competition brief (eng)

2 FEBRUARY 2015© Playright Children’s Play Association

Special Thanks to Mr. Anthony Chan Yik-tung for Chinese TranslationPhoto Courtesy of Antonio Malkusak and Ken Kutska, Kim Sanderson and Peter Kells,

KOMPAN and Jeanette Fich Jespersen, MIG, Inc. and Susan Goltsman

HONORARY ADVISOR

Dr. York Yat-Ngok CHOWChairperson, Equal Opportunities Commission

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

ChairpersonMr. Joseph Kwan,Chairperson, Play Environment Committee, Playright Children’s Play Association

MembersMr. Benny Chan,Council Member, The Hong Kong Institute of Architects

Ms. Kitty Chan,Head of Advocacy and Public Relations, Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF

Mr. Paul Chan,Vice-President, The Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects

Ms. Tina Chan, Executive Director, The Chen Yet-Sen Family Foundation

Mr. Kuo Chun Chuen,Secretary General, The Hong Kong Joint Council for People with Disabilities

Ms. Evelyn LamLeisure Manager (Land-based Venues)2, Leisure and Cultural Services Department

ORGANIZER

Playright Children’s Play Association

CO-ORGANIZER AND SPONSOR

Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF

CO-ORGANIZER

The Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects

SPONSOR

The Chen Yet-Sen Family Foundation

SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS

Leisure and Cultural Services DepartmentArchitectural Services DepartmentHong Kong Housing AuthorityTuen Mun District CouncilEqual Opportunities CommissionThe Hong Kong Institute of ArchitectsHong Kong Institute of Urban DesignHong Kong Recreation Management AssociationThe Hong Kong Paediatric SocietyHong Kong Paediatric Nurses AssociationRehabilitation InternationalThe Hong Kong Joint Council for People with DisabilitiesThe Hong Kong Council of Social ServiceSchool of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong KongFaculty of Architecture, The University of Hong KongJockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation, The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityThe Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong KongDepartment of Architecture, Chu Hai College of Higher EducationFaculty of Design, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong KongThe Hong Kong Society for the Blind (for Play for All Training Programme)SAHK Jockey Club Elaine Field School(for Play for All Training Programme)

ABOUT THE ORGANIZER (PLAYRIGHT CHILDREN’S PLAY ASSOCIATION) AND THE PROJECT

ABOUT THE CO-ORGANIZER AND SPONSOR (HONG KONG COMMITTEE FOR UNICEF)

UNICEF promotes the rights and wellbeing of every child, in every-thing we do. Together with our partners, we work in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into practical action, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere. The Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF HK), one of the 36 National Committees of UNICEF, was founded in 1986 to raise funds to support UNICEF’s work worldwide through a number of ways such as public donations, partnership with corporations and foundations and fundraising activi-ties. UNICEF HK also organizes educational and youth schemes to promote and advocate for child rights in Hong Kong. UNICEF HK launched ‘Unite for Children. Unite for Hong Kong’ Child Rights Advocacy Project (the Project) in 2011. It aims to promote and realize children’s rights by partnering with Hong Kong NGOs, making Hong Kong an ever child friendly city. To date, over 32,000 marginal-ized children and their families have benefited from the Project. Since 2012, UNICEF HK has been working with Playright to advocate for “inclusive play”, as well as championing the creation of inclusive play spaces in Hong Kong. UNICEF HK hopes that children with or with-out disabilities can pursue their all-round development through play, and that ‘ZERO Underdevelopment’ for children can be achieved one day.

Playright Children’s Play Association (Playright) is a charity that advocates child’s right to play. Established since 1987, Playright has worked hard to help people in all sectors appreciate the value of play. Our very first project was collaboration with the Urban Council to build an inclusive playground at the King’s Park. After 25 years, we are glad to collaborate with and be supported by the Hong Kong Commit-tee for UNICEF (UNICEF-HK) to advocate inclusive play through the Playright UNICEF Inclusive Play Project in 2012 and then the UNICEF Playgrounds for All Project in 2014.

