans to realize an architectural design competition (ADC) answering the following questions. The evaluation system takes into account ACE’s 9 rules for ADCs. Fair and transparent competition rules and organisation form the basis for a process resulting in concepts with high architectural quality. Even though ADCs seem to be more complex at first sight, data shows that timeframes can be shorter and project budgets economically more efficient in comparison with other forms of procurement.

At the end of the questionnaire, the evaluation of your ADC based on your answers is visualized in a diagram providing explanations.

Please provide us with some basic information before answering a short questionnaire (approximately 5 min), so we can provide you with an individualized analysis diagram by sending you a link to the results via email.

* Mandatory
Is the architectural design competition open for all interested architects? *
Is the architectural design competition open for architects from abroad, also regarding potential regulatory hurdles? *
Is the ADC’s entry and decision process structured in one or several stages? *
Does the ADC organiser provide all participants with a detailed information basis? Depending on the type and task of the contest, this includes: maps, aerial photos, photos and planning documents, superordinate area plans, details of the property, information on conversions and extensions, room and requirement program, model plate, model basis. *
Is the brief including planning documents in full extent provided in English? *
Do interested architects /practices have to fulfill a turnover threshold as requirement for participation in the ADC? *
Are specific reference projects required for participation in the ADC? *
Do you estimate the depth of elaboration required in the ADC to be proportionate to the prize money respectively to the estimated scope of commission in case of winning the ADC? *
Will the decision on the winning project be made by an independent jury, whose members were selected by professional and academic qualification? *
Is the anonymity of the participating architects/practices maintained throughout the whole decision process? *
Does the client make a binding commitment to commission the planning team of the winning project to implement it? *
Is appropriate prize money and remuneration planned for the top-ranked competition projects? *
Is the protection of copyrights and exploitation rights specified in the competition documents? *
Is the ADC organised by professional and independent ADC experts? *
Is the ADC organised in formal collaboration with a professional institution (i.e. Chamber of Architects) and/or association? *
* Mandatory
Do the decision criteria take into consideration estimated project cost? *
Do the decision criteria take into consideration ecological aspects? *
Are citizens, neighbours and/or the interested public involved in the project development through initiatives of public participation (i.e. informative events, surveys, public debates, exhibitions)? *
Do the decision criteria take into consideration the core values of the New European Bauhaus (sustainability, aesthetics, and inclusion) and/or other principles defining Baukultur (i.e. governance, functionality, environment, economy, diversity, context, sense of place, and beauty)? *
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According to your answers the ADC evaluation below was compiled for you. Please consider that this evaluation can only be a helpful aspect in your decision process and neither the Austrian Federal Chamber of Architects and Chartered Engineering Consultants nor the other Arch-E partners assume any liability for direct or indirect damage of any kind, resulting from the use of this tool.

Some WEAKNESSES of the analyzed ADC can be mitigated through support and tools provided by your local chamber of architects or tools provided by ARCH-E. If you are in need of local team members you might want to join the ARCH-E network. Find information on local ADC systems and local architectural institutions on the ARCH-E map

Finding an ADC abroad, that attracts your interest, is a good first step – the ARCH-E map can be a helpful tool for that. The decision to invest time and concentration on a participation can be based on general parameters, indicating the ADC’s procedural characteristics, and on individual strengths and weaknesses. The following questionnaire offers some help in the decision process resulting in a ADC evaluation based on your answers. Please consider that due to its general approach this tool can only be an aspect of your decision process.

If you are interested in precise definitions of some of the criteria mentioned in the questionnaire feel welcome to look up terms in the ARCH-E glossary. As many termini technici are defined differently according to the country’s regulations and other frameworks, the ARCH-E glossary is not a mere dictionary but takes into account these national peculiarities.

ARCH-E is a multifaceted project to be realized until 2026. As the project – its studies, the collaboration between the involved partners, know-how transfer with other cooperation partners and projects – evolves, also the online tools are refined constantly. For this reason the ADC evaluation tool is work in progress, return soon to use further functionality and features.

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

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