CONTEST PARAMETERS and LOGISTICS FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL OLYMPIAD—3/27 MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Final Event: 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM March 27, 2015 Vermont Technical College, Judd Hall, Randolph VT REQUIRED items to bring: •
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Your team—no more than 10 (ten) students per team (as per the original instructions). A computer and a monitor to present your work—presentations will be “table-­‐top” format. You will have half of a table so plan on a monitor adequately sized to fit on a 4 foot portion of a table. SketchUP drawings, diagrams and any paper materials that could be reviewed by judges. as judges are standing there asking you questions. A sign or banner to showcase your team name, school and town. Your 3D Models, PRINTED and labeled with the QR codes—ready to be placed on our large map. Your map “layout” poster or banner—described in detail later in this document. This will accompany your 3D models on the map. OPTIONAL items to bring: •
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Tablecloth or other decorations for your table space. Additional computers to show in “kiosk” format videos and other materials from your process. Cameras to videotape the event. Markers, tape, HDMI cables, other relevant cables, power cords, extension cords and power strips. Flash drives if needed and back-­‐up copies of your presentations. Consider ANY and ALL contingencies at the event. Bring items to make your presentation work. The organizers will NOT BE SUPPLYING ANY consumable materials, cords, power strips, etc. IMPORTANT: Lunch will be provided to the students that attend and will be served in the exhibit hall. The event budget is limited on food. Any guests/chaperones/parents attending will be asked to purchase lunch in the cafeteria. Our priority is to feed the students first. SCHEDULE: Upon arrival: •
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Park busses and vehicles in parking lots at VTC. Proceed to Judd Hall gymnasium. From 8:30-­‐9:00 AM: •
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Group places banner/poster (see below) and model on large VT floor map. Group organizes their table top presentation on designated table. Group prepares to meet judging teams in scheduled order. 9:00 AM -­‐ Opening remarks from selected individuals in our group. 9:15 AM -­‐ Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe (confirmed) to speak. 9:30 AM -­‐ Presentations to judges begin and cycle throughout the morning. 12:00 PM -­‐ Lunch and award announcements. 1:00 PM -­‐ Disassemble tabletops. 1:30 PM -­‐ Possible viewing of drone footage of mapped models. LOGISTICS: Team size: No more than 10 students. As per the original instructions, teams should be no more than 10 students. Schools may have more than one team, but should that be the case, a clear division of town history topics should be clear. Both teams should not focus on the same topics/buildings. Teams should be prepared to: Display Present Interpret their town/building histories for invited guests On the Vermont map, each team should arrange/display their models by determining the site of their town in relation to map landmarks. To Display, teams should have the following: A banner/poster, following the mock-­‐up here: Team Logo in this area Name of the Town in a banner/poster measuring roughly poster board size: 2.5 ft. x 3 ft. Include Name of Town, Name of Team, Charter date of town, scale of your models, and a team logo if you wish. The name of the town should be in the largest letters. The banner/poster can be in color or b/w. Models can be a scale that is determined by your 3D printing capabilities. There is not a required standard scale for models at this time. Each team will have table space as well as their map space. The requirements for the table space are as follows: •
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Each team should prepare a kiosk-­‐type slideshow that can be cycling slides of building/town histories and the process of your project. It is recommended that a combination be used, allowing visuals to be backed up by team members talking about each point. Photos and SketchUP work that led to the final models displayed in Randolph should be used. Teams should limit the kiosk-­‐mode presentation as much as possible to visuals and short talking points. This slideshow can then continue to run so that visitors and guests can see some of the activities teams undertook. The table decorations, display, etc. may be set up in any fashion desired. (Figure 4 feet of an 8-­‐foot table, with two teams per table.) Handouts with other town/building history information are also allowed. Students should coordinate so that guests can move between map models and table displays and have interpretations by students at either site during judging. Teams are also asked to upload their models as a layer in Google Earth. Instructions on how to do this will be forthcoming. THE PRESENTATION: Presentations will take place at the tables. A judging schedule will be determined when all teams have arrived. Microphones will be available (if necessary) to assist with presenting. Judges will be present and members of the public and guests will be invited to listen to the presentations as well. Presentations should focus on three aspects of the project: •
