Contest Yields Innovative Designs
UCLA students take first place in ACMA’s inaugural Composites in Architecture Design Challenge
UCLA Architecture & Urban Design students won the Composites in Architecture Design Challenge with their project, "Undulating Gills," which the challenge coordinator called "ingenious."
"Two words repeatedly popped up when students participating in ACMA’s inaugural Composites in Architecture Design Challenge talked about their experiences in the contest – experimentation and excitement. “Giving composite materials to students on an experimentation platform is genius,” says Simi Shenoy, a student in the Master of Architecture II program at UCLA. “We were open to explore what we wanted. That’s how we come up with something new and exciting.”
Students worked in teams on the challenge, which was sponsored by Ashland Performance Materials, to develop an innovative composite architectural component or assembly. They were urged to investigate and invent new – and sometimes radical – architectural designs. The winning designs, highlighted here, were on display in ACMA’s Composites Pavilion at the American Institute of Architects’ Convention in Philadelphia in May.
1st Place: UCLA, Undulating Gills
Six students in a seminar class on animated fibers, taught by Julia Koerner, created the winning entry: Anna Kudashkina, Yifan Wu, Yuekan Yu, Shahr Razi, Simi Shenoy and Marcelo Marcos. Their creation, entitled “Undulating Gills,” was inspired by several buildings, including the composite façade for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art designed by Snøhetta and fabricated by Kreysler & Associates."— Susan Keen Flynn, July 6, 2016
Read the full article at the Composites Manufacturing website.