New Aging Award 2010
May 26th, 2010 - UPDATE: Winners announced.

The University of Pennsylvania, School of Design, Architizer, and Matthias Hollwich announce that the jury has chosen the winning designs of the New Aging Award.  The selected projects demonstrate progressive architectural and social advances in designs for the elderly.  The results o... read more

New Aging Award 2010
May 26th, 2010 - UPDATE: Winners announced.

The University of Pennsylvania, School of Design, Architizer, and Matthias Hollwich announce that the jury has chosen the winning designs of the New Aging Award.  The selected projects demonstrate progressive architectural and social advances in designs for the elderly.  The results of the New Aging Award 2010 are as follows:

WINNING PROJECTS:

Unbuilt
Nursing Home: Floating Houses
By: Megabudka

Nursing Home: Floating Houses proposes to use water as an opportunity for calmness and pacification. In control of their house-islands, residents can isolate themselves from others within the body of water or gravitate toward the stationary programs: administration, dining room, sport and health improvement complex, the center of communal general services, and a universal public area.

Built
SeniorLife: NewBridge on the Charles
By: Perkins Eastman 

NewBridge on the Charles was chosen because it brings multiple generations together; creates an optimal living environment for elders at all points of the aging continuum; provides a rich array of choices for older adults in the form of housing options, lifestyles, engaging activity, and dining venues; and preserves a spectacular site.


HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Aesculapius by DRA&U
California Senior Housing by Matthew Gribben
Comfortable but inconvenient house  by Hiroyuki Ichihara
daCrib by Dwight Engel and Karen Wong
Not Too Old by WHIM Architecture
Service Centre and Apartments, Aarschot by DRDH Architects

These designs may be viewed by clicking here or searching “NA2010W” on Architizer. 

All winning projects and honorable mentions will be recognized at the New Aging Conference (www.new-aging.com) at the University of Pennsylvania on October 1st and 2nd, 2010.  The winning projects will also be published in “50+ Architectures for the Aging”, New Aging’s book surveying the most innovative architectural solutions for age-related challenges. 

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The University of Pennsylvania is launching the New Aging Award 2010 in a search for progressive architectural designs (realized or conceptual) for the elderly. With a concern that banal architecture has become a barrier exacerbating physical limitations, social isolation, and dependency, the New Aging Award is looking for designs that break these trends and offers a design quality that enables the elderly to lead a life of dignity.

Eligibility
Any architectural project designed for, or including, a single person or a group of people who are 55 and older is eligible. The designs may range from a private house to an assisted living facility, nursing home, or continuing care retirement facility. Submissions may include the work of firms, architects, designers, students, and teams.

Submission Requirements
Submissions must be uploaded to Architizer.com. The project profile must include the following:
    - A 150-250 word text description of the project
    - The lead design firm or project leader
    - Team members must be credited
    - Please submit as many images as necessary to fully explain the project (minimum 3 images).
    - the tag “NA2010” must be added as a tag to the project profile, without this tag the project will not be eligible. (Click on the “>” arrow in the teaser photo above for an example where the tag has to be entered)

Submission Fee
There is no fee to submit your projects.

Jury
The jury will be led by Bill Braham, the Interim Chair of the Department of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, and consist of Matthias Hollwich (Principal, HWKN), Winka Dubbeldam (Principal, Archi-Tectonics), and two additional jury members to be announced shortly.

Dates
March 26, 2010
Press Release: Award Announced, Award Submission Opens
May 3, 2010 at 11:59pm EST
    Submission Deadline
May 2010
    Winners Announced

Award
The entries will be evaluated on architectural and social innovation.  There will be two award categories, one for visionary and one for realized projects, and six honorable mentions. The winners will be published in the New Aging book to be launched in the Fall of 2010 and be announced at the New Aging Conference at the University of Pennsylvania on October 1st and 2nd, 2010. All winners and honorable mentions will get two free tickets to the conference.

Questions
CONTACT: Staci Kaplan
T: 1.215.898.5728
E: stacilk@design.upenn.edu
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