Eleven cambodia2015 brief

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3. Dear Participant,
It is my pleasure to personally welcome you to our first international
design competition with a project located in UNESCO’s Tonle Sap Lake
in Cambodia.
Cambodia is a wonderful land of extremes. Home to magnificent ancient
temples, lush green forests, rivers, lakes, rice patty fields and some of the
friendliest people you will ever meet. It also still bears the scars inflicted
by the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, which brought unimaginable levels of
suffering and death to the country in its recent history.
I had the privilege to travel around this mystical land during a research
trip in 2014. It was during a trip to the floating villages of the Tonle Sap
Lake that the concept behind Eleven was born. It only seemed fitting that
our inaugural competition should base itself on those fascinating waters.
Design has an important role to play in our world. Not only as a means
of bringing beauty, but as a driver for innovation and change. Design
can be fun, inspirational, respond to its context in new ways and also
help people along the way. This is what we strive for at Eleven. We aim at
delivering two major annual competitions a year in both urban and rural
contexts that raise questions. Our role it to underline these questions and
ask you to respond through designs which are only limited to your own
imagination and ingenuity.
If you are ready for the challenge, then we promise to do our best to
deliver competitions, exhibitions, events and publications of the highest
quality, which not only engage with interesting ideas, but also allow you to
get global exposure and become part of an elite international think-tank.
With that being said, let your creativity go wild and have fun in the
process! We look forward to seeing your proposal.
Thank you for joining and good luck!
Dr Andrea Verenini
Editor in Chief
Portsmouth, June 2015
Welcome!

4. THE SITE
[Image courtesy of ARCgis, colour modification by Eleven]
Map showing the site of the competition - the Tonle Sap Lake - and the extent of its seasonal floodplain.
Cambodia´s Tonle Sap Lake is located just a few miles south
from the magnificent Angkor Temples and the city of Siem Reap.
It is the largest fresh water basin in Southeast Asia and boasts a
UNESCO biosphere status since 1997.
The Tonle Sap Lake undergoes severe seasonal fluctuations.
It behaves unusually, its flow changing direction throughout
the seasons. In the dry season (November-April), the lake
shrinks dramatically as it drains into the Mekong River flowing
downstream towards the capital Phnom Penh. On the contrary,
during the wet season (May-October) the flow backs up allowing
the lake to expand in volume exponentially to cover an area of
around six times its original size.
This unique lake is renowned for being a remote haven for
nature lovers. It is the habitat to more than 100 varieties of water
birds and approximately 150 species of fish. Many of these are
classed as ´globally severely threatened´ or ´near-threatened´
breeds, making the lake an important foster for wildlife in the
region and globally.
Approximately 1.2 million people make Tonle Sap their home.
Many live on movable floating villages to cater for the dramatic
seasonal fluctuations of the lake and the migratory nature of the
lake´s fish. These remote communities rely heavily on fish as a
form of livelihood and sustenance. The fishing industry accounts
to 16% of Cambodia’s national GPD, with 400,000 tonnes of
freshwater fish processed each year, the majority of which is
supplied by the lake itself. This makes fish not only essential
to the diet of the local population, but also to the Cambodian
economy as a whole. The lake also plays a vital role in agriculture,
specifically in regards to the irrigation of rice paddies. This links
the Tonle Sap Lake to the country’s rice industry, which is in itself
another national prime necessity for living.
All of these factors establish the Tonle Sap Lake as a valuable
national resource central to the wellbeing of Cambodia’s natural
and human population.
CONTEXT

5. THREAT
Today, the wellbeing of Tonle Sap’s ecosystem is severely
under threat from the national and international price of rapid
modernity. As the nation and the region develop, high levels of
pollution find their way into its waters. This poses a huge threat
to the safeguarding of future generations of both wildlife and
human population.
To make matters worse, the problems afflicting the general
population of Cambodia are aggravated and reinforced by
the remoteness and migratory nature of the floating villages on
the lake. Ecological education is lacking, resulting in a vicious
cycle of degradation. This is rendered worse by substandard
living conditions exacerbated by dangerously high poverty
levels: with over 28% of Cambodian families struggling below
the poverty line, many of which concentrate on the lake. The
lack of basic sanitary provisions means that disease epidemics
are an everyday risk to human life. Children are often the
ones who pay the highest price: 1 in 77 will not reach their
fifth birthday. Of the children that survive to adulthood, a mere
4% will complete high school. This is the bleak reality that
Cambodia is facing today.

