International VELUX Award for Students of Architecture
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The International VELUX Award challenges students of architecture to explore the theme of sunlight and daylight in its widest sense to create a deeper understanding of the specific and ever-relevant source of light and energy. The Award is biennial and was presented for the first time in 2004.
The Award celebrates and promotes excellence in completed study works in any scale from a small scale component to large urban contexts or abstract concepts and experimentation. The Award is presented by VELUX
in close cooperation with International Union of Architects
(UIA) and the European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE).
Any registered student of architecture – individual or team – from all over the world may participate in the Award. The Award wants to acknowledge not only the students but their teachers as well. Therefore, all students must be backed and granted submission by a teacher from a school of architecture.
This year, the deadline for registration is 1 March 2012.
The jury of the 2012 Award makes up a distinguished panel of five jury members with different cultural backgrounds, nationalities and approaches to architecture. The jury represents a balance between tradition, experience, innovation, age, gender and geography as well as world experience and multicultural orientation.
The jury will meet in Copenhagen in June 2012 to evaluate all submitted projects and nominate the winners.
Brigitte Shim, Canada, has been a professor, since 1988, at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto. Brigitte Shim is also a principal in Shim-Sutcliffe Architects, Toronto, formed in 1994.The firm is primarily known for their unparalleled ability to engage light, water and the Canadian landscape into each project so that the result is a magically seamless integration of architecture, landscape and furniture. The works by Shim-Sutcliffe have been published widely in the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Francis Kéré, Burkina Faso/Germany, self-employed planner and lecturer at the Technische Universität Berlin. The focus of Kéré’s work is climatic adaptation, low building costs and self-building. His first project, a primary school in his home village Gando was finished in 2001 and received the Aga Khan Award for its exemplarity as well as its concise and elegant architecture using basic, constructive instruments.
Peter Stutchbury, Australia, is emerging as one of the leaders of a new generation of Australian architects. He is recognised for his innovative approach to sustainability and design. As principal of the firm Peter Stutchbury Architecture he has practiced independently since 1981 producing a wide variety of award winning projects that have been exhibited, published and acclaimed all over the world.
Per Arnold Andersen, Denmark, architect and head of Daylight, Energy and Indoor Climate Department in the VELUX Group. He has been working as practicing architect and planner for more than twenty years before he joined the VELUX Group in 1999. Since 2004 he has taken part in the planning of the International VELUX Award for Students of Architecture.
selected three winners and eight honourable mentions, who were announced at the Award event held in Paris.
In 2006, the Award went global – inviting students from all over the world to participate. The number of submissions more than doubled reaching 557 projects from 225 schools in 53 countries. The international jury led by Per Olaf Fjeld decided to award three winners and 17 honourable mentions, and they were all celebrated at the Award event at the Guggenheim Museum
in Bilbao, Spain.
In 2008, the Award received a record-high number of entries. 686 projects were received, representing 244 schools of architecture in 46 countries. The international jury led by jury chairman Hani Rashid of Asymptote Architecture
decided to award three winners and eight honourable mentions, who were celebrated at the Pisani Palace in Venice in November 2008.
In 2010, the Award represented more countries than ever before. There were 673 entries from 280 schools in 55 countries. The international jury led by jury chairman Magda Mostafa decided to award three winners and eight honourable mentions. They were all celebrated at the award event on 6 October 2010 in La Rochelle
, France.
In 2010 the jury appointed three prize winners and eight honourable mentions. Young-Gook Park, Kim Dea Hyun, Choi Jin Kyu and Kim Won Ill from Hanyang University, South Korea, won the first prize for their project Constellation of Light Field. Ma Xin, Wang Rui and Yang Meng from the Architecture School of Tianjin University, China, won the second prize for their project Condensation of Variational Sunlight Influences. Joe Wu from Delft University of Technology, TU Delft, the Netherlands, also won the second prize for his project Lightscape between gaps.
In 2008 the jury appointed three prize winners and eight honourable mentions. Reilly O’Neil Hogan from Cornell University
, USA, won first prize for his project “Embodied Ephemerality”. Ruan Hau and Xiong Xing from Tsinghua University
in Beijing won second prize for their project “Interface repairing – Light Festival. Dean Carlo MacGregor from Lusíada University
in Lisbon, Portugal, won third prize for his project “Light has a body”.
