XI edition "UrbanPromo 2014" +
"UrbanPromo Giovani 6" International Competition for Young Urban Designers and Planners
EXTENDED DEADLINE!

Milano, Italy
INU | Istituto Nazionale di Urbanistica
URBIT | Urbanistica Italiana srl

UrbanPromo2014
November 11-14, 2014 | Triennale di Milano - Milano (Italy)
The 11th edition of UrbanPromo 2014 will be hosted by Triennale di Milano, place of excellence for artistic, architectural and industrial design researches.
Triennale di Milano Museum is characterized by functional and cutting edge spaces that are able to host exhibitions and visitators. 

ABOUT URBANPROMO
Urbanpromo is a cultural event about urban regeneration, as a process of strategies, policies, actions, aimed at creating a sustainable urban development. The XI edition of Urbanpromo is set to Europe 2020. 

Urbanpromo is the ideal seat for:
• innovative projects and experiences;
• understand the peculiarities of the new approaches to the problems of urban, real estate and social systems;
• create the conditions for investment projects in public-private partnerships;
• establish relations with representatives of government, private companies, universities, research institutes and professional offices.

Urbanpromo offers the possibility of an advanced upgrade to directors, business people, professionals and researchers on the most important issues of the Italian and international scene.
Urbanpromo covers the main aspects of urban regeneration through an intensive program of conferences, an exhibition of projects, some publications of national circulation: the activation of the investment by the public-private partnership, energy efficiency, sustainable mobility, the valuation of real estate assets, social housing, the private financing of public works, the real estate taxation and the eventualities of the property market.

The themes of the IX edition
There are seven thematic sections that characterize the current edition. Three of these, add the themes on which to focus the tradition of Urbanpromo:
• URBAN TRANSFORMATION | converge in complex programs, the public and private real estate, infrastructure;
• URBAN MARKETING | represent the best practices of the revitalization of economic activities in urban centers;
• SOCIAL HOUSING | confirms Urbanpromo as the only national place in which housing policies are more advanced.

Two new sections give visibility to the two main channels of urban regeneration financing:
• ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY   | extends it from the energy of the city to waste management to urban agriculture;
• SMART CITY   | explores the opportunities created by the research and technological innovation.

THE LOCATION
The XI edition of Urbanpromo 2014, from 11 to 14 November 2014, is hosted in the prestigious premises of Triennale, the excellent place of disclosure for research of the best art, architecture and industrial design. 
Triennale is the main Italian event for the sectors of architecture, visual and decorative arts, design, fashion and audio/video production; it is a cultural production centre that organises and produces exhibitions, meetings, film festivals and travelling exhibitions. 

THE PROGRAMME - Agenda under contruction... 
Thursday, October 2nd | Institutional conference
Friday, October 3th | Scientific Conference
Tuesday, November 11th | Scientific Conference
Tuesday, November 11th | Institutional conference
Wednesday, November 12th | Institutional conference
Wednesday, November 12th | Contining educational course
Tuesday,November 13th | Scientific Conference
Tuesday,November 13th | Poster session
Friday, November 14th | Institutional conference

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Thematic sections:
Urban Transformation | Stefano Stanghellini
Social Housing | Franco Landini
Urban Marketing | Iginio Rossi
Smart City | Michele Talia
Energy and sustainability | Ennio Nonni
Europe 2020 | Simone Ombuen
Expo 2015 | Vittorio Salmoni
Urban-promogiovani | Daniela Mello

INFO  & CONTACTS
Urbanpromo website
 E-mail:
• Giulia Tansini | organizzazione@urbit.it
• Anna Clio Belleffi | segreteria@urbit.it 

UrbanPromo Giovani 6 - 2014
INU | Istittuto Nazionale di Urbanistica
URBIT | Urbanistica Italiana srl
DEADLINE EXTENTION: OCTOBER 10TH, 2014

DEADLINE EXTENSION
Please note that, in order to encourage the widest possible comparison, registration and transmission of works required by the competition announcement, is postponed to October 10, 2014.
You can vote the candidate projects in the weeks preceding Urbanpromo and, more precisely, from October 20 to November 10, 2014

ABOUT URBAN PROMO
Urban-promogiovani is a free competition open to all students worldwide. It is carried out within the cultural event Urbanpromo, promoted by the INU, Istituto Nazionale di Urbanistica. The 11th edition of Urbanpromo will be held at the Triennale of Milan, from November 11th to 14th 2014

Purpose
The competition is open to all students from any University worldwide, taking Urban Design and Planning courses, and is aimed at sharing ideas and enhancing skills across the future professionals operating in the field of urban regeneration.

Language
All documents must be produced in English. Proposals including any other languages will be automatically excluded.

Object
The project proposals should refer to an integrated and innovative urban regeneration project for a real area. Attention should be given to how the area is related to its surroundings. The project proposal should be related to the 2014 key topics of Urbanpromo, that are: urban transformation, urban marketing, smart cities, sustainable energy, social housing. The selection of the area can be made according to the course case-project. A variety of graphics is encouraged, including a detail level proper of graphics in scale 1:2000.

Participation
To participate in the competition, students must be presented by the professor teaching the class that produced the urban regeneration project. Each professor can present at most three groups of students. All proposals must be original. Proposals presented under previous Urban-promogiovani editions will not be considered for participation. 

In particular, participants should send the following:
1. Presentation form, by filling the attached form 
2. Presentation letter of the professor teaching the class that produced the urban regeneration project (.pdf or .jpg)
3. A project table, size A0, horizontal (.pdf or .jpg) 
4. A project’s logo (.pdf or .jpg) to be used in the website as the icon for identifying the proposal (750x750pixel)

The above listed documents must be uploaded by the 31th of August 2014 (Italian time) on the ftp webspace address, that will be communicated soon on the official page of the competition in the website www.urbanpromo.it. All proposals will be published on the gallery of the www.urbanpromo.it website, in the section: Urban-promogiovani (free open access).

EVALUATION
There are two awards, one based on online evaluation and the other based on the evaluation of an international jury. 
The evaluation will consist of two parallel processes: 
• On-line evaluation. From September 15th it will be possible to vote for the best proposals for        all registered users of the www.urbanopromo.it website. Each user can vote for only one proposal. On line evaluation will be closed on October 30th at 5pm (Italian time). It will be possible to obtain information about voting results up to that point during the on-line evaluation. The proposal that will gather the highest number of preferences will be considered the winner of the on-line evaluation. 
• International Jury. An international jury composed of 5 experts on urban design and planning will evaluate the proposals through a web-based procedure, by giving each proposal a score from 1 to 5. The proposal with the highest score will be considered the winner of the International Jury evaluation.

AWARDS
The winners will be published on the Urbanpromo website. 
Awards will consist of: 
• On-line evaluation
1° classified: 1000€- equivalent in books, to be spent as vouchers in web-libraries & dissemination of the project through the media partners of Urbanpromo
2° classified: 500€- equivalent in books, to be spent as vouchers in web-libraries & dissemination of the project through the media partners of Urbanrpromo
• International Jury evaluation
1° classified: 1000€- equivalent in books, to be spent as vouchers in web-libraries & dissemination of the project through the media partners of Urbanpromo
2° classified: 500€- equivalent in books, to be spent as vouchers in web-libraries & dissemination of the project through the media partners of Urbanprom.
Awards could be increased in case of additional contributions from potential sponsors.

COORDINATORS
• Daniela Mello
• Claudia Trillo

INFO & CONTACTS 
• Urbanpromo website
• E-mail: urbanpromogiovani@gmail.com