Introduction

COMPETITION ORGANISERS
The Marker 
Design Challenge
Official partner
The Marker 
Design Challenge

We sincerely thank our jury panel
for their time and expertise

Mimi Zeiger

critic, editor, and curator

USA

Gabrielle Bullock

FAIA, NOMAC, IIDA, LEED AP, Principal, Director of Global Diversity, Perkins&Will

USA

Julie Smith-Clementi

partner at smith-clementi

USA

Barbara Bestor

Bestor Architecture

USA

Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter

Woodbury School of Architecture, WROAD

USA

Yolande Daniels

Associate Professor in Architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

USA

Sarah Lorenzen

principal at TOLO Architecture and an architecture professor at Cal Poly Pomona

USA

Kian Goh

Assistant Professor of Urban Planning at the University of California

USA

Kate Diamond

HDR’s civic design director

USA

Nina Briggs

founding principal of THE FABRIC

USA

1st Prize Winner

Project name

SHED LIGHT

CompePPon is an opportunely to make a statement, to be criPcal and to show an alternaPv to tradiPonal methods and material. It is an opportunity to be adducted and use new tools. It is a way to be involved with projects and topics that are not being pracPsed in the daily rouPne and at the same Pme working on a compePPon enriches other projects that run parallel. Also, it is a great method to get to know your team members- their strengths, their set of tools and methods. You can learn from each other, improve yourself and grow together.

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Authors
Hagar Abiri
Justyna Piasta
Zuzanna Światowy
Klara Krešo
Country
Germany

2nd Prize Winner

Project name

Portal

As a recent graduate working in the industry, I participate in competitions to further develop my creative and design skill set. Competitions have also provided unique briefs and typologies that are intriguing as they aren’t as common in everyday practice. This has given me the freedom to explore new ideas, think outside the box and not be afraid to be innovative. A way of fulfilling my creative passion for Architecture as a young designer.

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Author
Tayla Clarke
Country
New Zealand

3rd Prize Winner

Project name

Highlight

Author
Weronika Zaborek
Country
Poland

ARCHHIVE STUDENT AWARD

Project name

In praise of Shadows

We consider the format of architecture competitions to be a really good creative muscle work out. The time span is short, and the productivity is high, plus we get to work on unusual projects, it’s a win-win.

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Authors
Cristina Bao Ye
Ignacio Urbistondo Alonso
Country
Spain

AAPPAREL SUSTAINABILITY AWARD

Project name

Opening the corner

For me, architectural competitions are the purest essence of our work. They are fields in which to try our ideas, to stretch and broaden our way of thinking, to try something new and to say something we are usually not in a position to say. Fields to explore and play. Pure joy! (If it results with prize or realisation even better, of course.) Secondly, competitions are the most democratic way of acquiring work, an opportunity for small and young offices to get important jobs and recognition. For the society it means “handpicked” independent well-designed architecture, in an ideal case of course. In Croatia every public building and every private building of more significance has to pass through the open competition. In Ireland, on the contrary, competitions are rare and open just to handful of biggest offices.

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Author
Grusa Bauman
Country
Ireland

Honorable Mentions

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Project name

WINGS OF CHANGE

Author
Dunja Ratkovic
Country
United Kingdom
Project name

The Bo Bardi Stage

Authors
Alexandra Arad
Leman Zlatkova
Country
United Kingdom
Project name

Invisible Stumbling Blocks

Authors
Tessa Mccharles
Choi Ho
Evan Allan
Marie Etcheverry
Country
Canada
Project name

Should have been built

Author
Olena Kondrashevska
Country
Ukraine
Project name

Hittite Sun

Author
Asli Cinar
Country
Germany
Project name

Embroidered Cushion

Authors
Catalina Ruiz
Dee-Anna Ancliff
Abby Critselous
Edgar Betancourt
Country
United States