Call for Submissions: NOVA DESIGN AWARD 2018 - Future Living Space

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人们生活在一个不断变化的时代。随着科技的发展，社会模式与周边环境也发生了巨大的变化，人们似乎能够预见在5年或者10年之后的居住空间，那一定会与现在的空间有着极大的区别。

那么到了2025年，人们的基本生活需求是否会有更多改变？居住空间的性质是否有其他的形式？也许到那个时候，空间的形态与尺寸将具有更多数字化内涵，同时人们彼此之间的关系也会更加多样化，因为也许人们已经适应与人工智能的相处，抑或是人类与自然环境之间也将产生更多模式的对话。

NOVA Property Investment Co. Ltd是中国领先的资产管理与投资平台，致力于相关方面的创新发展，NOVA认为，这些问题非常值得思考与深究。在过去的3年里，秉持着具有前瞻性的设计理念，NOVA创新了许多商业模式以及全新的物理空间，另外，NOVA也希望将这些理念用于解决当前所存在的问题，从而促进未来发展的新纪元。

本次NOVA Design Award竞赛希望参赛者能够全面的展开想象，构思未来居住空间的物理原型。因此本次设计方案需以单个居住单元为基础，建筑面积不大于50平方米，高度不超过6米，并且建筑选址需位于中国一线城市的高密度环境之中。

NOVA希望本次活动能够激发参赛者的创意思维，并且带来更多可能性。人们的未来始于足下。

免费注册：https://nova-award.com/


作品提交流程与规则

1、语言与单位
本次竞赛的官方语言为英文，项目度量为公制。

2、作品提交格式
作品提交需包含有展板、完整的竞赛信息和其他相关文件，并且将所有文件打包于同一个电子文件夹之中。文件的总大小不得超过20MB（视频除外）。
提交文件的命名格式需以团队ID编码作为开头，并且注明文件内容，例如“NDA0001_boards.pdf”，或“NDA0001_video.mp4”。
展板必须整合在一个PDF文件之中，其中包含有2至4页A2尺寸(420mm×594mm）的文件，文件需横向排版。
展板的边缘必须留出3毫米的空白区，并且在右上角注明ID编码，例如“NDA0001-1”。

3、所需内容
平面图
2张以上的剖面图
2张以上的透视图
项目方案名称，一段不少于250字的项目描述，主题为“未来生活的宣言”。
完整的竞赛信息
除了以上的内容，参赛者可以根据以下提示选择提交相关信息：
不超过2分钟的视频介绍、分析图、轴测图、细部大样、材质信息、建造方法与流程、模型照片等。
除了视频和竞赛信息，其他所有的内容都必须结合在展板之中。

4、竞赛流程
（1）本次竞赛面向公众开放，没有专业限制。参赛者可以自行参赛，也可以团队参赛，每个团队最多5人。参赛团队请通过团队信息确认表格进行信息确认。
（2）每个团队必须有1名团队事务联系人。
（3）注册开放时间为2018年6月1日，结束时间为2018年7月1日北京时间晚11：59（GMT +8:00）；未注册团队的作品视为无效。
（4）注册网站：www.nova-award.com。在注册之后，参赛者将通过注册邮箱接收注册代码及其他相关文件，其中包括团队信息确认表（Confirmation on Team Information）和原创声明（Declaration of Originality）。
（5）参赛文件为电子版，其中包括信息确认表的扫描文件。请将所有的提交文件以ZIP格式进行打包并上传至百度云或WeTransfer，另外需要向主办方发送文件的下载链接，并且确认链接在提交截止日期前的有效性。
（6）请在www.nova-award.com中提交文件下载链接和注册代码。主办方将在24小时内通过邮件的方式确认文件是否接收成功。
（7）作品提交截止日期为2018年7月31日北京时间晚11：59(GMT +8:00)。晚于提交时间或严重抄袭的作品将视为无效。
（8）竞赛主办方将协助评审团对提交作品进行评审工作。5个最终入围团队名单将于2018年8月6日公布。
（9） NOVA DAY是针对本次竞赛的一日特别活动，同时还有相关论坛和颁奖仪式，本届NOVA DAY将于上海举办，届时也将公布本次竞赛的最终获奖团队。


