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COMPETITION ORGANISERS
The Marker 
Design Challenge
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The Marker 
Design Challenge

1st Prize Winner

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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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Company HAA&D
Authors Hagar Abiri, Justyna Piasta, Zuzanna Światowy, Klara Krešo
Country Germany

2nd Prize Winner

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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

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Highlight

Author Weronika Zaborek
Country Poland

ARCHHIVE STUDENT AWARD

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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

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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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WINGS OF CHANGE

Country United Kingdom
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The Bo Bardi Stage

Authors Alexandra Arad, Leman Zlatkova
Country United Kingdom
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Invisible Stumbling Blocks

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Should have been built

Author Olena Kondrashevska
Country Ukraine
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Hittite Sun

Author Asli Cinar
Country Germany
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Embroidered Cushion

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