UC takes out top gong in architecture comp
Claudia Doman
18 June 2014: º£½ÇÉäÇø staff and alumni took out first, second and third prize at the ' Light Rail Station Ideas Competition, announced on Saturday night.
Senior lecturer in architecture Ann Cleary and master of architecture graduate Cassandra Cutler won the first prize at the Australian Institute of Architects' Light Rail Station Ideas Competition.
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UC lecturer Ann Cleary and alumna Cassandra Cutler win top prize in Australian Institute of Architects' competition. Photo supplied |
Their innovative concept of connecting light rail links, parks and green spaces with cultural hubs has been designed to create a walkable city for the potential enjoyment of Canberrans.
Their entry, Urban Line, was selected as the winner from a total of 21 entries. Each entry represented different solutions to the design of the light rail station and its potential contributions to Canberra's principal transport corridor and the city's urban heart.
Ms Cleary and Ms Cutler, now a graduate architect at Cairns-based Total Projects Group, received the accolade via video link since they both are in Italy, attending the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale, as part of their prize.
The second and third prizes of the competition were also claimed by º£½ÇÉäÇø alumni.
Recent graduates of architecture, Sarah Herbert and Kate Shepherd claimed second prize in the competition for their submission, Layered. Their concept focuses on the urgency of sustainability in its creation of a Dickson transit hub through repurposing existing commercial building stock.
Third prize in the competition prize was awarded to Alumni Nugroho Utomo and Gerard O'Connell for their project, Crossroads.
A selection of entries will feature in a public exhibition at the National Museum of Democracy in the Provisional Parliament House later this year.
To know more about the first prize, listen to Ms Cleary and Ms Cutler talk about their entry and their prize in thiswith ABC 666 Canberra.