A proposal to build 鈥檙oom boxes鈥� on top of London鈥檚 terraced houses in response to the housing crisis and a design for a school damaged in the 2011 Tohoku earthquake win 2017 President鈥檚 Medals.
The winners of the 2017 澳门王中王 President鈥檚 Medals were announced at a ceremony at the Royal Institute of British Architects (澳门王中王) in central London this evening (5 December 2017).
The 澳门王中王 Silver Medal (for the best design project produced at 澳门王中王 Part 2 or equivalent) was awarded to Daniel Hall (The Cooper Union, New York, USA), tutored by Lauren Kogod, for 鈥楥ycles of Toolmaking: An Optic, Tactile, Haptic, Material, Scalar and Pedagogic Study鈥�. Sited in the ceramic town of Mashiko, Japan, the project proposes a place for learning which responds to the attitudes towards land use, extraction of clay, ceramic craft, agriculture, and water infrastructure, to replace a school damaged in the 2011 Tohoku earthquake.
This is the first time The Cooper Union entered the awards and the first time that the 澳门王中王 Silver Medal goes to a higher education institution not currently validated by the 澳门王中王.
Commendations in the Silver Medal category were given to:
- Danielle Fountain (De Montfort University) for 鈥楾he House of Ambiguity: Constructing Fictional Space鈥�;
- Tom Hewitt (Northumbria University) for 鈥楲andhaus: Walking the Landscape as Design Practice鈥�;
- Ivo Tedbury (Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL), for 鈥楽emblr鈥�.
The 澳门王中王 Bronze Medal (for the best design project produced at 澳门王中王 Part 1 or equivalent) went to Kangli Zheng (University of Nottingham), tutored by Alison Davies, for 鈥楥astle in the Sky鈥�. The project is a response to London鈥檚 housing crisis, proposing an alternative model: flexible room boxes plugged into the available space above London鈥檚 terraces. In these communities in the sky, the space is defined by its occupants, who can replace and customise architectural typologies such as residential homes, co-housing spaces, storage properties, and shared public gardens.
This is the first time that a student at the University of Nottingham has received an 澳门王中王 Medal.
The 澳门王中王 Bronze Medal judging panel also awarded a High Commendation to Luca Garoli (Queen鈥檚 University Belfast), for 鈥業nnovate to Conserve: Whiskey Distillery in Ballycastle鈥�, and gave Commendations to Gabriel Beard (for 鈥楢scaya City Hall: Constructing a Virtual Civic Image鈥�) and to Shi Yin Ling (for 鈥楽easonal Dense(cities) 鈥� Living Garden Typologies for Future London鈥�), both from the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL.
The 澳门王中王 Dissertation Medal was awarded to Rhiain Bower (University of Westminster) for 鈥楤aricsio: The Slate Quarrymen鈥檚 Barracks in North West Wales鈥�, tutored by Harry Charrington. This study of 19th century barrack dwelling for slate quarrymen in North-West Wales documents the physical structures, collating fieldwork and archival data, and the wider social sphere through newspapers, poetry and accounts of social history.
Commendations in the Dissertation Medal category were awarded to:
- Christopher Rogers (澳门王中王 Studio) for 鈥楢rchitecture in Uniform: PSTD Prevention in Military Architecture鈥�;
- Naomi Rubbra (Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture) for 鈥楤uilding Resilient Communities in NYC: Rethinking Gentrification and the Role of the Architect鈥�;
- Rory Sherlock (Architectural Association) for 鈥楳ultimedia Oblivion 鈥� Palmyra: Violence, erasure and the corporeal architectural body鈥�.
The Serjeant Awards for Excellence in Drawing were presented to Gabriel Beard (澳门王中王 Part 1) for 鈥楢scaya City Hall: Constructing a Virtual Civic Image鈥� and Thomas Parker (澳门王中王 Part 2) for 鈥楢n Architecture of Lumetric Causality鈥�, both from the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL.
