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ProPEL Submission Deadline: May 22, 2019
Winners
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) is pleased to announce the 2019 Built2Last | Resilience Design Challenge, International Student Concrete Design Competition. Administered by ACSA and sponsored by the Portland Cement Association (PCA), the program is intended to challenge students to investigate an innovative application of portland cement-based materials to achieve resilient design objectives.
Links and Additional Information
1st Place: THE PARASITE LODGE
Students: Caroline Arbour, Brooke Stevig, Christopher Washington, & Anne Kellerman
Faculty: Kristopher Palagi
School: Louisiana State University
2nd Place: THE A.R.C
Students: Jacob Bartels & Aaron Deroux
Faculty: David Emmons
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3rd Place: COASTAL SIEVE
Students: John Diven & Michelle Deng
Faculty: David Jaehning
School: University of California, Berkeley
Honorable Mention: THE LAST WALL
Student: Jiajie Wang
Faculty: Wonne Ickx
School: University of California, Los Angeles
Honorable Mention: ENDURABILITY
Students: Caroline Bair & Shelby Orr
Faculty: David Emmons
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Honorable Mention: WATER COLUMNS SHELTER
Student: Alexandra I. Rodriguez Munoz
Faculty: Luis Camano & Wilfredo Méndez
School: Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico
Jury
The jury for the 2019 Built2Last Concrete Design Competition includes:
- Nicholas R Gelpi, Florida International University
- Julie Larsen, Syracuse University
- Nick Popoff, Votorantim Cimentos
Participating Schools
The competition had over 400 participants from the following schools:
Appalachian State University, Arizona State University, Auburn University, Ball State University, Carleton University, Clemson University, Columbia University, Effat University, Georgia Institute of Technology, James Madison University, Louisiana State University, Marywood University, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Pratt Institute, Savannah College of Art and Design, Thomas Jefferson University, Universidad de Monterrey, Universidad Iberoamericana, University At Buffalo, SUNY, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, University of Utah, University of Waterloo, Virginia Tech
Sponsors
Edwin Hernández
Programs Coordinator
ehernandez@acsa-arch.org
202.785.2324
Eric W. Ellis
ACSA, Director of Operations and Programs
202-785-2324
eellis@acsa-arch.org
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