We are very pleased to share that the following 4th and 5th year architecture students of UNIT 4 [Divining the future“Technology is the answer, but what was the question?”] (run by Markella Menikou and Adonis Cleanthous), received four new prestigious international awards in “d3 Housing Tomorrow 2016” architecture competition:
- Andreas Prokopiou’s project “Living Device” has been awarded the Second Prize at the “d3 Housing Tomorrow 2016” international architecture competition
- Christos Xenofontos’ project “Conditioning Layers” has been awarded the Third Prize at the “d3 Housing Tomorrow 2016” international architecture competition
- George Kartsakas’ project “Augmented Living” has been awarded with a Special Mention for Alternative Typology at the “d3 Housing Tomorrow 2016” international architecture competition
- Rafaela Neokleous’ project “Community Dwellings” has been awarded with a Special Mention for Speculative Typology at the “d3 Housing Tomorrow 2016” international architecture competition
The “d3 Housing Tomorrow” is a very prestigious international competition that invites architects, designers, engineers, and students to explore alternative residential typologies and emerging design strategies.
Each year the d3 competition receives a huge volume of entries internationally (from professional architects and renowned universities) and announces only 14 awards. In Spring 2016 we received 4 out of 14 awards total which is an exceptional success rate for one academic institution considering that the competition is international and open to both professionals and students.
This is the link with the results of the competition: [https://www.d3space.org/competitions]
Additionally in Spring 2016 we received the following international distinctions:
-Andreas Prokopiou’s project ” Re-informing the-basic” has been shortlisted as a finalist in the “ASA Basic international competition 2016”.
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The project was exhibited at the ASA EXPO, Bangkok Thailand in April 2016
-Julia Mitsidi’s project “Eroto Mechanics” has been shortlisted as a finalist in the “Sleeping-Non conventional hotels 2016” international competition.
[https://www.nonarchitecture.eu/sleeping-results/?cat=finalista-sleeping] Allaward winning projects were developed under UNIT 4. The Unit utilises a range of international architecture competitions as a key pedagogic tool. The competition briefs provide a springboard for ideas and simultaneously the vehicle via which students test concepts and develop their thinking within the unit agenda.
We would like to congratulate our students for this huge success! These distinctions are undoubtedly significant international recognitions for our students, our Unit, Department and University.