6. RESPONSE
It is of paramount importance that the issues threatening the wellbeing of the Tonle
Sap Lake and its communities are resolved now in order to safeguard both man and
nature in the region today and in the near future.
This is the foundation of this international ideas and design competition.
We seek a response to such problems through designs that challenge conventions
and help establish a program of support in the region. This comes in the form of:
health aid, ecological research and monitoring, and education aimed at the local
population. Furthermore, the design needs to cater for the transient nature of the
floating villages and as such needs to be able to move around the lake.
We call on the international community of designers, experts and thinkers to respond
to these challenges, so that the lake can function more ecologically and allow its
nature and people to thrive for generations to come.
PROTECT RESPECT EMPOWER

7. The aim of this competition is to design a structure, or series of structures, within the Tonle Sap Lake. These need to
be transient so that they can move freely around the water and service the floating villages. It is up to each participant
to interpret what this means. Can the design move independently or does it need to be towed? Perhaps it is modular
or transportable in pieces and easily assembled on site where required?
The structure(s) is intended to embody three primary roles, as outlined below:
COMPETITION BRIEF
One of the biggest immediate concerns for the
Lake’s population is heath related issues. For this
reason, a priority is to establish a network of medical
aid that can cater for the remote lifestyles of the
1.2 million inhabitants on the lake. The primary role
of the structure is to act as ´frontline´ health care
facility for the floating villages and villagers. The
concept is to bring medical aid to remote locations
currently cut off from the main support chains.
How this is done is (again) up to you. Should the
proposed structure assume the role of screening
clinic linked to larger hospitals on the mainland, or
should it be a hospital in itself?
Medical aid is of vital importance in containing
epidemics, but to truly solve problems one needs
to work on prevention. One of the biggest assets
one has in regards is knowledge, and knowledge
is brought forth by research. For this reason, the
secondary objective for the proposed structure(s)
is to act as a research centre tasked to monitor
the wellbeing of the lake’s natural and human
population. Research should focus on ecology,
but again it can be as specific or as general as
you see fit. Remember, however, that some of the
biggest threats concerning the lake’s wellbeing
relate to pollution and sanitary (medical) issues.
On the contrary, the lakes biggest assets can be
regarded as natural and architectural (floating
villages). Should research focused solely on the
negatives, or should it also study the positives?
Medical aid fights the problematic directly, research helps establish trends and monitor situations, but to truly spread
pro-active change one needs to empower local populations to make small changes which have in themselves a
profound impact. Today, the threat manifests itself as a vicious cycle. Consider this: a human lives on the lake, which
he relies on for sustenance. He regularly pollutes the lake through his own faeces or third party wastes due to lack
of understanding in regards to the concept of ecology. In doing so, the fish in the lake are exposed to rising levels of
pollution. This causes them to perish or worse: become toxic. The human, however, continues to rely on that very fish
for living. He catches and eats the fish. In doing so, the human is slowly poisoning himself. He continues to pollute the
lake further through more faeces and waste… and thus the cycle begins again! This all goes to dangerously impact
the water toxicity as well (not just the fish) which humans regularly use to clean themselves, cook with and drink. Water
is a great transmitter of disease. Eventually, the human falls sick or dies and epidemics begin. Of course this example
is highly oversimplified, but one can begin to understand the threat to local populations as they continue to poison the
very same environment they rely on for primal survival. This cycle can be stopped when and if people understand the
impact they have on their immediate environment and – perhaps more importantly – on themselves and their children!
This is why the third role of the proposed structure(s) is educational: providing a platform where the local population
can be taught basic sanitary and ecological principles that they can adapt to their own lifestyle, culture and context.
Ultimately, this allows local inhabitants not only to preserve their own distinctive way of life, but also become better-
equipped guardians of their unique habitat.
The brief is intended as a starting and guiding point, not as a rigid constraint box to tick. Stick to the minimum requirements,
but feel free to develop the brief in the direction you see fit. Ask yourself: what does my proposal need to succeed? Do
you require accommodation, special facilities, additional services? We seek true originality and proactive change through
design. It is for this reason that we encourage you to have fun, explore possibilities and release your creative problem
solving genius. If this means bending the rules to make room for innovation and creativity... so be it!
DESIGN RESTRICTIONS REGISTRATION FEES
...A STARTING POINT
There are no restrictions in terms of volume and massing of the building. It is up to each individual team to judge what
is appropriate for their concept and for the existing constraints found on the lake. For the competition requirements and
regulations, terms and conditions and other criteria, please refer to the relevant pages in this document.
EARLY BIRD : £50
From: 11th June 2015 (opening date)
To: 22nd June 2015
STANDARD : £75
From: 22nd June 2015
To: 11th September 2015 (closing date)
Healthcare Research Education

