The NKBA is proud to release the 2012/13 competition sponsored by Sub-Zero/Wolf and WaypointTM Living Spaces.
Download the entry brochure.
Download the floor plans.
The 2012/13 Competition challenges students to design a Kitchen and Bath from an architects plan using the NKBA Planning Guidelines with Access Standards. This year's challenge is to renovate the basement of the Midwest suburban raised ranch home. The basement will be converted to a downstairs apartment for the client’s 74 year old mother, who suffers from arthritis in her knees and uses a walker. Students are challenged to design a room for the mom, Edita, a native Lithuanian that immigrated to the United States in 1950. She desires a room reminiscent of this mid-century modern period.
Scholarship Awards
The winning designs will be featured in the NKBA Design Competition Winners Publication and awarded the following prizes:
- First Place Kitchen $2,500 Scholarship
- First Place Bath $2,500 Scholarship
- Second Place Kitchen $1,500 Scholarship
- Second Place Bath $1,500 Scholarship
- Third Place Kitchen $1,000 Scholarship
- Third Place Bath $1,000 Scholarship
Award winners will also receive complimentary registration to KBIS 2013, which will include the awards ceremony, two nights’ hotel stay, and transportation to the event.
Requirements
Entrants must be NKBA Student Members enrolled in a college or university on the date of postmark. Award recipients must also be current NKBA members. Except for experiences derived from an internship, entrants must neither have worked in a professional design capacity (including interior design, architecture, and related fields), nor have been paid for design services rendered. Projects entered must be completed individually by the student designer. No co-designers are permitted in the competition.
Students may enter the kitchen, bath, or both portions of the competition. Entries must be postmarked by November 30, 2012.
Download the entry brochure.
Download the floor plans.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Are the dimensions on the east wall garage side of the house correct?
A: The outside dimension of 26' 4" is correct. The next line should read 12' 4" closest to the north side and 14' 0" towards the rear of the house. The closest line should read: starting with the north dimension continuing towards the south wall 1'10", 9'4", 2'4", 9'4", and 3'6".
Q: Does the reduced size plan need to be to scaled and dimensioned?
A: Students should show the location of their entry on a reduced size plan on 11x17 paper to scale. The reduced size plan does not need to be dimensioned. Students should deduct the wall materials to determine the correct interior dimensions for your reduced size plan and to draft your related kitchen and bath floor plans.
Q: Does the reduced plan showing the location of the entry need to show the area for the new bathroom if you are entering the kitchen competition? Conversely, does the reduced plan need to show the kitchen/sitting area if you are entering the bathroom?
A: Yes, and no. You only have to indicate the location of the space you are entering, but remaining space will need to indicate adequate space for the clients needs for the room not entered. For instance, leaving only 5x5 space for the bath would not accommodate the client's needs and could risk being disqualified.
Q: Should students plan the space in the hobby room?
A: No. The information was given just for background for students to plan a suitable access door into the Hobby room where Edita’s bedroom will be. Students are not to use this space for the kitchen or bath. The kitchen and bath should be planned within the family/laundry. The hobby room space does not need to appear on the reduced size plan, but the door to the hobby/bedroom must be indicated.
Q: What are the interior details of the outside walls in the laundry room and family room?
A: These walls are ¾" stripping with ½" drywall. Be sure to deduct the wall materials to determine the correct interior dimensions. Of course, any changes to the existing wall construction should be reflected in the dimensioning and noted on the construction plan. View this image for more detail.
Q: Is there a mistake in the dimensioning of the load bearing wall heading east across the Hobby Room to the center of the 2 x 4 solid core door wall, the dimensions are 18’-0” + 4’-8” + 3’-4” + 4’-5”?
A: Yes, the draftsman’s plan indicates 4’5” to the centerline of the 2x4 solid core door wall. The dimensions should read 4’7” to the left of the stairwell to the centerline of the 2x4 solid core door wall on the string of dimensions through the Hobby Room. The centerline dimensions will then match the outside south wall. The interior dimensions will reflect a 2” difference due to the solid core door being a 2x4 wall and the wet wall being a 2x6 wall. View this image to better understand the concrete block dimensions and the interior wall differences.
Q: The patio door is indicated as 6068 on the plan, but is described as 72” x 90” under the Construction & Mechanical Details.
A: The door should be 80" which is 6' 8".
Q: What are the interior details of the outside walls in the laundry room and family room?
A: These walls are ¾" stripping with ½" drywall. Be sure to deduct the wall materials to determine the correct interior dimensions. Of course, any changes to the existing wall construction should be reflected in the dimensioning and noted on the construction plan.