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Architecture
students did well in the Kings of Freedom Design Competition
when they won the top prize as well as another 4 of the 5 Merit
Awards given out. The competition was organized by Youth Empire
Pte Ltd which aimed to invite local architects, planners and
students to design a home for portions of the Berlin Wall which
would eventually be sited at Bedok Reservoir Park.
Top Prize:
Sim Jie Han, Yuen Yu Fen, Ou Yingjun
Top prize: j.o.y
Merit Awards:
Hong Shunjuan, Joanna Lim Jing Mei and Lavina Lim Kia Teng
Chew Chun Yen Colin, Kenneth Koh Qibao and Liew Kok Fong
Lim Pie Jie, Melanie Yeo, Cheryl Lim Zi Ying, Maung Kyaw Yun Tun
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Architecture
students won the Top Prize and the 2nd Runners Up Prize of the
top 3 prizes of the Green Thumb 08 – Green Roof@The Regent
Landscape Design Contest. The competition was opened to all
students in the landscape courses of Singapore educational
institutions.
Top Prize: Colin Chew Chun
Yen, Kenneth Koh Qibao and Dennis Tan
Top Prize
2nd Runners Up: Leonard Cai,
Lin Zhiqin and Xu Jingyi
4th Runners Up: Koh Hau Yeow,
Loo Hui Jing and Cho Chung Man |
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October |
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| M.Arch student Yew
Wei Jun has been awarded Honorable Mention for her work in the
Seoul Design Olympiad 2008. Wei Jun's submission is titled
Inhabiting the Landscape. “Emergence, flow, diversity,
adaptation, unfolding, interaction” Cities are rapidly
intensifying, agriculture makes way for buildings. Is it
possible to urbanize yet preserve our landscapes? Can densely
populated buildings blend and exist harmoniously with
agriculture, biodiversity? This scheme aims to portray a
landscape which is habitable. Using landscape as an organizing
principle, the design responds to the flows of people,
vegetation and wind.
Inhabiting the Landscape. |
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September |
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Industrial Design Master
student, Wei Hangshuai’s work “Secret of Light” won the first
prize of Zhenhai Cup: The 3rd International Industrial Design
Competition, Cultural and Daily necessities group.
Secret of Light
The theme this year was "Protection of Natural, Love Life". This
competition was endorsed by the ICSID, titled and hosted by
Zhenhai District People's Government of Ningbo City and
co-hosted by the committee of the Industrial Design Branch of
China Mechanics Engineering Society. This competition includes 3
main design categories: Cultural and daily necessities group,
Consumer Electronics Group and Reconstruction of the earthquake
relief products group. 1276 entries were received from China,
Taiwan, Hong Kong, Germany and Singapore. The works will be
exhibited at the 2008
World
Industrial Design Fair Ningbo China from 20 to 24 September. |
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| Ong Siew May Distinguished
Lecture Series:
Inaugural Lecture, 12 Sept 2008. |
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| Industrial Design
Master student Wei Hangshuai's “Kitchen
Eco-System” won the Silver Award at the
2008 Creative Shunde International Industrial Design Awards
(China). His other work "Air-con Plus" also won the Bronze
Award in the same competition. 2310 entries were received this
year. The winning works will be shown at The 5th China
International Patent & Brand Expo & The 1st China (Shunde)
International Industrial Design Expo at Guangdong (China) on
September 19th till 21st, 2008.
 Kitchen
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Design student Cher Lijun's work “o’clock” has been shortlisted
in the Crystal Vision Design competition. The competition wasco-organized
by Designboom and Swarovski. 4074 creative individuals and
institutions from 92 countries have participated. Lijun's
design
drew inspiration from how a tree’s shadow changes throughout the
day and how that shadow pattern reflects, measures and
symbolizes time. More details
here.
o'clock |
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August |
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Architecture
graduate Wong Shujun awarded Honourable Mention in the Venice
Biennale student competition, EveryVille.
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Shujun's winning
entry. |
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Shujun's winning
entry. |
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Tropical Architecture Workshop and Guest Lecture by
Siew Man Kok, 11 to 16 August
2008. |
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Experimental Design Learning Program by Tay Kheng Soon. |
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City
Exhibition 2008: "More Than Icons". |
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July |
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Final year Industrial Design
students, Woo Huaijie and David Mak won the
Merit award in this year Lite-On awards. The competition
received more than 1600 entries. In addition, Industrial Design
alumni Foo Wei Zen and Chua Wenfong won the
Lite-on Judges Special Awards from the same competition.
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Judges
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Merit
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Here are the winners of the
The NUS Department of Architecture – Hunter Douglas Award for
Innovative Use of Technology in Architecture 2008.