UNICEF Playgrounds for All Project is based on Article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and Article 30 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) to draw public attention and take a step further to develop truly inclusive play environment for all children in Hong Kong. The project includes:

1.Training Programme: 1-day seminar for professional designers and 4-day training workshop for students of design; 2.Family inclusive play day at Tuen Mun Park;3.Design Ideas Competition based on the pilot playground site at Tuen Mun Park; and4.Exhibition to show good design proposals in the competition.

ABOUT THE CO-ORGANIZER (THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS)

ABOUT THE SPONSOR (THE CHEN YET-SEN FAMILY FOUNDATION)

Established in 2003, The Chen Yet-Sen Family Foundation is a hybrid charitable institution with a strategic focus on improving early child-hood literacy, through the development of libraries and reading programs. The Foundation also supports experiential out-of-class-room programs which aim to improve personal development of chil-dren.

As a hybrid organization, the Foundation supports grants programs as well as operates our own Special Projects. Grants are awarded to organizations whose projects promise sustainable social impact, and are innovative and cost effective. We work closely with each and every one of the organizations we support on project planning, prog-ress tracking and evaluation, to ensure high impact services are delivered to all our beneficiaries. Special Programs initiated by the Foundation include NGO capacity building, research, reading and library programs, incubation, etc.

Landscape Architecture is a multi-disciplinary subject focusing on the design, implementation, and management of outdoor space at differ-ent scales and contexts. Scope of landscape architects can range from urban design, site planning, park design, design of the public realm, private residential and commercial developments, to natural or cultural conversation projects. Hong Kong is the first in Asia to have its own professional institute in landscape architecture, the Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects (HKILA), with the object to promote the advancement of landscape architecture in Hong Kong. Established in 1988, the HKILA established its own accreditation system for local education programmes in landscape architecture and also the professional practice examination for practitioners. Through the enactment of the Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects Ordinance (Cap. 1162) and the Landscape Architects Registration Ordinance (Cap. 516) in 1996 and 1997 respectively, landscape architect became one of the very few professions that are recognized, protected, and regulated by law. Today, the landscape architectural profession is widely represented in the construction industry and various consultative bodies of Hong Kong.

INTRODUCTION NEED MORE PLAY SPACES FOR CHILDREN WITH VARYING ABILITIES

Through the Playright UNICEF Inclusive Play Project, Playright has conducted a qualitative research study and commissioned the Social Sciences Research Centre of the University of Hong Kong to carry out a quantitative research study to understand the current situation of play spaces in Hong Kong. The results indicated that the current play equipment and support amenities in local public playgrounds can be modified to suit the needs of children with different levels of abili-ties.

Experience of playing in a playgroundResearch results showed over 60% of children with disabilities played in a playground less than once a week in the past three months; nearly half of the parents considered there were insufficient suitable playground facilities in the community. Nevertheless, 84% of the parents/guardians believed that it was important that their children with disability could carry out outdoor activities in a suitable play-ground.

RecommendationsAccording to the report by the Social Sciences Research Centre of the University of Hong Kong, in order to encourage children with disabilities to carry out outdoor activities in a suitable playground, it is necessary to put more effort into the design of an inclusive play-ground to fit all types of users, especially those children with disabili-ties and their carers. The number of playgrounds should be increased in residential areas to reduce the travelling time for children with disabilities so as to accommodate the maximum travelling time of 30 minutes to reach a playground as accepted by most parents.

Designing for children’s environments is complicated. It requires at its core a basic understanding of human development and play as the way children learn. Children do not go to public places by them-selves. A children’s environment must be thought of as a place where the community may gather comfortably. Such children’s environ-ments may then become great public spaces in the community that can enhance the quality of life in a neighborhood.

A good play space is not merely a simple collection of play equip-ment. The aim of the Competition is to show how, with creativity, we can make existing play spaces generate more opportunities for inter-action and inclusive play. The Competition encourages and rewards designs which integrate the functionality, structure, details and user pattern of Tuen Mun Park. The Competition also encourages the employment of sustainable design in all aspects of the proposal.

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WHY INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND FOR ALL?

Our Mandate to Promote Equal Play Opportunity Children with physical, mental, emotional and social disabilities have an equal right to play opportunities. Choice and diversity are consid-ered the key successful factor in providing the physical environment for children with disabilities.

