Excerpts of winning projects, Daylight in Buildings category, clockwise from left top: “Spotlight Tree: Self-regulating System in Desert Environment” (Western Europe), “24-HOUR DAYLIGHT: A pavilion that reconnects the city with light” (The Americas), “TIP – Time Indicate Protection” (Eastern Europe & the Middle East), “Lighting up, Neighbourhood Hop” (Asia & Oceania) , “Aqua Mart” (Africa)
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The 2022 edition of the International VELUX Award, a biannual international student ideas competition endorsed by the UIA since 2004, has announced its Regional Winners. 507 submitted projects were submitted from 211 schools of architecture around the world.
Organized around the theme, “Light of Tomorrow”, the competition invites architecture students to explore how we use sunlight and daylight for energy and light as well as how to ensure health and well-being for the people who live and work in buildings. Students may enter projects in one of two categories: Daylight in Buildings or Daylight investigations.
The 2022 jury, which included Anupama Kundoo, John Ronan, Rainer Hofmann, Fuensanta Nieto, and Lotte Kragelund met in Copenhagen to select 10 Regional Winners in the two categories, noting the “future-oriented nature of the projects … high in imagination and aspiration.” Jury chair John Ronan explained that the jury selected projects which demonstrated not only a “vision but also .. technical support of that vision and concise explanation of the idea.”
DAYLIGHT IN BUILDINGS REGIONAL WINNERS
Aqua Mart (Africa), Daylight in Buildings Regional Winner, IVA 2022
24-HOUR DAYLIGHT: A pavilion that reconnects the city with light (Americas), Daylight in Buildings Regional Winner, IVA 2022
Lighting up, Neighbourhood Hop (Asia & Oceania), Daylight in Buildings Regional Winner, IVA 2022
TIP – Time Indicate Protection (Eastern Europe and the Middle East), Daylight in Buildings Regional Winner, IVA 2022
Eastern Europe & the Middle East: “TIP – Time Indicate Protection” by Zuzanna Sazonow and Aleksandra Pytka with Professor Patrycja Kamińska from Politechnika Poznańska (Poland)
Spotlight Tree: Self-regulating System in Desert Environment (Western Europe), Daylight in Buildings Regional Winner, IVA 2022
Western Europe: “Spotlight Tree: Self-regulating System in Desert Environment” by Zhao Liuxin, Liu Wanchen, Xin Guanbai and Dong Zhenbin with Professor Bobby Nisha from The University of Sheffield (United Kingdom)
DAYLIGHT INVESTIGATIONS REGIONAL WINNERS
Limitless Daylighting (Africa), Daylight Investigations Regional Winner, IVA 2022
Africa: “Limitless Daylighting,” by Augustin Ishimwe Munyanadekwe with Dr. Josephine Malonza, from the University of Rwanda, School of Architecture & Built Environment (Rwanda)
Martian Light (Americas), Daylight Investigations Regional Winner, IVA 2022
“Martian Light” by Gray Burke from the University of Miami with Professor Yasmine Zeghar Hammoudi (United States of America)
Under the Three Gorges Project (Asia & Oceania), Daylight Investigations Regional Winner
“Under the Three Gorges Project” by Yawen Qiao with Professors Jun Wang and Huang Xuan from Southwest Jiaotong University (China)
Flight (Eastern Europe and the Middle East), Daylight Investigations Regional Winner, IVA 2022
“Flight” by Sajjad Navidi, Mahya Mousavi Sadr and Elham Bahadori with Professors Rima Fayaz and Maryam Fakhari from the University of Art, Tehran (Islamic Republic of Iran)
Solar Hymnal (Western Europe), Daylight Investigations Regional Winner, IVA 2022
“Solar Hymnal” by Jaan Gröndahl with Professor Janne Järvinen from the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (Finland)
The regional winners are invited to the World Architecture Festival in Lisbon, Portugal at the end of November where they will present their projects to the jury, who will then select the two global winners of the International VELUX Award 2022.
Find out more on the UIA website.