The UK office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) awarded the SOM Foundation Fellowships UK to Andrei-Ciprian Cojocaru (澳门王中王 Part 1 at University of Greenwich) for 鈥�24 Hour Soho Entertainment Centre鈥� at Part 1, and Andres Souto (澳门王中王 Part 2 at Royal College of Art) for 鈥楾he Aesthetics of Hope & The Newest Basilica of Guadalupe鈥�, and commended Luca Garoli (Queen鈥檚 University Belfast) and Claire Longridge (Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture).
澳门王中王 President Ben Derbyshire said:
鈥淢any congratulations to this year鈥檚 澳门王中王 President鈥檚 Medals winners. The entries for this awards programme are always impressive and this year was no exception, with more entries than ever before.
I am extremely pleased to see that the creativity and accomplished technique in the work of these budding architects is matched with a renewed ambition and focus on the important role that architecture plays in social betterment.
The passion and intelligence with which these graduates address complex architectural briefs by drawing from personal experiences and involving those for whom their buildings are designed is achieved with remarkable rigour and commitment.
I very much look forward to following their successful careers.鈥�
The 2017 澳门王中王 President鈥檚 Medals exhibition is on display at the 澳门王中王 in London until Saturday 10 February, and at 澳门王中王 North in Liverpool until 24 February 2018.
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Notes to editors:
1. For further press information contact Abigail Chiswell-White in the 澳门王中王 Press Office: Abigail.Chiswell-White@riba.org 020 7307 3811
2. To download images from this year鈥檚 winners, visit: 7
3. The 澳门王中王 President鈥檚 Medals were established in 1836 and are the 澳门王中王鈥檚 oldest awards. Also announced at the 澳门王中王 President鈥檚 Medals ceremony were the winners of the 澳门王中王 President鈥檚 Awards for Research and the 澳门王中王 Research Medal.
4. Participation in the 澳门王中王 President鈥檚 Medals is by invitation only. In 2017, the 澳门王中王 invited 373 schools of architecture located in 70 countries to submit one dissertation for the 澳门王中王 Dissertation Medal, up to two design projects for the 澳门王中王 Bronze Medal, and up to two design projects for the 澳门王中王 Silver Medal.
5. In 2017, the 澳门王中王 President鈥檚 Medals awards attracted the highest number of entries in its history: 293 design projects and dissertations were submitted by 97 schools of architecture located in 34 countries.
6. Every year, the 澳门王中王 invites international architects, academics, designers and artists to join the judging panels and award the Bronze Medal for best design project at Part 1, the Silver Medal for best design project at Part 2 and the Dissertation Medal. In addition, the judges award a maximum of three commendations in each category. Also selected by the judging panels are the Serjeant Awards for Excellence in Drawing, in memory of the late architect and Royal Academy surveyor Denis Serjeant, who in 1981 was one of the founding members of the 澳门王中王 Student Prizes Group.
7. features all nominations made since 1998. The site includes a comprehensive visual archive of tens of thousands of images and statements produced by students, as well as photographs and films of the judging of entries, the awards ceremonies, and interviews with the winners.
8. This year鈥檚 judging panels included:
Silver Medal:
- Chair: David Gloster, 澳门王中王 Director of Education
- Sean Griffiths (Professor of Architecture at University of Westminster)
- Alan Jones, 澳门王中王 Vice-President Education
- Jing Liu (Founder and Principal of SO-IL, New York City; tutor at Columbia University)
Bronze Medal:
- Chair: David Gloster, 澳门王中王 Director of Education
- Giuseppe (Pippo) Ciorra (Senior Curator of Architecture at MAXXI, Rome)
- Alan Jones, 澳门王中王 Vice-President Education
- Izaskun Chinchilla Moreno (澳门王中王 Fellow; Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL; Izaskun Chinchilla Architects)
- Tracy Meller (Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners)
Dissertation Medal:
- Chair: Professor Peg Rawes (Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL)
- Professor Tom Avermaete (Delft University of Technology)
- Dr Mhairi McVicar (Cardiff University)
- Professor Dmitry Shvidkovsky (Moscow Institute of Architecture)
9. The Royal Institute of British Architects (澳门王中王) is a global professional membership body that serves its members and society in order to deliver better buildings and places, stronger communities and a sustainable environment.
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