Columbus, Ohio - AutoDesSys held the 17th Annual Awards Banquet of its Joint Study
Program to award student projects executed using form.Z. The event took
place in Chicago, during the ACADIA (Association of Computer Aided
Design in Architecture) conference which was held at SAIC (School of
Art Institute of Chicago). The school’s ballroom where it was held is
reminiscent of the old glory of the city’s turn of the century
elegance, while the 200+ audience that filled it, represents the
progression of the digital tools that serve the architectural industry
and community and have led design to studies and executions unheard of
even 20 years ago, says a representative.
The awards were in five categories: Architectural Design,
Urban Design, Interior Design, Fabrication, and Visualization. Students
received awards of distinction and honorable mentions.
The schools with
winning entries were: The College of Architecture, California
Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; College of Architecture,
Texas Tech University; School of Architecture, University of New
Mexico, Albuquerque; Department of Architectural Studies, Cardiff
School of Art & Design, University of Wales Institute, United
Kingdom; Department of Art and Media, South Devon College, Paignton,
Devon, United Kingdom; Department of Architecture, Tamkang University,
Tanshui, Taiwan; BAA Illustration, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario,
Canada.
All the winning projects can be seen at
http://www.formz.com/jointstudy/JS2008_09/awards20082009.html
In his address to the audience present at the awards ceremony, Chris Yessios, president of AutoDesSys, said: “We are happy to know that the students we have been awarding all these year are very much part of this younger generation of designers that are playing such a pivotal role in the evolution of our contemporary architectural culture.” He went on to remark that “quite a few of the papers presented in this conference have acknowledged, older generations of designers are still uncomfortable with computers and they will always be. However, they have learned and gained confidence that, no matter how daring their initial sketches may be, some young architect who has been 'mousing' around almost since he was in his/her crib, will be able to translate them into something constructable.”
The journey has been full of accomplishment for form.Z Joint Study award winners the past 17 years, says a representative. This year’s conference organizer, Tristan d’Estrée Sterk, is one of them, exactly 10 years ago.