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A brief historical synopsis of the model(s). A brief description of how the team worked together to complete the project. A description of the process from SketchUP diagrams to 3D models. Each team will be expected to present as a team. The presentations will be no longer than 3-­‐5 minutes. Teams will be stopped at the 5-­‐minute mark. Questions and comments can be addressed at team tables after each team has presented. Presentations will run in half hour increments with breaks between for teams to stand by their tables. Other aspects of the judging will take place in the following manner: •
Table displays should have clear information about: o How the team captured an accurate architectural record of the building(s). o
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A chronology of events that led to the final project—detailing what team members did when (in brief format) and how the team decided on their particular subject as worthy of further exploration. Documentation that makes clear to judges the specific details of the project and history that the group discovered during the process. Here are questions to consider that will help the judges understand the depth of research: § Did you interview people to learn more? § Did you visit the site inside and out? § What research did you do on any architectural details? § What did you learn from research about the changes made over time to the structure? § What various activities took place in some of your models? PRIZES: After all teams have been judged and the judges have taken time to confer, there will be the announcement of all winners in the competition: First Prize for HS teams is a set of 10 Nexus tablets for the school from Google Second Prize for the teams is a set of 7 Nexus tablets for the school from Google There is also a First Prize for the top Middle school team of 5 CTL Chromebooks for the school. Winning teams will take their prizes at the end of the event. Please make sure the event organizers photograph all of your teams before leaving for the day. DRONE FLY-­‐OVER: A drone “fly over” is tentatively scheduled to occur during the event. The intent is to capture with video the map and the 3D models. At a designated point, the organizers may ask that participants stay off of the map area to allow this to take place. It has also been suggested that models be left with organizers and this “fly-­‐over” take place after the participants have left. NOTE -­‐ Additional opportunity offered for all teams: Dynamic Landscapes, the education technology conference held on May 21 and 22 has a place for those teams wishing to display their work for another audience. If teams are interested, they can leave the 3D models with an organizer and plans will be made to later deliver/pickup the models by your school personnel. Teams should consider this and provide some kind of container, box or bag with their team name and details so the organizers can keep these submissions organized between March and May. JUDGING CRITERIA/RUBRICS: Excellent Very Good Good Needs Improve
MMENT Good Needs Improve Very Good All team members clearly participate -­‐ All team members have a role Presentation is clear and structured well -­‐ Judges leave with chronological and historical sense of the buildings in the project Process of team is clear -­‐ Leadership, roles are assigned, each team member shows clear application to the project Cohesion between the process of model making and presentation is clear -­‐ Organization is apparent in the way the project was carried out Quality of display -­‐ Interpretive nature of table display is well thought out, organized and clear to judges -­‐ Model/banner/poster on map are well placed, and look neat and clean on the map Excellent Presentation: 30% This takes into account a tabletop presentation and a both verbal and visual presentation to judges. Superior Historical context is relevant to the 3D Models -­‐ Is this building historically relevant to town? Is the 3D model true to its structure? Historical record is well represented -­‐ Origins of building site, building, and key dates -­‐ Model/building evolution over time is clear -­‐ Architectural nuances/details over time are described and studied 3D model is placed in the historical context of town -­‐ What role does building play in the town over time? Research is clear and present in demonstration/presentation -­‐ Presentation and discussion together show clearly that research was applied Analysis and interpretation of historical record is apparent -­‐ What can students surmise about the town perception of this structure? What has this building meant to the town? Current use of structure is clear OR student concern for survival of this structure is apparent -­‐ Why is this building important? Superior Historical Context: 40% Needs Improve
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3D Model(s): 30%
The SketchUP(.skp) to steriolithography(.stl) design process is shown in a detailed 3D printed model which is an accurate visual representation of the real building in the following ways. -­‐ The architecture details are clear (enhanced if necessary to be visible in the scaled 3D print, such as columns, railings, roof overhangs, door and window indents, etc.).
-­‐ The major structural dimensions are accurate to scale (i.e. footprint and roof).
-­‐ All printed models within the town are printed to the same scale and that scale is clearly labeled.
-­‐ The models are accurately placed on the Vermont map.