The Japan Architectural Renderers Association 
The 30th Anniversary International Open Competition 
Call for Entry Guideline

 –Draw the Museum-　
　
　
ANOUNCEMENT
The Japan Architectural Renderers Association (JARA) was founded in 1980 as the country’s first professional architectural illustrators’ organization. In this year of 2010, it celebrates the 30th anniversary of its founding.

The JARA is a non-profit professional organization of architectural visual communicators. Our goals are to foster social status in the architectural community as a professional occupation, to raise the standards of architectural visualization skills, and to educate the next and future generations. 

 Since 1980, hallmarks of our achievements are the JARA anniversary events, including international competitions and exhibitions – the Tenth in 1990, the Twentieth in 2000 and Twenty-fifth in 2005. None of these significant events could have occurred without receiving generous sponsorship and willing collaboration from many distinguished architects, government officials and private organizations. 

 For 2010, the JARA is very proud to publicly announce a global invitation for entries to the 30th Anniversary International Open Competition and exhibition of architectural visualization. The principal theme is “Draw the Museum.”

The Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs and the Japanese Association for Conservation of Architectural Monuments have agreed to provide background information and original architectural plans of historically well-known Museum buildings for the competition. Six jury members, whose offices have designed Museums, have also agreed to provide information about their buildings. Such information is not generally accessible to the public. The JARA acknowledges the important contributions of these agencies and firms, and are most grateful for their expert participation.

The JARA expects that all participants will learn and acquire an understanding of traditional Japanese architecture, history, culture, and the aesthetics of these museums, from the information provided. The competition will also offer an open category, which will provide the freedom to complete work from your own imagination and fantasy design. 

Any entry receiving more than one vote from any jury member will be included in the exhibition, and each work will be displayed with a comment from jury members. The 30th Anniversary Competition Exhibition will travel to Nagoya and Osaka, after the Tokyo Premiere event in September 2010.

The JARA has set the stage for you, and it is all yours. Please do not miss this opportunity for your drawing to dance. The JARA looks forward to receiving numerous entries from many illustrators worldwide.
Categories
Existing Building Category:
　 　 　
subject: Choose the subject from below. Execute your work (exterior visualization) using architectural information which will be provided by the Competition Committee. You can download it only after the registration. (No information can be available without the registration number.)

You are allowed to create based on your imagination for the only area where architectural information is not available. 
You may use only one subject per work. (You may not use two or more plans to make as one submission.) 
Available architectural plans: (Sample drawing is available): Please read carefully.
　 01: Local Museum, Yamagata Prefecture (Bunshokan)
02: House of Sakano Family at Mitsukaido Climate Museum
03: Crafts Gallery The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
04: Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum
05: Jinpukaku
06: Nezu Museum
07: Shimane Art Museum
08: Omihachiman Municipal KAWARA Museum
09: Shimane Arts Center ”Grand Toit"
10: Asuka Historical Museum
11: Taichung Metropolitan Opera House
　 <<Note>>
No use of photo images or photo manipulation of the existing buildings above is permitted.

Original Building Category:
　 　 　
subject: The theme of this category is to draw the museum in 2050. 
You are required to submit the title of the work and design statement within 200 letters with original drawing.
<<Notes>>
No use of the architectural information and plans from the “Existing Building” category or existing building are permitted.
Use of the “Existing site or/and background” is permitted but not “architecture”.
No use of photos or photo manipulations, even if the photo is taken by you, is permitted.
No title, name, and comment should be on your original work.
　
About the entry
Eligibility ： This is an Open competition. No eligibility or qualifications are asked.
Entry Fees ： Free
Schedule ：
Call For Entry ： The end of January, 2010
Registration Dead Line ： Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Submission Dead Line ： Tuesday, June 15, 2010
　　* You can only download “Architectural Plans” between the official entry and deadline of submission June 15, 2010.
Submission Criteria
object: all applicants (process-1.2.3)
object: 
Selected artists		 (process-4)  Jury session result will be notified before or on July 10, 2010 via e-mail. 
object: all prize winner (process-5)   Jury session result will be notified before or on August 10 via e-mail.
Selected artists may submit the original drawing or mounted print on hardboard with picture frame for the traveling exhibitions. Only works with picture frame will be returned after the traveling exhibitions. 
Application regulations / prohibited matter
 Drawing:
No use of any architectural information provided by the Competition Committee for any other purpose is permitted.
Keep your registration ID and Password private. 
No submitted work for the competition should be publicized, such as on website, until official announcement is made on September 11, 2010 in Tokyo during the award reception.
 Work, Production, and Announcement:
No number of limitation for submission.
No works should be publicized previously.
Name of submission should be individual even if work is done by a team. 
No name, signature, logo, or stamp on your work is permitted.
Both works done by manual or digital is accepted. 
Use of any photo images such as back ground, site, trees, figures, cars, etc. are permitted EXCEPT “Architecture” provided by the Competition Committee.
The Competition Committee has no responsibility regarding use of copy righted material.
 Other:
The Competition Committee has no responsibility regarding the result of the selections.
The JARA Competition Committee has all rights to use submitted works for the JARA publications
including the Web and printed material with comments.
FAQ  Q&A
"FAQ Q&A" : here.
Awards
“JARA Grand Prize”: One each from each Category. 
“The Best of the Show Award”: One from both categories
“Award of Excellence”: Several from both categories
“Jurors Award”: All works selected by any jury members
“Sponsors Award”: Several from both categories
“JARA Exhortation Award”: Several from both categories 

