Results Announcement

On November 18th 2021, at Shinagawa Intercity Hall and online, the World Cup Award, Excellence Award, and 4 Honorable Judge Award have been determined through the final open judging.

▲Award Ceremony (Nov. 18th 2021 at Shinagawa Intercity Hall and Online)

  • World Cup Award

    Entry No.15 Burbur Chacha, National University of Kaohsiung (Taiwan)

    Bubble Stream

    • "Bubble Stream" will be the blueprint for the future of Phuket in the post-epidemic era. By analyzing various existing issues in Phuket and suggesting possible answers, combining life with AI technology and innovative bubble system to make Phuket a beach resort city with a sense of future generations.The concept was conceived in bubbles of the waves at Phuket's beach. While the bubbles were connected, they would be transformed into an innovatively conceptual system and executed in the whole beach resort. With the "visualization of foam" as the main design, the urban space will develop vertically and become more diversified in terms of usage.

  • Excellence Award

    Entry No.16 NERVLAND, National University of Kaohsiung (Taiwan)

    NEVERLAND

    • Neverland is a future resort that modern techniques are compatible with traditional culture and natural resources. This resort, not only equips the technical facilities but also preserves the natural environment and human culture of Phuket. Neverland allows visitors to freely immerse themselves in three different thematic regions: innovative technology, marine resources, and traditional culture. Neverland is constructed of an information system based on the concept of neural networks. As a simulation of human neurons, the network consists of individual information points which will be categorized into the various coping systems. To get more efficient and abundant travel experiences, the system will arrange smart robots with every tourist following their preferences and present a personalized visual experience by reading the information in their brain.

  • Excellence Award

    Entry No.22　Greenhorns, Technological University (Hmawbi) (Myanmar)

    Pearl Smart Resort

    • Pearl Smart Resort is organized in an aggregated system. Upgrading centralized electric production to decentralized generation address not only smart urban electrical system but also provide ample electricity supply and later, distributed to surrounding rural areas. Mobile Aerated Floor MAF composting system will eliminate 80% of Phuket's daily produced 700 tonnes of wastes in an eco-friendly way. MAF turns trash into biosolids that can be used in coral preservation and financial benefits. Meditation centers, public open spaces which give back digital currencies to the users are integrated in smart activities zones and electric vehicles with zero emissions, water filtration, garbage collection, processing system and recycling processes are applied. Pearl Smart Resort is not only a more serene living environment but also nature preserve, healthy and prolonged environment.

  • Honorable Judge Award Architectural Informatics Award (Prof. Yasushi Ikeda)

    Entry No.14 Little Mermaid, National University of Kaohsiung (Taiwan)

    ARK No.33

    • Developed with the image of a new type of resort island, Future Ark, as the 33rd outlying island of Phuket, aims to eliminate the problem of sea levels rising and pollution in Phuket. The Voronoi diagram serves as the foundation of the island and visualizes the coral structure. It plans traffic, solving the garbage problem, and public safety issues. Besides, the AI system is applied to water circulation systems, garbage collection, and classification systems. Freely combined residential units create new ways of interaction. In other words, it provides passengers with flexible social distance and housing right in the epidemic era.

  • Honorable Judge Award Anadrome Award (Prof. Kostas Terzidis)

    Entry No.11 NEWEST, University of Transport and Communications (Vietnam)

    An enchanting evergreen wonderland

    • In order to build an ideal and sustainable resort that meets the requirements of recovering the ecosystem and overcoming Phuket's difficulties, the Newest team would like to propose a project in Phuket called ''Phuket - An enchanting evergreen wonderland''. The main principle of our project is people-centered development, our team researches the following items : sustainable living, resilient future, and energy reset. In terms of sustainable living, we design a surrounded resort by trees and the sea. This resort will create a space to live and relax in harmony with nature. As a result, those people living here will have the chance to increase their health as well as the living standard. The Newest team also build a system of research and data laboratories combining AI and IOT to model, monitor, and conserve natural resources. Regarding Energy reset, our team proposes to construct capony supertrees that are vertical gardens that have several functions like generating solar energy, filtering air, and collecting rainwater.

  • Honorable Judge Award Recycling Award (Prof. Masaru Minagawa)

    Entry No.5　Wave Blade, University of Transport and Communications (Vietnam)

    The ECO-SMART Resort

    • Under the heavy influence of Covid-19, Phuket is facing a great challenge of recovering sustainable tourism after the pandemic. With that requirement, the Wave Blade aims to build an eco-friendly and smart (ECO SMART) resort, in the long run, it will be an island that has a network of eco-smart resorts. In this project, we will present two remarkable points of this ECO SMART resort: 1. Green and recycling-friendly tourism, 2. Hospitality digitalization with Smart IoT.The combination of these two factors promises to bring positive effects to the environment and bring great experiences for visitors during their stay here.

