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Welcome to
The Official
Site for the
Midwest Creative Architecture Competition
Throughout the history of
human construction, facilities designated for religious
worship have consistently represented many of the world's
finest expressions of architecture. Some of these sacred
spaces were the product of decades of craftsmanship in
construction. One need not look beyond their own community
to find examples of unique, diverse and often daring
structures of architectural design. These buildings in many
instances provide a welcome visual relief to the monotonous,
contextualized and unremarkable residential and commercial
we can be accustomed to passing from day-to-day.
This year's competitive
challenge seeks to inspire participants to produce
inspirational original designs for worship facilities for
their local communities. Whether contemporary or
traditional, sprawling or small, iconic or understated, no
one pattern of design is dictated, but the concept
possibilities are as endless as there are expressions of
organized worship. We believe that involving students in an
area of design as challenging as these building types can
stretch their aptitude, application and abilities as they
become focused toward producing a technically, contextually
and architecturally successful house of worship..
The 2011 Midwest Creative
Architecture Competition (MCAC) showcased in west
suburban Chicago as part of the nationwide Engineer's
Week celebration, challenges high school students
exploring architecture and engineering to express their
creativity in several areas of expression. These category
areas include CAD design, architectural illustration,
interior design, urban development, engineering,
construction, model-building, photography, video and
classroom projects.
Expression divisions offer
opportunities for students to complete selected project
independently and/or as group assignments. The MCAC provides
opportunity for competitive involvement to secondary
students throughout the Midwest including Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa
and Missouri.
The List of Expressions for
2011 are as follows:
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Original CAD Designs
- Submissions of original designs for a religious
building
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Interior Design -
Expectations are for an original interior design of a
religious facility
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Architectural
Illustration - Entries can include original designs
or an existing religious facility
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Scaled Model-Building
- Entries can include original designs or an
existing religious facility
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Photography -
Subjects are religious facilities within a community or
regions
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Urban Planning and
Re-development - Includes any student-proposed
revitalization project for under-developed areas of
their community
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Community Construction
- Actual design-to-construction projects of benefit to
the community
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Project Lead the way Civil Engineering and Architecture
Project - Designing a collegiate
campus
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Video Production
- Production of a video focusing on themes
pertaining to religious facilities
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Open Design Expressions
- Submissions from completed classroom semester
assignments
DOWNLOAD DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS FOR EACH EXPRESSION
Upcoming Important Dates
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Early Registration - August 23 - September 24
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Regular Registration - September 25 - October
29
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Late Registration - October 30 - December 18
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Projects Due - January 22, 2011
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Entry judging - Dates in February to be
announced
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Award Ceremony - Date in March to be
announced
DOWNLOAD REGISTRATION FORM HERE
For individual registrations,
select each expression area you intend to compete in and and
multiply the total number of expressions by $15.
If you are an instructor
registering a group of students, you can fill out one form
on behalf of the class and/or group and attach a list of
names for all the participants.
CONVENIENTLY PAY ONLINE HERE
CONTACT US
Midwest Creative Architecture
Competition
P.O. Box 3714
Chicago, IL 60654
mcac@chicagoarchitecturetoday.com
Ph. 773.410.1314
Fax 773.304.2929
Winning participants from the
architectural program of Bartlett H.S. - Jerry Hund,
facilitator
2010 MIDWEST
CREATIVE ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION
AWARD
NOMINEES
VIDEO
EXPRESSION
Winner:
Mark Schlunz & Kevin Burkland
(Subs NAO) Bartlett High School
URBAN PLANNING
& RE-DEVELOPMENT
Winners:
Melanie Gugala, Sam Digiovanni, Adam Gladkowski (Charlestowne
Mall ) Bartlett High School
Doug Strathern, Adam Brhel – (Crossing
Station) Bartlett High School
OPEN EXPRESSION
Winner:
Margaret Kramer (Single-family
Home) St. Charles North High School
Gerardo Rutigliano & Greg Acosta
(Drive-In Theater) Bartlett High School
Angela Johnson (Single-family Home)
Wheaton North High School
ENGINEERING
EXPRESSION
Winners:
Akil Patel, Allan Ochoa,
Joe Zinga (Space Station Leisure Module)
Bartlett High School
Akil Patel, Allan Ochoa (Vertical
Parking Facility) Bartlett High School
Dan Pruchnick, Michael Moretti, Robert
Majeski (Green Shipping Innovation) Bartlett High School
FAST- FOOD
SCALE MODEL EXPRESSION
Winners:
Cody Bengtson, Scott Paloian,
Alberto Avalos, and Sam Neslon (Geri’s Place) Lemont H.S.
Tim Rekruciak, Camil Machaj, and Jerry
Murphy (Super Sonik) Lemont High School
INTERIOR DESIGN
EXPRESSION
Winner:
Samantha Ehlebract |
Homewood-Flossmoor High School
Marlena Rossi | Homewood-Flossmoor
High School
Brian Borst | Fremd High School
CAD FAST-FOOD
DESIGN EXPRESSION
Winner:
Sean McGrath | Carl Sandburg
High School
Ryan Hansen & Justin Blackwell |
Bartlett High School
Bill Cronin |
Carl Sandburg High School
Congratulations to all our
2020 Participants!
OVERALL WINNER 2010 MCAC
Winner: Sean
McGrath | Carl Sandburg High School
Nominees for Top Project
Akil Patel, Allan Ochoa,
Joe Zinga | Bartlett High School
Margaret Kramer | St.
Charles North High School
Sean McGrath | Carl
Sandburg High School
THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING
Barbara Kozi – IIT
Administrator / Sponsorship of the Awards
Pam Stella- IIT
Facilities Director
Sam Beard
Chicago Architecture Today LLC
Thaddeus J
Smoczynski
Chicago Architecture Today LLC
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR JUDGES
Michael J. Ceferin, AIA,
LEED AP
Divisional Senior Lead
US Restaurant Design
Ramesh Gulatee, Architect
AIA/NCARB
LifeCare Design Studio, LLC.
Stephen Monaco, AIA
Steinco Inc.
Michael Rogers, AIA
McDonald’s USA
Corda Murphy, Executive
Director
AIA Northeast Illinois
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