Article 31, UNCRC (Leisure, play and culture): Children have the right to relax and play, and to join in a wide range of cultural, artistic and other recreational activities.

Article 30, CRPD (Leisure, play and culture): Persons with disabilities have the right to relax and play, and to join in a wide range of cultural, artistic and other recreational activities on an equal basis.

Inclusive Play Space Benefits All Children To meet children’s wide-ranging, ever-changing needs, children need access to a diversity of play opportunities. Major areas, main access routes, and principal play opportunities should be easily seen. These may differ for children with disabilities because of sensory or mobility limitations. Children need to take risks to challenge their skills and courage. All children are different, and a good play space is one that will offer play opportunities and challenges for both disabled and non-disabled children.

Children with disabilities also need to be able to play in unsupervised but safe settings alongside their siblings and friends. They should be welcomed and encouraged to use play facilities jointly with other children. The need to provide challenging environments for children with disabilities is just as important if not more so, as quite often the rest of their lives is spent in very closeted environments.

Inclusive Play Space Benefits the Whole Community Children do not go to public places by themselves. A children’s envi-ronment must be thought of as a place where the community may gather comfortably. Such children’s environments may then become great public spaces that can enhance the quality of life in a neighbor-hood. A playground is not merely a simple collection of play equip-ment in a corner of a park. It is a gathering place for All.

WHY INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND FOR ALL?

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All children have the right to play. Every type of child, no matter what level of ability, needs play opportunities. Playground is one of the few environments where a child has the freedom to run and jump, climb, swing and leap, yell, reign, conjure, create, dream or meditate. It is a safe and common place for children to come together, to discover the value of play, to learn about each other, to recognize their similarities and differences, to meet physical and social challenges, to leave comfort zones and evolve into the people they are meant to be. This UNICEF Playgrounds for All Project will improve the play opportuni-ties for children with disabilities and all. Most importantly, this cannot be done by any single party. It is the joint efforts of all government, professionals, education and NGOs sectors that count! We welcome all to join this design ideas competition as every single design will make a change for the future inclusive play space development in Hong Kong.

CALL FOR JOINT EFFORTS

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ABOUT COMPETITION DEFINITION OF INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND

An inclusive playground(2) addresses the needs of all people including those who have autism, intellectual disabilities, hearing impairments, cerebral palsy, spina bifida and other disabilities. It also addresses the needs of every child in the community. An inclusive playground accommodates everyone and challenges them at their own develop-mental level.

Play spaces need to provide play opportunities for all ages, abilities and backgrounds. Inclusive playground can benefit both children with and without disabilities while providing opportunities for children with a variety of abilities to play together. Play settings must be accessible to children with all forms of disabilities. The meaning of an inclusive playground goes beyond the accessible design and age appropriate play activities. The goal of an inclusive playground is that all children can use it regardless of their ability or disability.

(2) Inclusive Play Design Guide, A Playworld Systems, Inc., May 2012

UNICEF Inclusive Play Space Design Ideas Competition (The Com-petition) requires candidates to apply the principles of Universal Design(1) and Place Making approach to design public spaces for all children and community members. The organizer is looking for con-text specific design that accommodates a wide range of children. The Competition will collect innovative design schemes to develop a truly inclusive playground by enhancing the current play facilities of a pilot site.

(1) Universal Design is an approach to creating environments, products, and programs that are useable for all people to the great extent possible, without need of adaptation or special design (Centre of Universal Design, CUD 2007).

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THE DESIGN: UNIVERSALLY DESIGNED PLAY ENVIRONMENT AND PLACE MAKING APPROACH

Universal Design is the concept most readily applied to the design of environments for all people. This concept is directly counter to the idea of designing special facilities for people with special needs. Universal Design is an attitude towards design that broadens the scope of accessibility to create environments that are usable by most people regardless of their level of ability or disability.

In the design of integrated environments for children and their fami-lies, Universal Design is a critically important concept. The design should apply the Principles of Universal Design, using a human-cen-tered design approach, to create environments with play value that benefit children of all abilities.