日程设置

2018年6月1日：免费注册开始
2018年7月1日北京时间晚11：59（GMT +8:00）：注册结束
2018年7月31日北京时间晚11：59（GMT +8:00）：作品提交截止
2018年8月6日：入围者名单公布
2018年8月25日：NOVA DAY（最终入围者现场演说、设计论坛、颁奖典礼）


评审团

王谦：NOVA地产投资有限公司的联合创始人、董事长、联合执行董事。

王谦先生毕业于清华大学建筑学院，而后获得麻省理工学院建筑学、城市规划与房地产开发专业的双硕士学位。

在2015年，王先生与Warburg Pincus共同创立了NOVA地产投资公司，该公司迅速成为中国一线城市的股票、地产投资以及资金管理的企业，与此同时，NOVA公司也是当前中国唯一整合了收购、创新、运营的资产管理平台。为了更好地组织NOVA公司的战略规划、年度企业计划和品牌发展，王先生成立了NOVA实验室（NOVA Lab），该项目主要用于组织、维持、发展重要的政府资源，并且与城市共同发展。

王先生是NOVA公司的董事长和联合执行董事，同时兼任中国房地产开发公司和投资者联合会（China Real Estate Developers and Investors Association ——CREDIA）的副会长和总负责人，以及中国房地产商会（China Real Estate Chamber of Commerce——CRECC）城市改造与创新部门的副会长。

王先生长期以来始终投身于慈善事业，资助过诸如上海广慈福利院等多家慈善机构，另外也通过江苏省徐州慈善总会对云南等偏远地区的教育事业做出贡献。

Carlo Ratti：麻省理工大学Senseable City实验室负责人，Carlo Ratti Associati工作室联合创始人

Carlo Ratti教授于麻省理工大学执教，精通建筑与工程，同时负责Senseable City实验室的指导工作，并且也是国际设计与创意工作室Carlo Ratti Associati的联合创始人。针对技术对城市生活的影响，他有着杰出的观点，其作品已经在全球各地展出，其中包括威尼斯双年展、纽约当代艺术中心、伦敦科学博物馆以及巴塞罗那设计博物馆。他的两个代表作Digital Water展馆和Copenhagen Wheel被纽约时代周刊誉为是“年度最佳创意作品（Best Inventions of the Year）”。他甚至被美国《连线》杂志列入“智能名单：50位即将改变世界的人”。

他是当前世界经济论坛的全球未来城市委员会（Global Future Council on Cities and Urbanization）的联合主席，同时担任欧洲城市创意委员会（Urban Innovation to the European Commission）的特别顾问。

Anouk Legendre：建筑师，XTU联合创始人

Anouk Legendre是XTU建筑设计公司的联合创始人，该公司于2000年成立于法国巴黎，其业务范围广泛，不仅有住宅项目与文化建筑项目，还有相关的学术与环境研究。Legendre获得了Knight of the Order of Agricultural Merit的荣誉称号，并且是EDF Ville et Energie机构的成员，同时还是2018年国家木建筑委员会（National Jury of Wood Construction）主席。从2002年至2007年，她在Ecole Nationale d’Architecture de Paris Malaquais任教。

她的设计作品在巴黎的多个展馆展出，其中有首尔建筑学院、巴黎蓬皮杜艺术中心等等。Legendre也完成了一些民用建筑的设计工作，其中有韩国的Jeongkok Prehistory博物馆、波尔多葡萄酒博物馆，以及2015年米兰世博会的法国展馆。近期，她完成了位于法国斯特拉斯堡的首个能源住宅项目。

Becky Quintal：ArchDaily的首席负责人

Becky Quintal是ArchDaily的首席负责人，她主要负责监督ArchDaily的日常发行工作，及其英语、西班牙语、葡萄牙语、中文等板块。在ArchDaily就职之前，Becky Quintal曾经担任过OMA/AMO建筑事务所、BIG(Bjarke Ingels Group)建筑事务所、Reiser+Umemoto建筑事务所，以及普林斯顿大学建筑学院的编辑人员。她近期获得了哈佛大学设计学院的硕士学位，其主要研究领域集中在纽约纸质传媒中的早期高层建筑。另外，她曾经也获得了普林斯顿大学的建筑学学士学位。

