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For the third consecutive
year, AutoDesSys, Inc. is delighted to grant Awards of Distinction
and Honorable Mentions to deserving students for their exceptional work.
Actually, this year more awards have been granted than in previous years.
The nominations:
To qualify for an award, a student needs to be nominated by the Principal
Investigator of the JS school where he/she is enrolled. In addition
to the images, the PIs are required to submit a summary description
of the nominated project and to state the reasons for which they think
the nominated student deserves an award.
This year, there
were forty-four (44) nominees from thirty-six (36) different schools.
Eleven other nominations were disqualified by AutoDesSys,
due to insufficient material.
The categories:
The nominated projects were placed into four categories: architectural
design, which had fifteen nominations, urban design with eight nominations,
product and industrial design with nine nominations, and visualization/illustration,
which had twelve nominations. One Award of Distinction was granted in
each of these categories and a variable number of Honorable Mentions.
The Jury:
The selection of the awards was made by five jurors from outside AutoDesSys,
all experts in computer aided design. Two of the jurors are from academia
and Joint Study schools who had no student nominated for an award. The
other three are professionals who make extensive use of computers in
their practices. One of them, Peter Eisenman, is also extensively involved
with teaching at a variety of Universities. The jurors are listed below,
in alphabetical order.
Julio Bermudez,
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Greg Carpenter,
Callison Architecture, Seattle, Washington
Peter Eisenman,
Eisenman Architects, New York, New York
Mark Molen,
URS Consultants, Columbus, Ohio
Douglas Noble,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
The process:
The projects of all the nominees were sent to the jurors as PageMaker
and Acrobat documents on CD-ROMs, which also included animations
and slide shows that accompanied 14 of the submissions. Names and
school affiliations were not included. The jurors returned their
selections for the four awards and grades (0 to 10) for each of
the other projects. Selection of a project for an award was considered
equivalent to a grade of 15. The grades were averaged and the one
project from each category receiving the highest grade was selected
for the award. Projects receiving an average grade of 8.5 or higher
were selected for the honorable mentions.
The jury was
also asked to comment on why they selected these particular projects.
Their commentary is included with the displays of the award and
honorable mention winning projects.
The winners:
The projects of the Award of Distinction and Honorable Mention winning
students are displayed on the next 11 pages. The awards and mentions
are also highlighted on the pages of the respective schools. Some
of the projects include slide shows or animations, which have been
included on the CD-ROM supplement of this report. These projects
are noted with a CD sign, on the following pages.
The prizes:
All Awards of Distinction will receive a form•Z RenderZone
license with one year technical support and updates. Their schools
will also be waved the processing costs of a 10-seat JS license
for next year. Honorable mentions received diplomas commemorating
the award.
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Architectural
design
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Matt
Uselman, Award of Distinction
Post Office
University of Arkansas, Department of Architecture
Fayetteville, Arkansas
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Chung-Chi
Kuo, Honorable Mention
Children's Center
University of Colorado, Denver, Department of Architecture
Denver, Colorado
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Douglas
C. Philips, Honorable Mention
Artisans Center
Temple University, Architecture Program
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Visualization
and Illustration
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Steven Kerswell,
Award of Distinction
Maclaren Forumula One
Blackpool and The Fylde College, Visual Communication Studies
Blackpool, England
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Walter
Guidry, Honorable Mention
Japanese Wood Joinery Techniques
University of Colorado, Denver, Under Graduate Program at Boulder Campus
College of Architecture and Planning
Boulder, Colorado
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Tony
Prosser, Honorable Mention
Phonak Hearing Aid
Blackpool and The Fylde College, Visual Communication Studies
Blackpool, England
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