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2021 FourC Challenge 24-hour Design Charrette

2021· ReVive

FourC Challenge 24-hour Charrette Contest

May 29 – 30, 2021

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01 FourC Challenge 24-hour Charrette Contest

The FourC Challenge stands for Create, Connect, Communicate, and Collaborate. It advocates students pay attention to the developmental trends of human society, create innovative ideas in practice, and pursue optimal designs for solving real life problems. At the same time, they must show the courage to disrupt and subvert in order to create work with social and industrial value. By combining theory and practice, they can lay the groundwork for a sustainable, healthy, and beautiful living environment.

86,400 seconds, 1,440 minutes, 24 hours, can be an ordinary day or a day full of creativity and passion. Shanghai Jiao Tong School of Design will link up with well-known universities through the format of this online design contest. Working with teammates of different nationalities and backgrounds, during this 24-hour period each team will bring a unique perspective, and aim to explore and solve social problems, as well as propose innovative, forward-looking and practical design solutions that rest on a solid scientific footing.

FourC Challenge is not merely a competition, but also a global platform of design to communicate and deepen cross-cultural understanding. In this 24 hours of mutual learning, we hope that students can meet new friends and widen their vision, collaborate with each other, and promote a more resilient recovery spirit to the world through the power of design.

It’s spring time in this part of the world. Flowers are blooming regardless of people’s doing. Although we are unable to meet and greet each other in person, we believe we will be able to do something meaningful online and leave each other with long-lasting memories. We look forward to “meeting” you in May.

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02 Theme of 2021

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Since the outbreak in 2020, at this extra-ordinary time of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been facing unprecedented challenges. While we are stepping into the post-epidemic era, our lives have undergone tremendous change. It is against this background that we propose schools and universities from around the world join hands with design concepts to promote rehabilitation and enhance resilience of human society.

Design—in addition to enriching our lives—should do more at times of uncertainty, such as healing wounds, enshrining hopes, rebuilding interpersonal communications, reshaping harmonious relationships between people and the environment, and improving public health. It is our hope that participants will uphold the "people-centred" concept and professionalism. Through ideas and design products, the aim of this year’s contest is to find designed ways to heal people's mind, embrace empathy and respect, and of more importance revive peoples’ health and spirit in the post-epidemic era. We firmly believe that the power of design can help promote the rehabilitation and enhance resilience of human society.

The theme for this year is “ReVive” - to enhance the wellbeing of humankind and the rehabilitation of a post-pandemic society.

​03 Plan of 2021​

- Time

​May 29 – 30, 2021 (GMT/UTC+8)

- General Schedule

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-Format

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The challenge will be held entirely online. Students will join in interdisciplinary teams. To achieve better communication and connectivity among students from different nationalities and social backgrounds, participants will be divided into mixed groups based on different majors and schools. This is also the key point of the contest—to create, connect, communicate and collaborate. The grouping results will be announced on the day of the contest.

The challenge will be in form of online Make-a-thon. The participating groups will produce creative design online within 24 hours.

Required equipment for the contest (computers, programs and software, etc) as well as prototype production materials will be provided by the participants themselves.

-Results

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Participants will present their work in demonstrations via video display, and the judging panel will review all works based on factors such as creativity, completeness，and technical and commercial potential.

Each team will submit a 3-minute demo video (in MP4, AVI, MOV or other format) under 100M to explain the design concept at the end of the contest. Another two design layouts (format to be provided at the day of the contest) are also required. The content should include, but will not be limited to; the project name, design sketch, and a description of the work not exceeding 150 words.

- Organizers

​Supported by: China Industrial Design Association, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), Architectural Society of Shanghai China, Shanghai Society of Landscape Architecture

Sponsor: Shanghai Jiao Tong School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University International Affairs Division, ASSC International Centre for Architecture and Design Exchange, RIBA CITY ROOM @ SJTU

Implementation: IIDE, M.Arch(International) and M.LA.(International) Program Center

- Prizes & Awards

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The judging panel will undertake a comprehensive assessment of the finalists based on the demo videos of submitted works. Winners will be awarded prizes and will have opportunities for product incubation.

- Exhibition and Promotion

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Selected works will be exhibited in the Design Shanghai 2021 from June 3-6. Design Shanghai is part of the largest network of annual design shows in Asia. Attracting leading international and Chinese manufacturers, design-led brands, global industry leaders, architects, interior designers and design enthusiasts, the show also aims to bring cultural programming to the city of Shanghai.

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We will also publish the annual FourC memoir, cataloging all design works.

04 Registration

There is no registration fee. please directly fill in and reply us the “FourC Challenge 24-hour Charrette Online Registration Form” attached at the bottom. After reviewing materials, the organizer will notify participants by phone or email along with a guide to the contest and other relevant information.

05 Contact

Tel: 86-21-54742134 

E-mail: sdesign@sjtu.edu.cn

Ms. Chen

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