• Entrants should register their expressions of interest with RIBA, who will provide a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ). The rules of the competition and the PQQ evaluation criteria are set out in the PQQ.
• Once we’ve received all the PQQs, they’ll be evaluated. We’ll be looking for practices with a good track record, exciting ideas in housing, including examples of changing lifestyles, family life, urban living, sustainable construction and performance. Also important to us is a design philosophy that matches our aspirations for the Scotswood Masterplan and Expo.
• From this we’ll shortlist up to twelve practices and invite them to prepare concept designs.

• Shortlisted practices will receive a detailed Stage 2 brief describing the site and design requirements.
• We are seeking concept designs for one house which will form part of the street on the Expo Link. Proposals will focus on initial ideas for the plot and to support this, we’ll want to see elevations, floor plans and site sections to describe your thinking and approach.
• All teams invited to participate in this stage will receive an equal honorarium of £3000 + VAT.

• Designs will be evaluated anonymously by a Jury Panel.
• All submitted designs will be displayed at Scotswood Regeneration Centre for local people to give their views.
• Evaluation of the designs will be undertaken with pre-determined evaluation criteria. If we require further clarification of your design at this stage, we will write to you.

• The six best designs will be announced and successful teams will be commissioned by the Scotswood URV (entering into a separate contract with each winner) to develop variations of their designs to RIBA stage D as a basis for the URV producing a single planning application for the Expo Link.

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It is important to note that preparation of Production Information post stage will be undertaken by the URV’s executive architect; however, the winning architects will remain involved for design consultation after RIBA stage D to ensure design integrity.