Architecture competition Krakow Oxygen Home 3rd prize winner - Cameron Kollath

We’d like to take this opportunity to introduce the 3rd prize winner of our "Krakow Oxygen Home competition" - Cameron Kollath from United States!

Cameron Kollath from United States

I graduated from University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee with my Bachelor of Science in Architecture in 2013 and my Master of Architecture in 2015.

I started, e-ARCH: Design Consultation, a small, online design consultation firm, with two fellow M.Arch students during the summer of 2015.The business is currently in it's infancy, but we are hoping to find work and grow in the future. We have been involved in no significant projects as of yet, but one day...

The creation of the best possible interaction between man and the built environment. The role of the architect should be the creation of the best possible interaction between man and the built environment.

Since graduating I have yet to find a job, and I didn't want my skills to get rusty so I decided to enter competitions as a source of income and portfolio filler. Also, the freedom to pursue my own ideas. This project was a first for me in that I had literally zero outside input. No professors, friends or colleagues bounce ideas off of was interesting to say the least.

What advice would you give to individuals who struggle to decide whether it would be beneficial for them to participate in architecture vision competitions?

Win or lose it's a good way to see how you stack up compared to the rest of the field which will hopefully push you to become a better designer.