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The Open City Stewardship Awards Information for applicants
Executive Long term care of the urban realm is the
most important, but least celebrated aspect
Summary of contemporary city making. While many
awards programmes endorse exciting new
A new, buildings, public spaces and infrastructure,
national awards the critical ongoing work of repairing,
celebrating refurbishing and maintaining the city goes
programme unrewarded.
celebrating
long-term care As the need to reduce carbon emissions
of the urban across the construction sector challenges
environment. all urban professions, leadership in
outstanding urban stewardship is
increasingly essential for confronting
climate change and nurturing thriving
communities.
For 30 years, Open City has celebrated
the finest historic and contemporary
architecture, infrastructure and landscapes
in the world. We understand that great
city-making is not just about creating new
buildings, but how existing places are cared
for, improved and enhanced.
Now, in partnership with Construction
Declares, Open City is launching a new
programme specifically recognising
industry leaders in ongoing, long-term,
strategic urban care: The Open City
Stewardship Awards.
open-city.org.uk/
stewardship-awards
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Why you should enter Key Dates
Applications open Shortlist exhibited in
The Open City Stewardship Awards April 2021 Open House London
Festival
are an opportunity for leaders in Launch event September 2021
environmental and social governance May 2021
Awards ceremony
working in the built environment to Applications close Spring 2022
June 2021
exhibit projects which demonstrate Winner exhibited in
outstanding practice, and to connect Shortlist exhibited Open House London
and discussed during
with other industry pioneers dedicated public
Festival
September 2022
committed to long-term care of programme of events
buildings, places and communities. and discussions
Autumn 2021
The awards will celebrate winning
and shortlisted teams with an
extensive public programme
exhibiting projects to a broad public
and professional audience. All
shortlisted projects will be invited
to exhibit in the 2021 Open House
Festival and will be championed in
Open City’s autumn programme
dedicated to urban stewardship.
Winners will receive a physical
award given at an event in Spring
2022, and benefit from a bespoke
arrangement of expert consultancy
time which will invest in the future
of their work.
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How to enter Application
The online form must be submitted between
The awards are assessed in a two- Friday 9th April, when entries open, and 12.00AM
stage process. The first stage is a on Friday 18th June 2021.
simple online form where entrants As part of your entry, entrants will need to submit:
will have the opportunity to explain • Up to 500 words describing the project and
their project and submit any its strengths in environmental and social
stewardship.
supporting evidence. • Up to 200 words highlighting aspects of the
project that demonstrate its’ relationship to
the category it is being entered for.
Who can apply? • Up to 200 words on your approach to and
understanding of stewardship.
• Supporting information including four images
The awards programme recognises and a pdf of up to six pages.
stewardship at all levels and is open
Evidence can be submitted in written, audio or
to projects both old and new which video format.
demonstrate commitment to a
multi-year engagement with a site, Assessment
strategy or community to deliver
environmentally and socially positive If your project is shortlisted, you will be contacted
outcomes. eiyh ingotmsyion on any additional steps.
Shortlisted projects will be invited to participate
in the 2021 Open House festival, and will be
Entries are welcomed from further assessed through a series of round table
conversations taking place in autumn/winter 2021.
landowners, local authorities, clients,
architects, consultants, community
Further support
organisations and interdisciplinary
teams. The person named in the application will become
the main contact for an entry and will be
responsible for monitoring any correspondance.
If you are having any technical issues, or have
questions about the application process, please
contact Rhea Martin on rhea@open-city.org.uk
We aim to respond to all queries within five
working days.
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Our judges Winning entries
The awards will be assessed In all categories, winning
by a multidisciplinary panel of entries demonstrate an ongoing
leading figures from planning, commitment to environmental
estate management, architecture, and social care which goes above
engineering, community and beyond what is required.
organisations and development.
Entries should demonstrate how
the project or work has delivered
Albert Williamson-Taylor Nazeya Hussain
Design Director Executive Director of Place, social value for clients and the wider
AKT II Kingston Council community and explicitly addresses
Alice Fung Neba Sere the climate.
Co-founder Senior Project Officer
Architecture 00 Greater London Authority
You may also wish to include
Clara Baganal George Philip Graham examples of innovation, ongoing
London Energy Executive Director of learning and changes to your
Transformation Inititative Good Growth
Greater London Authority approach over a longer period
Hattie Hartman of time.
Sustainability Editor Rupesh Varsani
Architects Journal London Community
Land Trust
Imandeep Kaur
Co-founder Russell Curtis
CIVIC SQUARE Co-founding director
RCKa
Johanna Gibbons
Director, J&L Gibbons Scott McAulay
Anthropocene
Julian Robinson Architecture School
Head of Estates
London School of Economics
Maria Smith
Director of Sustainability
Buro Happold
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Five Categories 10 11
Outstanding Estate Assessment Criteria
Management
• This award recognises the achievements
of a team or individual estate manager who
Great estates managers has consistently demonstrated the ability to
deliver sustainable and vibrant places where
lead complex buildings structures, workers and communities are
and open spaces, working well cared for.
with numerous designers, • Entries should cover a minimum of a full
contractors and users to year of estate management activity.
deliver sustainable, vibrant • Judges will be looking for evidence of the
following (as applicable):
places in which workers, • Research done with the estate’s user
users and structures are well base and its impact on decision making.
• A clear engagement of stakeholders
cared for. This award is given and their needs, including interviews
to the manager of a building and testimonials.
• Evidence of a long-term vision and
or multiple buildings in strategic planning.
recognition of outstanding • Clear examples of lessons learned
from previous projects, and how these
work over a five or more have informed the development of
year period. The award can subsequent briefs.
