2023 1st-Year Foundation Competition
March 24, 2023
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The First-year Foundation Competition asks students from the four disciplines of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Industrial Design, and Interior Design to respond to a week-long brief. Last week, students were given subsequent stages of the prompt in three parts:
Monday: Using two materials of your choice, define a three dimensional volume with the dimension of 2"x8”x18”.
Wednesday: Using two materials, invert the relationship between solid and void.
Friday: Locate a quality from your construct. Re-present this condition graphically at 18”x24”.
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Following a lobby exhibit and cohort-wide discussion of the outcomes and artifacts from the brief, nine student projects were selected for recognition:
Top Award (no hierarchy):
Sydney Compton
Alyssa Bishop
Eira Calderon
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Honorable Mention:
Alex Gittens
Elena Waters
Cesar Melendez
Daniel Robles
Daniel Jung
Sean Edwards
Congratulations to all first-year students!