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.