With this Award, on the theme: “Light of Tomorrow”, VELUX seeks to foster an open-minded dialogue on daylight in its widest sense. While there are no specific categories, entries may focus on: sunlight as a natural source of lighting and energy; daylight’s contribution to visual quality and comfort in interior living spaces; rethinking daylight in urban living contexts; the importance of sunlight and daylight in sustainable architecture in harmony with the rhythms of nature; more abstract concepts like daylight versus artificial light, day versus night, in versus out.

JURY
The international jury will be composed of: Enrique Browne, architect, Chile ; Eva Jiricna, architect, UK/Czech Republic, representing UIA; Michel Langrand, President of VELUX France ; Huat Lim, architect, Malaysia ; Francis Nordeman, architect, France, representing the EAAE ; Hani Rashid, architect, USA; Mattias Sauerbruch, architect, Germany.

TIMETABLE
Deadline for registration 28 March 2008
Deadline for submitting entries 18 May 2008
Deadline for receiving posted projects 8 June 2008
Awards ceremony November 2008

PARTICIPATION
The Award is open to individual students and multi-disciplinary teams, registered in a school of architecture for the period 2007/2008. They will participate in association with a tutor. Registration is made exclusively on-line at the VELUX site.There is no registration fee. Projects can be submitted on 2 A1 size boards or on a CD Rom, or up-loaded on a dedicated web site.

PRIZES
The total prize money is 30 000 euro:
1st prize: 8 000 euro minimum for the winning student or team - 2 000 euro for the tutor (s);
2nd prize: 4 000 euro minimum, for the winning student or team - 1000 euro for the tutor (s).
Ten honorary mentions may also be awarded and in addition students will award a student prize following a vote. All projects submitted for the 2008 Award will be exhibited in Turin during the UIA World Congress (29 June – 3 July 2008).

Complete details are available on-line at the VELUX site:
www.velux.com/iva