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School of Architecture & Design: Summer Show 2021 – Prize awards
MAKE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN ARCHITECTURE
This prize is given by Make Architects to a final year Master of Architecture student in recognition of their consistent excellence throughout the Masters programme.
David Patterson from MAKE architects said “All the work is excellent and it was very difficult to select a winner.”
Winner
Vanessa Nkumbula for her beautiful work on reimaging our relationship with the natural landscape. Vanessa’s project sensitively explores our relationship with the land and her findings are beautifully presented. I really enjoyed the variety of structures to accommodate the different communes.
Commended
Jacob Waller for his atmospheric work which of post pandemic life which conveys a unique sense of place to live and work in the natural landscape.
Nominations
THE JAMES LATHAM PRIZE FOR INNOVATIVE TIMBER ENGINEERING
This award is for innovative use of timber within a student design project at undergraduate level.
Judges Comments:
Stuart Devoil, Head of Marketing from the specialist timber suppliers James Latham PLC commended Amber’s ambitious and innovative hybrid structural timber design proposal for her high-rise urban sandwich factory and her convincing CGI renders in support of the project final representation.
Winner
Joint Runners-up
Other Nominations
WILL AND PARTNERS PRIZE
This award is for final year postgraduate students in MArch and MA Interior Design, one prize each, who have developed their design skills and explored innovative ways of designing. The prizes are intended to reward students who are aware that the architectural environment can affect human behaviour and wellbeing and who have demonstrated that understanding through their research and design portfolio.
“Will and Partners is a leading Design practice, specialising in workplace consultancy, fit out and Architecture to the workplace and hospitality sectors. We have a focus in developing our Academy, with an aim to furthering work from universities. Our prize supports the fabulous work of MArch and MA Interior Design at Brighton University.
- There is a special focus on sustainability and wellness with digital acceleration
- Recognition that design can exert a great impact on humanity and health from the level of the individual
We explore Wellness and its impact from the individual to people through to our communities, and the response of architecture and interior design. This informs our response to how we inhabit, experience, and understand the built and non-built environment and how we understand human behaviour. The Will and Partners Prize seeks to recognize and reward students proposing design mechanisms that address those challenges through in-depth research and a satisfactory solution.”
We would like to admit that the work this year has been impressively good making it extremely difficult for us to distinguish only two winning students.
MArch Prizes
First Prize
Toby Brown. His work is incredibly thoughtful and rich in ideas, details of execution and visually compelling thesis. It addresses the current agenda of sustainability, climate change, pandemic and its impact on social interactions and associated restrictions of jobs from pandemic. It also makes you think about pre-pandemic issues- affordable working space and making new lands available that can be sustainable. Each drawing / visualisation has been illustrated very beautifully and meticulously composed.
Honourable mention
Vanessa Nkumbula. Her work has a poetic quality, very sophisticated and refined but in the same time restrained. Furthermore, DC3 the architectural division of WILL+Partners would like to give an additional prize to Harry Harwood for his powerful and graphically overwhelming project.
Nominations
MAID Prizes
First Prize
Honourable mention
Nominations
FEIX AND MERLIN ARCHITECTS PRIZE
An award winner and second place for graduating student[s] undertaking the BA Interior Architecture or BA Architecture course deemed to have shown exceptional skill and execution in designing from the ‘Inside Out’. The projects that win the award will have displayed a cohesive thought process from quality of the interior experience through to the external architecture.
Definition of ‘designing from the Inside Out’ – “We design buildings from the inside out, rather than from the outside in, because these are the bits of the building that you use everyday. We are interested in people’s lives and experiences and how, together, we can make them better.”
Firstly, we just wanted to say well done and congratulations. We can only imagine what a difficult year this has been for you all, and wanted to commend you on managing to produce such great work in such difficult circumstances.
Just as reminder, the Feix&Merlin prize is awarded to the Interior Architecture or BA Architecture student who has shown exceptional skill and execution in designing from the Inside Out. Designing with the interior experience in mind, towards the external architecture.
This year the whole studio got involved in the voting process with everyone choosing for their top three, there was a clear winner in the end, with a hotly contested spot for RunnerUp and Commendation. We can now reveal the winners of the Feix&Merlin Prize 2021.
