2024 Timber in the City, Student Competition

Introduction
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) is pleased to announce TIMBER IN THE CITY 5: Urban Habitats Competition for the 2023-2024 academic year. The program is intended to challenge students, working individually or in teams, to reimagine the boundaries of wood construction in the urban environment, leading to the transformation of our existing cities through constructing sustainable buildings made from renewable resources, offering expedient affordable construction, innovating with new and traditional wood materials, and designing healthy living and working environments. This is the fifth competition in the TIMBER IN THE CITY series, and this year provides an opportunity to meet urban housing needs through the addition of an overbuild, or vertical extension, made of wood to an existing building or structure. Mass timber’s light weight makes it a natural choice for overbuild designs. In addition to helping maintain a building’s original architecture or design, wood’s light construction footprint may allow tenants to remain in an existing building during construction, as opposed to forcing tenants out while the existing structure is reinforced.

Eligibility
Because the support of SLB is derived from companies whose markets are mainly in the U.S., the Timber in the City Student Competition is open to students and/or student teams from ACSA Full and Candidate Member Schools, as well as ACSA Affiliate Members Schools from the U.S. and Canada. Students may work individually or in teams and must work with a faculty sponsor on the submission.

An ACSA member school, faculty sponsor is required to enroll students by completing an online registration form prior to registration by April 10, 2024. All student entrants are required to work under the direction of a faculty sponsor. Entries will be accepted for individuals as well as teams. Teams must be limited to a maximum of five students. Submissions should be principally the product of work in a design studio or related class.

Prizes
Winning students and their faculty sponsors will receive cash prizes totaling $40,000. The design jury will meet in the summer of 2024 to select winning projects and honorable mentions. Winners and their faculty sponsors will be notified of the competition results directly. A list of winning projects will be posted on the ACSA website (www.acsa-arch.org).

Student, First Prize: $7,500
Faculty Sponsor, First Prize: $4,500

Student, Second Prize: $6,500
Faculty Sponsor, Second Prize: $3,500

Student, Third Prize: $5,500
Faculty Sponsor, Third Prize: $2,500

Student, Fourth Prize: $4,500
Faculty Sponsor, Fourth Prize: $1,500

Student, Fifth Prize: $3,500
Faculty Sponsor, Fifth Prize: $500

Visit the competition's main site to register your students: 2024 Timber in the City, Student Competition