In 2006 Louise Groenlund of Denmark won the International VELUX Award for her project ”A museum of photography”. All in all, 20 winners and honourable mentions were announced at the Award event at the Guggenheim Bilbao in November 2006.
In 2004 the first prize went to Norwegian student Claes Heske Ekornås for his project “Light as matter”. In 2004, ten winners were announced at the Award event in Paris.
The Award celebrates and promotes excellence in completed study works in any scale from a small scale component to large urban contexts or abstract concepts and experimentation. The Award is presented by VELUX
VELUX
VELUX is a Danish company that specializes in windows and skylights.In addition, VELUX offers many types of decoration and sun screening, roller shutters, installation products, products for remote control and thermal solar panels for installation in roofs...
in close cooperation with International Union of Architects
International Union of Architects
The International Union of Architects is an international non-governmental organization that represents over a million architects in 124 countries. The UIA was founded in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1948. The General Secretariat is located in Paris...
(UIA) and the European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE).
Award theme
“Light of Tomorrow” is the overall theme of the International VELUX Award. The Award wants to challenge the future of daylight in the built environment with an open-minded and experimental approach. Therefore, the Award seeks to widen the boundaries of daylight in architecture, including aesthetics, functionality, sustainability, and the interaction between buildings and environment. The Award contains no specific categories and is in no way restricted to the use of VELUX products.Registration
The International VELUX Award 2012 opened for registration on 1 October 2011. Students must register to participate in the Award. Registration is performed via the Award website.Any registered student of architecture – individual or team – from all over the world may participate in the Award. The Award wants to acknowledge not only the students but their teachers as well. Therefore, all students must be backed and granted submission by a teacher from a school of architecture.
This year, the deadline for registration is 1 March 2012.
Jury
The jury of the International VELUX Award comprises internationally recognized architects and other building professionals representing different perspectives on architecture and different geographies.The jury of the 2012 Award makes up a distinguished panel of five jury members with different cultural backgrounds, nationalities and approaches to architecture. The jury represents a balance between tradition, experience, innovation, age, gender and geography as well as world experience and multicultural orientation.
The jury will meet in Copenhagen in June 2012 to evaluate all submitted projects and nominate the winners.
Jury members 2012
Alvaro Siza, Portugal, considered his country’s greatest living architect. Over the last five decades Álvaro Siza has assembled a body of work that ranks him among the greatest architects of his generation. His works are internationally renowned for their coherence, clarity, and what Siza calls ‘simplism’ - a quality that recognizes the complexity and contradictions of a project without trying to impose artificial control over them.Brigitte Shim, Canada, has been a professor, since 1988, at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto. Brigitte Shim is also a principal in Shim-Sutcliffe Architects, Toronto, formed in 1994.The firm is primarily known for their unparalleled ability to engage light, water and the Canadian landscape into each project so that the result is a magically seamless integration of architecture, landscape and furniture. The works by Shim-Sutcliffe have been published widely in the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Francis Kéré, Burkina Faso/Germany, self-employed planner and lecturer at the Technische Universität Berlin. The focus of Kéré’s work is climatic adaptation, low building costs and self-building. His first project, a primary school in his home village Gando was finished in 2001 and received the Aga Khan Award for its exemplarity as well as its concise and elegant architecture using basic, constructive instruments.
Peter Stutchbury, Australia, is emerging as one of the leaders of a new generation of Australian architects. He is recognised for his innovative approach to sustainability and design. As principal of the firm Peter Stutchbury Architecture he has practiced independently since 1981 producing a wide variety of award winning projects that have been exhibited, published and acclaimed all over the world.
Per Arnold Andersen, Denmark, architect and head of Daylight, Energy and Indoor Climate Department in the VELUX Group. He has been working as practicing architect and planner for more than twenty years before he joined the VELUX Group in 1999. Since 2004 he has taken part in the planning of the International VELUX Award for Students of Architecture.