Good Placemaking in combination with design that accommodates all community members creates settings based on activities that animate the spaces so people would want to gather. They are designed to the context and encourage the community to engage with each other and the place building on the local culture. Together they are powerful tools for creating vibrant public places that support people, culture and economic development. They are an important component of a healthy human habitat.

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“INCLUSIVE PLAY SPACE” DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS

Submissions should consider the following criteria(3) for designing good play environment:Accessibility - Good places must be accessible to the intended users, especially children with disabilities. Children can get to the playground safely and the play space is integrated into their daily life. It is not only “barrier free” but also “psychologically accessible” and understandable to the children who will use it.

Diversity and Clarity - A good play environment should be novel and complex. It stimulates children’s curiosity and exploration. Some aspects should change continually and other aspects can be predict-able to foster feelings of security. Diverse play settings can liberate creative energy from children. Novelty and predictability should be balanced in the play environment that presents a clear overall image to the user.

Graduated Challenge - Good play settings should provide activities with a broad range of challenges and graduated levels of safe risk-taking to children of different ages and abilities. Children should be able to reach, jump, climb, or slide to the level of their ability with-out frustration. They should be invited to test their skills and build self-confidence.

Flexibility - Good play spaces should allow children to develop continuously as their needs change when they learn and grow. Play spaces must have the ability to change and provide with physical elements that can change and move around. The needs of children with disabilities shall develop as the needs of children without disabili-ties. The physical environment for all children to play must be well planned with present and future adaptations in mind.

Multi-sensory Stimulation and Multi-sensory Cues - Good play settings should expose users to the greatest range of colors, smells, textures, shapes, sizes, sounds, objects, materials, interactions, people, climate, time, space, movement, and change. Multi-sensory settings provide important cues for orientation and wayfinding for children with a variety of needs, especially for children with sensory disabilities. Playground should be planned and settings designed to stimulate the development of all the senses: taste, touch, sight, smell, and hearing. The repetition or pairing of multi-sensory cues reinforces information for all children.

Design for ALL ages - Good play areas should be designed for users of all age groups. Some separation could be necessary because of incompatible activities. Conventional children’s play areas lack facilities or accommodation for preschool, teenagers and parents. Providing facilities and accommodation for adults will encourage family use. Barrier free design and a well maintained site will encourage use by everyone.

People-Plant Interaction - A variety of settings are needed where users can make close contact with vegetation, including groundcov-ers, shrubs, and trees.

Mix of People-made and Natural Elements - Children need expo-sure to the full range of settings and objects that represent contempo-rary culture and our biological inheritance.

(3) Moore R.C., Goltsman S.M. and Iaofano D.S. PLAY FOR ALL Guidelines Planning, Design and Management of Outdoor Play Settings for All Children (ed., 1992), pp. 9-26

“INCLUSIVE PLAY SPACE” DESIGN CONSID-ERATIONS

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SITE EXECUTION OF THE WINNING DESIGN(S)

The Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF and Playright have been working closely with the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) to identify a suitable site for this design idea competition. Tuen Mun Park is chosen as the pilot site as there are numerous schools & special schools located in Tuen Mun, Yuen Long and North District areas. It is the intention of the Organizer to implement some or part of the winning thematic design(s) or design ideas during the venue improvement works, wherever feasible, to be executed by LCSD through its works agents, such as the Architectural Services Department and other related parties. The Organizer and its collabo-rated parties have absolute discretion to -

a) Adopt the whole or part of the design ideas of the winning entry and/or the short-listed entries with or without modification for imple-mentation of the Project in the whole or part of the site (by phases);

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b) Not to commission any winning thematic design(s) on the site.

