Start thinking: Tony Galpin, Deakin’s Hisham Elkadi and Andrew Senia launch the Icon for Geelong competition.
ENTRIES for a competition to design an international icon for Geelong open next month, organisers have announced.
Senia Lawyers, Deakin University and the Independent joined forces this week to officially launch the Icon for Geelong competition, opening on August 15.
Senia Lawyers will give a $10,000 prize for the winning entry.
The deadline for submissions will close on January 28, with the winner announced on March 11.
The competition will seek an inspiring landmark with an emphasis on artistic merit to promote Geelong throughout the world.
Senia Lawyers’ Andrew Senia urged prospective entrants to put on their thinking caps.
“The competition opens in five weeks and closes five months later, so the challenge is on to design Geelong a landmark of beauty and renown,” he said.
“Icon for Geelong is open to everyone. It doesn’t matter whether you’re an architect, a student or a tradie, you might just have the right idea to put this beautiful city on the international map into the future.”
The Independent will run regular competition updates, including stories on entries and public reaction.
Managing editor Tony Galpin said the competition would be exciting for Geelong.
“This is all about dipping into our well of creative talent to promote Geelong. We can all get behind Icon for Geelong as a community initiative to help give the city the profile it deserves.”
The Independent’s August 12 edition will provide email and postal addresses for lodging entries.
The head of Deakin University’s school of architecture and building, Professor Hisham Elkadi has produced a design brief for entries.
The brief provides proposed icon sites and parameters but Prof Elkadi said entrants were free to “use their imaginations”.
The design brief is available at www.deakin.edu.au/ scitech/ab.
