Guidelines

• Entry and Application

  To enter the competition, please first register on the competition website. A registration number will be issued by email after the registration form is properly completed. Each applicant should keep a record of this registration number, as it will be needed for submitting your proposal. Re-registration is required if there is any change in the registered personal information. Also, if the applicant wishes to submit multiple proposals, it is necessary to obtain a registration number for each one.
  ・No inquiries regarding the registration number will be accepted once the number has been issued.
  ・Registration is available only through the competition website.
  ・Use of mobile phone email addresses is not recommended as there might be problems in receiving the registration number.

• Applicant qualifications

  Application is open to both individual and group efforts.
  We welcome interdisciplinary collaborations among participants from outside the stated fields of expertise.

• Submission Requirements

  Contents: Site plan, floor plan, elevation, section, perspective drawing, and axonometric drawing at any scale. You are free to include model photographs, detailed drawings, and other diagrams. Your submission should include a descriptive text of your design no more than 250 words in English, or 600 characters in Japanese, in 12-point type or larger. All drawings, illustrations, and texts should be laid out on 2 sheets of A2 (420×594 mm / 16.5×23.5 inches). You may also embed external links.
  ・File format: PDF
  ・File size should not exceed 10MB (please combine 2 sheets in a single file)
  ・The registration number must be used as the name of the PDF file for each design entry (e.g., skc0000.pdf). Please write only your registration number in 30-point or larger font size in the lower right corner of your submission (do not include names or other identifying information).

• Submission Procedure

  Follow the application form at the URL specified in the pre-resistered email, and upload the applicant's information and files.
  Please note the file size. Entries outside the regulations will not be considered for judging.

  Note: The number of emails right before the deadline may overwhelm our internet server, so please do not wait until the last minute to submit your entry. The competition hosts will take no responsibility for submissions that arrive late due to technical issues and will not judge any late submissions.

• Announcement of Initial Screening Results

  Early November 2026.
  In addition to notifying entrants who have passed, we will announce the results on the website.

• Final Screening

  December 2026 in Tokyo.
  Applicants who pass the first judging cut-off will be asked to make a video presentation based on their proposal.
  The final screening will be held publicly. After presentations of several entries that have passed, Q&A, and judging, recipients of the Grand Prize, Awards of Excellence, and Honorable Mentions will be decided then and there.
  Participants in the second round of judging will receive ¥50,000 (tax included) per group to cover transportation costs.

• Announcement of the Winner

  Winner(s) will be announced in the 2027 March issue of SHINKENCHIKU (published on March 1, 2027) and March issue of a+u (published on February 27, 2027), their digital issues, and on the competition website.

• Notice

  ・Copyright of the proposal belongs to the applicant, while the publishing right belongs to Shinkenchiku-sha Co., Ltd.
  ・Submitted proposals, regardless of the result, may be published on the competition website.
  ・Questions regarding the competition regulations will not be answered by the hosts. All matters not covered in the regulations listed above are left to the discretion of the entrants.
  ・Entries must not have been published or otherwise made public previously. Neither the whole nor any part of an entry may infringe upon the copyright of any third party. Do not use images copied from copyrighted materials such as magazines, books, or websites. The entrant shall bear full responsibility for any copyright infringement or other disputes or allegations. If such infringement or other issues are discovered, the organizers reserve the right to revoke the entrant's selection at their discretion.
  ・The winning entrants will be asked to submit high-resolution digital data for publication.
  ・All fees associated with submissions must be borne by entrants.
  ・Please double-check the contents of your submission. You will not be allowed to replace your proposal after submission.
  ・Please avoid corrupted texts and broken links. Please embed all the linked files.
  ・Entries will only be accepted if they adhere to all the regulations.