8. COMPETITION JURY
JUDGING CRITERIA
THE 13TH
JURY MEMBER...
The jury will be looking for the following criteria in each proposal:
• CONCEPT:
What is the idea behind the proposal? How strong is it? Has the participant or team delivered innovation and responded to the
challenges set out by the competition?
• EXECUTION:
How well has the idea translated into an actual design programme and structure?
• SUSTAINABILITY:
How sustainable is the design? Think of materials and systems for example.
• FEASIBILITY:
Is the structure buildable? Remember that we will be seeking to implement a design on site. Think of construction methods per
example. Remember also that – usually – the easier it is to build, the less it relies on specialised labour which may be scarce (or
expensive) on site. Perhaps the construction could also become a training tool for local skilled workers?
• AESTHETICS:
Can a structure have a fantastic concept excellently executed in design, be a champion for sustainable practice, be equally realistic
enough for construction... AND also be beautiful? Why not? We believe functionality and beauty are not mutually exclusive!
• PRESENTATION:
How well has the participant presented his or her work in the space allocated to them by the competition submission requirements?
There are no formal requirements of images/drawings types we ask for. Think of how best to describe your proposal. We suggest
the use of plans, key sections and elevations to explain the design, but also think of making the best use of diagrams, visualisations,
renderings, sketches and models (CAD or physical) to explain your ideas and design successfully. It is up to each participant to
judge what is more appropriate for their specific proposal.
Dr Andrea Verenini
Editor of Eleven Magazine
(Portsmouth, UK)
Tom Kundig
Olson-Kundig Archiects
(Seattle, USA)
Shaun O’Rourke
BAC
(Boston, USA)
Perry Hooper
Grimshaw Architects
(London, UK)
Dr Mathilde Marengo
IAAC
(Barcelona, Spain)
Massimo Forese
+39 Architects
(Padova, Italy)
Ingrid Bille
BilleByeSheid Architects
(Frankfurt, Germany)
Dr Elena Douvlou
Metropolitan University
(Athens, Greece)
Christine Murray
Editor of Architecture Review
(London, UK)
Dr Camillo Boano
The Bartlett, UCL
(London, UK)
Arthur Andersson
Andresson-Wise Architects
(Austin, USA)
Andrew Maynard
Andrew Maynard Architects
(Melbourne, Australia)
Meet your world-class international jury panel from top architectural practices, academia and magazines:
The public is our final jury member! We will be exhibiting all of the submissions on our website, where the general
public will be able to access them, enjoy the proposals and vote for their favourite to win the People’s Choice Award
category. Get your friends and colleague to visit our website and vote for their favourite entry!

