First-Year Competition Wrap-Up
March 27, 2025
This past week, over 120 first-year architecture students participated in their very first architectural design competition.
The prompt was broken down into three parts:
Monday: Construct a study of the intersection of three materials. Remain within a 12"x12"x12" bounding volume.
Wednesday: Refine a detail. Remain within a 12"'x12"x12"
Friday: Investigate the IDEAS explored in the first two iterations in 2D. Remain within an 18"x24" surface.
The jury was composed of Foundation faculty: Kathryn Albright, Edgar Garcia, Scott Gartner, Jessica Hernandez, Chris Pritchett, and Andrew Shaver. After thoughtful deliberation, the following students were recognized for their work in three main categories:
Recognized for Use of Material and Intersection
Andrew Durr (fifth from right)
Rose Kepka (second from right)
Maya Shanbhag (third from right)
Recognized for Iterative Process
Mirana Aoun (fourth from left)
Charlie Tartar (third from left)
Recognized for Use of Graphic Information
Sam Cowen (far right)
Shimsadeen Djigo (second from left)
Katie Lock (fourth from right)
Kewen Lu (far left)
Kate Rotolo (fifth from left)