Crossing Borders – Design Responses to Global Issues in the Developing World
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Crossing Borders – Design Responses to Global Issues in the Developing World
Opening Reception:
Thursday, May 9, 2013
5:00 - 8:30 PM
Larry Wayne Richards Gallery
Held in conjunction with the opening for the exhibition Kevin Roche: Architecture as Environment in the Eric Arthur Gallery.
This exhibition showcases work that illustrates the active role that designers can play in conceiving sustainable strategies within communities in the developing world.
Students and alumni in the fields of architecture, landscape, urban planning, and interior design projects were invited to submit projects as part of a competition for Ontario design schools. The winning entries will be displayed in the Larry Wayne Richards Gallery at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design.
Curators:
Ashley Adams and Tamsin Ford, Architecture for Humanity Toronto
Aziza Chaouni, Daniels Faculty of ARchitecture, Landscape, and Design
FIRST PRIZE (tied)
Suzanne Harris-Brandts
University of Waterloo
Decaying Jurisdictions, Westbank, Occupied Palestinian Territories
Paul Alexander Cohoon
University of Waterloo
Filter House, Bhulbhule, Nepal
HONORABLE MENTION
Song Deng
University of Toronto
Agro- Hydro Park in Flood Plain, Chengdu, China
Sarah Miller
University of Toronto
Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra, Indonesia
Caileigh MacKellar & Marie-Eve Lamarre
McGill University
Off the Wall, Jacmel, Haiti
Though they did not place the following entries will also be showcased in the exhibition:
Lina Al-Dajani
University of Toronto
Concealing Wires, Lebanon - Palestinian Refugee Camps
Virginia Fernandez Rincon
University of Waterloo
Critical Fictions, Santa Cruz de las Adjuntas, Caracas, Venezuela
Mo Soorer
University of Toronto
An Informal Opportunity, Ezbet Al- Nasr, Cairo, Egypt
The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design teamed up with Architecture for Humanity to host the competition.
The jury included:
Ian Chodikoff, Former Canadian Architect Editor
Adrian Blackwell, Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo
Luna Khirfan, Assistant Professor, Urban Planning, University of Waterloo
Mauricio Quiros Pacheco, Canadian Center for Architecture, Montreal
Sean Kelly, Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture, University of Guelph
Taymoore Balbaa, Assistant Professor, Architectural Science, Ryerson University
Congratulations to everyone who was involved.