We’d like to take the opportunity to introduce you to one of our Honorable mention winners for our "The Last Genocide Memorial" competition – Sara Maria Camagni from Norway!
Sara Maria Camagni from Norway
Postgraduate student in MSc Sustainable Environmental Design at Architectural Association School of Architecture (London).
Sara is an Italian architect focusing on sustainability in urban development and architectural design. Before joining the Architectural Association in London, where she is attending the postgraduate course in Sustainable Environmental Design, Sara worked for some years in renowned architectural offices such as 3XN/GXN in Copenhagen, Nordic Office of Architecture in Oslo, and BIG in London. Sara has gained experience in early design stages and competitions across various scales.
First and foremost, architecture is contamination: anything from art to culture, history, or applied science can inspire, inform, and support the creativity and execution of architecture. Therefore, being an architect means having the sensibility to perceive all these inputs, and the skills to translate them into space and matter. It's quite an exciting combination.
I cannot avoid feeling the pull to participate when a particularly challenging brief stimulates my interest and triggers the design process. Architecture competitions give me the chance to express my personal point of view regarding a specific topic, to challenge my creativity and technical skills without hard boundaries, strict budgets, or by having to get down to compromise; all situations that often recur during work life. It is a liberating process that helps me to get in touch with myself.
Try not to overthink what the outcome of the competition could be or dwell on the deadline date; enjoy the creative process as a way to understand yourself as a designer.
Submit a masterplan for an industrial park in Houston, Texas
Design guest homes for an organic winery in Italy
Design a picturesque painters' residence
Design a sustainable artists residence in honor of Antoni Gaudi
Design a movie pavilion set in the stunning scenery of northern Iceland
Design meditation cabins to help Tokyo citizens destress and reconnect
Design a structure that would function as a source of education on past events or a method of raising awareness of ongoing injustices
Use architecture to create different emotional states
Present your best work and submit your favorite architectural visualization
Design an iconic new skyscraper constructed from timber
Design affordable housing in Las Vegas
Design a pavilion to exhibit rammed earth as a building material
Design a new concept of small-scale home
Share your views on architecture competitions
Design THE architect's t-shirt!
