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Schindler Award 2010 30 Apr 2010 deadline - registration 30 Jul 2010 deadline - submission 22 Sep 2009 Opening of the Schindler Award 2010 One of Europe's leading architectural competitions, the Schindler Award, is now accepting applications for its 2010 edition. Students of architecture are invited to put forward visionary design ideas for developing an area of the grounds that were used for Berlin's 1936 Olympic Games. The central theme of the competition is "Access for All", a design philosophy characterized by inclusiveness and barrier-free mobility for people of all ages and capabilities. Key Visual Schindler Award 2010: The Schindler Award is an excellent opportunity for graduating architects to have their designs judged by a professional jury. It is open to architecture students who are either in their last year on a bachelor's course or attending a master's course at a European university or school of architecture. Students interested in participating in the 2010 competition should register online at www.schindleraward.com. The closing date for registrations is April 30, 2010. Completed projects must be submitted by July 30, 2010. Visions for an enhanced and accessible "Olympic Park Berlin" The 2010 competition sets participants the task of transforming an area on the western fringe of the "Olympic Park Berlin" into a pleasing, functional and fully accessible sport and leisure park. Students must redevelop the site - which contains sporting facilities, an open-air theater and car parks - and develop a new access route from a nearby urban transit station. The site is of historical significance because it is part of the "Olympic Park Berlin", which the Nazis tried to exploit as a propaganda stage during the 1936 Games. Instead the event turned into a triumph for the black American athlete, Jesse Owens, who won four Gold medals, including one in the all-important men's 100 meters. A new approach The Schindler Award seeks to change the way young architects approach their work. It challenges them to think beyond form, light and materials and to focus on the needs of the people who will eventually inhabit the structures and spaces that they design. It has the goal of improving access and overall mobility for all city dwellers, irrespective of their age, status or physical capabilities. The Award competition also encourages schools of architecture to incorporate "Access for All" into their curricula, by awarding schools' prizes. A notable example is the Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany, whose lectures on the topic were recently adapted into essays for a book: Access for All, Approaches to the Built Environment, published by Birkhäuser in September 2009. The Schindler Award is held under the patronage of the Schindler Group, a leading global mobility company specializing in elevators and escalator solutions for all building types. The Schindler Award information received 220909 Competition Site 1 'Waldbühne': Spectacular open-air theatre for up to 22,000 spectators Jury President Prof. Françoise-Hélène Jourda Panorama Competition Site 2 Train station 'Pichelsberg' of the S-Bahn urban transit sytems Panorama Competition Site 3 Panorama West Glockenturmstrasse