The venue has been chosen for the purpose of the Competition. The competition site is a zone in Tuen Mun Park, which is marked in blue shown in Annex.(With the Priority Area to be improved subject to fund availability shown in the map)

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SITE SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONSE & EVALUATION CRITERIA

SITE SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS EVALUATION CRITERIA

Other than “Inclusive Play Space” Design Considerations and Site Specific Considerations above, entries will be evaluated basing on the design guidelines made up of the following criteria:1. the design’s originality and creativity2. green and sustainable approach3. clarity and comprehensibility of the design4. cost effectiveness 5. the integration of nature, adults and comfortable gathering6. compatibility with the environment of the park7. technical feasibility8. maintenance requirements

Submissions should consider the following factors:• climate and weather• safety• local environmental factors and contextual issues• target audience• inclusive play and family-friendliness• ability to be further adapted by local community, can be customized and extended?• public consultation

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ELIGIBILITY

Student Category Individuals / all team members should be registered tertiary students in Hong Kong or overseas with a valid Hong Kong Identity Card during the registration period (10th February 2015 to 31st March 2015) in one of the following disciplines, e.g. Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Design, Urban Design, Town Planning, Product / Indus-trial Design, Building and Construction, Surveying, Art, Social Ser-vices, Children Development, Play, Rehabilitation or equivalent or in case of doubt at the discretion of the Organizer.

All persons, whether individually or as members of a group, who are authors of the design may participate in the Competition in their own names as candidates. Every institution, organization or company may have multiple group entries provided they are duly identified in the separate Entry Forms submitted (e.g. ABC Company Team A, ABC Company Team B).

Entries can be collaborative and interdisciplinary teams are encouraged to enter the competition. This competition accepts a maximum of 4 people in a team.

Any candidate who fails to comply with any of the above require-ments shall be deemed to have automatically waived their qualifica-tion to participate and all designs submitted by such candidate will not be evaluated or will be returned.

The Competition will be local and open to all design professionals, educators, students, institutions, organizations and companies in the following categories:

Professional Category Individuals / the Team Leader should be:

i. A member of one of the following professional institutes or bodies – Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA), Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects (HKILA), Hong Kong Designers Association (HKDA), The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS), Hong Kong Institute of Planners (HKIP), Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design (HKIUD) or equivalent or in case of doubt at the discretion of the Organizer; or

ii. with tertiary academic background from one of the following disci-plines, e.g. Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Design, Urban Design, Town Planning, Product / Industrial Design, Building and Construction, Surveying, Art, Social Services, Children Development, Play, Rehabilitation or equivalent or in case of doubt at the discretion of the Organizer.

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NON-QUALIFIED PARTIES

To avoid any conflict of interest, all individuals involved in planning and implementing the Competition are not qualified to be a candidate and/or author of any design submitted. Such individuals include but are not limited to -

i. employees, staff, consultants, agents or immediate family members of Playright Children’s Play Association (Organizer);

ii. employees, staff, consultants, agents or immediate family members of Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF and the Chen Yet-Sen Family Foundation (Sponsors);

iii. members or immediate family members of Organizing Committee for the Competition; and

iv. members, employees, staff or immediate family members of the Jury Panel.

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PRIZES AND AWARDS EXHIBITION AND PUBLICATION

The Organizer will exhibit the awarded entries at the UNICEF Inclu-sive Play Space Design Ideas Competition Exhibition (The Exhibition) after the Competition. We will also feature the awarded design(s) on the websites of the Organizer and our partners/sponsors.

All awarded candidates are invited for interviews to be featured in publications and a video documentary about the Competition.

All awarded candidates must provide printed presentation boards for exhibition purposes and may be asked to build scale models repre-senting their design with a cash allowance as follows:

Professional Category HK$12,000 each for First prize, Second prize, Third prize and 3 honourable mentions

Student Category HK$6,000 each for First prize, Second prize, Third prize and 5 hon-ourable mentions

The expectation for printed presentation boards and scale models will be explained in the briefing session of exhibition preparation, all awarded candidates are invited.

The Organizer reserves the right to utilize materials submitted by all candidates in any publication or promotional endeavor in perpetuity and free of charge (See “Ownership of Designs”).

Professional Category First prize: HK$80,000 with Trophy and Certification AwardSecond prize: HK$30,000 with Trophy and Certification AwardThird prize: HK$10,000 with Trophy and Certification Award3 honourable mentions: Certification Award

Student Category First prize: 10-day study trip to visit children's playgrounds and MIG office in California, USA (subject to maximum allowance of HK$50,000 for expenses including but not limited to air tickets, accommodation, transportation and meals for the wining individual / team) with Trophy and Certification AwardSecond prize: Trophy and Certification AwardThird prize: Trophy and Certification Award5 honourable mentions: Certification Award

The Organizing Committee reserves the right to vary, amend, add or remove any prizes or awards in the above categories.