  • Honorable Judge Award EcoVision Award (Prof. DAVID TSENG)

    Entry No.26 U crew, Nihon University (Japan)

    Energy Circulation City

    • The Energy circulation city is located in Patong Beach, Phuket Island.The city converts collected plastic waste into hydrogen energy and food waste into thermal energy, which can be used for various city functions.The sludge obtained as a by-product is used as fertilizer to grow forests.The increase in the number of tourists will have an economic effect, and at the same time, the amount of waste will increase, and more energy can be produced.In this way, this city will create a cycle of waste and energy, enhancing both environmental issues and the economy.


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Result of 1st Round Screening

The construction of smart cities using VR and various design results is expected.

On July 6th, the 1st round screening for the 11th VDWC was held, and the juries selected the entry teams from among the many applications from Japan and other Asian countries. The entry teams are supposed to create and submit works, and the final judging and award ceremony will be held at the Design Festival 2021-3Days in November after the advance nomination judging.

The applicants will be strongly encouraged to learn about Phuket's geography, traffic and transportation networks. The main hub is the Sarasin Bridge in the north, which connects Phuket to Phang Nga Province. The transportation networks also connects Phuket Airport also located in the north, Phuket downtown and the old town in the center to the east, as well as other beaches across the island. In addition, Phuket is the largest island in Thailand surrounded by 32 smaller archipelagos, and tourists visit these islands by boat or yacht and explore in the islands. That is why water transport facilities such as piers, harbors, and marinas need to be considered in the project.

The construction of a smart city requires the use of software to simulate the dynamic systems of the city by utilizing a variety of data and information. We expect the teams that have passed the 1st round to make the best use of the loaned products and software seminars, and to create advanced works that effectively combine VR with the results of designs for traffic, roads, architecture, environment, disaster prevention and evacuation.

▲The 1st round screening was held on July 6th.
Juries (From the left): Prof. Yasushi Ikeda (Committee Chief), Prof. Kostas Terzidis,
Prof. Masaru Minagawa, Prof. DAVID TSENG, Asst.Prof.Dr. Walaiporn NAKAPAN (Local Advisor)

■UC-win/Road

A 3D Realtime Virtual Reality Software available in multiple languages including Japanese, English, Chinese, etc. It can be used for various simulations such as traffic, roads, construction, environment, disaster prevention and evacuation.

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  • ■Engineer's Studio®
    Software for 3D plate dynamic nonlinear analysis supports infrastructure improvement and national resilience through the seismic reinforcement and life extension of new and existing structures.

  • ■Shade3D
    Comprehensive 3D CG software supporting BIM/CIM. The all-in-one package includes functions for modeling, rendering, animation, and 3D printing.

■UC-1 Series

■DesignBuilder

■EXODUS / SMARTFIRE Analysis Support Service, Evacuation Analysis Support Service

[Seminar]

  • October 22nd       Shade3D

Overview

Schedule
Registration

Fri. April 2nd - Wed. June 30th, 2021

Duration of
free rental
of product license

Fri. April 2nd - Fri. Nov 26th, 2021

1st round selection meeting & Result notification

Selection meeting: Tue. July 6th, 2021
Result notification: Tue. July 13th, 2021

Project submission

Sat. Sep 25th - Sat. Oct 2nd, 2021

Nomination
selection

Fri. Oct 8th - Thu. Oct 14th, 2021

Announcement of
nominated works

Fri. Oct 15th, 2021

Open judgment &
Award Ceremony

Thu. Nov 18th, 2021
Venue: Shinagawa Intercity Hall(MAP)

Juries
  • Committee ChiefProf. Yasushi Ikeda

    Graduate School
    of Keio University,
    Representative of IKDS

  • Prof. Kostas Terzidis

    Tongji University, China

  • Prof. Masaru Minagawa

    Prof. Emeritus of
    Tokyo City University

  • Prof. DAVID TSENG

    National Chiao Tung
    University, Taiwan

Local Advisor
Asst.Prof.Dr. Walaiporn NAKAPAN

Faculty of Architecture, Rangsit University

She is a registered architect of the Association of Siamese Architects (ASA), currently a lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture, Rangsit University. Her main activities and researches are related to computational design, parametric design, free-form architecture, and digital fabrication. She had previously held positions as the Program Director of the Master of Science Program in Computer-Aided Architectural Design, the Program Director of the Master of Architecture in Computer-Aided Design, and the Director of Center of Innovative Learning at Rangsit University. She has also served as a secretary, officer, and editor of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), and an honorary Secretary at the ACAE (ARCASIA's Committee of Architecture Education).

