Guidelines and Rules
Skyrise Greenery is a concept that integrates green elements into the built environment. As physical living conditions become increasingly stratified, we need to look to innovative Skyrise Greenery to offer a sphere of new possibilities in our physical and social environments. It represents a vision to evolve our ever-intensifying cities into urbanscapes that are dynamic in more environmental and sustainable ways.
The Skyrise Greenery Awards aim to promote and reward greening efforts in urban developments. The Awards recognise architects taking the lead role in provisioning for green elements from the initial design stages, working in conjunction with stakeholders to bring a project to fruition.
- Objectives
- Eligibility
- Submission Requirements
- Judging Criteria
- Jury Composition
- Prizes & Awards
- Jury Decision
- Intellectual Property (IP) Rights
- Programme
- Registration, Participation fee & Submission details
- Questions and Answers
- Duties & Obligation of Entrants
- To promote Skyrise Greenery in urban developments by recognising the architect / owner / designer / management team who pays particular attention to Skyrise Greenery.
- To encourage creative and original landscaping ideas in Skyrise Greenery.
- To encourage architecture design with innovative use of greenery and landscaping to create a positive environment to live, work and play in.
- To highlight the importance of team effort in the implementation, carrying through of design intentions and maintenance of landscaping works in Skyrise Greenery.
- The Competition is open to architects who are Members of Arcasia Institutes or the International Union of Architects.
- The architects shall submit details and particulars of the team involved in the project (e.g. Owners / Developers, Landscape Architect / Designer and Landscape Contract Manager) responsible for the Skyrise Greenery project.
- The Skyrise Greenery development selected for the competition shall be a project completed within the last five years from the award year.
- Entries that have previously won a Skyrise Greenery Award in the past cycles are not eligible for entry.
Each participating team may submit a maximum of three (3) entries. All entries must be accompanied by the following and must be in English:
a. Two (2) panels of A1 landscape sheets, mounted on exhibit-ready 841mm (W) by 594mm (H) white compact-foam panels of not more that 5mm thickness.
- The panels in landscape format should include a site plan demarcating the boundary of the area to be judged. The panels should also include description of the developer’s initiative, design concept, plant selection, maintenance method, and photographs. Sketches may be included if deemed necessary.
- Please label board number at the back of each board.
b. One set of design reports comprising
- Reduced A3 size colour copies of the A1 boards.
- Narrative description with a minimum of font size twelve (12).
c. A CD containing soft copies
- drawings, images and photos contained in the design report and boards,
- images of board layout, and
- photographs of the team members (preferably as a group) in high resolution jpeg / tiff format.
- design report
The above materials are to be accompanied by a copy of the following forms:
- Project Information Form,
- Identification Form,
- Entrant’s Release Form,
- Narrative Description and
- Receipt of Submission Form.
These forms can be downloaded after registration. Please drop us an email for details regarding registration for SGA 2013.
Where the project is carried out in association with another firm, due recognition must be accorded to the other firm. However, the participant must be the principal / main architect of the project submitted.
The boards, design reports, CD and 4 forms (Project Information, Identification Form, Entrant’s Release Form and Narrative Description) are to be placed in a clear plastic wrapper.
The Receipt of Submission Form and payment are to be separated from the other material. For payment details, please refer to Section 11.
Submissions should use appropriate photographs, diagrams or illustrations to clearly show the design approach and development wherever relevant.
All entries will be accessed by the appointed judges according to the following criteria:
- Landscape considerations that enhance a cityscape and reflect a ‘City in a Garden’ aspiration with lush greenery.
- Creative designs that integrate the building and landscape, spotting emerging trends or setting benchmarks for future projects.
- Appropriate use of technology or innovative methods in the pursuit of sustainable building design with an emphasis on skyrise greenery, spotting emerging trends or setting benchmarks for future projects.
- Design considerations that enable social interaction and community engagement.
- Quality of greenery, paying particular attention to considerations such as appropriate use of plant species, enhancement of biodiversity.
The Jury for the Skyrise Greenery Awards will comprise of representatives from the following agencies/institutions:
- Mr Ashvinkumar, (Singapore Institute of Architects)
- Ms Fun Siew Leng (Urban Redevelopment Authority)
- Mr Poon Hong Yuen (National Parks Board)
- Mr Damian Tang (Singapore Institute of Landscape Architects)
- Prof Wong Yunn Chii (NUS Department of Architecture)
Facilitator: Mr Laurence Liew, Chairman of SIA Awards Committee.
Winning projects will receive a National Parks Board Skyrise Greenery Award. One plaque will be presented to each of the following:
a. Architect
b. Owner/Developer
c. Landscape Architect/Designer
d. Landscape Contract Manager
Prize money shall also be awarded to the applicant of the winning entry.
First Prize: USD$8000.00
Second Prize: USD$5000.00
Third Prize: USD$2000.00
There shall be no prize money for Merit winners.
The applicant of a prize-winning project may be invited to give a presentation at a convenient forum.
All participants whose entries meet the conditions of the competition criteria will receive a certificate of participation.
The submissions will be displayed in a public exhibition (date and location will be released at a later date).
Only the award winners will be informed by mail / email.
The decision of the Jury is final and shall not be negotiated, contested, reviewed, challenged or appealed against by any party though any means or process whatsoever. The discretion of the Jury to make or withhold an award is absolute.
Intellectual Property (IP) Rights
All Competition entries are the property of the organisers (Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA) and National Parks Board (NParks)) and all entries will not be returned to the participants. The organisers shall have the rights to publish, display, exhibit, reproduce or otherwise publicise or communicate all entries submitted, subjected to appropriate citation and acknowledgement of the authors without putting the organisers under any obligation whatsoever. Such right shall be exercisable by the organisers without any payment, charge or fee whatsoever to any person.
The programme for SGA 2013 will be released at a later date.
Launch of Competition: -
Closing Date for Questions & Answers: -
Closing Date for Registration: -
Closing Date for Submission: -
Judging Date -
Site Visit to Shortlisted Projects -
Announcement of winners: -
Awards Ceremony: -
Registration, Participation Fee & Submission Details
Registration for the Skyrise Greenery Awards is compulsory. Registration can be submitted online.
The participation fee is S$150.00 per entry, inclusive of all prevailing taxes. Payment of the participation fee should be made payable to Singapore Institute of Architects and submitted at the same time with the other submission material.
For submission requirements, please refer to Section 4 above.
Submission of all entries must be made to:
SIA-NParks Skyrise Greenery Awards Secretariat
c/o Singapore Institute of Architects
79B Neil Road
Singapore 088904
Any competitor wishing to obtain further information on the writeup or terms and conditions may send queries in English by email to NParks Skyrise Greenery @ skyrisegreenery@nparks.gov.sg. Such email shall clearly state “Skyrise Greenery Awards 2013” as the subject heading.
Duties and Obligation of Entrants
Participation in the Skyrise Greenery Awards implies that unconditional acceptance of the contents of the Competition Guidelines and Rules.
Each Entrant is duty- and ethics-bound to ensure his submission materials are authorised, and there shall be no copyrights or ownership issues with any other party/-ies related to the project/s submitted and the materials contained therein.
All Entrants are not permitted to publish or have their submission (or any part thereof) published prior to the notification of the Jury’s final decision.
All announced winners for the competition may be required to participate in media interviews, public exhibitions, public lectures/presentations and show case sessions to present the ideas encapsulated within the design. Failure to participate in these events may be grounds for disqualification.