ACSA/AISC Student Design Competition

AISC is pleased to announce the sixth annual student design competition for the 2005-2006 academic year. Sponsored by The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), the program is intended to challenge students, working individually or in teams, to explore a variety of issues related to the use of steel in design and construction.

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Winners of the 2004-2005 ACSA/AISC Student Design Competition

For the first time the 2004-05 ACSA/AISC Student Design Competition offered architecture students the opportunity to compete in two separate categories. Category I challenged architecture students to design a Student Union Building for their campus or a neighboring campus.  Category II was an open competition with restrictions.  Open to students in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, the winners were chosen from among 400 submissions from over 40 universities.  First, second, and third prizes along with three honorable mentions were awarded in each category.

This year’s design jury consisted of the following:

Category I – Student Union Building:  Jori Erdman, professor at Clemson University, School of Architecture; Mitchell Squire, assistant professor at Iowa State University, Department of Architecture; and Christopher Hoyt, architect at Shalom Baranes Associates, a Washington, DC, area architecture firm.

Category II – Open:  Harry Kaufman, professor at Southern Polytechnic State University, School of Architecture; Renee Chow, associate professor at University of California at Berkeley; and Don M. Jones, AIA, architect at the Philadelphia office of EwingCole.

A total of $14,000 in cash prizes will be awarded to winning students and their faculty sponsors.

2004-05 ACSA/AISC Student Winners,  Category I – Student Union Building

First Prize - Eduardo Soto, University of Maryland, School of Architecture, Student Union Building, Faculty Sponsor: Amy Gardner and Mark McInturff

Second Prize - Richard Y C Lam, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Wellesley University Student Center, Faculty Sponsor: Nader Tehrani

Third Prize - Colleen Gove, University of Maryland, School of Architecture, A Place Preserved, A Place of Interaction, A Place of Connection, A Place of Gathering, Faculty Sponsor: Amy Gardner and Mark McInturff

2004-05 ACSA/AISC Student Winners, Category II - Open

First Prize - Nathan Charris, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Architecture, Cultural Fortress, Faculty Sponsor: Osman Ataman

Second Prize - Matt Grover, Nate Hudson and John Sardari, New School of Architecture and Design, Transparency: An Interactive Center for Science and Technology, Faculty Sponsor: Mitra Kanaani and Philipp Bosshart

Third Prize - Ha Thanh Pham, New Jersey Institute of Technology, School of Architecture, Your Radio Station, Faculty Sponsor: Pablo Jendretzki

For further information about the competition, please contact:

Eric Ellis
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
1735 New York Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: 202/785-2324 ext. 3
Fax: 202/628-0448
email: eellis@acsa-arch.org