Asst.Prof.Dr. Walaiporn NAKAPAN

Faculty of Architecture, Rangsit University

She is a registered architect of the Association of Siamese Architects (ASA), currently a lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture, Rangsit University. Her main activities and researches are related to computational design, parametric design, free-form architecture, and digital fabrication. She had previously held positions as the Program Director of the Master of Science Program in Computer-Aided Architectural Design, the Program Director of the Master of Architecture in Computer-Aided Design, and the Director of Center of Innovative Learning at Rangsit University. She has also served as a secretary, officer, and editor of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), and an honorary Secretary at the ACAE (ARCASIA's Committee of Architecture Education).

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Overview
Overview
Cloud-based design competition for civil engineering and construction works with BIM/CIM and VR!
This is an international design competition for students to compete amongst each other in designing an innovative architecture, bridge and city design using BIM/CIM & VR technologies. Every year students compete for the top prize which is given to an outstanding work outlining a predefined theme in the aspect of design, innovative idea, and creativity. They plan and design their work based on the theme and then run a simulation. Their final model will be presented to the judges in a form of a script for evaluation.
To assist students with the production of their work, we plan to carry out workshops and seminars. We will also support the students who will make use of software from now on. The script of VR data (2 or more data files) created by FORUM8's software and a "Concept poster" (A1 size (lateral) in PDF format) are required for the final submission.
We would like you to use FORUM8's BIM software and VR technologies by all means and consider this competition as an opportunity to create your masterpiece. We encourage students from different departments majoring in different field of studies to make a team to work on their model together to demonstrate that BIM/CIM can be used in various discipline.
Theme2021

Theme2021
Phuket Smart Resort Design Challenge!

Phuket, the largest island in Thailand that lies off its west coast in the Andaman Sea, is known as one of the most prominent resorts in the world. Phuket is often called "Pearl of the Andaman Sea" because of the beauty of the emerald sea and the white sandy beach the resort has to offer. On the other hand, Phuket is facing problems such as not being able to secure sufficient amount of resources and energy to keep up with the rapid growth that the city is now experiencing, and not being able to take care of the increasing amount of traffic and garbage that come along with such rapid growth. As means of solving these problems, Phuket has been selected as a pilot project for Thailand Smart City.

Under the influence of the global issue around the infectious disease last year, the shift in people's worksyle and lifestyle has begun, and the demand for staying or living in resort areas is expected to increase even more. Such social transition is expected to reduce the population in crowded big cities and may even alleviate many environmental issues, but to actually solve these issues, it is very important to work on improving sustainability in these resort areas. In low-density and nature-rich areas, access to natural resources is relatively good and it is relatively easy to lead a healthy lifestyle, but urban areas tend to utilize resources efficiently by putting them together in specific locations, and in that sense, living in resort areas does not necessary mean it can contribute to reducing the impact on the environment. In addition, for the sake of the sustainability of the tourism industry itself that will probably play a central role amidst this revolutionary social change, it is also necessary to look at ways to keep the growth under control as well as the limits of development. In order to be able to say and prove to the world at the end of the day "You see, staying or living in resort areas does lead to maintaining the sustainability of the global environment as a whole", it is necessary to develop new methods of promoting sustainability that work perfectly in these regions given the conditions and characteristics unique to these regions. These methods that work best in resort areas are probably different from the solutions for big cities, and we think this is the biggest point in devising your own design of a smart resort. The condition that your smart city must meet is that it must be a system that digitalizes the dynamic functions of the city and utilizes them. This is because the information of a city that has been digitalized can potentially be used efficiently and be optimized in our best interest in various ways, and depending on how well it is utilized, digitalized urban information can potentially make a bigger impact in our best interest.

The theme of VDWC2021 challenges students to design a smart resort in Phuket Island. But rather than making a comprehensive plan for the entire island, narrow down your choice of specific business approach in designing your smart resort to one specific approach. (For example, self-driving bus, garbage collection and processing system, disaster evacuation system, etc.) Then, try to validate the positive impact your urban system design can potentially make through the use of simulation to persuasively present the design's effectiveness. Here’s what you need to think about in terms of how your design will be evaluated: The competition's evaluation criteria that will be used in evaluating the applicants' projects will focus on the innovative design that emerges from the digitization of urban spatial information and the visualization of how the innovative design can be put to work and work out innovative solutions systematically, rather than on the comprehensiveness of the overall plan. Also, keep in mind that the use of VR is beneficial when it comes to visualizing the dynamic situations and presenting your design itself from multiple perspectives as VR can do these effectively.

