Gingerbread folk have a proud architectural history – from the Icing Buttresses of the past to the sugar spun spires of the present day. Recently, the world of Gingerbread house design has been pushing towards sustainable practices – houses that exist in harmony with the environment, but still look good enough to eat.
Terry* applauds our Gingerbread’ren’s efforts. In solidarity, we are launching a design competition that combines eco and spice and everything nice. The challenge in a nutshell: apply sustainable building design practices to a gingerbread house.
CONTEST RULES
It’s up to you whether you emphasize using rainwater for toilet water or install candy glass skylights. But here are our groundrules:
1) Everything must be edible.
2) However half-baked (har har), there must be at least FOUR identifiable sustainable building design elements.
3) Your design must include a minimum of a floor, a door, four walls, a roof, and two windows.
SUBMISSION
1. Upload a maximum of FOUR photos to our Flickr group;
http://www.flickr.com/groups/bakeforachange. Please name your images “firstname_lastname_image#”.
2. Or, EMAIL us a maximum of FOUR photos (in .jpeg format, each under 2 MB)
3. Email a brief (< 300 words) description of how it all works.
Subject line: “Bake for a Change 2008 Entry”
Email: bakeforachange@gmail.com
DEADLINE DATE
Midnight PST, December 31, 2008
JUDGING
Each submission will pass a panel of Terry* representatives and a few mystery judges from the design field. To avoid conflicts of interest, none of the judges will take part in the competition.
You will be judged on how you manage to build and describe your sustainable gingerbread house: is it plausible? Is it appealing? Remember, you are a gingerbread architect of taste as well as ideals.
PRIZING
1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizewinners will win a thoroughly fashionable Bake For a Change t-shirt.
RESOURCES
Unfamiliar with Sustainability? Or Gingerbread? Or both? Here are some links to help you get started.
Sustainability Links
• Terry* Sustainability FAQ
• Sustainability – Wikipedia
• Sustainable Architecture – Wikipedia
Gingerbread Links
• Gingerbread recipe on AllRecipes.com
• Gingerbread recipe on About.com
• Gingerbread houses on Flickr
5 responses so far ↓
Terry » Archive » Bake for a Change 2008: Game on! // December 4, 2008 at 2:44 pm |
[...] those details in full are presented here, and you can see last year’s entries by checking through this Flickr group. If you do check [...]
The Science Creative Quarterly » BAKE FOR A CHANGE 2008: GAME ON! // December 4, 2008 at 2:47 pm |
[...] those details in full are presented here, and you can see last year’s entries by checking through this Flickr group. If you do check [...]
Jen Moss // December 9, 2008 at 10:24 pm |
This is hilarious! Is this for real???? Please email me if so. I’m a journalist and can prbably get you some coverage on your contest if you like – with either CBC radio or The Sun.
Cheers,
Jen Moss
Eco Gingerbread Contest // December 15, 2008 at 11:31 am |
[...] can enter the Bake for A Change contest up until Midnight PST, December 31, 2008. If you enter let me know – and good [...]
Eco gingerbread house contest « Helios Monroe Renewable Energy // December 19, 2008 at 1:39 am |
[...] The challenge is to design a gingerbread house that includes sustainable building design practices. The house has to incorporate at least four green building design elements and has to be (ultimately) edible. Complete contest guidelines here. [...]