Schindler Elevator Corporation is the North American operating entity of the Switzerland-based Schindler Group. Schindler is one of the leading global manufacturers of elevators, escalators and moving walks. Schindler employs over 6,000 people in more than 230 locations in North America. Founded in 1874 in Lucerne, Switzerland, by precision engineer Robert Schindler, Schindler manufactures, installs, maintains and modernizes mobility solutions for almost every type of building requirement worldwide. www.us.schindler.com
Overview
Most of us interact with elevators almost every day of our lives. For technological and accessible reasons, we’ve grown up with elevators as a normal part of our lives, and we probably know most things about them. We would recognize the doors, the up and down buttons, the cab, the interior keypad, the elevator music, and some of us may have even seen an interior shaft or a mechanical room. It gets us to where we need to go and we don’t ask questions and certainly never think about designing an elevator as seriously or as in detail as we design the rest of our architecture. But why is that?
Schindler Elevator Corporation and the American Institute of Architecture Students challenge you to do just that: design the unimaginable in order to elevate the elevator experience!
Everything is on the table: what the elevator looks like, how it gets from one floor to the next, what people do while they’re riding one, and everything in-between. Where will your design take you? Sketch or design a futuristic/realistic design which incorporate modularity, accessibility, and/or other cab designer solutions/themes for elevators and/or escalators.
How to Enter
Share your digital or hand-illustrated submission on your Instagram account by March 15, 2022, to enter the competition
Tell us (in 1-2 sentences) about your elevator design
Use the following hashtags: #elevate2point0, #weelevate, and #AIAScompetitions.
Each Wednesday during the competition the National Officers will select their top five (5) submissions and feature them in the AIAS Elevate 2.0 Highlights on Instagram.
***Please keep in mind that you must post your submission via the feed rather than the Instagram Story feature.***
***There is no limit to the number of submissions you can submit, but please choose your best!***
Eligibility + Requirements
You must be an active AIAS member to participate
All AIAS members participating must be currently in school (high school, college, or a recent graduate within the past 8 months).
If submission was created by more than one participant, please be sure to make note of that in the caption of the submission.
All submissions need to be original.
Prizes
The winning cash prizes are as follows:
1st Place: $2500
2nd Place: $1000
3rd Place: $500
The top three winners will be announced on the AIAS website and at AIAS FORUM. Schindler and AIAS reserve the right to publish the competition submissions of all entries and names of student entrants without compensation. Winning submissions will be required to submit a digital package containing original files/images for use in competition publications and exhibit materials. All submissions must be suitable for reproduction.
By applying, you agree for your image, likeness, and name to be used in any publications or purposes of Schindler and the AIAS. Elevate 2.0 is sponsored by Schindler and administered by the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS).
Deadline
All entries must be submitted by 11:59:59 EDT on March 15, 2022.
The submissions will be juried by the AIAS National Office and representatives from Schindler Elevator Corporation. Low quality or blurry entries will not be seriously considered.
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