A Special Mention
Before we start with the actual awards, we wanted to give a special mention to Joshua Aloquin for BEYOND THE FRAME. We were intrigued by the premise of the project, the strength of the story telling, and applaud the use of film and collaged imagery. We look forward to your future work and wanted to encourage you to push the architectural propositions on to match the strength of the concept.
Commendation
Matilda Swift-Barnard – EXTINCTION REBELLION HQ & Clandestine Network of Tunnels for Protests
We enjoyed the inventive idea of the plastic laced bricks, cleverly addressing the issue of waste and sustainability in the construction industry. We appreciated the work you had done to look into materiality and how this affects the internal in terms of texture, light and shadow. Congratulations, well done.
Runner Up
Vanessa Blair – Chanoyu House
We thought this scheme dealt sensitively with the issues of inclusivity and access. We liked the way you have graphically represented daily activities and the way you thought in detail about your client’s needs. A very special look at ordinary life, and how beautifully simple that can be. This is what design should look like in our every day.
WINNER
Zuzanna Maria Murzyn for Minnegård – the Tower of Memories
A clear favourite from everyone at Feix&Merlin studio. We really enjoyed the abstract and sculptural iterations, and very much liked the idea of the architecture being manifested from memories, the interior architecture of the mind being given a physical form, or at least a space to exist in the physical world. The drawings are fantastic, we loved the way the hi-tech and the classical seem to collide and create a new language of architecture. Very interesting. One to watch!
Nominees
CHALK ARCHITECTURE AWARD
An award for the graduating student undertaking a course within undergraduate Interior Architecture or Architecture deemed to have shown an exceptional record of research, process and investigation leading to a design proposal.
Winner
Runners Up
Nominated
STUDIO B.A.D + CHORA AWARD
First prize and second prize awards for the graduating student undertaking an undergraduate Interior Architecture course in recognition of narrative and story-telling through excellence in drawings and representation.’
JUDGES COMMENTS
FIRST PRIZE
A wonderful revolutionary project, very much rooted in the now, with a quite beautiful narrative of how two environmental activists come together for form an amazing partnership and alliance to do good in the world, responding to the pressures of climate change. A gorgeous heady mixture of powerful storey telling through rigorous tectonic architecture, some beautifully sensitive representation showing the quite wonderful bird bath structure. The reuse of plastic in a reimagined innovative new construction material in the atmospheric subterranean world is both ingenious and a real spectacle. There so many layers to this thoroughly well considered project. Matilda is to be congratulated for such energy and inventiveness!
SECOND PRIZE
The Mussel club is quite majestic in its concept and incredibly strong entrepreneurial narrative. The idea of working with water and the way in which this is harnessed for the process of mussel farming is delivered with real passion and rigor. The beautiful iterative platform drawings are reminiscent of Matisse’s abstract cut outs and give a real glimpse and flavor of how one would use and interact with such a space, with some powerful sensory moments, especially those demonstrated through the atmospheric film. There are some quite wonderful representation technique’s employed where the sections show both the tectonic qualities of the existing structure but also the sensitivity nature of the water collection fabric. Iona has created a wonderful world of sensory overload, which beautifully represented.
Nominated
JOHN ANDREWS DRAWING PRIZE
This prize was awarded for drawings, which demonstrated a process of exploration, discovery and communication. Two prizes were offered by the School, one for Undergraduate students and one for Post graduate students.
The judges commented on the quality and sense of enjoyment that was exhibited in many of the drawing entries. It was a difficult task to reduce the prize winners to two. After much debate, it was decided to award a winner and runner up prize for both undergraduate and postgraduate
Postgraduate Winner
- Joy Xin (PhD Candidate)
Postgraduate Runner-up
- Solange Leon (MA Sustainable Design)
Undergraduate Winner
- Hao Han Wong (BA Architecture)
Undergraduate Runner-up
- Ollie Howell (BA Architecture)
Commendations
The judges also wish to Commend Erica Tyler (Foundation Course) for her entry and Holly Upton (Interior Architecture) for her drawing video.
