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We are again delighted
to grant Awards of Distinction and Honorable Mentions to deserving students
for their exceptional work. This year four awards and six mentions have
been granted.
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 sixty-three (63) nominees from thirty-nine (39) different schools.
The categories:
The nominated projects were placed into four categories: architectural
design, which had twenty-five nominations, urban design with nine nominations,
product and industrial design with seven nominations, and visualization/illustration,
which had twenty-two nominations. One Award of Distinction was granted
in each of these categories and a total of six 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. Two of them are also involved with education rather
extensively. The jurors are listed below, in alphabetical order.
- Friedhl Bohm,
NBBJ Bohm, Columbus, Ohio
- Ben Gianni,
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
- John Marx,
Kaplan/McLaughin/Diaz Architects, San Francisco, California
- Tom Maver,
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
- Thom Mayne,
Morphosis, Santa Monica, 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 some 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 8.0 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 9 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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Josh Beck,
Award of Distinction
Inquiry of Traditional Expressions in Space
University of Colorado at Denver, Undergraduate Program at Boulder Campus, College of Architecture and Planning
Boulder, Colorado
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Malgorzata
Miskiewicz, Honorable Mention
A Music and Art Center
Swiss Federal Institute, Department of Architecture
Zurich-Honnenberg, Switzerland
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Tranai
Tangammtrong and Suwakon Watanapradit, Honorable Mention
Tree Museum and Virtual Construction Space
University of Colorado at Denver, Department of Architecture
Denver, Colorado
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Product
and Industrial design
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A. Scott
Howe, Award of Distinction
Qamel Specialty Vehicle
University of Michigan, Department of Architecture
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Paul
O'Connor, Honorable Mention
Portable Rollator: A Mobility Aid for the Elderly
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Industrial Design
Champaign, Illinois
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Visualization
and Illustration
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Junko Sassa,
Award of Distinction
The Bomb
Parsons School of Design, Department of Digital Design
New York, New York
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Daniel
Loke, Honorable Mention
Astronaut
Academy of Art College, Department of Computer Education
San Francisco, California
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Spencer
Hecox, Honorable Mention
A Trailer
Red Rocks Community College, Department of Multimedia, Film, and Animation
Lakewood, Colorado
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