张涵：ArchDaily中国区主要负责人和执行编辑

张涵是ArchDaily中国区的主要负责人和执行编辑。她主要负责将中国建筑向全球建筑界的推广工作。她拥有数十年的建筑师和商业顾问经验，因此有着非常丰富的跨文化交流创意思维。她毕业于莫纳什大学，拥有企业经济学学士学位，同时还拥有墨尔本大学的建筑学学士和硕士学位。

IDEO：全球设计与创意公司（待定）

IDEO公司的发展可以追溯到1978年。如今，IDEO公司在设计与创新方面屡获殊荣。该公司主要通过以人为本的设计理念来进行公共或私人的创新设计，为个人或团体带来好的创意。

SPACE 10：（待定）

未来生活空间，代表的是更美好、可持续的生活方式。


评审标准

1、创新性
2、与技术的关系
3、可持续性（不局限于环境表达）
4、原型可行性
*以上标准仅供参考，排序不分先后。主办方对所有的创意思维皆持开放态度。


奖项设置

评审团最终选出5个入围团队，这些团队将有资格参与NOVA DAY，在这一天将会有设计论坛与颁奖典礼，并且，团队代表也将进行投票，来选出最终获奖者。

所有入围团队都将获得现金奖励和NOVA设计奖的获奖证书。入围作品也将在相关媒体平台中发表。主办方欢迎入围团队的所有成员参加当日的活动，并且为每个团队承担1名成员的差旅费用。

获奖作品有可能在2019年实施建造。

最终奖励：
一等奖1名：6000美元
二等奖1名：3000美元
荣誉提名奖3名：1500美元/名
奖金总额：13500美元
此奖金不包括中国境内所得税及参赛者所属国家的相应税费


规则与制度

1、报名参赛的个人或团队默认同意竞赛的相关规定，竞赛主办方拥有最终解释权；
2、参赛团队的设计作品应匿名提交，展板中不得包含姓名、单位、地址等任何相关信息。如有违反，将取消参赛资格；
3、每个参赛团队仅限提交一个作品，同一个作品不得重复提交。在其他竞赛平台或公众媒体中所发表过的作品，不得参与本次竞赛。如有违反，将取消参赛资格；
4、在作品提交之后，NOVA拥有这些作品的相关权益，参赛者仍然保留有作品的发表权、作者版权、修改权等其他个人权利。NOVA有权利运用作品中的设计理念，并且通过各项媒体、书刊、报纸、广告、网络将其发表、展览、编译、宣传，这些过程主办方无需经得原作者同意，并且也无需支付相应费用；
5、参赛团队必须保证竞赛期间所提交的文件、图纸等成果不得侵犯第三方的专利权、版权、商标权等其他相关权益。如果出现与第三方的权益纠纷，参赛团队自行承担所有的损失（律师费用、诉讼费等），并且赔偿NOVA所有损失；
6、评审团成员不得对参赛团队有任何的相关指导，因竞赛事宜而私自联系评审团成员的参赛团队将被取消参赛资格。


常见问题

相关流程：

1、竞赛是否需要注册费用？
——不需要，本次竞赛免费参与。
2、是否有人员限制？非设计师可以参与吗？
——任何人都能参与，但是团队不得超过五名成员。主办方鼓励多学科团队的参与。
3、如果此前我已经做过相关的设计，我可以将那个方案直接用于竞赛吗？
——请参阅规章制度第三条。未公开发表、未建造、未获得任何奖项的方案为有效方案。
4、视频或其他技术图纸是否能增大获奖概率？
——评审团的评判以方案为主，只要能更好地表达方案的任何表达形式都能够为项目增色。提交内容由参赛人员自行决定。
5、提交作品语言必须为中文吗？
——官方语言为英文。

设计相关问题：

1、为什么将时间选定为2025年？
——这个时间点发生在未来，但是又不会太久，因此保证了设计方案具有一定的预测性，同时方案自身也能对当下的社会状况产生积极影响，所以在2025年的居住空间则由参赛者自行构想。
2、建筑必须满足50平方米的单层空间？
——方案的空间规模并没有硬性要求，但是，参赛者在设计时最好将面积控制在50平方米以内，并且最大高度为6米，计算方式为下部结构上表面至上部结构下表面。
3、城市的高密度背景环境是指什么？
——参赛者可以自行决定项目背景环境。
4、中国一线城市具体是什么？
——没有特殊要求，一线城市皆可。
5、居住空间的使用者是谁？有多少人？
——由参赛者自行决定。
6、视频或其他技术图纸是否能增大获奖概率？
——评审团的评判以方案为主，只要能更好地表达方案的任何表达形式都能够为项目增色。但是最终提交文件最好尽可能多地展示方案，以便评审团更好地理解构思。