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN PRACTICES REG PRIZE 2021: MOVEMENT
This prize is for work which has explored movement, change and flux.
Judges Comments
The judges really enjoyed the opportunity to see such a range of interesting work exploring movement, and they were impressed with all the work submitted. The panel selected Solange Leon Iriart as this years winner. The judges really appreciated the photographic experimentation exploring how movement might be registered, and the ephemeral quality to the work. The panel also wish to award a commendation to Ollie Howell. The judges appreciated the considered foundation to the work and explorative nature of the animated drawing which began to visualise the implications.
Winner
Commendation
WASTE HOUSE AWARD FOR CIRCULAR DESIGN
This prize is to raise awareness amongst students and staff of the importance and to add value to the understanding and challenges presented to design industries by the ambitions of a truly ‘circular economy’.
We are very pleased to announce that the winner of this year’s Waste House Award for Circular Design is:
1st Prize is awarded to Mungo Chambers (BA Product Design) for his ‘Framemaker’, ‘Cork One Sheet’ and especially his ‘Woodland Modify’ project. Mungo demonstrated a mature understanding of some of the key principles of the Circular Economy, namely an ability for products to be designed for re-use and adaption (The Framemaker), to take advantage of new, often over-looked. resources (Cork I one sheet), and his ‘Woodland Modify’ project that raises awareness of the challenges that the climate emergency presents our natural landscapes. ‘Woodland Modify’ is a wonderfully inventive project that simultaneously draws our attention to the real problems of Ash Die Back, while proposing an inventive tool – a modified retractable washing line measuring tool for forester to quickly identify uses for felled trees – to make the felling of these dying trees more straight-forward to avoid this timber simply being burnt.
2nd Prize – Vanessa Malao Nkumbula (BA Arch) – Vanessa presents a really interesting scenario set in the near future of 2028 where a cultural uprising that rejects the continuous ”strain of commercialisation and privatisation of land” and “seeks an alternative governing and economic model based on the collectivist culture of common land”. This project (Pookchurch Common of Broxmead Lane) proffers a detailed appraisal of the potentials for humans to ‘work’ the landscape productively whilst nurturing, and existing in harmony with, the natural world.
3rd Prize – Tobias Brown (MArch) – Tobias presents a new building housing a 21st Century Maker Spaces. Over time, as sea levels rise, this structure, sited at Tidemills on the coast near Newhaven, gradually assumes a new role as a human-made topographic landscape inhabited by the natural world.
SPECIAL MENTION – We received a very well-earned nomination for Hollie Willis from BArch. Although only completing her 2nd year (Waste House Award nominees should be in their graduating year), Hollie’s proposals for adapting of the Red Lion Square building showed a very thorough understanding of Circular Economy principles as well as the issues addressed by the RIBA 2030 Climate Challenge.
Nominations
- Amber Elliott (BA Architecture)
- Peter Garfath (BA Architecture)
- Ruben Voogt (BA Architecture)
- Matilda Swift-Barnard (BA Interior Architecture)
Inspirational Student Awards
These are special awards that go to graduating students who have made the most of their time at University by fully engaging with a wide range of learning opportunities both and in and beyond the studio environment.
The criteria for this award are as follows:
The recipients have demonstrated a resourceful and proactive attitude – seeking advice and support when needed and have engaged with a range of activities. Through their resilience and innovation they are an inspiring role model to other students. The award is therefore in recognition of a passion for learning in its widest sense and the dedication and determination they have shown throughout the year.
