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1998-99
form•Z Joint Study awards
About the form•Z Joint Study Program
This is a program by which AutoDesSys, Inc. supports and subsidizes
the learning of the new digital tools, primarily 3D modeling, by students
at Universities and Colleges worldwide. In recent years, the program has
also included a number of high schools. When schools agree to incorporate
3D modeling in their curriculum, AutoDesSys provides them
with form•Z licenses, one year at a time, at the cost of material
and processing. In return the schools agree to report at the end of the
year about their experiences, offer recommendations, and share the projects
produced by their students or researchers. AutoDesSys assembles
this material into an annual 150-page full color publication and a CD
which, in addition to the still images and textual reports, includes multimedia
projects such as movies, slide shows, and interactive displays.
Currently in its
seventh year, the form•Z Joint Study Program involves over
300 Universities worldwide, which translates to over 10,000 student
seats a year. The Annual form•Z Joint Study Report has evolved
into an event that documents the excitement and progress of computer
aided design and 3D modeling education in the institutions of higher
learning. One of the traditions the program and its report has established
is the presentation of annual awards for the exceptional work of deserving
students. This year four awards of distinction and ten honorable 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-seven (67) nominees from fifty-three (53) different schools.
The categories:
The nominated projects were placed into four categories: Architectural
Design, Urban Design, Product and Industrial design, and Visualization/Illustration.
One Award of Distinction was granted in each category. Three Honorable
Mentions were granted in the Architectural and Urban Design categories;
two Honorable Mentions were given in Product Design and Visualization.
The Jury:
The selection of the awards was made by six jurors from outside AutoDesSys,
all experts in computer aided design. Three of the jurors are from academia
and three from the professions. All of the professionals have also been
involved with teaching and/or design criticism. The jurors are listed
below, in alphabetical order.
Craig Beddow,
AIA, Digital Architecture, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nicolo Ceccarelli,
Professore, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
Charles Eastman,
Profesor, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
Bennett Neiman,
Associate Professor, University of Colorado at Denver
Bruce Palmer,
AIA, Gensler and Associates, New York, New York
Michael Stacey,
RIBA, Brooks/Stacey/Randall Architects and Technology Consultants,
London, England
The process:
The projects of all the nominees were sent to the jurors as 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 comments are
included with the displays of the award of distinction and honorable
mention winning projects.
The winners:
Links to the projects of the Award of Distinction and Honorable
Mention winning students are displayed below. The awards and mentions
also are highlighted on the pages of the respective schools in the
full JS report. Some of the projects include slide shows or animations,
which are included on the CD-ROM supplement of this report. These
projects are noted with a movie logo.
The prizes:
All Awards of Distinction have received a form•Z RenderZone
license with one year technical support and updates. AutoDesSys
will also wave the processing costs of a 10-seat JS license for
the school they attend, for next year. Honorable Mentions have received
diplomas commemorating the award. The awards were announced and
handed out at Acadia 99, the annual conference of the Association
for Computer Aided Design, in Snowbird, Utah, in October.
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Architectural
Design
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Tristan Sterk,
Award of Distinction
Clouds
University of Adelaide, Australia, School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Design
Adelaide, Australia
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Wilson
Au-Yeung, Honorable Mention
Swatch Headquarters
University of California at Berkeley, Department of Architecture
Berkeley, California
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Andrew
Maletz, Honorable Mention
Fractal Based Architecture
Miami University, Department of Architecture
Oxford, Ohio
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Kjersti
Hegland Nordbotn
Construction of A Small Champagne
Bar in a Former Gas Station
Norwegian University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture, Urban Planning, and Fine Arts
Trondheim, Norway
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Urban
and Landscape Design
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John Endersbee,
Award of Distinction
The Meeting of Two Worlds
University of Adelaide, Australia, School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Design
Adelaide, Australia
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Olaf
Pfeifer and Binke Lenhardt, Honorable Mention
Baseball Stadium in the New York Bay
Pratt Institute, School of Architecture
Brooklyn, New York
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Markus
Olechowski, Honorable Mention
Train Station at Meidling
Vienna University of Technology, Computer Laboratory of Architecture
Vienna, Austria
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Stefan
Laub, Honorable Mention
City Library
Vienna University of Technology, Computer Laboratory of Architecture
Vienna, Austria
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Visualization
and Illustration
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Dean
DiSimone and Joseph Kosinski, Award of Distinction
Frank Lloyd Wright's National Life Insurance Building, 1924
Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation
New York, New York
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Ben
Rossi and Jeff Schmierer, Honorable Mention
No Preservatives
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Architecture Department
San Luis Obispo, California
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Matthew
Jones, Honorable Mention
Sabre Fire Engine: A Multimedia Presentation
Blackpool and The Fylde College, Visual Communication Studies
Blackpool, England
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