What the Competition Is

The ULI Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition is an ideas competition using a real site. This interdisciplinary problem-solving exercise offers students a chance to mix creativity with functionality. The site, to be announced on January 28, 2005, will be large scale and present complex challenges, needing practicable, innovative solutions that reflect responsible land use. The solutions are to be multifaceted, incorporating design, planning, market potential and feasibility, and development strategies. The submission to the competition will be a written report as well as a series of schematic drawings.

The third annual ULI Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition is part of the Institute’s ongoing effort to raise interest among young people in creating better communities, improving development patterns, and increasing awareness of the need for multidisciplinary solutions to development and design challenges. This competition is an ideas competition; there is no guarantee or expectation that any of the submitted schemes will be applied to the site.