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Design
Competitions - 2007 |
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September 2007 ] |
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Dr Davisi
Boontharm’s poster entry was awarded
winner of the poster competition at the International
Conference on “Evolution and Rehabilitation of the Asian Shophouse” jointly organized by UNESCO – AAHM, Hong Kong’s Antiquities & Monuments Office and Lord Wilson
Heritage Trust, held at the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Center
on 10-12 May 2007. |
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NUS team lead
by faculty Dr Perry Yang won the 1st
prize in the international competition in one of
the major port cities of China: 'Eco-city:
Xiamen's New Downtown at Maluan Bay', in
collaboration with Xiamen Urban Planning and
Design Institute.
The NUS team
played the main role for design, with the
support of local planning analysis from the
Xiamen collaborator. The 2nd prize goes to
Nikken Sekkei (Japan), and the 3rd prize goes to
City Planning Consultants Ltd. (Hong Kong)
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August 2007 ] |
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The winners of 2007
UNESCO
Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture
Heritage Conservation have been announced in
Bangkok on August 16th, 2007. Congratulations to
Singapore and A/P Chan Yew Lih for the
project of Old St Andrew School, which is
awarded an honorable mention prize. |
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Architecture
faculty Dr Limin Hee, together with past
year thesis students, Luther Seet and Siow
Zhixiang, and non alumni Daniel Wong, received
an honorable mention in the Evolo Housing Design
competition 2007. The results can be viewed
online at
www.evolo-arch.com. The competition
attracted some 295 entries, of which there are a
total of 14 prizes and mentions. |
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July 2007 ] |
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Industrial
Design faculty
Carlos Alberto Montana Hoyos's
project
"a la lata" lounge chair was selected recently
as one of the top 5 chairs made with recycled
waste materials. This selection was made by the
editors of INHABITAT (ecological design
magazine) and HAUTEGREEN, the eco-design chapter
of the 2007 New York Furniture Fair.
Carlos Alberto
Montana Hoyos’s sleekly styled lounge chair is a
feat of both recycling and hand-crafted
construction. Meticulously assembled using 1739
recycled aluminum can tabs, Hoyos’s unique
lounge chair incorporates traditional handicraft
techniques with cutting-edge contemporary
design.
For more
information please visit the following links:
http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/03/top-5-chairs-made-from-trash/
http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/05/03/reclaiming-design-at-hautegreen/ |
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February 2007 ] |
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Design
Incubation Centre (DIC) has won the Gold Prize from the
International Design Competition Osaka 2006. Organized by the
Japan Design Foundation, the International Design competition
Osaka is one of the most prestigious design competitions.
Representing DIC for the competition are industrial designers:
Tan Yong Kai and Priscilla Lui Sik Peng.
Yong Kai and Priscilla.
The DIC team
emerged the top winner, beating 424 entries from 35 countries
with their design, the Dandella. Dandella is a hand-held GPS
tracking device designed to help and guide the lost by always
physically pointing towards the destination.
Press release. |
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