Winners of student steel design competition announced

by Katie Daniel | September 21, 2015 9:49 am

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The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) honored 16 projects at the 15^th annual Steel Design Student Competition.

Administered by ACSA and sponsored by AISC, the competition challenges North American architecture students to explore a variety of design issues related to the use of steel in design and construction. Students competed individually and in teams to submit designs emphasizing innovation in steel design by using the product as the primary structural material.

Competitors could enter into two categories. The library category challenged students to envision a library as an open-source exchange for all forms of information and entertainment, serve a diverse public, and play a critical role as a cultural agent in the community. The ‘open’ category gave students flexibility to select a site and building program on their own.

Top three winners of the library category include:

• first: “Rebound[2],” by Natacha Schnider and Chip Hubert of California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California;
• second: “Integration through Circulation: Jesuit Community Library[3],” by Joseph Binck, Emily Girardi, Kelly Foley, and Tatiana Barbuzza of Catholic University of America in Washington D.C.; and
• third: “Beacon—Heterotopia of Lagos’ Public Space[4],” by Nicholas Fish, Junye Zhou, and Tony Tai-An Yue of Drury University in Springfield, Missouri.

Winning the top three awards in the open category include:

• first: “Murshidibad Women’s Resource Center[5],” by Caroline Angell of California Polytechnic State University;, third place;
• second: “Miami S Stadium[6],” by Xiao Wang, Hanuei Fan, and Yifeng Guo of Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa; and
• third: “Canopy: Georgetown Chocolate Factory[7],” by Matthew Fuhr of University of Washington in Seattle.

More than 500 projects from nearly 1500 students from 75 universities across North America entered, with 188 faculty members serving as advisors. A total of $14,000 in cash prizes was awarded to winners and their faculty sponsors.

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