The 2022 edition of the International VELUX Award, a biannual international student ideas competition endorsed by the UIA since 2004, has announced its Regional Winners. 507 submitted projects were submitted from 211 schools of architecture around the world.
Organised around the theme, “Light of Tomorrow”, the competition invites architecture students to explore how we use sunlight and daylight for energy and light as well as how to ensure health and well-being for the people who live and work in buildings. Students may enter projects in one of two categories: Daylight in Buildings or Daylight investigations.
The 2022 jury, which included Anupama Kundoo, John Ronan, Rainer Hofmann, Fuensanta Nieto, and Lotte Kragelund met in Copenhagen to select 10 Regional Winners in the two categories, noting the “future-oriented nature of the projects … high in imagination and aspiration.” Jury chair John Ronan explained that the jury selected projects which demonstrated not only a “vision, but also .. technical support of that vision and concise explanation of the idea.”
DAYLIGHT IN BUILDINGS
Africa: “Aqua Mart” by Elmarie van Staden with Professor Jean Wiid from Greenside Design Centre, College of Design (South Africa)
The Americas: “24-HOUR DAYLIGHT: A pavilion that reconnects the city with light,” by Adrian Paocarima Herrera, Melissa Anabelle Ulcuango Merino and Kevin Daniel Arroyo Males with Professor Paul Esteban Paredes Escobarfrom Universidad central del Ecuador (Ecuador)
Asia & Oceania: “Lighting up, Neighbourhood Hop” by Feng Meiyin, Feng Yijun and Zhang Jinru with Professor Wang Xin from Beijing Jiaotong University (China)
Eastern Europe & the Middle East: “TIP - Time Indicate Protection” by Zuzanna Sazonow and Aleksandra Pytka with Professor Patrycja Kamińska from Politechnika Poznańska (Poland)
Western Europe: “Spotlight Tree: Self-regulating System in Desert Environment” by Zhao Liuxin, Liu Wanchen, Xin Guanbai and Dong Zhenbin with Professor Bobby Nisha from The University of Sheffield (United Kingdom)
