Green Initiative Week in Indonesia
28 Oct – 4 Nov, 2017

Design Competitionfor Innovative Wood Joint System[ORGANIZATION]
Japan: ARCHI-DEPOT Corporation [ADC][CO-ORGANIZATION]
Japan: Japan Institute of Architects [JIA][BACKGROUND]ARCHI-DEPOT Corporation in Japan will launch a project of Design Competition for Innovative Wood
Joint System with Japan Institute of Architects prior to the Green Initiative Week of October-November
2017. Focusing on the subject of “woodification” which means the promotion of wood materials inconstruction by way of innovative technology and design, the organizers are interested in exploiting newmanners of wood joint system which will settle the issues of convenience, speed, availability of material,
economy and participation. The jury will take place in two stages between the end of September and theend of October 2017 and the winner will be given the chance to be exhibited in Jakarta and Tokyo forbroader public.

[CONDITION]

Applicants are required to submit his/her design proposal under following conditions.
(1) The purpose of this design proposal is to exploit an innovative “Wood Joint System”, which facilitatesa convenient, quick and economized way of connecting the components of wooden construction orobjects.
(2) Joint system concerns the connection of several wood members for main structural members andsecondary members.
(3) Materials to be applied in this design should be timber, bamboo, rattan or other vegetal materials.
Use of metal or other materials is accepted, provided that it is a secondary element.
(4) Design field corresponds to product design, furniture, architecture and any related area.
(5) Title and explanatory text should be written in English.

[JURY]The jury consists of international professionals:
Riichi Miyake (architectural critique, director of ARCHI-DEPOT Corporation) chairman of jury
Alvin Citrowiryo (designer)
Masahiro Harada(architect, MOUNT FUJI ARCHITECTS STUDIO, professor of Shibaura Institute of Technology)
Andra Matin (architect)
Adi Purnomo (architect)[ELIGIBILITY OF ENTRY](1) Applicant should be resident of ASEAN countries. Any nationality is accepted.
(2) Any profession of any age, including professionals, craftsmen, and students, is accepted.
(3) Applicant should be individual. Entry by multiple persons is accepted, but institutional entry is notallowed.
(4) In case selected as finalists, applicant should participate in the Green Initiative Week to be held inJakarta on October 28, Saturday, 2017. The organizer will cover the travel expense of one personfrom his/her resident city in ASEAN according to the fare rules of ARCHI-DEPOT Corporation.

[PRESENTATION]

Applicants must make a digitalized presentation panel in the following way.
(1) All the proposal drawings and texts should be drawn within an A-1 panel (horizontal). Format is free,but size and direction should be strictly observed.
(2) On the presentation panel, only the Registration Number is allowed to be drawn as the name(s) of
the applicant should not be apparent.
(3) This panel should be submitted to the secretariat competition@archi-depot.or.jp in the form of PDF
with other entry data. (Under 10MB)[ENTRY AND SUBMISSION]

Applicant should register his/her entry through the website (https://archi-depot.or.jp/archives/620) of
the organizer prior to September 9, Saturday, 2017. Once accepted, he/she will receive the Registration
Number.
The submission of the competition design should be done through the website of the organizer in theform of above-mentioned PDF format before 18:00 of September 23, Saturday, 2017 (Indonesian time).

[JURY]

Jury will take place in two stages. The first one will be held at the end of September, 2017, and selectaround 5 finalists. These finalists will be given the fund for making models and for the travel to Jakarta
for the second jury, which will take place in the form of jury open for public in Jakarta at the round tableof Green Initiative Week on October 28.

[WINNER]The Best Winners (3 persons) are invited to Japan for several days in autumn (September – November,2018). Their works will be exhibited in the Exhibition to be held in ARCHI-DEPOT Museum in Tokyo(date to be fixed in 2018).

[SECRETARIAT]The secretariat is competition@archi-depot.or.jp
Miyoko Kumagai (ARCHI-DEPOT Corporation)
Denny Setiawan