Students can complete a substantial design competition submission for your architecture firm or design company over the placement period. We suggest that one member of your architecture firm or design company commit to being the overall supervisor of the student team submission, liaising on a regular basis with the student team leader as well as the co-op course instructor(s).

Design Competition examples that students can complete may include, but are not limited to:

Sudbury 2050 (https://sudbury2050.ca) - Submissions due Aug. 28, 2020

This competition offers the opportunity for students to think creatively about our city’s complete urban core. The goal of the Urban Design Ideas Competition is to explore a wide range of options and opportunities for the evolution of the city’s urban core and to ultimately set out urban design principles, that will guide its future development. You are ideally situated to submit innovative ideas for the Sudbury 2050 competition that is being hosted by our school.

Warming Competition (https://www.thewarmingcompetition.com) – Submissions due Aug. 3, 2020

How will our built environment react to rising sea levels, extended droughts, climbing temperatures, and other symptoms of global warming? How can our buildings and cities prevent the severity of natural disasters, degrading air quality, melting ice caps, and climate change at large? WARMING calls on students and professionals from the fields of architecture, planning, and design to submit projects that respond to our changing climate and the environment.

Human Kind After COVID-19 (https://www.theark.design) – Submissions due August 10, 2020

CHALLENGE. Propose a visionary project that helps to revive the economy of a region, city or community affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. In a perfect harmony of architecture, economy and environment, the competition aims to generate visionary ideas that mark the after of the pandemic and inspire different organisations to draw up a “PLAN B” for the world economy.

Other Competition Resources:

http://competitions.archi/cat/all-competitions/

https://archcompetition.net/category/competitions/

https://www.archdaily.com/search/competitions

https://www.designboom.com/competitions/all/

Benefits to the employer

Employers help the university produce highly productive and potential future leaders by complementing and enhancing a student’s academic study through meaningful real-world experience.

• Students are available to work on design competition submissions, depending on employer needs.
• Students could be assessed by employers for their ability, professionalism, and aptitude to become a potential career employee.
• Students have completed a minimum of three years of undergraduate academic study, thereby obtaining a solid base of theory and technical skills.

Recruitment process

• Please submit a request for a student team to work on a specific design competition on your firm's behalf, including who in the firm would act as overall supervisor and whether your firm is able to offer students any remuneration (e.g. salary, honorarium) for their work. Student teams must put in a minimum of 420 hours toward the completion of the design competition submission.
• You can send a message to Victoria Dominico if you have any questions prior to applying. Expand the header of this page to view the message options.
• Students will apply for projects with employers whose requests are approved; students will have recently completed their third year of the Bachelor of Architectural Studies program or are in the first year of the Master of Architecture program. Students will apply in groups, with one student serving as team lead (where possible, the team lead will be a Masters student).