Open Architecture Network

Round One Jurors

Kallari Chocolate Factory and Fair Trade Exchange, Baeza, Ecuador

Carlos Poso, Director and Co-Founder, Kallari Association
Dan Shine, 50x15 Program Director and 50x15 Foundation President, AMD
David de Rothchild, Founder, Adventure Ecology
Gina Panza, AMD
Katie Pipkin, Artist/Photographer
Katy Frankel, Creative Commons
Lance Hosey, William McDonough & Partners
Leonora Oppenheim, Writer, Treehugger/fmr. Designer, Kallari Association
Nancy Pinchot
Nathaniel Corum, Architecture for Humanity
Micah Nelson, 40 Points
Oswaldo Enriquez, Principal, Oswaldo Enriquez Architects
Sarah Rich, Editor, Dwell Magazine
Scott Mattoon, Chief Architect, Western States, Sun Microsystems
Steven McDonnell, Applegate Farms
Steven Wright, Director, Salesforce Foundation
Turk Pipkin, The Nobility Project

SIDAREC Youth Center and Media Lab/Radio Station, Nairobi, Kenya

Cameron Diaz
Dan Shine, 50x15 Program Director and 50x15 Foundation President, AMD
Daniel Lobo, Project Manager of Communities by Design, American Institute of Architects
George Onyango, Program Director, SIDAREC
Harper Robertson, High School Student/Designer
Jessie Lutz
Kunle Adeyemi, Architect, Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA)
Lisa Rochon, Architectural Critic, The Globe and Mail
Lucy Mathai, Executive Director, SIDAREC
Matthew Chetty, 50x15 Africa Project Manager, AMD
Nancy Lublin, Executive Director, Do Something
Nicolas Gilliland, Architect, Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA)
Paul Wrider, Lucas Arts
Randy Ramusack, United Nations Technology Officer, Microsoft
Thomas Dolby, Musician

Nyaya Telemedicine Center, Sanfebagar, Nepal

Chris Elias, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
Dan Shine, 50x15 Program Director and 50x15 Foundation President, AMD
Dr. Daniel Kraft, Stanford University
Dr. Duncan Smith Rohrberg Maru, Nyaya Health
Dr. Sanjay Basu, Nyaya Health
James Ludwig, Director of Design, Steelcase
John Bacus, SketchUp Product Manager, Google
Melanie Cornwall, Projects Director, Wired Magazine
Prof. Brian Sinclair, fmr. Dean of Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary
Prof. Wes Janz, Ball State University/Co-Director, CapAsia
Reid Walker, Vice President, Lenovo
Sandeep Ashok, 50x15 Program Manager, AMD
Susi Platt, Architect, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

Jury Chair: Cameron Sinclair, Executive Director, Architecture for Humanity

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Jury Process
In March 2008, we will hold an online jury made up of experts from a field of interest related to the particular project. Initially a culling will be done to eliminate any entries that do not meet all the criteria and guidelines set out in the competition. Then the first round of jury members will go through each entry to select the top twenty to twenty five schemes.

In Round Two a smaller jury made up of members from Architecture for Humanity, AMD and the client (including end-users) will review the top designs and select finalists and honorable mentions. As soon as the second round is completed we will announce the finalists to the network and make all the entries public.

In April Round Three will take place. Interviews will be conducted with each finalist to find out their commitment for implementing the solution and to judge the viability of their scheme. During this month we will also hold a 'People's Choice Award' allowing the general public to pick the entry they prefer. more details on voting on the people's choice will be made available shortly.

Jurors will access the submissions via the Open Architecture Network. Jurors will use the competition document, the selection criteria, their own expertise, and information from any questions and answers that arise during the judging process.

The firms, partners, and professional associates of the jurors are enjoined from participating in the competition. If a juror is found to be knowingly involved in any material way with a submission, the juror will be replaced at the discretion of the competition organizers.

If for some unseen reason a juror has to drop out, a replacement will be found by the competition organizers. If the jury deadlocks, the client will cast the tie-breaking vote.

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Selection Criteria

Selection criteria will include:

• The design is original
• Responds to the client's objectives as laid out in the brief
• Responds to the constraints of the site and its context
• The clarity of presentation materials

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