In case of a Collaborative Entry (Team), the leading member of the Team shall receive the awarded prize on behalf of all the participants in the Team. The leading member of the Team has sole discretion to divide and distribute the awarded prize amongst the participants. The Organizing Committee shall take no responsibility for and will not adjudicate any dispute arising out of use or distribution of the award-ed prize between participants of a winning team.

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REGISTRATION SCHEDULE OF COMPETITION

- 10th February 2015 | Registration Starts

- 13th March 2015 | Deadline for Submission of Queries

- 20th March 2015 | Deadline for Answers to Queries

- 31st March 2015 at noon (HK time) | Registration Ends

- 1st April 2015 | Open for Submissions

- 30th April 2015 at noon (HK time) | Closing Date for Submissions

- 1st May to 31st May 2015 | Jury Evaluation

- 5th June 2015 | Winners will be informed through email and Preparation for the Exhibition

- October 2015 | Exhibition and Award Presentation

The Organizer reserves the right to change these dates as needed.

Free registration. Entrants may register via the Competition’s official webpage. Late registration will not be accepted.

All Candidates (whether as individual or team leader / member of a collaborative entry) are eligible for a single registration only. Multiple registrations will lead to disqualification of the individual and / or team.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURES

Each entry should be submitted together with all required documents via the Competition’s official webpage. All designs and the required documents must be submitted via the Competition’s official webpage by 30th April 2015 (Thursday) no later than noon (HK time). Late submissions will not be accepted.

Candidates should bear all expenses incurred from preparing and delivering the submissions.

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DOCUMENTS REQUIRED ON SUBMISSION

Notes:1. For individual candidates, Sections 1 and 3 of the Entry Form must be completed, and the Undertaking (Form A) as well as the Deed of Assignment (Form B) must be duly executed.

2. For collaborative entries, Sections 1, 2 and 3 of the Entry Form must be completed, and the Undertaking (Form A) as well as the Deed of Assignment of Copyright (Form B) must be duly executed. All authors of the submitted design should also sign the Entry Form and execute the Deed of Assignment and the Undertaking. In particu-lar,

(a) where such candidate is an unincorporated group/partnership, each member of the group/partner must execute the aforesaid docu-ments, unless the party executing the documents has the authoriza-tion of all the members/partners under a valid Power of Attorney; and

(b) where such candidate is an incorporated company, the director or authorized representative of the company must execute the docu-ments for and on behalf of the company. Where the documents have to be executed under seal, the corporate seal has to be duly affixed to the documents.

The following duly executed documents (scanned copies followed by originals by mail) must be submitted together with each design entered for the Competition (Notes)：-i. Acknowledgment form issued by the Organizing Committee upon confirmed registration; ii. Form A - Undertaking; iii. Form B - Deed of Assignment

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SUBMISSION FORMAT

Text file: Any text contained on the boards should also be sent as a separate text file in word format and saved with same name as the PDF / .jpg file (Example: 684233.doc)

300MB uploading space is available for each submission.

Please note entries that do not follow the submission guidelines will be disqualified.

Subject to the Organizer’s further requirements, all candidates are obliged to provide the Organizer with a soft copy of the entry design in Adobe Illustrator or .jpg format.

Submission of entries must be in one PDF document in A2 format. All images contained should be 300dpi. A description for the design concept, a maximum of four (4) A4 (297x210mm) pages, can be used to explain your proposal. This file along with text file (detailed below) should be sent via the Competition’s official webpages. No indication of the identity of the candidate is allowed.

Presentation panels: You may use up to 4 sheets at A2 format, hori-zontally (landscape). You must create a PDF file of all the sheets as one document (this will insure that your sheets don’t get separated or lost).

Dimensions: (1 A2 board = 594x420mm) x 4 (maximum)

PDF / .jpg File Name: The zipped image file name must correspond to your Confidential Registration Number. (Example: 684233.pdf where 684233 represents your unique registration number)

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SUBMISSION INFORMATION NOTIFICATION

The Organizer will acknowledge receipt of each submitted design with all candidates within seven working days via e-mail.