Winners
- Vivian Wall
- Angel Harvey Ideozu
PRODUCT DESIGN AWARDS – Outstanding Design
Winner
PRODUCT DESIGN AWARDS – Ambitious Project Award
This prize is for the student who has clearly shown that they took risks either with the subject, technical aspects or scope/scale of the work… and the results are to be celebrated/commended
Winner
PRODUCT DESIGN STUDENTSHIP AWARDS
This prize is for students who have shown real commitment to their studies, displaying dedication and determination throughout the year
Winners
FOUNDATION AWARD – BEST FOUNDATION DESIGN PROJECT
A prize for the most creative, synthesised and well communicated design project that shows a high level of skill in the Integrated Foundation Year course
WINNER
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
- TOM KANDLER
- ALEX MOULDS
RUNNERS UP
- HARRY MARSH
- GEORGE ARMIN
THE RIBA (SUSSEX BRANCH) PRIZE – Undergraduate BA Arch
Joint winners
For the images shown below
Commended
We would also like to mention Peter Garfath and his London project. Very well presented and an interesting take on craftsmanship combined with types of accommodation. We particularly liked his perspective section through the project. A very pleasing piece of work
- Peter Garfath
Nominations
THE RIBA (SUSSEX BRANCH) PRIZE – Post-graduate MArch
It’s always difficult to choose the RIBA prices as they are as they are about a specific drawing or model, not necessarily into an entire body of work. Having said that, all of the schemes we saw were very well presented and a joy to judge.
M Arch PART 2
For the Pt 2 Prize we chose Harry Harwood’s Section across TIde Mills.
The whole project is an intriguing vision of future living exploring, transitions from public to private space. So many intriguing and beautifully presented drawings, almost like a spaceship has landed at tide mills. Overall a very strong piece of work.
We would also like to mention Regina Nakansere’s work. Again very well presented and an interesting take on diversity (or the lack of it in rural England). We particularly liked her visual of the three generational family house.
Winner
Commended
Nominations
THE AJ NOMINATION
Now in its fourth year, the Architects’ Journal invites UK-based architecture schools to enter the AJ Student Prize, which is open to all students on ARB and RIBA-accredited architecture courses. Schools are invited to submit a final year project from two students – one at undergraduate level and one at postgraduate level. Entries received from each school will be published in the AJ’s annual student issue in July.
There is also a sustainability category which celebrates standout projects that address environmental concerns, and which is open to schools once they have put forward student projects for the undergraduate and/or postgraduate categories.
A panel of distinguished judges will decide on the winners of the Student Prize for the best work at undergraduate, postgraduate level and in the sustainability category (undergraduate or postgraduate), with the winners announced in September.
The following students were nominated by the School for the Architect’s Journal National Prizes:
BA Hons (Part 1): Peter Garfath
Project Title: Holborn School of Ceramics: Re-learning the tactile arts of central London’s School of craft
Tutor Statement:
Peter has produced a beautifully presented portfolio, with an array of considered drawings, sketches and models. This is a complex and rich proposal, working at an urban and architectural scale, that addresses the difficult challenge of reuse, both materially and spatially.
The work demonstrates detailed understanding of the urban, solar and structural contexts of the site with clear analysis and recorded observations. An informed body of research about making ceramics forms the basis for the programmes at the proposed institute.
His well-chosen, researched and implemented precedent studies, provide an array of tectonic and structural approaches that have been stitched together to form a language that celebrates and reuses the existing concrete frame, as a site for new vibrant layering of forms. Ando’s influence in particular has assisted with the creation of a large semi-public urban landscape at ground level and a unique continuous high-rise park as circulation through the tower to the residences. It is a place full of event and intrigue.
Beautifully drawn sections, elevations, and plans, sited in context show how the proposal fits within the urban environment, and finally extremely inviting night-time images show the consideration of an exciting urban addition to the city.
M.Arch (Part 2): Harry Harwood
Project Title: The Timely Proxemics of a Post-Human Social Condenser Phalanstery
Tutor Statement:
In a year that has thrown up many challenges to how we relate to each other and through what means we try to stay connected; Harry has been unflinching in his determined approach to set forward a vision that challenges where we are right now with a focus forward into “a future.” This Post-Human vision that he has constructed challenges the well-meaning architectural utopic visions of 100 years ago with a heterotopic possibility that questions the humancentric notions of how we may live in a world where “natures” are up for redefinition.
Sustainability: Toby Brown – M.Arch (Part 2)
Project Title: MakerMat
Why have you entered this project for the Sustainability Prize?:
We have put forward Toby’s Maker Mat project for its ambitious strategic aims with how an architecture can work as a sustainable infrastructure that works with the temporal natures of the site on the day to day and with the longer-term temporality of the local environment. First as a social condenser of making for the local human inhabitants, then as island habitats for the would be lost flora and fauna affected by the predicted rise in sea levels.