The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) are pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 Steel Design Student Competition.
"The vision of the winning projects demonstrates ingenuity in steel and architectural expression," said AISC Senior Architect Jeanne Homer. "It's clear that the future of design is in good hands!"
The competition recognizes 11 exceptional projects, in two categories, that explore a variety of design issues related to the use of steel in design and construction.
The 2023 ACSA/AISC Steel Design Student Competition offered architecture students the opportunity to compete in two separate categories. Category I challenged students to design "A Place for the Spirit" on a campus, welcoming to all, where members of the campus community and visitors can learn about and express spirituality. Category II was open, offering students the opportunity to select a site and building program using steel as the primary material.
Images of the winning projects are available here.
For Category I, the jurors chose First, Second, and Third place winners, along with three Honorable Mentions.
First Place: The Sylvan Hideaway
Student: Ludwig Rodriguez
Faculty Sponsor: Gerard Smulevich
Woodbury University
Second Place: The Structural Grove
Student: Grahm Mapes
Faculty Sponsor: A. Katherine Ambroziak
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Third Place: Luminae Sanctum: Bend, Diffuse, Self-Reflect
Student: David Covarrubias
Faculty Sponsor: Gerard Smulevich
Woodbury University
Honorable Mention: Along the Spine – Using Recycled Materiality to Induce Spiritual Splendor
Student: Julia Goodman
Faculty Sponsor: A. Katherine Ambroziak
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Honorable Mention: Gridded Minutia
Student: Becca Northey
Faculty Sponsor: Timothy Gray
Ball State University
Honorable Mention: The Steel Collector: Reclaiming Landscapes
Student: Elsie O’Connell
Faculty Sponsor: A. Katherine Ambroziak
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
In Category II, the jurors chose First, Second, and Third place winners, along with two Honorable Mentions.
First Place: Coastal Canvas
Students: Nolan Courville & YunIn Jeung
Faculty Sponsor: Pasquale De Paola
Louisiana Tech University
Second Place: La Bella Vita
Student: Maiten Rodriguez
Faculty Sponsors: Awilda Rodriguez, Paolo Sanza, and Blake Mitchell
Oklahoma State University
Third Place: Back to the Nature
Students: Chunya Wu, Siwei Su, Yiwei Liu, Jiaqi Xu, and Matthew Lawson
Faculty Sponsor: Clark Llewellyn
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Honorable Mention: Sigillum
Student: Ana Krekman
Faculty Sponsor: Daniel Brown
Savannah College of Art and Design
Honorable Mention: Ampelos Winery
Student: Biming Liu
Faculty Sponsor: Daniel Brown
Savannah College of Art and Design
AISC and ACSA would like to thank the juries for their time and thoughtfulness:
Category I: Spiritual Space
- Cristobal Correa, Buro Happold
- Michael J. Crosbie, University of Hartford
- Dr. Anat Geva, Texas A&M University
Category II: Open
- Parbi Boodaghian, John A. Martin & Associates, Inc.
- Nesrine Mansour, South Dakota State University
- Maria Isabel Oliver, American University of Sharjah