其他相关疑问，请通过电子邮件发送至：faq@nova-award.com
为了公平起见，主办方将在收集并解答所有的问题之后，将这些问答公布在网站之中。请留意官方网站的更新。


关于NOVA

NOVA地产投资有限公司由王谦先生和战略投资者Warburg Pincus于2015年共同成立。2016年，NOVA公司对房地产创新增值服务公司Yicheng Creative进行了股权收购，并将该公司的专业优势与NOVA公司的收购、创新、运营、资产管理模式相结合。在2018年，新加坡政府投资公司（Government of Singapore Investment Corp——GIC）和NOVA正式签署了股东协议。

NOVA公司凭借其自身的雄厚实力和运营能力，以迅猛的速度在中国一线城市进行发展。NOVA公司拥有多处位于黄金地段的资产，其业务还包含有高级公寓、写字楼、零售商业的施工与装饰，从而让建筑与周围景观更加适应，项目完成后，NOVA公司享有这些资产的运营与管理权。产品创新与多方操作是NOVA公司有别于同行的核心技术。

当前，NOVA公司拥有41个运营或在建项目，总价值超过120亿元，项目面积约400000平方米，这些项目覆盖了北京、上海等中国一线城市。NOVA公司的运营品牌包括有BASE和N2 Creative，其目的是建立满足不同市场需求和目的的各类相关品牌。

NOVA公司当前拥有超过180名员工，其主要合作方有万科、中国Infrared南丰地产、远洋地产、金谷信托公司、天同宏基、融创地产、上海金外滩集团等知名品牌。在2017年11月，NOVA公司与宝马集团的MINI品牌合作设计了世界上第一个共享城市空间——MINI LIVING。

标题：作品征集：2018NOVA设计奖——未来的居住空间
类型：作品征集
主办方：NOVA设计奖
注册截止日期：2018年7月1日北京时间晚11：59
作品提交截止日期：2018年7月31日北京时间晚11：59
地点：中国 上海 徐汇区 钦州路528号
费用：免费

We live in a time of great change. As paradigmatic shifts in technology, social networks and the physical environment constantly reshape our way of living, we can foresee that the living space of the future in 10 or even 5 years will be drastically different from what it is today.
How will we live in 2025 with updated basic needs and redefined living spaces? Perhaps, physical space and distance will further give way to digital connectivity, while inter-personal relationships will be complicated by our latest affair with artificial intelligence. Or, unsustainable urban development and the celebration of all things virtual will come to a halt and humans will engage in a renewed conversation with each other and the environment.
With a firm dedication to innovation, NOVA Property Investment Co. Ltd, a leading Chinese property investment and asset management platform, believes that these questions are worth investigating. In the past 3 years, NOVA has created novel business models as well as new physical spaces, and by initiating an annual design award program, NOVA hopes to further its mission in solving current problems and ushering in an era of positive change.
The inaugural NOVA Design Award invites applicants to imagine future living spaces in an urban setting, and intends to build a subsequent physical prototype to promote such creative thinking. It calls for new design proposals based on a single living unit, with a suggested gross floor area of no more than 50 square meters and a clear height not exceeding 6 meters, as part of a high-density context in a first-tier Chinese city.
NOVA hopes that this exercise will stimulate innovation and open unlimited possibilities. The future is now.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE & GUIDELINES

1. Language and Units
The official language of the competition is English. Submissions should use metric units.

2. Submission Format:
Submissions shall include boards, completed competition forms and other optional files, to be sent as one digital package. The total size should be under 20MB (exclusive of optional video file).
Names of submitted files shall start with the team ID and note the type of the file, e.g. "NDA0001_boards.pdf", or "NDA0001_video.mp4".
Boards shall be combined into one single PDF, including 2-4 boards in A2 size (420mm×594mm）and in landscape layout.
Boards shall have a 3mm white margin all around, with the team ID noted on the upper-right corner as "ID-number", e.g. "NDA0001-1".

