COMPETITION
OVERVIEW
The USGBC Natural Talent 2007 Design Competition provides
an applied learning experience in the principles of
integrated design, sustainability, innovation, and social
consciousness; all of which are components of the LEED™ Green Building Rating System.
Participants will compete to be one of five local
finalists, the top winner of which will move on to
compete for a national award at Greenbuild. Awards include Green
Building Scholarships as well as registration to
Greenbuild (http://www.greenbuildexpo.org), the
USGBC’s Annual Green Building Conference and Expo,
where finalists’ entries will be displayed and where
final judging will occur. Greenbuild 2007 will be held in Los
Angeles, CA, October 17-19 2007.
COMPETITION OBJECTIVES
• Broaden environmental education in the building
professions within the university system.
• To empower students and young professionals within the
green building movement to become future leaders.
• Highlight the presence, efforts, and initiative of
students and emerging leaders in the green building
movement.
• Integrate students with esteemed individuals from the
USGBC and green building industry.
• Raise awareness of exemplary designs of future designers
by displaying them at Greenbuild.
• Utilize LEED™ as a guideline for building
design and performance.
• Recognize and award students and emerging green builders
for their dedication, creativity, innovation, and
commitment to sustainable design.
• Continue to bring awareness to the past and current
revitalization of the Bronx River and the community.
COMPETITION DESIGN CHALLENGE
New York State Pavilion Performing Arts Center
New York State Pavilion, in Corona Park is one
of the New York Parks Departments potential rejuvenation
projects. Located in Flushing Meadow, Queens, this historic
site sits in the center of the second largest park in New
York City, gated from the remainder of the park. The Parks
department, in addition to Historians, Architectural
Connoisseurs and many members of the community are working
to bring this site back to life.
http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/vt_flushing_meadows/vt_flushing_meadows_park.html
Project Overview*
Design a LEED™ Platinum building for the New York City
Department of Parks & Recreation/New York Sate Pavilion
Alliance to house their new Performing Arts Center in The
New York State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
This is a search that started in 1992 with a structural
evaluation and continued through a series of proposals
including The Air and Space Museum and the site of the 2012
Olympics, neither of which have been approved to move
forward.
We invite you, in this competition, to expand on the
program and be as creative as possible focusing on the
sustainability of, building materials, systems and
processed as well as the sustainability of the community.
To help generate ideas for the New York State Pavilion
Performing Arts Center, proposed Ideas and current projects
in Corona Park:
• Air and Space Museum which was officially not pursed as
of September of 2004
• November of 2002 New York was chosen for a bid city for
the 2012 Olympics, and in July of 2006 it was awarded to
London
Site: New York State Pavilion in Corona Park
Flushing Meadows, Queens
*See the Project Context/Program Page for
detailed information