VR data for the Competition Site

Prize
■World Cup Award　■Excellence Award　■Honorable Judge Award　■Nomination Award
Travelling and accommodation fee for the award ceremony are provided for the selected teams for nominated works. Up to 3 members from the area other than Kanto area and 2 member from overseas in each team are scheduled to be invited.
Qualification for applicant
All the team members involved should be either students or working students.
There must be at least 3 members in your team to apply.
Please make sure you outline the work contributed by each member of your team.
Deadline for registration

Wed. June 30th 2021
* Due date of work submission is Sat. Oct 2nd 2021.

Open judgment & Award Ceremony

Date: Thu. Nov 18th 2021
Venue: Shinagawa Intercity Hall (MAP)

Nominated teams are supposed to attend the open judgment and do a one-minute presentation. No award will be given to teams who do not attend the open judgment.
The winning award works will be selected through the final judging committee and judge on cloud via VR-Cloud® and the Award Ceremony will be held.
The competition result will be also announced on the FORUM8 website.

Judging Standard

The use of UC-win/Road is mandatory for the creation of the work. In addition, contestants must use at least one more FORUM8 software/solution to create their project, which must have the element of the BIM/CIM and VR and the capability to be used within these disciplines.

  • The works will be evaluated based on :
  • Incorporation of BIM/CIM and VR concepts
  • Conception time
  • Design quality
  • Logicality and technical capability
  • Aesthetic appeal and originality
  • Presentation skills
Copyright

All VR data content and works created in this competition are the copyright material of the individual applicant.

  • The submitted data will not be redistributed, but FORUM8 holds the right to
  • Access project data and material
  • Edit or reproduce created media (images or video)
  • Post or introduce it on websites, magazines, books, newspapers etc. as a sales activity or an advertisement
For Inquiries

FORUM8 Co., Ltd Tokyo head office in charge of Virtual Design World Cup
Shinagawa Intercity A-21F, 2-15-1 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-6021 Japan
TEL:03-6894-1888　FAX:03-6894-3888
E-mail：bim@forum8.co.jp
URL:http://www.forum8.co.jp/english/

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Steps to Follow
1. Registration

Please register and submit your work plan in English during the registration period (Fri. April 2nd – Wed. June 30th, 2021).
Works submitted will be judged on an anonymous basis. Please choose a team name and title by which an individual or group CANNOT be identified.
To register, please complete the page accessible from the button below with your team name, team members, etc.

Entry / Register
* Ended

Please download and fill out the form using the following link to present your work with an overview explanation (in 100 words in English) and any images and upload it using the Registration form above.

Entry Form

2. Download link to get you started

Once your registration has been processed, we will email you the following information.

・Registration ID
・Download link for VR site model and materials for you to work on.
・How to apply for the seminars you want to take part in.

Free rental of product license

3. 1st round selection meeting / Result notification

The selection will be held on Tue. July 6th and the result will be notified to applicants on Tue. July 13th.

4. Project submission

Teams who passed the 1st round will have a right to submit their works.
Please submit your final work during the project submission period (Sat. Sep 25th - Sat. Oct 2nd, 2021) by accessing the dedicated URL form that will be sent to you.

[Deliverables]

・The VR data created by using the software/solution licensed free of charge to the contestants
VR data created with UC-win/Road. (No copyright infringement is permitted.)
*It is mandatory to set up a script (automatic presentation) in the VR data of UC-win/Road. Please follow the rules below:
-Please make a 30 second script as your main script, in such a way as to convey the aim of your work to the reviewer intuitively, like a commercial.
　-You may make multiple scripts each lasting for about 15 seconds in addition to your main script, however, please make sure the concept of your work can be understood by watching the main script alone.
　-Name each of your script.
　-The display resolution for the cloud judgement is 768x432. Please make sure the font size.

How to make your script (PDF, 523KB)

・"Data" created with FORUM8 software (2 or more data files)

・PDF file of A1 sized poster (oriented horizontally)
*In English
　Please create your poster with margin of 10mm on the left, right, top and bottom.

5. Nomination selection judging / Announcement of nominated works

The nomination judging on VR-Cloud® will be held from Fri. Oct 8th - Thu. Oct 14th. The result is announced on Fri. Oct 15th.

