National Competition

General Demotion / General Devotion

BRIEF

Storefront for Community Designand mObstudiO at Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts invite teams of planners, architects, landscape architects, designers, artists or individuals to participate in a national design ideas competition to conceptually reimagine Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia.

The competition, called Monument Avenue: General Demotion/General Devotion, asks participants to reconsider Monument Avenue: its role as an historic urban boulevard, its viability as a 5.4 mile interurban connector, its presence in Richmond given the city’s emergence as a diverse and progressive city, its significance in the history of the United States and in the current debate about Confederate statues in public spaces.

SCHEDULE

Competition Timeline

April 2018
Registration opens

September 15, 2018
Registration closes

December 1, 2018
Competition entries due at midnight EST

February 14, 2019
Exhibition opens at the Valentine, Richmond, Virginia

November 20, 2019
Closing reception and announcement of jurors’ selections and People’s Choice Award

December 1, 2019
Exhibition at the Valentine closes

AWARDS

First Place
People’s Choice Award
Merit Awards based on jurors’ discretion

Monetary prizes will be awarded at the jurors’ discretion. Awards will be announced at the closing reception on November 20, 2019 at the Valentine. The jury will award a total of $10,000 dollars in prize money.

FEES

By registering and paying the non-refundable competition fee of $75.00

JURY

A jury of nationally known and locally knowledgeable practitioners representing the planning, architecture, landscape architecture, historical and social justice communities will select finalists and winners from the submitted entries. Jurors will have full discretion for the awarding and distribution of prize money.