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2022
DESIGN GUIDED BY CLIENTS' NEEDS: Applying Social Factors Research to Architecture |
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About the PrizeThe BERKELEY PRIZE Competition was established in 1998, made possible by a generous gift of JUDITH LEE STRONACH to the Department of Architecture in the College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A. |
New here?The BERKELEY PRIZE strives to show architects-in-training that the smallest act of building has global implications: that design can and does play a major role in the social, cultural, and psychological life of both the individual and society at large. |
Elli Mosayebi, Edelaar Mosayebi Inderbitzin Architects (BP2022 Juror): vacancy – no vacancy project. "Floor Plan." (See Essay Question: Introductions by jurors.)
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2022 Essay Prize Jury and Committee
Berkeley Prize Committee:65 professionals and scholars from around the world select the semifinalists and finalists and present the top essays to the jury. These Committee members represent some of the leading figures in their representative disciplines. They are all dedicated to pushing the field of architecture to do much more to integrate social issues and a social perspective into the design process. BP2020 Jury:
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2022 Essay Prize Competition
Each year, the Prize Committee selects a topic critical to the investigation of the social art of architecture and poses a Question based on that topic. Full-time undergraduate students in an architecture degree program or majoring in architecture in accredited schools of architecture throughout the world, including Diploma in Architecture students, may submit a 500-word essay proposal responding to the Question. This year, entries by teams of two students are urged with the second team member being an undergraduate studying in the social sciences. 2022 Community Service Fellowship Competition
Students: If you are selected as a semifinalist team or individual in the Essay competition, you have the opportunity to compete in the COMMUNITY SERVICE FELLOWSHIP competition. Click below for details, the selected proposals, and reports from last year's competition winners. An outline of this year's competition is also posted. Final details will be posted at the launch of the Fellowship on 8 February 2022. |
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2021 Essay Prize Competition First Prize Essay
Reva Saksena and Mallika Sarabhai:
"To Pride From Prejudice: An Architectural Transition"
Architecture has long been a testimony of society. It has shaped not only society's own identity, but that of its so-called "contradictions" as well. While the identity of the "accepted" collective continues to follow the norms and set up new ones, another identity is parallelly configured in the shadows discarded by the norm. The social needs of such individuals, although different, begin to be met outside of the accepted. This in turn links them to an alternate collective that finds solace in shared differences. |
One of Four 2021 Community Service Fellowship Winners
Gauri Patra
"Fundamental right to the city for the invisible"
...Portable cabins or porta cabins are trailers that are relocatable. They are generally used as a solution for temporary structures for the homeless. In my second week I visited a shelter, near Jama Masjid and talked to a few people living there. I wanted to know about the living conditions inside the cabin shelter and whether it serves its purpose or not. Pawan Kumar, a native of Bihar ferries passengers on his rickshaw during the day. He decided to spend his early nights in Delhi at a raen basera( night shelter) and realised that the steel porta cabins were like furnaces. |
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Ushna is a practicing Architect/ Designer based in Karachi, Pakistan and currently working for ‘arcop’ one of the most renowned firms in the country. During the course of her stint with ‘arcop’, Ushna has worked as Project Architect on several complex projects undertaken by AKDN (Aga Khan Development Network) and AKESP (Aga Khan Education Service, Pakistan) in the Northern Areas which is a diverse terrain from cultural, social and geographical aspects. The projects comprise four Schools and an IT Park. She has assisted and been part of the team on the projects including a five star hotel (Serena) in Gilgit & Hunza, Office buildings (HBL Plaza, HBL Clifton, HBL Swing space), Emaar Mosque, Emaar village Islamabad, TCF vocational center, The Indus Hospital, Surjani Town Karachi, Panu Orchards Mansehra, Aga Khan Center etc.
