1134 FUTURE ARCHITECTS ILLUSTRATE HANS GEORG GADAMER’S VISION OF ARCHITECTURE

 

Every year, the UIA Korean Section, the Federation of Institutes of Korean Architects, (FIKA) together with the School of Architecture and Engineering of the University of Hanyang, Korea (HYU) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) organises the “International architectural Olympiad”.

 

This confrontation of projects by high school students of the two countries seeks to highlight the emerging talent of these young people who aspire to becoming architects. The Olympiad aims to raise the awareness of the younger generation to architecture and the built environment. The International Union of Architects has supported the Olympiad since the beginning.

 

In April 2010, the students participating in the sixth edition were invited by the two universities to design an architectural project during a period of four hours, on a set theme.

 

The task this year was to create a three dimensional model interpreting the German philosopher Hans Georg Gadamer’s description of the polished parquet floor in his childhood home. In an interview with architects Herzog and de Meuron, he evoked it to define his vision of architecture. A building, a piece of art, a landscape, based on the real as much as on dreams. It was this opposition that the 1134 students taking part in this confrontation were invited to represent as a volume.

 

 

AWARDS

 

WINNERS IN KOREA

 

• Grand prize

Kim Hyo Won

 

• Prizes for excellence

Lee Su Jin

Cho Hye Yeoun

Yang Hyeun Bee

 

WINNERS IN SINGAPORE

 

1st prize

Chua Shi Yi Fiona

 

2nd prize

Goh Ye Lone Jarrell

 

3rd prize

Carling Sia

 

4th prize

Na Kueh Li Marisa

 

 

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