Jury members 2010
- Magda Mostafa, Associate Professor, representing UIA on the jury and elected jury chairman at the jury meeting, Cairo, EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
- Momoyo Kaijima, founding partner in Atelier Bow-Wow, Tokyo, Japan
- Will Bruder, founding partner in Will Bruder+Partners, Arizona, USA
- Nathalie de Vries, founding partner in MVRDV, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Kim Herforth Nielsen, founding partner in 3XN, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Stefano Musso, Professor, EAAE representative, Genoa, Italy
- Jesper Salskov Jensen, VELUXVELUXVELUX is a Danish company that specializes in windows and skylights.In addition, VELUX offers many types of decoration and sun screening, roller shutters, installation products, products for remote control and thermal solar panels for installation in roofs...
representative on the jury, Denmark
History
The first International VELUX Award took place in 2004. 760 students from 194 schools in 34 countries in Europe registered, and 258 students from 106 schools in 27 countries submitted their projects. The international jury led by Glenn MurcuttGlenn Murcutt
Glenn Marcus Murcutt AO is a British-born Australian architect and winner of the 2002 Pritzker Prize and 2009 AIA Gold Medal.-Biography:...
selected three winners and eight honourable mentions, who were announced at the Award event held in Paris.
In 2006, the Award went global – inviting students from all over the world to participate. The number of submissions more than doubled reaching 557 projects from 225 schools in 53 countries. The international jury led by Per Olaf Fjeld decided to award three winners and 17 honourable mentions, and they were all celebrated at the Award event at the Guggenheim Museum
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art, designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, built by Ferrovial, and located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. It is built alongside the Nervion River, which runs through the city of Bilbao to the Atlantic Coast. The...
in Bilbao, Spain.
In 2008, the Award received a record-high number of entries. 686 projects were received, representing 244 schools of architecture in 46 countries. The international jury led by jury chairman Hani Rashid of Asymptote Architecture
Asymptote Architecture
Asymptote is a New York-based architectural office founded in 1989 by principals Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture.-Overview:Asymptote Architecture recently announced the opening of the Yas Marina Hotel, a 500 room Hotel complex in Abu Dhabi. The Yas Hotel is the world's first building designed...
decided to award three winners and eight honourable mentions, who were celebrated at the Pisani Palace in Venice in November 2008.
In 2010, the Award represented more countries than ever before. There were 673 entries from 280 schools in 55 countries. The international jury led by jury chairman Magda Mostafa decided to award three winners and eight honourable mentions. They were all celebrated at the award event on 6 October 2010 in La Rochelle
La Rochelle
La Rochelle is a city in western France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department.The city is connected to the Île de Ré by a bridge completed on 19 May 1988...
, France.
Winners
The total prize money of the International VELUX Award is 30,000 Euros. The jury decides on the number of prize winners and honourable mentions.In 2010 the jury appointed three prize winners and eight honourable mentions. Young-Gook Park, Kim Dea Hyun, Choi Jin Kyu and Kim Won Ill from Hanyang University, South Korea, won the first prize for their project Constellation of Light Field. Ma Xin, Wang Rui and Yang Meng from the Architecture School of Tianjin University, China, won the second prize for their project Condensation of Variational Sunlight Influences. Joe Wu from Delft University of Technology, TU Delft, the Netherlands, also won the second prize for his project Lightscape between gaps.
In 2008 the jury appointed three prize winners and eight honourable mentions. Reilly O’Neil Hogan from Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, USA, won first prize for his project “Embodied Ephemerality”. Ruan Hau and Xiong Xing from Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University , colloquially known in Chinese as Qinghua, is a university in Beijing, China. The school is one of the nine universities of the C9 League. It was established in 1911 under the name "Tsinghua Xuetang" or "Tsinghua College" and was renamed the "Tsinghua School" one year later...
in Beijing won second prize for their project “Interface repairing – Light Festival. Dean Carlo MacGregor from Lusíada University
Lusíada University
The Lusíada University is a Portuguese private university headquartered in Lisbon. The university's motto is sol lucet omnibus .-History:...
in Lisbon, Portugal, won third prize for his project “Light has a body”.
In 2006 Louise Groenlund of Denmark won the International VELUX Award for her project ”A museum of photography”. All in all, 20 winners and honourable mentions were announced at the Award event at the Guggenheim Bilbao in November 2006.
In 2004 the first prize went to Norwegian student Claes Heske Ekornås for his project “Light as matter”. In 2004, ten winners were announced at the Award event in Paris.
External links and sources
- The official International VELUX Award website
- The official website for the award sponsor VELUX
- Site containing information about daylight and architecture
- A website for students of architecture worldwide sponsored by VELUX
- A magazine about daylight and architecture
- Atelier Bow-Wow
- Will Bruder + PARTNERS LTD
- MVRDV
- 3XN