6. Open judgment / Award Ceremony

Nominated teams are supposed to attend the open judgment and do a one-minute presentation. No award will be given to teams who do not attend the open judgment.

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Available software
Duration of free rental of product license

Fri. April 2nd - Fri. Nov 26th 2021

* The rental duration, license restrictions and format provided will depend on the individual product.
* Rental licenses allow the use of all the functions that each applicable software offers, but they cannot be used for purposes other than the competition.

Available Software

(Planned rental products) **Required software *At least 2 products shall be used.

**UC-win/Road
(including Aimsun Linkage, VISSIM Linkage, Micro Simulation Player, Parking Lot, Assessment, Tsunami, Debris-Avalanche, Point Cloud / As-built drawing management plugins)

Allplan
Integrated Civil Construction BIM Solution

* Engineer's Studio®
3D Plate Dynamic Non-linear Analysis

3DCAD Studio®

Shade3D

* UC-1 Series
Civil engineering design CAD
（Vehicle Trajectory Mapping System, Parking Drawing System, Pier 3D bar arrangement, Abutment design 3D bar arrangement, 3D bar arrangement CAD, etc.

* UC-1 for SaaS
UC-1 cloud version, RC section, FRAME, etc.) (Japanese only)

* DesignBuilder
Building Energy Consumption Calculation

EXODUS / SMARTFIRE Analysis Support Service, Evacuation Analysis Support Service 　*1

* Wind and Heat Movement Analysis Support Service 　*1

* Municipality solution　*2

* Parking solution　*2

* VR city planning system　*2

* Super computing cloud　*2

*1 Simplified analysis service with BIM data is provided.
*2 Various solution/service (analysis/rendering, etc) are available for a limited time for application in BIM. Advance counseling about the purpose of use is required.

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English seminar schedule of available products

Applicants can also participate in training and seminar (free or paid) on this software held by FORUM8.

Date
Seminar Name
Product
May 13th

Shade3D

Shade3D

July 30th

UC-win/Road VR

UC-win/Road

August 20th

Engineer's Studio®

Engineer's Studio®

October 22nd

Shade3D

Shade3D

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Award Ceremony (Virtual Design World Cup(VDWC) The 10th Student BIM&VR Design Contest on Cloud / November 2020)

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Prize

  • World Cup Award: 1

    Award 300,000 yean

  • Excellence Award: 2

    Award 100,000 yen

  • Honorable Judge
    Award: About 4

    Award 50,000 yen

  • Nomination Award

    Memorials

Travelling and accommodation fee for the award ceremony are provided for the selected teams for nominated works. Up to 3 members from the area other than Kanto area and 2 member from overseas in each team are scheduled to be invited.

Past Award-Winning Works

  • The 10th World Cup Award

    FamilyLab from Kanazawa University (Japan)

    FutureForestCity
    Future Forest City is a smart, sustainable, and environmental-friendly city in Kalimantan. The main concept of this city is ubiquitous wireless charging that allowing Abee (a special drone we designed) and other flying vehicles traveling through the city. Abee and holographic projection technology can create an immersive augmented reality (AR) environment to facilitate people’s daily life. In consideration of reducing exposure to scorching sunlight and realizing rainwater collecting, we designed tree-shape complex function buildings to address these problems. Furthermore, Future Forest City using renewable energy such as solar energy, bioenergy, and wind energy.
  • The 10th Excellence Award

    Animal Crossing from National University of Kaohsiung (Taiwan)

    Rainforest Vein
  • The 10th Excellence Award

    The Three Tarzans from Technological University (Hmawbi) (Myanmar)

    Futuristic Evergreen
  • The 10th Honorable Judge Award Future Capital Award

    One Pace from Institut Teknologi Bandung (Indonesia)

    AKSATA "As the above is underground, we're ones in between"
  • The 10th Honorable Judge Award Biodiversity Award

    Teletubbies from National University of Kaohsiung (Taiwan)

    The Light of Dawn
  • The 10th Honorable Judge Award Kinetic Orama Award

    GUARDIAN from National University of Kaohsiung (Taiwan)

    THE GAP
  • The 10th Honorable Judge Award ECOVISION Award

    SSAT from University of Transport and Communications (Vietnam)

    The cosmopolitan city - City of the nature center of the world
  • The 10th Nomination Award

    BTN from University of Transport and Communications (Vietnam)

    THE URBAN LANDSCAPE where better city natural lifes
  • The 10th Nomination Award

    LEGO Strams from University of Transport and Communications (Vietnam)

    Kalimantan - Mobility Forest In Future

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Contest History

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