The 2024 edition of the International VELUX Award, a biannual international student ideas competition endorsed by the UIA since 2004, has announced its Regional Winners.
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.
The 2024 jury met in Copenhagen to select 10 Regional winners in the two categories : Daylight in Buildings or Daylight investigations from the 468 submitted projects from 220 school of architecture around the world.
The jury was impressed by the overall range of the projects that touched on different aspects of daylight and the creative ways in which the students interpreted the theme. They were particularly drawn to projects that demonstrated a research-backed approach to tackling their proposed problem, with a strong concept and clear connection to daylight.
DAYLIGHT IN BUILDINGS
Africa: “Radiant echoes” by Kenza Kettani & Bouchra Rah School with Professor Yassir, Aziz: International university of Rabat (Morocco)
The Americas: “Lighting up the Rocinha favela” by Paulo André Pereira & Mariana Costa do Carmo with Professor Eliane Silva Barbosa, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Asia & Oceania: “The light filter” by Wan Zilin, Poon Gin Yong & Zang Jiayou with Professor Li Xiaodong, Tsinghua University (China)
Eastern Europe & the Middle East: “Lightroof” by Aleksandra Cassino with Professor Anna Lorens, Politechnika Warszawska Teachers (Poland)
Western Europe: “Silo of the ambient light” by Anniina Rautakoski with Professor Janne Järvinen, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (Finland)
DAYLIGHT INVESTIGATIONS
Africa: “Sparkling souls” by Bidzan Pout Fabrice Emmanuel, Abega Ebanga Rosalie Valentine, Tambe Mcwilfried Masoda, Ndibatchou Alexis Junior & Fopa Jerry Karmel with Professor Aba Nkasse Alain, École Nationale Supérieure des Travaux (Cameroon)
The Americas: “FeatherGuard” by Yining Ma with Professor Myrna Ayoub, University of California, Berkeley (United States)
Asia & Oceania: “Gaplight Collective” by Zehong Zhang, Ruotong Luo, Jiaxun Song, Dasen Li & Xinyue Dong with Professor Zheng Hao, South China University of Technology (China)
Eastern Europe & the Middle East: “(No) daylight” by Aleksandra Cassino with Professor Tomasz Broma, Iwona Kin, Alicja Smoczyk, Agata Czugała & Paweł Mordeja (Poland)
Western Europe: Solar Sinter by Anders Eugen Lund with Professor Runa Johannesen, Royal Danish Academy (Denmark)
GLOBAL WINNERS & THE AWARD CEREMONY
The winning projets were awarded 1000 euros for the students and 250 euros for the teaches. The regional winners are invited to The European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE) Annual conference at the end of August where they will present their projects to the jury who will then select the two global winners.
After the regional winners’ project presentation at EAAE conference, the jury will select the two global winners of the International VELUX Award 2024. The winners in categories Daylight
Investigations and Daylight in Buildings will receive the prize of 5,000 €; 4,000 € to the student(s) and 1,000 € to the teacher(s).
Find out more on the competition website.