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DIGITAL INNOVATION IN
ARCHITECTURE AWARD
In the relatively short history of computational
design within the field of architecture, using
digital techniques is often associated with
the creation of formally exuberant, excessive
objects with little relation to context. The UTS
studio in which AquaCulture was produced
was driven by an investigation of the anti-icon.
With AquaCulture, the collaborative student
team has rendered an outcome which
transforms the Bay’s Precinct by deploying
the logic of natural systems of growth and
reconfiguration – namely deposition of
sediment and erosion of mass – to manipulate
a novel articulation of the boundary between
city and the water’s edge. This gives rise to
new relationships on a cultural and economic
level, as well as possibilities for marine habitat
in the inter-tidal zone. The project has further
potential to incorporate CNC processes of
AquaCulture
Stella Groenewold, Rose Peppitt, Emerson Reece, Matthew Sikora, Dane Voorderhake
University of Technology, Sydney
subtraction and deposition at an urban scale.
AquaCulture, and the Micro-Icon studio, offer
an exemplary application of agent-based
design using coding skills in an architectural
and urban scenario, which can challenge the
way in which urban planning and design might
be considered.
Runners-Up:
inEXCESS
by Victor Martinez-
Contreras, Amelia Davies and Yna Yin,
University of Technology Sydney
Commendation:
Breeding Apartments
by
Adrian Taylor, Connor Blampied and Stewart
Cowan, University of Technology Sydney
Commendation:
Sky Circulation Generator
by
Anycie Coorey, Boris Nikolov and Rochelle
Green, University of Technology Sydney
Masters Graduate of the Year Prize
Sponsored by Crone, Jacobs and FJMT
Chloe Yuen, University of Technology Sydney
Luen Samonte, University of New South Wales
James Moulder, Sydney University
Julie Hanna, Newcastle University
Awarded to the most outstanding Graduate from
the Masters program of each NSW School of
Architecture.
First Degree Graduate of the Year Prize
Sponsored by Crone, Jacobs and FJMT
Lindsay Mulligan, University of Technology
Sydney
Tany Tan, University of New South Wales
Sarah Mae-Siew Yap, Sydney University
Kaitlyn Dunst, Newcastle University
Awarded to the most outstanding student graduating
from the first degree Bachelor program of each NSW
School of Architecture.
Construction and Practice Prize
Sponsored by Lendlease Design
April Cheung-Baker, University of Technology
Sydney
Caleb Burke, University of New South Wales
Tany Tan, University of New South Wales
Isobel James, Sydney University
Anne Robson, University of Newcastle
Awarded to the student who receives the highest
aggregate marks in the discipline areas of
Construction and Practice of each NSW School of
Architecture.
History and Theory Prize
Sponsored by TURNER
Adam Natoli , University of Technology Sydney
Sebastian Tsang, University of New South
Wales
Robin Lloyd, Sydney University
Nicola Traise, University of Newcastle.
Awarded to the student who receives the highest
aggregate marks in the disciplines of History and
Theory of each NSW School of Architecture.
NSW GRADUATE & STUDENT
AWARD WINNERS
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