ELIGIBILITY
This competition is open entry. Entrants may be from any discipline –
architects, planners, developers, engineers, urban designers, transportation
planners, energy managers, landscape architects, students,
community leaders, suburbanites, cyclists, poets, artists, or general
public. Multidisciplinary design teams are encouraged across various
disciplines. Entries must be submitted in English.

TIMELINE

- 15 January 2010 – Early Registration Deadline

- 1 February 2010 - Late Registration Deadline

- 8 February 2010 – Submission Deadline

- 12 February 2010 – Jury meeting and decision

- 13 February 2010 – Community Presentation

- 30 February 2010 (+/- )– eBook available

REGISTRATION
By January 15: Students: $50 USD, Academics/Professionals: $100 USD
By February 1: Students: $75 USD, Academics/Professionals: $150 USD

DESIGN CHALLENGE
This is an Ideas competition, so everything is on the table to be considered.
NW Santa Rosa developed in pieces according to sales of
large farm tracts for key institutions, then filled in with a variety of
uses, but without a planning vision for what the area could become.
When the general plan was written in the early 1990's and a zoning
map developed, the map primarily followed the existing uses, without
much planning thought. Now there are some major employers, services,
and institutions in the area, and they are growing. There is a
highway right down the middle and there is a commuter train coming.
How do we retrofit this interesting suburban puzzle, with parcels under
multiple ownerships, to create a more walkable and livable community?
Out of the box thinking is encouraged.

AWARDS:
Cash prizes, at discretion of jurors to be awarded as follows:
Best SMART Ideas Urban Design
Honor Merit Citation
Additional Citation Categories
Best Retrofitting Suburbia Ideas Best Urban Village
Best Bicycle and Pedestrian Ideas Best TOD Ideas
Best SMART Station Interface Best Energy Plan
Best Planning/Zoning Overlay Ideas Best Re-Vision Parking
Additional Citations may be awarded depending on the quality of presentations, at
the determination of the jury panel. Top presentations will have their submissions
published as part of SMART Ideas Urban Design Competition eBook, with the award
winners highlighted. Selected entries will be exhibited in Santa Rosa, CA, following
the competition.

JURY
A jury comprised of notable designers and theorists includes:
Ellen Dunham-Jones, AIA, author of
Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs
RK Stewart, FAIA, 2007 President of AIA National
Associate Principal, Perkins and Will
David Baker, FAIA, Award Winning Designer of Multi-Family
Principal, David Baker + Partners

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
All submissions must be received electronically. Submission is to be a
maximum two 30”x42” .PDF panels, landscape orientation, uploaded
to file exchange site to be provided, as a single PDF that must not exceed
10MB per panel. Download information to be provided upon
registration.

For more information and to access competition related maps, go to:
http://www.smartideascompetition.com