Key Criteria for the Evaluation of the Project

The Rotch Travelling Scholarship juries are directed toward a “search for evidence of imaginative capacity” in the design projects submitted. While each design program offers its own specific design opportunities and challenges, the following criteria are the basis for evaluation of the proposals.

Strong organizing conceptual principle or thesis
Quality of poetic and/or philosophical rationale for proposed solution
Inventiveness of proposed solution
Effective development of structure, circulation, and materials
Response to site and context
Representation of a complete architectural project, both physically and conceptually
Quality, completion, clarity and effectiveness of presentation