Congratulations to:
BA (Arch)
/ BA (ID) Hons Category
Winner
Liew Kok Fong: IT Hub (Living
in Gangxia)
Merit
Prizes
Goh Kok Soon, Roystern:
Gangxia Redevelopment Project: Glass Hub Sector
Lee Zhixiang: The Sembwaste
Pavilion
Tan Yi Hwee, Dennis: The
Technology of Mobility and Vertical Planning
Teoh Ren Jie: Het Delftse
Sportcentrum
MA (Arch)
Category
Winner
Siti Nur Aishah Bt Rahim:
Engaging Community Through Sustainable Farming in Urban
Singapore
Merit
Prize
Hong ShunJuan: Revitalizing
Brick Architecture in Houlian |
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June |
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3
Industrial Design students', David Mak,
Cheong Yian Ling, Tan Sixiu plus alumni Terence
Woon
works will be featured at the designSingapore
media event for their design of National Day
Parade project.
 Airglove
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Architecture student
Yeap Lay Hui Petrina
have been selected as one of the two
2008 Essay Competition Second Prize Winners.
The
2008 BERKELEY PRIZE Essay Competition attracted
architecture students from 18 countries,
including Uruguay, the Philippines, Switzerland,
Nigeria, China and others. This year's Essay
Competition was an invitation to think about the
use of architectural competitions to foster the
study and implementation of the social art of
architecture. |
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Final year
Industrial Design students Brian Law Chuan Chai
and Huang Xiao Nan has been selected as
Finalists in the
Fourth Next-Gen PC Design Competition,
organized by Microsoft and endorsed by the
Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)
and the International Council of Societies of
Industrial Design (ICSID).
This year’s
competition issued an open call to entrants to
dream up futuristic PC designs that give a new
lease of life to people’s passions, such as
travelling, music or photography. Contestants
were challenged to come up with groundbreaking
designs, not only featuring eye-catching
aesthetics, but melding cutting-edge hardware
with the latest software toward empowering
people to follow their passions. The
competition fielded 120 submissions from 32
countries that were as diverse as the passions
they were aimed at empowering. |
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May |
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Industrial Design
Graduation Show 2008. |
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Architecture student Oh Thiam Huat's logo design won the
9th World Convention of ICP 2009 Logo Design Competition.
 Thiam
Huat's winning logo design |
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Architecture student Oh Thiam Huat's logo design was selected by
Uniting
Construction Information (UCI) as their new logo.
Thiam Huat's winning
logo design
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Industrial Design
student
Chia Yan Wei won the Merit Award for the
9th World Convention of ICP 2009 Logo Design
Competition. |
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April |
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| 5th
Great Asian Streets Symposium 2008:
A Public Forum of Asian Urban
Design. 5 December 2008. |
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Industrial Design
students
Brian Law and Tan Sixiu were sponsored (in full)
by DesignSingapore to showcase their
cross-collaborative designs (Blueprint 2008) at
the Salone Internazionale del Mobile (Milan
International Furniture show) held 16-21 April
2008, Milan. |
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Industrial Design
student
Tan Sixiu's "Spark!Display" interactive design
is selected and sponsored for manufacture for
National Day Celebration 2008. |
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March |
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Architecture 4th year student Kenneth Koh Qi Bao won the Merit
Award in the Student Category for the Furniture Design Award
2008.
Kenneth's winning entry |
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February |
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Architecture
alumni Lui Honfay's work "Matrix" has been
honored the International Forum Design iF
Concept Award this year. A total of 2,100
entries from 37 different countries were
submitted this year. The IF award is one of the
most prestigious design awards (e.g. iF Award,
Red Dot Award, G-Mark Award and IDEA) recognized
by industries globally.
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won the top 7 prizes in this international
competition on sustainable design, held by
FuturArc, an international design journal. This
included the top master prize, top prizes for
two competition sites, and two citations. The
FuturArc Prize has been established by the BCI
Group of Companies through its FuturArc journal
to inspire architects and other building
professionals to draft innovative designs for
Green buildings on sites in Asia-Pacific. The
Competition format encourages participants to
work as integrated teams in producing holistic
Green building solutions.
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Architecture
4th Year students won third prize in the
6th IAHH International Student Design
Competition 2008 at the 10th International
Conference of the International Association of
Humane Habitat held on 25-27 Jan 2008 in Mumbai
India. The conference was hosted by Rizvi
College of Architecture.
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Industrial Design
alumni Donn Koh's thesis project "Leapfrog" has
been selected the first 30 of the “Best of 100”
which shared a total of 30,000 Euros in prize
monies. . A total of 2,100 entries from 37
different countries were submitted this year.
The IF award is one of the most prestigious
design awards (e.g. iF Award, Red Dot Award,
G-Mark Award and IDEA) recognized by industries
globally.
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4 Industrial
Design final year students, Cheong Yiang Ling,
Cindy Liew, Lionel Wong and Joanne Lin entries
have been selected as Notable Entries in the
Greener Gadgets Design Competition 2008. The
Greener Gadgets Design Competition took place
during February 2008 as part of the Greener
Gadgets Conference in New York City. Core77
challenged the global design community to design
a "greener gadget"; to create innovative
solutions addressing the issues of energy,
carbon footprint, health and toxicity, new
materials, product lifecycle, and social
development.
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