Winners Announced for 2021 Steel Design Student Competition

For Immediate Release:

Washington, D.C., September 10, 2021 – The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) have selected the winners of the 2021 Steel Design Student Competition.

The competition recognizes 11 exceptional projects, in two categories, that explore a variety of design issues related to the use of steel in design and construction. The 2021 ACSA/AISC Steel Design Student Competition offered architecture students the opportunity to compete in two separate categories. Category I challenged students to rethink the nature of working in a post-pandemic era and how to design for holistic physical and mental wellness for all the building’s inhabitants. Category II was open, offering students the opportunity to select a site and building program using steel as the primary material.

The winning projects were chosen by a panel of distinguished jurors:

CATEGORY I: WORKPLACE WELLNESS JURY
Sara Carr, Northeastern University
Aki Ishida, Virginia Tech
Shaina Saporta, Arup, New York

CATEGORY II: OPEN JURY
Emily Guglielmo, Martin/Martin Consulting Engineers
Dana Gulling, North Carolina State University
Jin Young Song, University at Buffalo, SUNY

For each category, the jurors chose First, Second, and Third place winners, along with additional Honorable Mentions. Listed below are the names of the recipients, their project titles, and their faculty sponsor(s):

CATEGORY I: WORKPLACE WELLNESS WINNERS

First Place: Immersive Workplace
Students: Moises Lio Can, Zaw Latt, Yaning Zhang, & Ming Xu
Faculty Sponsor: Clark E. Llewellyn, FAIA
Institution: University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Collaborators: Marion Fowlkes, FAIA & Stephen S. Huh, FAIA

Second Place: Waste[USE]-full
Student: Dylan Roth
Faculty Sponsors: Soo Jeong Jo, Kristopher Palagi, & Tara Street
Institution: Louisiana State University

Third Place: Holographic Headquarters
Student: John Iacobacci
Faculty Sponsor: Jodi La Coe
Institution: Marywood University

Honorable Mention: Floating Oasis
Students: Ge Tian, Dong Cao, Zhiyu Feng, & Dongyan Jiang
Faculty Sponsor: Clark E. Llewellyn, FAIA
Institution: University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Collaborators: Marion Fowlkes, FAIA & Stephen S. Huh, FAIA

Honorable Mention: Howard University Center for Inclusive Design
Students: Christine Griffith & Kyle Martin
Faculty Sponsor: Farhana Ferdous
Institution: Howard University

Honorable Mention: Re(IN)Vent
Students: Josue Alvarez Perez & Jose Montano
Faculty Sponsor: Gerard Smulevich
Institution: Woodbury University

CATEGORY II: OPEN WINNERS

First Place: Clouds Over Regent Park
Student: Thomas Gomez Ospina
Faculty Sponsor: Vincent Hui
Institution: Ryerson University

Second Place: Hot Cold Warm
Student: Uran Sokoli
Faculty Sponsor: Ahmed Ali
Institution: Texas A&M University

Third Place: North End: Storytelling. Immigrant Museum on Boston Waterfront.
Student: Ekaterina Siemoneit
Faculty Sponsors: Jerolim Mladinov & David Foxe
Institution: Boston Architectural College

Honorable Mention: Above & Below [the Veil]
Student: Kaiyan Chen
Faculty Sponsor: Thomas Fowler
Institution: California Polytechnic State University

Honorable Mention: Marché du Pont
Student: Tatiana Estrina
Faculty Sponsor: Vincent Hui
Institution: Ryerson University

About AISC
The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), headquartered in Chicago, is a non-partisan, not-for-profit technical institute and trade association established in 1921 to serve the structural steel design community and construction industry in the United States. AISC’s mission is to make structural steel the material of choice by being the leader in structural-steel-related technical and market-building activities, including: specification and code development, research, education, technical assistance, quality certification, standardization, market development, and advocacy. AISC has a long tradition of service to the steel construction industry providing timely and reliable information. For more information, visit www.aisc.org.

About ACSA
Founded in 1912 by 10 charter members, the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture is an international association of architecture schools preparing future architects, designers, and change agents. ACSA’s full members include all of the accredited professional degree programs in the United States and Canada, as well as international schools and 2- and 4-year programs. Together, ACSA schools represent 7,000 faculty educating more than 40,000 students. The mission of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture is to lead architectural education and research. ACSA seeks to empower faculty and schools to educate increasingly diverse students, expand disciplinary impacts, and create knowledge for the advancement of architecture. For more information, visit www.acsa-arch.org.