517 Teams from 9 Countries Enrolled in Alacero's 6th Steel Design Contest for Students of Architecture
08/13/2013 - Organized by Alacero, the enrollment process for the 6th Steel Design Contest for Students of Architecture began with great success.
The 2013 version of the competition focuses on education and culture as core issues. Students should present a proposal for a Public Multimedia Library, as a space that allows the promotion of knowledge and culture among the community.
The contest is open to all countries members of Alacero. The first phase is carried out at a country level and developed by the local associations and companies. This year 9 countries are participating (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Dominican Republic and Venezuela). A local jury selects the best project by country. Then, the winners travel to Lima where, as part of the Alacero-54 Congress, a jury formed by architects representing the participating countries will decide which team deserves the final award.
Currently, the contest already gathers students coming from 7 Argentine universities, 114 Brazilian, 23 Chilean, 9 universities from Colombia, 38 Mexican, 36 Peruvian universities and 4 universities from the Dominican Republic. It is worth highlighting that in Brazil — the country that won the contest in 2012 — 269 teams are already enrolled, beating all historic records.
This contest is an initiative of Alacero aimed at promoting the relationship with steel as constructive material among future architecture professionals and at guiding them on the most efficient uses of the material according to its attributes. The First Prize is US$ 10,000 (US$ 6,000 for the students and US$ 4,000 for the University). The Second Prize is US$ 3,000 (US$ 2,000 for the students and US$ 1,000 for the University).
In most participating countries, enrollment process is still open. So, Alacero expects the number of participants to grow. The rules and guidelines for the Alacero´s 6th Steel Design Contest for Students of Architecture as well as more information on the regional contests are available at www.alacero.org/concursodearquitectura.
Alacero — Latin American Steel Association — is the organization that brings together the steel value chain of Latin America to promote the values of regional integration, technological innovation, corporate responsibility and social and environmental sustainability. Founded in 1959, Alacero is formed by 51 companies of 25 countries, whose production — of about 70 million annual tons — represents 95% of the steel manufactured in Latin America. Alacero is a special consulting organization to the United Nations and is recognized as International Non-Government Organization by the Republic of Chile, host country of Alacero’s headquarters.
