· artist, graphic designer, industrial designer, or landscape architect, tell a story. their stories can sometimes be discerned easily, and at other times need to be discovered

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archcemberarchitecture + december

arch = architects, designers, students and the complete architecture community.cember = a cember is someone who is strong, even when the world may seem like it's going

to crash down around them (urban dictionary meaning).

an engaging challenge of story telling through illustrations, starting in decemberfor all the architects, designers, students, academicians and the whole fraternity of architecture & related fields - interior design, landscape architecture, urban design etc.

the briefall designed objects, whether conceived by an architect, artist, graphic designer, industrial designer, or landscape architect, tell a story.

their stories can sometimes be discerned easily, and at other times need to be discovered through thoughtful consideration. the story can be as simple as a metaphor or as complex as a novel.

just as the adage goes, you can't judge the object (book) by its exterior (cover). the richness of the object is in its content.

architects are natural storytellers – it’s a process that is inherently built into our creative process and when used properly, it’s one of the very best tools in our tool bag.

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archcember’19 | storytelling through illustrations

the challengeevery story or narrative is a series of events tied together into a plot. the key is to display your concept in the most appropriate visual form for the project in question

the archcember challenge is about telling your story through illustrations :• we will give you 2 words every week and you have to tell

us a story through your illustration and an article of 200 words which justifies your concept.

• not necessarily, but if the illustrations respond to the theme of the contest i.e. architecture, it would be much more meaningful.

• your sketches can narrate stories through functional or explanatory , social, investigative and sarcastic approaches or comic strips.

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archcember’19 | storytelling through illustrations

judging criteria:we know you are an amazing story-teller and all the stories are good in their own way.but we will have to choose the best to announce winners and here are few criteria’s that the jury has framed:• how well the word has been understood by the

participant? • originality and creativity – is the work fundamentally

different from existing ideas, sketches or stories• interactivity and engagement – is the story interactive

enough to engage the jury and grab their attention• 60% marks will be given to the illustration and 40% will

be awarded for the story considering the points above.

do not:• forge or copy illustrations, ideas or stories available on

the internet or anywhere else.

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we have divided this in three categories – day winners, week winners, month winners and the master story teller

day winners – top 2 day winners illustrations with stories will be published on sqrfactorblog and social media accounts of sqrfactor

+ INR 500 eachweek winners – top 3 week winners will get their best story or the unpublished story

published on our platform + high chances of winning rewards offered by other organizations

+ INR 900 eachps : the week winners will be decided on every week’s performance and the marks

awarded in previous week won’t have any cumulative effectmonth winners – top 3 winners (adding cumulative marks for all 4 weeks) will get their

interview + best story published on our platform and get goodies from sqrfactor+ INR 4,000 each, INR 3,200 & INR 2,400 respectively

the master story teller – one master story-teller to receive a prize money of INR 7,000

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these prizes can be won by any day winners, week winners, month winners who are interested in the rewards offered. the interested winning participants will have to fill a form for one/multiple rewards they want to apply for. the winners will be selected by

the organizations on basis of merit and answers filled.

leewardists school – All expense paid seats in leewardsits school next course to Top-5 selected winning participants.

kaarwan –INR 10,000 & 5,000 fee waiver on select national/international journeys in the year 2020 for top-selected month & week winners respectively.

Rat[lab] edu – 50% fee waiver on rat[lab] edu’s winter school 2019-20 to be held inmultiple cities around Feb’20.

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ar. anuj kale

founder of leewardistsand an artist whose

satirical comic take on architecture has been

widely appreciated and shared by design

communities worldwide. with their new initiative -leewardists school, they are making learning fun.

ar. gita balakrishnan

founder of ethos India -she is a known name in

the industry and a pioneer of building the first

educational community network through her

organisation ethos India helping students learn &

grow by guiding them with internships & jobs

ar. sushant verma

co-founder of rat-labs, he has been an evangelist of bridging the gap between architecture & technology

speaking about it in forums worldwide. rat-labs edu’s mission is toeducate students about parametric design and future of architecture

ar. prerna kapoor

an architect by education and head of marketing &

communication at Kaarwan; an intensive experiential-

based learning programme. Over the years, Kaarwan has

been meaning to merge learning with travel by

creating unique educational travel experiences.

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registrationthe registration for the competition is free.

submission requirementsparticipants will have to upload the submissions on the competition page of sqrfactor’s website -

www.sqrfactor.com . uploaded design/article image size should not be more than 2 mb.

important dates2nd dec’19 – start of competition |29th dec’19 – end of competition.

important dates of every week - 4th, 7th | 11th, 14th | 18th, 21st | 25th, 28th dec’19.

submissions of entries before 6 pm on important dates of every week and day winners will be announced at 11 PM within 56 hours after the submission respectively.

ex : on 7th dec before 6 pm, the participants will have to submit their illustrations and at 11pm, the winners of 5th dec will be announced and so on.

week winners and 2 words for a week will be announced at 11 pm on dates – 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd dec’19. 15th jan’20 – final result announcements and dispatching of gifts/goodies and certificates.

faqs (frequently asked questions)

i like the competition but i cannot participate for the complete month. can i participate only for one day and will ibe eligible for the day winner category? yes, you can participate only for one day and you will be eligible for the day winner category.

i have skipped the first few days or week/weeks, can i enter the competition in the middle and still be eligible for the day/week/month winner category?yes, even if you have missed first few days or weeks of the competition, you can still participate in the competition and be eligible for the day/week winners category but not month winner category.

i have just participated 1 day in a week and i have been awarded as a day winner, am i eligible for the week winner category?week winners will be announced on the basis of participation and cumulative marks of all 2 days. you are only eligible for the week winner category, if you have participated all 2 days of the particular week irrespective of the cumulative marks you get in 1 day or the participation in previous weeks.

how do i become the month winner (title winner) or win the master of story telling title?you will have to participate for the complete month – all the 8 days of the month for you to be eligible for the title winner category.

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Ar. Sheila Sri Prakash

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Ar. Jitendra Mehta

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Ar. Akshay Heranjal

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