3.List of required materials:
Plan
2 or more section drawings
2 or more perspective drawings
Name of the scheme and a “Manifesto on Future Living” as the design description (no less than 250 words)
Completed competition forms
Optional materials to sufficiently showcase the design scheme, including but not limited to: video (no more than 2 minutes long), analytical diagrams, isometric drawings, details or drawings describing the material and/or construction aspects of the scheme, photos of physical models, plans for physical constructions.
Except for optional video and completed competition forms, all other materials shall be incorporated into the boards.

4. Competition procedure:
(1) The competition is open to the public and no prerequisite is required. Each participating team shall consist of no more than 5 members. Please provide detailed information of the team through the Confirmation on Team Information form.
(2) Each team shall appoint 1 contact person throughout the competition.
(3) Registration opens on June 1, 2018 and closes on July 1, 2018 at 11:59PM Beijing time (GMT +8:00); Registration is mandatory. Teams who don’t register will not be able to participate.
(4) Registration is through the website: www.nova-award.com. After successful registration, the participant will receive a registration number and other information at their registered email address, including forms such as Confirmation on Team Information and Declaration of Originality.
(5) Entries shall be submitted digitally, including forms which should be completed, signed and scanned. Please package all files as one zipped package, upload it onto file-sharing sites such as Baidu Cloud or WeTransfer, and provide the download link to the competition organizing committee. Please ensure that the link will work for a week following the deadline.
(6) Please submit a link to download the submission package, along with the registration number, on www.nova-award.com; the Organizing Committee will confirm the receipt of the submissions within 24hrs via email.
(7)The deadline for submission is 11:59PM Beijing time (GMT +8:00) on July 31, 2018. Hard copy or late submissions will not be accepted.
(8) With the assistance of the competition organizing committee, the Jury will review the entries. Five finalists will be announced on August 6, 2018.
(9) NOVA DAY will be held in Shanghai as a one day event featuring a design forum and the awards ceremony, where the jury will announce the final awards after on-site presentations by the finalists.

CALENDAR
June 1, 2018: Free Registration opens
July 1, 2018: Registration closes at 11:59PM, Beijing Time (GMT +8:00)
July 31, 2018: Submission deadline at 11:59PM, Beijing Time (GMT +8:00)
August 6, 2018: Announcement of finalists
August 25, 2018: NOVA DAY (finalist presentations, design forum and awards ceremony)

JURY
Qian Wang
Co-founder, Chairman, Co-CEO of NOVA Property Investment Co., Ltd.
After studying at School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Mr. Qian Wang studied overseas and obtained dual Master’s in Architecture & Urban Planning and Real Estate Development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In 2015, Mr. Wang co-founded NOVA Property Investment Co., Ltd. (NOVA) with Warburg Pincus. As a stock and real estate investment and asset management company based in China's first-tier cities, NOVA is currently the only investment and management platform that integrates assets acquisition, renovation and operations in China. To organize NOVA’s strategic planning, annual business plan, and brand development, Mr. Wang established the NOVA Lab as a platform to build the organization, maintain and develop important government resources, and to reach out to urban companies in order to grow.
Mr. Wang served as Chairman and Co-CEO while also serving CREDIA (China Real Estate Developers and Investors Association) as Vice President and General Secretary, and the CRECC (China Real Estate Chamber of Commerce) Urban Renewal and Renovation branch as Vice President.
Mr. Wang has long been enthusiastic about charity and public welfare undertakings, sponsoring groups such as the Shanghai Guangci Welfare Institution and supporting children's education in less developed areas of Yunnan Province through the Xuzhou Charity Federation of Jiangsu Province.

Carlo Ratti
Director, MIT Senseable City Lab
Founding Partner, Carlo Ratti Associati
An architect and engineer by training, Professor Carlo Ratti teaches at MIT, where he directs the Senseable City Laboratory, and is a founding partner of the international design and innovation practice Carlo Ratti Associati. A leading voice in the debate on new technologies’ impact on urban life, his work has been exhibited in several venues worldwide, including the Venice Biennale, New York’s MoMA, London’s Science Museum, and Barcelona’s Design Museum. Two of his projects – the Digital Water Pavilion and the Copenhagen Wheel – were hailed by Time Magazine as ‘Best Inventions of the Year’. He has been included in Wired Magazine’s ‘Smart List: 50 people who will change the world’.
He is currently serving as co-chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Cities and Urbanization, and as special advisor on Urban Innovation to the European Commission.