9. There are eight awards which will be voted upon by the jury panel:
• WINNER:
The winning entry selected by the judging panel will receive a GBP £1,500 [One Thousand Five Hundred British
Pounds] prize. The winning entry will be asked to join the Jury Panel for the next international competition launched by
ELEVEN. We are working hard to make this competition the starting point for a live project. In the event the project will
go live, the winning participant team will have the opportunity to work as part of the design team.
• RUNNER-UP:
The runner-up entry selected by the judging panel will receive a GBP £500 [Five Hundred British Pounds] prize.
• HONOURABLE MENTION:
There will be SIX honourable mentions chosen by the jury.
In addition to the eight awards voted on by the jury panel, the general public will have a chance to vote for their
favourite design as well:
• THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD:
In addition, the people will have an opportunity to vote for their favourite project. The winner of the People’s Choice
Award will receive a prize of GBP £500 [Five Hundred British Pounds]. The winner of the People’s Choice Award will be
asked to join the Jury Panel for the next international competition launched by ELEVEN. So, round up your supporters
and get them to vote for your design online!
AWARDS + PRIZES
Exhibitions:
SPIN-OFF EVENTS*
All entries will be exhibited on Eleven’s website.
Awarded entries will be featured on Eleven’s website, Archdaily, Dezeen, Architime, Bustler and Akichiatlas.
GLOBAL EXPOSURE AWAITS YOU!
The competition will launch a series of international spin-off events (subject to terms and conditions being met). These
consist of:
STRUCTURE CALENDAR
Publication:
Designs and ideas are there to be shared with the world. This is why we are finalising plans for
exhibitions to be hosted around the globe, with the aim of showcasing the competition entries.
Currently, we are organising events on three continents in Boston (USA), Barcelona (Spain),
London (England) and Siem Reap (Cambodia). Participants will have a chance to exhibit their
work through these events and get exposed to a global audience! Winning awarded entries will
automatically be featured in these events.
Live Project:
Perhaps less surprisingly, we are planning a publication to come out of this competition... after all,
we market ourselves as a magazine! Like the exhibitions, the feature will be showing work from
the competition. The publication will be made available for purchase to the general public, with
a percentage of the proceedings going towards the Angkor Hospital for Children. All awarded
entries will automatically be features in this publication.
What is the purpose of ideas if they do not inspire innovation through action? At the time of writing,
Eleven is leasing with experts and officials to try to get a project running on site on the Tonle
Sap Lake, giving participants a chance to get involved with an actual live project! Should our
attempts be successful, then the winning entry will be asked to join the design team, and more
opportunities to get involved will be made available to the participants.
This is an open single stage international competition.
The aim of this competition is to identify the most
appropriate proposal which best satisfies the general
and specific objectives of the contest as well as the
judging criteria.
This will be determined by the competition jury, with the
exception of the People’s Choice award category
(refer to awards section).
11 September 2015: Submission Deadline!
October 2015: Jury meets to deliberate...
November 2015 (expected): Results Announced!
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Please Note:
Eleven reserves the right to extend the competition or amend
the schedule subject to changes. If this does happen, we will
email you with the updated schedule and further news.
* These events are currently in their planning stages. We will keep you updated on their progress.

10. Some visual inspiration... ...life and architecture of the Floating Villages on Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake.

