BUSINESS AS (UN)USUAL
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there an entry fee?
· No
Do I need to design an entire future city?
· No, you should provide a conceptual image for the overall city, but this does not need to be a fully resolved design. However, you do need to design a precinct of up to 1km2 in area.
Can I locate my future city anywhere?
· Yes, except for the currently urbanized area of existing state, territory and federal capital cities.
Can I locate my future city near an existing state, territory and federal capital city?
· Yes
Can I adapt an existing regional town or city for my future city?
· Yes
Do I need to be Australian to enter?
· No, you can enter regardless of where you currently live
Does the <1km2 precinct need to be square?
· No, you can choose whatever dimensions suit you as long as the precinct is less than 1km2 in area
Should the descriptive text be on a panel?
· No, there will be a form in the submission portal with the following fields:
What is the name of your city?
Where is your city located?
What is the ideal population of your city?
What is the impetus behind your city?
Describe the design of the city.
How does your city embody an alternative Australian dream?
Please limit the text on the drawing panels to the titles, labels and annotations that are necessary to understand the proposal.
Terms and Conditions
The specific conditions below and the entire competition brief constitute the Conditions of Entry.
ELIGIBILITY + ANONYMITY
o Business as (Un)usual is a national ideas competition open to tertiary students currently enrolled in an undergraduate or postgraduate program at an Australian (or international) university or technical college, and recent graduates (within one year of completion at the competition's closing date).
o There are no professional qualification requirements for entry.
o Entries may be made by individuals and teams.
o Employees of the AUDRC, jury members and their spouses/partners are not eligible to enter.
o Faculty, students, and employees from jury member organizations are eligible to enter.
o Entries will be judged anonymously. There must be no identifying information (that is, information that identifies individuals, organizations, schools, groups, or firms associated with the entry) on the images, in the image file names, or in the accompanying statement or text. Non-conforming entries will be disqualified.
o Jurors are required to immediately advise the competition organizer and recuse themselves from voting on a particular submission in the event that they believe they recognize the identity of an entrant from the submission.
o Any entrant who violates these rules and any non-conforming entries will be disqualified.
SUBMISSIONS + USE OF SUBMITTED MATERIALS
o Submissions will only be accepted from eligible entrants who have submitted digitally through the competition platform by the competition closing date (11.59pm Australian Western Standard Time on 1 July 2022).
o Submissions must conform to page/sheet dimensions and the instructions shown at registration and in this document. Non-conforming submissions will be disqualified.
o Please note that only .pdf files are accepted. Files must be under 100MB and should have a minimum resolution of 300dpi.
o No physical/mailed submissions will be accepted.
o Submitted materials shall not be released nor exposed to the public, press, or other media (including social media) before the announcement of the winning entries. Entrants who violate this condition will be disqualified.
o No information contained in submissions shall be deemed confidential; therefore, please do not submit any information that may be considered proprietary in nature.
o The AUDRC and its sponsors or affiliates shall not be liable for any costs incurred by any entrant in the preparation of a submission.
o By entering Business as (Un)usual, you warrant that your submission does not include any images or text infringing on a third-party copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property right.
o By entering Business as (Un)usual you grant the AUDRC a free license to use, publish, distribute, and make derivatives of the submitted materials, in whole or in part, in connection with judging, promotion, review, publication, and exhibition of the competition and for future publications, and for archival and other purposes, in any format including print, digital, and online.
o The AUDRC has complete discretion over how submitted materials (including images, derivatives of images, supporting texts, and fonts) are adapted or used in any publication, exhibition, or promotion. The AUDRC may crop, alter, adapt, or reformat images, replace fonts, and edit or change text to conform with the overall aesthetic, style, and with other layout and editorial considerations of any publication or exhibition, and for promotional or review purposes, without notice to the entrant.
o The AUDRC may request design files from awarded entrants for the purpose of making font changes, formatting changes, text corrections, image resizing, or other necessary changes required for publication.
GENERAL
o In the case of disqualification, entrants will NOT be notified.
o Jury processes and deliberations are confidential, and the decisions of the jury process are final.
o The information in this document and on the submissions platform forms part of these Conditions of Entry. You must accept the Conditions of Entry to enter the competition.
o The competition organizers reserve the right to amend this document at any time, without notice.