Student Competitions & Awards

USITT competition Finalists

Senior Dan Makouske and recent grad Ryan Menghe’s entry: “Adaptable Arts,” has been selected as one of three finalists in the United States Institute for Theatre and Technology Architectural Commission 2008 “Ideal Theatre” Student Competition.  Makouske and Menghe will present their design at the USITT Annual Conference & Stage Expo in Houston on March 21 where a first place winner will be selected.

2007 AIAS/Kawneer Pediatric Rehabilitation Center Competition

Winners of the AIAS/Kawneer Pediatric Rehabilitation Center Competition were announced On December 16, 2007 in Washington, DC. SARUP students Michael Hartke, Jonathan Rynish and Joshua Forseth were awarded Third Place ($750). The winning designs were displayed at the AIAS FORUM 2007 conference in Milwaukee, December 29th – January 1st and will also be exhibited in the AIAS Student Lounge and Gallery at the 2008 AIA National Convention and Design Exposition in Boston, May 15-17, 2008. The six projects will be published in the Spring 2008 issue of Crit, the Journal of the AIAS. The competition brief called for "a facility that accommodates rehabilitation services and limited onsite living facilities for children and their families."

AIAS/vinyl Institute Competition

The jury for the 2007 AIAS/Vinyl Institute Milwaukee Transit Stop Design Competition took place on December 4, 2007 at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The program challenged students, working individually or in teams, to learn about construction materials, specifically vinyl building products, and their assembly in the design of a transit stop. The competition was sponsored by the Vinyl Institute (VI) and administered by the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS).
 

Participants explored the AIAS FORUM 2007 convention theme, “Architecture in Motion,” while creating their design concepts. As the city grows and develops, one issue facing Milwaukee is adequate public transportation. The Milwaukee County Transit System provides bus service for the City. MCTS serves one of every twelve Milwaukeeans every day with an average on-time rating of 97%. In 1987 and again in 1999, the system received the highest honor by being selected as the best transit system in the country when the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) presented the Outstanding Achievement Award to MCTS.  In this competition, the “Architecture in Motion” theme was applied literally to the transportation system in the design of a transit stop for the MCTS. By utilizing vinyl building materials in a creative manner, the transit stop can become a vibrant and integral part of the surrounding community.  Through this project, participants were able to investigate sustainable design concepts and developed an awareness of the recyclable nature of vinyl building materials.

Jimmy Keller, Third Place winner (PDF:968k)

Jonathan Rynish, Construction Merit Award (PDF:307k)

Rynish, Milwaukee Transit Stop.pdf

SARUP Students Finalists in International Design Competition