• Evidence of an ability to plan for
be given to an individual, and respond to change arising from
changing social, environmental or
company or team, employed economic conditions.
by a land owner or operators • Any examples of devolved
management structures including
such as a housing association ongoing maintenance strategies.
or university campus with • Whole lifecycle costing.
• Distribution of work and its
multiple properties. relationship with the local economy.
• Evidence of any significant
innovation by the team or project.
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Open Space Assessment Criteria
Stewardship
• This award recognises organisations and
practitioners who have shown outstanding
This award recognises the practice in taking a bespoke approach to
value of continual care and meaningful long-term engagement with
local community groups or members.
nurture required to ensure an
• Judges will be looking for evidence of the
enduring and successful public following (as applicable):
open space. It is open to the • Details of strategic care and
planning for biodiversity of plants,
custodians of open green space animals and soil.
such as parks and gardens, as • Rewilding and ecological
sustainability of the space.
well as the managers of hard • Development and management of
and wet landscapes such as community assets
• Evidence of engagement and
market squares, canals and strategic planning for the inclusion of
communities in the development of
streets and welcomes entries and future of the open space, including
by local authorities, private the development and maintenance of
community assets.
groundskeepers, community • How challenges and constraints
groups or others. have been responded to and addressed.
• Ongoing governance structures
and strategies for the support of local
business and social infrastructure
• Details of local supply chains where
both material and human resources are
procured locally.
• Strategies to mitigate the affects of
urban heat island.
• Surface water management.
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Social Stewardship Assessment Criteria
Meaningful long term • This award recognises organisations and
practitioners who have shown outstanding
engagement with the local practice in meaningful and bespoke long-
community, working with term engagement with local community
groups or members.
residents, businesses and
• Judges will be looking for evidence of the
community stakeholders to following (as applicable):
build trust in new projects, • Your understanding of social value,
and what impact this has on the
is often the most important delivery of your work.
factor in the ongoing success • A clear understanding of local
stakeholders and relevant organisations.
of any urban project. The • Community consultation data,
social stewardship award including testimonials and information
about how this information has been
recognises strategic leadership collected.
in community engagement • A detailed exploration of social
integration across the lifecycle of the
such as innovative meanwhile project demonstrating continuing care
for local communities.
strategies that inform • How challenges and constraints
development plans, creative have been responded to and addressed.
• Details of local supply chains where
governance structures which both material and human resources are
enfranchise local voices or procured locally.
• Events, activities and other
adaptive and incremental initiatives that activate the space.
development tactics which • Volunteering and apprenticeships.
• Local business surveys and economic
evolve with time. analysis of the impacts of the project on
the local economy.
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Material and Assessment Criteria
Resource Management
• This award recognises an ambitious
engagement with material use and
Winners will have managed processes in design and management
whole life low carbon across an urban area or within built
projects.
strategies and demonstrate
• Entries can be for projects both old and
long term resource planning. new, where a comprehensive and long-term
The award will take into approach to material use and maintenance
can be evidenced.
account embodied carbon of
structures, reuse of materials • Judges will be looking for evidence of the
following (as applicable):
and components, inventive • Material supply chain management
retrofitting tactics, material • Approach to the reuse of materials
and components
supply chain management, • Inventive retrofitting tactics
• Creative design that strives towards
ambitious delivery of circular minimum structural intervention
economy principles and • An approach to measuring
embodied carbon
circular design in built • Design for maintenance, including
projects, and consideration of work with residents and building
managers to develop good user
how the project impacts and handbooks
positively intersects with the • Design for disassembly
• Design for longevity and durability
wider economy. • Any examples of innovation.
18 19Post Occupancy Assessment Criteria
in Practice
• This category looks at adjustments made
after the commissioning of new work rather
Awarded to projects where than new schemes for the adaptive reuse of
older buildings.
learning from a considered
post-occupancy evaluation has • Judges will be looking for evidence of the
following (as applicable):
led to successful and informed • A detailed post-occupancy
adjustments following the evaluation or building performance
report accompanied by evidence of the
completion of a new or newly subsequent decision making process.
refurbished building. This • Development of a strong relationship
and collaboration with clients, project
award recognises creative partners, stakeholders and the wider
community, particularly noting any
commissioning or strategic change from the original scope of the
development following a project.
• Measured building performance for
recently built building, urban a minimum of one calendar year
project or public realm in • Guidance for the client on ongoing
building management and maintenance
the pursuit of social and • Details of any changes to
environmental sustainability. management stuctures, for example
the management of public open spaces
open to all, or innovative governance
structures enfranchising local voices
• Testimonials evidencing client, user
and community support
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22 23Our reach Questions • The Open House Festival typically We are committed to making the receives 250,000 visitors attending awards as accessible as possible. For any 311,000 building visits questions on application guidelines or • The Open City website typically process, please contact the team using receives 450,000 hits in the run up to the details on the reverse. the Open House festival every year • The Open City email newsletter has over 50,000 subscribers • In 2017 Open House Worldwide reached an audience of 750,000 • Open City Films have been watched over 100,000 times since their launch in September. Open City enjoys a combined social media following of 100k • 35k Facebook followers • 37k Twitter followers • 28k Instagram followers • Media Partners: Dezeen, The Architectural Review, The Architects’ Journal and BBC London 24 25
Rhea Martin Programmes Manager Leader of the Open City Stewardship Awards rhea@open-city.org.uk Open House and Open House Worldwide are part of Open City, a charity registered in the UK (1072104) www.open-city.org.uk 26
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