SARUP students sweep 2007 PCI Architectural Student Design Competition

Architectural design entries submitted by students in the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee garnered four of the five prizes awarded for submissions to the Precast Concrete Institute’s 2007 Student Design Competition in a blind review by professionals of the student work. Complete results are available at :

http://www.pci.org/education/arch_design/2007_winners.cfm
 

Thirty-four projects were submitted nationally from several schools of architecture and engineering to this year's competition. Students from the various schools completed more projects, but each program was requested to conduct an internal selection process to assure that only the best projects were submitted for final judging.
 

The jury included three professionals in the field of architectural design with precast concrete design. The group of jurors encompassed additional expertise in the fields of sustainable design, landscape architecture, and planning, all with extensive experience in adjudicating architectural design competitions. The jurors were:
 

Thomas B. Battles, AIA, Chicago
(PCI Emeritus and Past President; previously architect with Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Architects, Chicago; Holabird and Root, Architects,
Chicago; Anderson & Battles, Architects, Chicago)
 

Greg Cook, AIA, Chicago
(Principal, Holabird & Root, Architects, Chicago)
 

Robert Davidson, AIA
(Architectural Department Manager, Austin AECOM, Chicago -- a national design build firm)
 

Up to $25,000 in monetary awards will be presented to winning students and their schools. The winners from SARUP were:

1st Place Award in Category 1: Student Category (site specific)
David Vanden Avond, BSAS 2007
Justin Wagner, BSAS 2007
Mathew Martin, BSAS 2007
for their collaborative project titled: “Insinuating: A coalescence of structure & volumes” (PDF:306k)

2nd Place Award in Category 1: Student Category (site specific)
Bryan Finnegan, MArch 2008
for his individual project titled: “Serene separation” (PDF:498k)

3rd Place Award in Category 1: Student Category (site specific)
Jasenko Badic, BSAS 2007
for his individual project titled: “Integration: An amalgamation of environments”

Honorable Mention in Category 1: Student Category (site specific)
Adam Flickinger, MArch/MUP 2008
for his individual project titled: “Concrete attenuation: A PCI headquarters for a more sustainable future” (PDF:358k)

The Spring 2007 ARCH 615/815 Studio Instructors who advised these students were:
Gil Snyder, Architect, Associate Professor and Associate Dean, SARUP
Matthew Jarosz, Architect, Adjunct Assistant Professor, SARUP

This year's PCI Total Precast Design Challenge was the design for a new PCI headquarters. The design was intended to address the vision that PCI has for itself. In addition to showcasing a total precast concrete solution (defined as 100% of structural and architectural elements), a 100% precast concrete parking structure was also incorporated into the design requirements.

New to this year's competition was the consideration of sustainable building practices. The potential for precast/prestressed concrete as a
green building material is significant, and successful entries incorporated the use of precast/prestressed concrete as an agent in sustainable design. A minimum potential Silver LEED rating was required of all designs.
 

For more information, contact Gil Snyder at gsnyder@uwm.edu or (414) 229-4014.

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