11. Details of the submission portal with your unique login name and password should have been sent to you already in
your welcome email. Please log into the competition portal (portal.eleven-magazine.com) with your unique login with
user name and password. There, you will be able to upload your submission files of up to 10MB in total. You have until
the submission deadline to access your portal and submit your entry.
The project submission must contain the following:
• Two A1 sheets (594mm[h] x 841mm[w]) in HORIZONTAL format. Participants are encouraged to submit all the
information they consider necessary to explain their proposal such as plans, sections, elevations, visualizations,
diagrams, etc. The resolution of the boards must be 150dpi, RGB mode, and saved as JPG files. The upper right
corner of each board must contain the participation number in a clear and legible manner. There should not be any
marks or any other form of identification. The files must be named after the registration number followed by the board
number. For example: EC1XXXX-1.jpg and EC1XXXX-2.jpg. Please Note: make sure to also save your sheets in JPG
files at 300dpi and keep these files safe, as we may ask from you send them over in the event you are awarded and
published.
• A DOC file containing the project statement explaining your design (500 words max). This file must be named after
the registration number followed by the word “statement”. For example: EC1XXXX-statement.doc.
• A DOC file containing the entrants’ personal information, including name, profession, address, and email. This file
must be named after the registration number followed by the word “info”. For example: EC1XXXX-info.doc.
We encourage participants to engage with physical models! This is optional but appreciated. If your entry
includes a physical model (or models), then:
• Please DO NOT send the actual physical model to us!
• Please submit pictures saved as JPG files. The files must be named after the registration number followed by the
word “model”, followed by the number of the model (if multiple) and finally the number of the picture. For example:
EC1XXXX-model1-2.jpg or EC1XXXX-model2-4. Please keep the models safe, as we may wish to exhibit them in our
future events related to the competition.
• Submit a DOC file cross-referencing the model JPG names submitted with a brief description and caption of the
picture. Make sure to include any model scale or materials. Please also include the picture credit if required. This file
must be named after the registration number followed by the word “captions”.
For example: EC1XXXX-captions.doc.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
This is a single-stage digital competition. No
hard copies are necessary at this stage.
All participants must submit their proposals
through Eleven’s submission portal by the
specified deadline of:
Friday 11th September 2015
@ 11:00am (United Kingdom Time)
Participants will be responsible for the arrival
of their proposals within the corresponding
deadlines and no proposal will be accepted
after the deadline.
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12. RULES + REGULATIONS
1. This is an anonymous competition and the registration identification number is the only means of identification. Your unique
registration identification number should have been sent to you already in your welcome email.
2. The official language of the competition is English.
3. The registration fee is non-refundable even in the event of a lack of submission on behalf of the entry team.
4. All prizes are in Great British Pounds (£ / GBP) currency and all dates and times are set to the United Kingdom time zone.
5. Only one submission per team per fee is allowed.
6. A team wishing to submit multiple entries can do so by registering multiple times. Each registration will be given it’s unique
reference number.
7. Contacting the Jury is strictly prohibited. Any competition related correspondence should be directed to Eleven on:
info@eleven-magazine.com
8. Eleven, as the competition organizer, reserves the right to modify the competition schedule if deemed necessary. You will be kept
informed of any extensions or changes via email or social media.
9. Entrants will be disqualified if any of the competition rules are not considered or if any of the regulations are broken.
10. The competition is open to all who wish to participate a side from employees, staff, consultants, agents or family members of
Eleven personnel and any of the jurors, including the jurors themselves.
11. There are no age restrictions, however, entrants which have not yet reached their 18th birthday must have an adult (defined by
being of age 18 or above) enter as part of their team.
12. Participation assumes acceptance of the regulations by entering the competition.
COPYRIGHT + DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS
All entries are the intellectual property of the entrant.
In entering the competition, the registrant and all team members recognise the competition’s program as the intellectual property of
Eleven and agree to credit the organisation by name in any subsequent exhibition or publication.
Eleven reserves the right to use any material submitted to the competition for advertising, promotions, exhibitions, or however they
see fit for the promotion of their business. This may include publication and marketing materials. Any third party that wishes to use
any competition entries or any related material must first get written consent from Eleven.
Any breach of copyright (including text, images, and credits) will result in legal action being taken on behalf of Eleven.
DISCLAIMER
This is an open international ideas competition hosted by Eleven intended as a purely conceptual project. Any mention
to events, publications, exhibitions and live projects by Eleven beyond this competition phase are yet to be fully
confirmed. Eleven reserves the right to cancel or change any such events at their own discretion.
TERMS + CONDITIONS
By entering this competition you agree to adhere to the brief’s rules and regulations and Eleven’s terms and conditions.
These can be found on www.eleven-magazine.com or requested by email at info@eleven-magazine.com.