The result of the Competition will be announced in the Award Presen-tation (exact date will be announced separately in due course). The Organizer will not notify the candidates individually of such result, except the winning entries of the Competition.

The presentation technique is open and at the discretion of the candi-date. However, it is recommended that your submission includes the following information to present your design ideas:

Plans, sections, elevations, sketches, perspectives, computer images, photomontages, illustrations, diagrams, schedules, etc.

Ideas on design, materials, site planning, furniture and equipment etc. should be included, which will be used for rough cost estimates by the organizer (in the event the organizer adopts the design at its sole discretion).

Plan for the whole project site should be included in the submission. Textual description should be in both English and Chinese.

Notes:The candidate’s unique registration number should appear on the upper right side of the image. Do not place your name or company name on any of the competition panels. Please note entries that do not follow will be disqualified.

Candidates are advised to upload their submissions through Compe-tition official webpage, as submissions from e-mail account might be treated as spam and also prevent us from submission acknowledge-ment.

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SELECTION OF WINNING DESIGN ORIGINALITY OF WORK

Each submitted design must be the original work of the authors which has never been published in any media and form. The creation and any use of the submitted design(s) must not constitute infringement of any copyright or other intellectual property rights of any party. The candidate(s) shall indemnify the Organizer against all claims against the Organizer arising from the use of the submitted design(s) (including but not limited to any infringement claims of a third party’s intellectual property right). (Please refer to the Deed of Assignment for details.)

All candidates and authors of the designs must keep strictly confiden-tial the submitted design throughout the creative development process and after the design is submitted.

The Organizer will have unfettered discretion to disqualify any submit-ted design if the Organizer in its reasonable opinion considers that the submitted design is not original and is likely to infringe the intel-lectual property rights of others. Any prize awarded for such a design may, at the Organizer’s discretion, be forfeited without any liability owed by the Organizer to the selected candidates or any other person, and another design may be selected.

The selection of the winner and all finalists is to be made by a jury panel nominated by the Organizing Committee. Seven adjudicators will form the jury panel for the professional category and the student category respectively.

The Organizer will have unfettered discretion in their evaluation and recommendations regarding the entry designs and the winning design. The Organizer reserves the full right not to select any design from the submissions or not to use or implement any design that is selected from the submissions or any part thereof. The Organizer’s decisions regarding any and all aspects of the Competition are final and binding on all candidates.

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JURY

The Jury for this Competition will be comprised of both professionals and interested parties. The Jury will review the submitted entries based on the evaluation criteria and from the short-listed entries select the competition winners with the Organizer overseeing each stage of the process.

The Jury’s decision will be final as stated in the Competition’s terms and conditions.

Oversea AdvisorSusan M. Goltsman, FASLA, MIG

Professional CategoryMiss Au King Chi, Chairman, Advocacy & Public Relations Committee, Hong Kong Committee for UNICEFMr. Paul Chan, Vice President, The Hong Kong Institute of Landscape ArchitectsMr. Chang Ping-hung, Wallace, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, CUHK, representative of The Hong Kong Institute of Architects Mr. Joseph Kwan, Chairperson, Play Environment Committee, Playright Children’s Play AssociationMs. Annie Lam, Chief Leisure Manager (Development), Leisure and Cultural Services DepartmentMr. Alvin Yip, Director, Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation, The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityMr. Nelson Yip, Deputy Convenor of Policy and Research Committee, Equal Opportunities Commission

Student CategoryMiss Au King Chi, Chairman, Advocacy & Public Relations Committee, Hong Kong Committee for UNICEFMs. Helen Chu, Senior Landscape Architect, West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, representative of The Hong Kong Institute of Landscape ArchitectsMr. Joseph Kwan, Chairperson, Play Environment Committee, Playright Children’s Play AssociationMs. Justina Leung, Advisory Committee Member, The Chen Yet-Sen Family FoundationMs. Angelina Lo-Chui, Founder Director, CreativekidsDr. Eric Tam Wing Cheong, Director, Jockey Club Rehabilitation Engineering Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, representative of The Hong Kong Joint Council for People with DisabilitiesMr. Yue Chi Hang, the former Director of Architectural Services Department, representative of The Hong Kong Institute of Architects

Note: All names above are in alphabetical order by last name

The Organizer reserves the right to replace or substitute any Jury members.

