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NSW DESIGN MEDAL
SPONSORED BY MIRVAC DESIGN
Emerging from studies undertaken in the
Material Research Studio this project forges
a link between conceptual ideas and material
experimentation to generate a design with a
poetic reality.
In seeking to stitch the growing rift between
the digital and physical, the project uses
metaphors of suturing and binding to great
effect, producing forms that immediately
impressed the jury with the clear logic and
depth of research that is more than just a
gestural approach. The team demonstrate
new possibilities for the architect – one
where material experimentation and digital
fabrication allows the designer to participate
in the fabrication of the building elements –
in this case, the roof, wall elements, and the
interior.
The project demonstrates a successful
investigation in analogue material testing,
translated into a digital environment without
losing the intentions of the fundamental
concept. As the work scales up to 1:1 testing
and potential architectural application, there
is intelligent use of digital processes and
manufacturing opportunities that clearly
demonstrate that the ideas within this project
are a very real possibility.
Runners-Up:
Legible Surface
by Thomas
Trudea and James Vlismas, University of
Technology Sydney.
High Commendation:
Tocal Apiary
by
Cameron White, University of Newcastle
LIGO
Hope Dryden and Robin Lloyd
University of Sydney
NSW FIRST DEGREE DESIGN
MEDAL
SPONSORED BY BATES SMART
SPAN takes the studio challenge to design
‘a perfect school of architecture’ and literally
turns it inside out. Predicated on a radical
rethinking of design studio pedagogy as a
complex ‘learning network’ of human and
non-human actors, the project abandons the
architectural edifice in favour of a series of
ephemeral, transient and playful events that
consume the city from the depths of the
subway to the heights of Sydney harbour
bridge. The city becomes the site of dynamic
learning, and the architectural ‘school’ the
passive container of archived ‘knowledge
deposits’.
Infused with humour and whimsy, the
narrative and illustrations construct fictions
that critically interrogate disciplinary values
and institutional structures - entrenched
hierarchies between teacher and student,
the ‘market’ for architecture, and spectacular
displays of architectural futility. The project
is ambitious, intelligent and delightful and
demonstrates a level of architectural maturity
that is impressive for first degree level.
Runner-Up:
Systematic Indeterminacy
by
Sarah Mae-Siew Yap, Sydney University
SPAN
Zoe Horn and Jeffrey Tighe
University of Technology, Sydney
STRUCTURAL INNOVATION IN
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Doppelgänger is an exemplary example of
the integration of structure and architectural
design with the project displaying a true
fusion of architecture and structure. At once a
structure and skin, shelter and aperture - each
interdependent and integral to the overall
composition.
The proposal was the developed during
a workshop between the University of
Technology Sydney and the New York
based architectural practice MODU that
experimented with the idea of ‘soft structure’.
Doppelgänger explores the potential to
react to weather and corresponding optical
effects. The result is a flexible, adaptable
and transformative pavilion that fosters
social inclusion and interaction. The project
demonstrates a thorough understanding of
material and the opportunities it presents.
This rigorous exploration has resulted in a
joyful and innovative response worthy of the
Structural Innovation in Architecture Award.
Runners-Up:
Folder Hypars
by Zaever Mand
and William Marshall, Sydney University
Dopplegänger
Shahar Cohen, Liam Corr, David De
Boos, Rita Fares, Huijie Gu, Isobel Hall,
Alice He, Adam Hoh, Minchao Liu,
Racheal O’Toole, Wanqing Zhao, Michael
Zhi Teoh, Jeffrey Tighe, Anderson
Trieu, Gabrielle Veringa, Lauren Watson
University of Technology, Sydney
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