13. We will keep you informed of any competition-related news and updates via email and also social media platforms.
If you haven’t done so already, please follow us on Twitter and Facebook... while your at it, why don’t you like
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CORRESPONDENCE
QUESTIONS + ANSWERS
We highly recommend that participants take full advantage of this competition and as such any questions are welcome
and encouraged! If you have any, please email info@eleven-magazine and a member of our team will get back to you
as soon as possible.
NEWS + UPDATES
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MEDIA SPONSORS
Please Note: If you have seen our competition featured anywhere else, please let us know and we will update our media list. Thank you!
All competition related correspondence is to be directed to Eleven directly via email at info@eleven-magazine.com and
a member of our team will be sure to reply.
Please note that for the sake of fair judgment, any direct competition-related correspondence with our jury panel during
the competition life span is strictly prohibited. Any entry seen breaking this rule will be immediately disqualified and a
refund will not be made available.
Tweet about us to your friends and colleagues and feature our event’s hashtag: #ElevenCambodia2015
PRESS + ENDORSEMENTS
Are you interested in writing about us or our event? Or perhaps you might want to support us through media
endorsements and sponsorship for this or future events? In that case, email us on press@eleven-magazine.com and a
member of our team will get back to you shortly. We are always on the lookout for new partnerships!

14. T H A N K Y O U
We are sponsoring the outstanding medical and
humanitarian efforts of the Angkor Hospital for
Children by raising awareness and charitable
donations. Thanks to your support, the hospital will
be able to treat even more children in need and
provide them with the foundations for a better future.
On the behalf of all the staff and the children at
the hospital, we thank you for your kindness!
www.angkorhospital.org

15. We believe design has a major role in shaping lives. Culturally and ecologically
responsive solutions are powerful tools towards safeguarding futures and preserving
threatened realities.
This notion drives our international events. Competitions have many virtues; they encourage innovation and foster
talent, but most importantly they raise awareness on global issues whilst suggesting possible actions. Exhibitions and
publications complement this, helping reinforce concepts, encourage discussion and educate. This is what we aim at
doing through our events: an arena for ideas to grow into possibilities. We are pragmatic idealists, building connections
between multidisciplinary fields to facilitate positive developments geared towards less privileged communities around
the world. Our design events are the platform for international think-tanks to thrive in. Design can be socially responsive
and contextually sustainable: an enabler for growth. It is not about uprooting values, traditions and cultures, it is about
preserving the wonderful variety of the world through sensitive solutions, progressing knowledge and proactive action
aimed at supporting less privileged sections of our society. Ultimately, it is about empowering people.
A B O U T U S
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Hello!
It’s a pleasure
to meet you.
Andrea was born in Bologna in 1984. He grew up in Italy, Hungary, Austria and Russia, and moved to the UK in 2002 to pursue higher education in Architecture.
He successfully completed a BA (Hons) in Architecture in 2006, a post-graduate Diploma in Architecture in 2009, and in 2010 won a full-funded studentship to pursue a doctorate. Andrea was awarded a PhD in Architecture and Urban Regeneration in 2014.
His career has seen him active in both academic institutions and international architectural practices working for renowned practices like Grimshaw Architects, and engaging with multiple aspects of design at variable scales.
In 2015 Andrea founded Eleven as a global platform for fostering talent and solving world issues through design-led, pro-active interventions and multidisciplinary think-tanks which bridge the gap between research and practice. Eleven connecting academics with
professionals in the world of design with the interest of pushing innovation through global competitions, events and publications. Today Andrea is Editor in Chief of Eleven as well as Director of Cityscape Futures, an architecture studio in the south coast of the England.
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