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OWNERSHIP OF DESIGNS AND DELIVERABLES

ENQUIRIES

All enquiry regarding the registration and process should be via the Competition’s official webpage (webpage address: www.playgrounds-forall.hk) or contact of Mr. See Chun-kong, Project Officer, Playright Children’s Play Association on 2898 2922 or [email protected].

All communications should be through The Organizer and not any of the other related parties.

All designs and deliverables (including the copyright and other intel-lectual property rights subsisting in each design) submitted to this Competition, whether selected to be the winning design or not, as well as the re-created design as required by the Organizer shall become the exclusive property of the Organizer.

All designs and deliverables submitted to this Competition will become part of the public domain. Entrants acknowledge that the Organizer may exhibit all entries in an online gallery and a selection of entries may be chosen for physical exhibition and/or public display. The Organizer will make reasonable effort to notify entrants of any public exhibitions of their work through correspondence with the registered contact.

In entering the Competition, candidates assign to the Organizer all of their rights regarding their design submissions, including but not limited to reproduction, publication, preparation of derivative works, distribution of copies of the design submission and the right to autho-rize such use by others. The candidates and all authors further waive all moral rights in relation to their design submissions.

In entering the Competition, the candidate(s) and all team members recognize the Competition’s program as the intellectual property of the Organizer.

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DISCLAIMERS PREVAILING LANGUAGE

The Chinese translated version of this Competition Brief is available from the Competition official webpage and is for reference only. The English version of the rules set out in the Competition Brief shall prevail if there is any discrepancy between the English version and the Chinese version.

The Entry Form, Form A – Undertaking and Form B – Deed of Assign-ment are available in English only.

If any part of the submitted designs fails to comply with the rules set out in the Competition Brief, the entry will not be assessed by the jury panel. The submitted designs of such candidates will not be returned to the candidates.

The Organizer is not responsible or liable for any erroneous, dam-aged, destroyed, lost, late, incomplete, illegible and misdirected submissions, or any damage or loss arising from, connected with, or relating to the Competition, the submission of designs to the Competi-tion, participation in the Competition, or the prizes, regardless of the cause or any fault by the Organizer or any person for whom the Organizer is responsible, and notwithstanding that any of those persons may have been advised of the possibility of such loss or damage being incurred.

The Organizer may at its discretion cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Competition and disqualify any candidate for misconduct or failure to comply with the rules set out in the Competition Brief.

Notes:1. For individual candidates, Sections 1 and 3 of the Entry Form must be completed, and the Undertaking (Form A) as well as the Deed of Assignment (Form B) must be duly executed.

2. For collaborative entries, Sections 1, 2 and 3 of the Entry Form must be completed, and the Undertaking (Form A) as well as the Deed of Assignment of Copyright (Form B) must be duly executed. All authors of the submitted design should also sign the Entry Form and execute the Deed of Assignment and the Undertaking. In particu-lar,

(a) where such candidate is an unincorporated group/partnership, each member of the group/partner must execute the aforesaid docu-ments, unless the party executing the documents has the authoriza-tion of all the members/partners under a valid Power of Attorney; and

(b) where such candidate is an incorporated company, the director or authorized representative of the company must execute the docu-ments for and on behalf of the company. Where the documents have to be executed under seal, the corporate seal has to be duly affixed to the documents.

ENTRY FORM

The Entry Form is available at the Inclusive Play Space Design Ideas Competition official webpage at www.playgroundsforall.hk.

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Text file: Any text contained on the boards should also be sent as a separate text file in word format and saved with same name as the PDF / .jpg file (Example: 684233.doc)

300MB uploading space is available for each submission.

Please note entries that do not follow the submission guidelines will be disqualified.

Subject to the Organizer’s further requirements, all candidates are obliged to provide the Organizer with a soft copy of the entry design in Adobe Illustrator or .jpg format.

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ANNEX: COMPETITION SITE MAP

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competition brief (eng)

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