 Prizes: Award recipients except “Sponsors Award” and “JARA Exhortation Award” receive 10,000yen (US$110.00)  per number of votes.
Each work will receive comment from jury who selected.
Notification of Jury result 
　

Announcement of the  results will be made to selected artists via mail.
Name of the award recipients will be announced during the Opening Reception in Tokyo in September 11, 2010.
Selected works will be published through the JARA web site.

The selected works will be exhibited with jurors comment.  Non-selected works will be also exhibited with smaller size of image without name of each artist.
( Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya ) 
　
Judging Criteria
　 jurors (Alphabetical order)       →Jury Members (Please see “JURORS”)
　 　 Kan Izue[Jury Chair]  ,  Toyo Ito ,  Yoshiaki Ogura ,  Kiyonori Kikutake ,   Kengo Kuma ,  Hiroyuki Shimizu ,  Hiroshi Naito ,  Susumu Nakai ,   Katsumi Niwa ,  Shigenobu Hanzawa ,  Toshio Mitsufuji
　 　
1) Each juror selects individually. The work that receives more than one vote from any jury members will be part of the traveling exhibition.
2) Jurors vote for “JARA Grand Prize”, “The Best of the Show” and “Award of Excellence” awards from selected works.
3) Jurors select “Sponsors Award” and “JARA Exhortation Award” from all submissions.

Eleven jury members will vote individually using hard copy of size A4. The Competition Committee will print and provide jurors all hard copies. If you want to make prints yourself, please send thirteen copies along with electric submission. 
　
Events, Exhibitions
　 “The JARA the 30th Anniversary Reception, 
Competition Awards ceremony ”
Date: Saturday, September 11, 2010
Place:  KENCHIKU KAIKAN 
Key note speaker: Kan Izue, JIA (Japan Institute of Architects) President emeritus 
　　(Details will be announced later day)
　 　
Exhibition Venues:
Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka
　(Detail will be announced later day)
organizer / supporter / sponsor
organizer The Japan Architectural Renderers Association (JARA)
460-0002  3F-NAGAO building, 1-2-9 Marunouchi, Nakaku, NAGOYA city, AICHI, JAPAN
http://www.jara-net.com/
supporter Agency for Cultural Affairs 
The Japanese Association for Conservation of Architectural Monuments 
The Japan Institute of Architects 
Architectural Institute of Japan 
Japan Federation of Architects ＆ Building Engineers Association 
Architectural Association of Japan 
Japan Association Of Artists Craftsman & Architects 
sponsor EPSON SALES JAPAN CORPORATION ; Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.  ; Brother Sales, Ltd.  ;  Informatix Inc.  ;  FUKUI COMPUTER., Inc.  ; KAJIMA CORPORATION  ;  SHIMIZU CORPORATION  ;  TAKENAKA CORPORATION  ;  NIKKEN SEKKEI Ltd.  ;  ARMO ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS (KAJIMA group)  ;  X-KNOWLEDGE CO.,LTD.  ;  (another support enterprise continuous basis update)
Inquiry
to: The Japan Architectural Renderers Association (JARA)　  30th-secretariat
   The inquiry by the telephone is not accepted. 
   Please see "FAQ Q&A", ahead of the inquiry. 
　　inquiry page