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March 05, 2008, 02:36 PM ET
AIA Education Honor Awards Are Announced
Six architecture-school projects have won 2008 Education Honor Awards from the American Institute of Architects. The awards are intended to recognize excellence in course development and architectural teaching.
The winning projects are:
The Learning Barge Project: Students Engaging the Community + Environment, directed by Phoebe Crisman at the University of Virginia School of Architecture. Students created a floating field laboratory to teach visitors about renewable power, rainwater collection, and other sustainable practices. Design/habitat 2, directed by David Hinson and Stacy Norman at Auburn University’s School of Architecture. Students combine factory-based prefabrication with traditional site-built construction to create a model for disaster relief. Collaborative Integrative-Interdisciplinary Digital Design Studio, directed by Thomas Fowler of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo. Third- and fourth-year students work with professionals on community-design projects with real clients and budgets Smart Structures—Experiments in Linking Digital and Physical Strategies, directed by Edgar Stach of the College of Architecture and Design at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Students and faculty members from the United States, the Netherlands, and Germany focus on new ideas in digital design and synthetic fabrication. Design & Democracy, directed by Peter Aeschbacher of Pennsylvania State University’s architecture department. First-year students design, build, and install temporary projects that comment on social issues. An Incomplete Curriculum for Transformation, directed by Ritu Bhatt, Renee Cheng, John Comazzi, Ozayr Saloojee, and Marc Swackhamer, all of the University of Minnesota’s College of Design. This project explores an “evolving curricular structure” that builds on tradition, embraces challenges, and expects change.
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