Exhibition Regional Winners of the International VELUX Award 2018 for Students of Architecture

The regional winners of International VELUX Award 2018 were elected after a jury review of all submitted projects in each of the two categories “Daylight in buildings” and “Daylight investigations”. The winners were elected from over 600 daylight projects submitted by students from 250 different schools of architecture in 58 countries.

The International VELUX Award is a biennial competition for students of architecture. We challenge students from all over the world to work with daylight as an ever relevant source of light, life and joy.

This Exhibition presents the nine regional winners of the International VELUX Award 2018:

Daylight in Buildings

Light Forms Juggler
Regional Winner Eastern Europe and the Middle East – Daylight in Buildings

Students: Anastasia Maslova
Teacher: Ilnar Akhtiamov and Rezeda Akhtiamova
School: Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering
Country: Russian Federation

Reaching the Light
Regional Winner Western Europe – Daylight in Buildings

Students: Joana Robalo, João Umbelino, Ana Ázar, António Lopes, Miguel Pedro
Teacher: João Soares
School: Universidade de Évora
Country: Portugal

Light Pavilion
Regional Winner Africa – Daylight in Buildings

Students: Fatai Osundiji, Emmanuel Ayo-loto
Teacher: Babajide Onabanjo
School: Obafemi Awolowo University
Country: Nigeria

Light Liquefaction
Regional Winner The Americas – Daylight in Buildings

Students: Ziqi Chen, Shuaizhong Wang, Zeyu Liu
Teacher: Earl Mark
School: University of Virginia
Country: United States

My Dead Relative in the Light
Regional Winner Asia and Oceania – Daylight in Buildings

Students: Qi Wang, Jingkai Chen, Peilin Yin
Teacher: Xuechuan Geng
School: Qingdao University of Technology
Country: China

Daylight Investigations

Cloud of the Polar Light
Regional Winner Eastern Europe and the Middle East – Daylight Investigations

Students: Anna Borisova and Kamilla Akhmetova
Teacher: Ilnar Akhtiamov and Rezeda Akhtiamova
School: Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering
Country: Russian Federation

Cover to Reveal
Regional Winner Western Europe – Daylight Investigations

Students: Brice Lemaire, Xiaolan Vandendries, Julien Obedia
Teacher: Gérald Ledent
School: Université Catholique de Louvain
Country: Belgium

Daylight to Water
Regional Winner The Americas – Daylight Investigations

Students: John Nguyen, Stephen Baik, and Abubakr Bajaman
Teacher: Mauricio Quirós Pacheco
School: University of Toronto
Country: Canada

Road to Light
Regional Winner Asia and Oceania – Daylight Investigations

Students: Yuhan Luo, Di Lan, Yuan Liu, Yusong Liu
Teacher: Shanchao Xin, Delong Sun
School: Tianjin University
Country: China

About IVA
Every second year since 2004, the VELUX Group has invited students of architecture to participate in the International VELUX Award. The award seeks to challenge the students to explore the role of daylight in architecture and inspire new thinking. The aim of the award is to engage with students of architecture about how to use sunlight and daylight as main sources of energy and light and how to ensure health and well-being of the people who live and work in buildings.
With the International VELUX Award 2018 for Students of Architecture, the VELUX Group wants to pay tribute to daylight and to strengthen the role of daylight in building design according to our vision of promoting daylight, fresh air and quality of life.
The award is global and open to any registered student of architecture backed by a teacher from a school of architecture. The total prize money is 30,000 Euro. The jury, comprising internationally renowned architects, will award a number of prize winners and honourable mentions.
Since the International VELUX Award for Students of Architecture was first launched in 2004, it has grown into what is probably the largest competition of its kind for the architects who will shape the buildings of our future. Since the first award, some 5,000 students from more than 80 countries have submitted close to 4,000 projects on the award theme “Light of Tomorrow”.
Over the ten years since the award was first launched, winners have been presented from: Norway, Denmark, China, Bulgaria, South Korea, Poland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, USA, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom and Croatia, as well as honourable mentions from: Poland, Germany, Norway, Hungary, Spain, United Kingdom, USA, Australia, Sweden, France, South Korea, Italy, Japan, Argentina, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Lithuania, China, Switzerland, Romania, Belgium, Portugal and Bulgaria.
International VELUX Award 2018 is arranged in close collaboration with the International Union of Architects (UIA) and acknowledged by the following educational organizations: The European Association for Architectural Education, The American Institute of Architecture Students, the Architectural Research Centers Consortium, and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.

 

Regional Winners of the International VELUX Award 2018 for Students of Architecture
Exhibition
August 29th – September 28th
Exhibition Gallery Hall
10:00 – 19:00, Monday to Friday
(closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays)

Free admission.

Organization: Velux

Exhibition Regional Winners of the International VELUX Award 2018 for Students of Architecture © DR