Anouk Legendre
Architect
Co-founder of XTU
Anouk Legendre is the co-founder of XTU, an award-winning architecture and design firm founded in 2000, located in Paris, France. The company specializes in academic and environmental research in addition to residential and cultural buildings. Legendre holds the distinction of Knight of the Order of Agricultural Merit, is a member of think tank EDF Ville et Energie, and was president of the National Jury of Wood Construction in 2018. She taught at Ecole Nationale d’Architecture de Paris Malaquais from 2002-2007.
Her work has been exhibited in several architecture galleries in Paris, the Academy of Architecture in Seoul, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, at Archilab, and more. Legendre has completed several civic buildings including the Jeongkok Prehistory Museum in South Korea, Museum of Wine in Bordeaux, and the French Pavilion at the Milan Expo in 2015. She recently completed construction on the first energy positive residential building TED in Strasbourg, France.

Becky Quintal
Head of Content, ArchDaily
Becky Quintal is the Head of Content of ArchDaily, where she oversees the publication of ArchDaily and its global sites in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese. Prior to assuming her role at ArchDaily, Becky worked as an editor for OMA/AMO, BIG(Bjarke Ingels Group), Reiser+Umemoto and the Princeton University School of Architecture. She recently graduated from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, where her research focused on the portrayal of early skyscrapers in New York’s newspaper. She also holds an architecture degree from Princeton University.

Han Zhang
the Country manager and Executive editor of ArchDaily China
Han Zhang is the Country manager and Executive editor of ArchDaily China. She is responsible for the opening up of Chinese architecture to the international architectural discourse. With over ten years experience as an architect and business consultant, she is the key to making cross-cultural creative ideas a reality. She holds a degree in Corporate Finance from Monash University and a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Architecture from the University of Melbourne.

IDEO
global design and innovation company
(to be confirmed)
IDEO has roots dating back to 1978. Today, IDEO is an award-winning global design and innovation company. We create positive impact through design by taking a human-centered approach to helping organizations in the public and private sectors innovate, grow, and bring to market new ideas.

SPACE 10
(to be confirmed)
A future-living lab on a mission to design a better and more sustainable way of living.

JUDGING CRITERIA
1. Innovation
2. Relationship with Technology
3. Sustainability (not limited to environmental performance)
4. Prototype Feasibility
＊Criteria above are for reference only and arranged in no specific order. The competition is open to all creative ideas.

PRIZES
The Jury will select 5 finalist teams, who will be invited to attend NOVA DAY - the culmination of the competition including a design forum and the awards ceremony. Teams will also be asked to pitch their entries to the Jury at the ceremony, where the final awards will be determined.
All finalist teams will receive a cash award and a NOVA Design Award certificate. Finalist entries will be published on acclaimed media platforms. NOVA welcomes all members of the finalist teams to the events, but will be responsible for travel and lodging expenses for only 1 representative from each finalist team.
Winning entries may result in a physical prototype by NOVA in 2019.

Final awards:
1 First prize: 6000 USD
1 Second prize: 3,000 USD
3 Honorable Mentions:1,500 USD each
Total cash awards: 13,500 USD
*The amount of the awards are exclusive of Chinese domestic tax and fees and that of the country of the participant.

RULES & REGULATIONS
1. Individuals or groups who sign up for the competition shall be deemed to agree and comply with the Rules & Regulations; the organizer has the final right to interpret the Rules & Regulations.
2. All boards submitted by participants shall remain anonymous. Boards may not contain words or patterns in relation to designer identity, name, institution or company. Participants who do not comply with the regulations will be disqualified.
3. Each team or individual shall only submit one entry. The same entry may not be submitted twice. Creative works that have been built, realized, awarded in other competitions (honorable mention included) or published in public or in public media are not allowed to participate in this competition. Participants who do not meet requirements will be disqualified.
4. The intellectual property of participants’ work will be assigned to NOVA on the day of submission, participants only have publication right, the right of authorship, right of modification, right of integrity and other personal right. NOVA is entitled to use the design idea or partial scheme on this project, to reproduce, publish, exhibit, compile and disseminate to information networks the works, and to introduce, display and evaluate the works through media, books, newspapers, advertisements and the Internet, without obtaining consent of the author or any payment.
5. Participants assure that all material, drawings and work results submitted during the competition do not infringe on any third party's patent right, copyright, trademark right or any other legitimate rights and interests. Participants shall bear all responsibilities and expenses raised by any disputes, claims and proceedings arising from any third party related thereto, and compensate for all loss to NOVA (including but not limited to legal cost, attorney fees, investigation fees and damages to third party paid by NOVA).
6. The jury shall not participate in the competition or guide any students participating in the competition. Any team receiving guidance from a jury member will be disqualified.

