THE CHALLENGE


MOBIE and Sunderland City Council together with TRADA’s University Engagement Programme have launched an exciting Urban Living Design Competition sponsored by the Confederation of Timber Industries (CTI).

Riverside Sunderland is redefining the city: transforming a spectacular site into a unique, carbon neutral urban quarter – an extraordinary place to live, work and play.

We are inviting built environment students and 2020 graduates from UK universities to take part in this exciting and fun challenge, where you will have the opportunity to:

• Collaborate and work as a member of a design team
• Learn from a host of professionals at the forefront of modern construction
• Shape the way we live and work in the future
• Have your work published online, in print or displayed at shows
• Win cash prizes

The team challenge is to collaborate to design:
A. one 3 bed family home in detail
B. an indicative masterplan, to include landscape and streetscape with green and open spaces

A mixed and vibrant community of 100 desirable homes, on the Riverside Sunderland site. The schemes must be shown to be carbon neutral, creatively employing sustainable building materials and construction methods, and be energy efficient as well as technologically smart, focussing on the health and well-being of people, the community, and our planet.

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TEAMS


Why teams? A housing scheme that is fit for purpose, on time, on budget is delivered by a good interactive multi-disciplinary design team. Beyond this interdisciplinary teams design and build great schemes - understanding, appreciating and learning from each other they find efficient, effective, economic solutions to any design challenge.

Business as usual is no longer an option, we need great interdisciplinary teams to create carbon neutral, desirable homes and vibrant communities.

We would encourage you to form interdisciplinary teams that consist of at least 4 members with a maximum of 8 members per team. You can self-select and form your own teams – or we can help you form a team from registered individuals. Team registration opens in February.

Team members will take on the different, but essential roles required to design and deliver a holistic scheme. Within your team you should assign roles for the following core professions:

• Architect or Architectural Technologist
• Structural or Civil Engineer
• Quantity Surveyor or Project Manager
• Landscape Architect or Urban Designer

When more than 4 you may also include:

• Building Services Engineer
• Interior Designer
• Graphic Designer
• Illustrator
• A second member from the core professions above
• Another distinct role relevant to your scheme

You will be asked to identify the roles that team members have assumed and demonstrate how your various disciplines have collaborated to produce your designs. Interested in taking part? Register your interest to receive further information.

WEBINARS

Climate Crisis | Sustainable Construction | Quality Homes

To design, specify, manufacture and construct quality timber homes that are carbon neutral, desirable, long lasting, economic to construct and economic to run - we require interdisciplinary design teams that are climate literate, understand what sustainable timber is, what timber and timber products are available and how to use them effectively and efficiently.

Through a series of interactive webinars, we will introduce you to associations, professionals, resources, research and products that will increase your knowledge and aid your understanding. The online evening webinars will run throughout February and will introduce:

• The Climate Challenge
• Routes to carbon neutral and net zero homes
• Sustainable forestry and timber products
• Offsite and modern methods of construction
• Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) and carbon calculation tools
• A network of professionals
• Interdisciplinary design teams
• Actual and theoretical award-winning timber homes
• The benefits of timber and where caution is advised in its use
• Essential resources

Interested in the webinars? Register your interest to receive further information.



QUESTIONS


We held online engagement meetings in December to answer questions, if you would like to schedule a meeting or to speak to Tab Binding, contact her at: tbinding@trada.co.uk There are some helpful videos below to get you started!