FAQ
Procedure-related:
1. Is there a registration fee associated with the competition?
No, the competition is completely free to participate.
2. Who can participate? I am not a designer, can I participate?
Anyone can participate, so long as the team has no more than 5 members. NOVA encourages multi-disciplinary teams.
3. Can I submit a scheme that was created for a different purpose, such as a class or another project?
Please see Rules & Regulations point no.3. Valid schemes shall not have been built, realized, received any other awards (honorable mention included), or have been previously published.
4. Will adding a video or other drawings increase the chance of winning?
Judging will be based on the design scheme, so any representation methods that can best showcase the scheme will increase the chance of winning. It is up for the designer to determine the type of optional deliverables.
5. Does the submission have to be in Chinese?
No, English submission will suffice.

Design-related:
1. Why 2025?
The timeframe of a near future ensures that the assumptions and predictions from the schemes are relevant, and the schemes themselves can have a meaningful impact on the status quo. It is up for the designer to imagine the state of living space in 2025.
2. Does the scheme have to fit in 50 sqm? Is it one floor?
There is no strict area requirement. However, the designer may take into account that the intended physical prototype will have a gross floor area of max. 50 square meters and a clear height of max. 6 meters (measured from the top of the bottom structure to the bottom of the top structure), for considerations of feasibility.
3. What is the high-density context that the unit is part of?
The designer can determine the specifics of the context if it helps the design.
4. Which first-tier Chinese city is the space in?
The designer can determine the city if it helps the design.
5. Who is the occupant of the designed living space? How many occupants?
Up for the designer to decide.
6. Will adding a video or other drawings increase the chance of winning?
Judging will be based on the design scheme, so any representation methods that can best showcase the scheme will increase the chance of winning. With the anticipated level of participation, designers are advised to go beyond the minimum required list of drawings to best illustrate the schemes.

Any other questions, please write to: faq@nova-award.com
To ensure fairness, NOVA will compile all submitted questions and answers and publish them on the website. Please pay attention to website updates.

ABOUT NOVA
NOVA Property Investment Co., Ltd. (NOVA) was founded in 2015 by Mr. Wang Qian and strategic investor Warburg Pincus. In 2016, NOVA completed the equity acquisition of Yicheng Creative, a real estate renovation and value-add service provider, and in doing so integrated its professional experience into the NOVA model acquisition, renovation, operation and asset management. In 2018, The Government of Singapore Investment Corp. (GIC) and NOVA officially signed Shareholders Agreement.
With its strong capital and operational capabilities, NOVA has rapidly developed its portfolio of assets in China’s first-tier cities. NOVA’s focus is to invest in assets in prime locations and then tailor the renovation of the apartments, offices and retail to suit the local landscape. When completed, the properties are internally operated and asset managed. An expertise in product innovation and multi-format operations is one of the core competencies that set NOVA apart from its peers.
Currently, there are 41 projects operating or under constructing with a total investment value of nearly RMB 12 billion and a project area of 400,000 square meters. The projects are in the first-tier cities of Shanghai and Beijing. NOVA’s operating brands include BASE and N2 Creative. NOVA’s aim is to build brand alliances to meet the diverse needs of different markets and targets.
NOVA now has more than 180 employees. Its main partners include Vanke, Infrared NF Greater China Real Estate Fund, Sino-Ocean Real Estate, China Jingu International Trust Co., Ltd., TIANTONG CHINA, SUNAC, and the Gold Bund Group. In November 2017, NOVA and the BMW Group’s MINI brand collaborated to create the world's first MINI shared urban space - MINI LIVING.

Title: Call for Submissions: NOVA DESIGN AWARD 2018 - Future Living Space
Type: Call for Submissions
Organizers: NOVA DESIGN AWARD
Registration Deadline: 01/07/2018 11:59
Submission Deadline: 31/07/2018 11:59
Venue: 528 Qinzhou Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China
Price: Free