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Through essay writing and a travel fellowship, the Berkeley Prize Endowment educates 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.
The Endowment was established in 1996 in the Department of Architecture, College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley as the result of a generous gift from Judith Lee Stronach. The Berkeley Prize embraces the idea that social ideals are fundamental to making buildings of worth by:
- Encouraging and fostering undergraduate architecture students to take a serious interest in how
contemporary architecture may serve social needs. - Encouraging and fostering cross-disciplinary faculty interest for participation in undergraduate
design studios. - Encouraging and fostering the examination of how undergraduate architectural design is taught.
Each year, the PRIZE Committee selects a topic and poses a Question based on that topic. Students enrolled in any undergraduate architecture program throughout the world are invited to submit a 500-word Essay Proposal responding to the Question. From this pool of essays, approximately 25 are selected by the Prize Committee as particularly promising. These Semifiinalists are then asked to submit a 2500-word essay expanding on their Proposals. A group of Readers, composed of Committee members and invited colleagues, selects five to eight of the best essays and send these Finalists on to a Jury of international academics and architects to select the winners. The PRIZE is announced, papers submitted, and reader and jury-reviewed all online.
During the past twelve years, over 1100 students have submitted Proposals and Essays, representing dozens of schools of architecture from more than 54 countries. In recognition of these efforts, the PRIZE was the recipient of a 2009 American Institute of Architects Collaborative Achievement Honor Award, and a 2002 American Institute of Architects' Education Honor Award. The BERKELEY PRIZE has also garnered international acclaim, not the least reason for which is its complete embracing of digital technology. In partial recognition of this outreach, the 2003 BERKELEY PRIZE Competition was named a Special Event of "World Heritage in the Digital Age," a Virtual Congress helping to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention.
The 2008 Competition established the BERKELEY PRIZE Architectural Design Fellowship. This new Prize offers students the opportunity to organize their own "regional" design competition for other undergraduate architecture students based on the yearly topic. All Semifinalists for the Essay Competition are invited to submit proposals for this or another Fellowship Prize. The BERKELEY PRIZE provides the student who submits the best proposal an honorarium, and allocates additional money to fund prizes for the winners of the regional competition.
The 2004 Competition established the BERKELEY PRIZE Travel Fellowship. This Prize recognizes the vital role that exposure to other cultures and environments plays in helping to demonstrate the reality and importance of the social art of architecture. All Semifinalists for the Essay Competition who have not applied for other PRIZE Fellowhsips are eligible to submit proposals demonstrating how they would use the opportunity to travel to an architecturally-significant destination, preferably to participate in a hands-on service-oriented situation related to the yearly topic. The winning student(s) are provided with airfare, living expenses, and program participation fees.
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2010: Historic Preservation/Heritage Conservation
2009: Sustainable Architecture/Traditional Wisdom
2007: Making Social Srchitecture
2004: The Architect Reports On Refugees, The Homeless and The Urban Poor
2003: Buildings That Achieve World-Class Status>
2002: The Role of the Street In Fostering Social Life
2001: The Street Mediates Between Public and Private Lives
2000: What role can architecture play as a socially responsive endeavor in the future?
1998-1999: The Architect Meets The Nursing Home
WHAT BUILDING OR GROUP OF BUILDINGS IN YOUR COMMUNITY SHOULD BE PERMANENTLY MAINTAINED AS EVIDENCE OF YOUR COMMUNITY'S SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY? IDENTIFY THE BUILDING OR GROUP OF BUILDINGS, EXPLAIN ITS VALUE, AND DESCRIBE HOW IT IS USED TODAY OR COULD BE USED IN THE FUTURE.
The 2010 BERKELEY PRIZE is dedicated to those in the historic preservaton/heritage conservation movement throughout the world, who through their daily efforts remind professionals, the public, and students, that what we designate as historic is just as important as what is newly built and that the two can and should co-exist.
First Prize: Ishanie Niyogi, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, India.
Second Prize: Tara Gaskin, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Third Prize: Aimee Sunny, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.
Honorable Mention: Yiğitcan Karanfil, Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Honorable Mention: Mernoosh Khalooghi, Islamic Azad University of Qazvin and Ehsan Sakhinia, Islamic Azad University of Ahar, Iran.
Marina Sapunova, Vladimir State University, Russia, for travel to the Arcosanti Project, Arizona, USA.
Holly Simon, Dalhousie University, Canada, for travel to the 2010 European Capital of Culture Program, Pecs, Hungary.
Michael Swords, Dublin School of Architecture, Ireland; for travel to the Summer Seminar of Medieval Architecture and Archaeology, Udine, Italy.
Architectural Design Fellowship Winner
Mr. Robert Ungar, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel.
Lesotho village near Pitseng
HOW COULD A LOST SOCIAL TRADITION IN YOUR CULTURE, ONCE ELEGANTLY EXPRESSED THROUGH SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OR BUILDING PRACTICES, BE REVIVED AND WHY SHOULD IT BE?
The 2009 BERKELEY PRIZE is dedicated to those who work to encourage the creation of buildings and open spaces guided by the principles of sustainable architecture and informed by the built traditions of their indigenous culture.
First Prize: Neelakshi Joshi, Birla Institute of Technology, MESRA, Ranchi, India
First Prize: Sharayah Jimenez, University of Arizona, USA
Second Prize: Hajir Alttahir, Manchester School of Architecture, UK
Second Prize: Tyler Rozicki, Dalhousie University, Canada
First Prize: Ms. Hajir Alttahir, Manchester School of Architecture, UK; Article 25 Build, Maputo, Mozambique or Lesotho
Second Prize: Mr. Dominic Mathew, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India; Auroville Earth Institute, Auroville, India
Third Prize: Mr. Tyler Rozicki, Dalhousie University, Canada; Rebuilding of the Cotswold Canals, Gloucestershire, UK
Chartwell School/Michale David Rose
MAKE A PROPOSAL FOR A SOCIAL ART OF ARCHITECTURE DESIGN COMPETITION FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN YOUR SCHOOL AND POTENTIALLY, OTHER UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES. AS A GENERAL GOAL, THIS DESIGN COMPETITION WILL ASK STUDENTS TO ADDRESS THE MOST IMPORTANT SOCIAL ISSUE IN YOUR COUNTRY THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY ARCHITECTS. TELL US WHAT YOU BELIEVE THIS SOCIAL ISSUE IS AND WHY. THEN, TELL US HOW EXACTLY YOUR DESIGN COMPETITION WILL HELP ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
Aga Khan Award for Architecture
First Prize: Sonya Redman, University of New South Wales, Australia
Second Prize (shared): Nazneen Saifuddin, American University of Sharjah, Kuwait
Second Prize (shared): Petrina Yeap, National University of Singapore, Singapor
First Prize: Ian Duncan Mactavish, Columbia University, USA; Open Public Urban Spaces 2008 Annual Conference, Stavanger, Norway
Second Prize: Nicole Graycar, Carnegie Mellon University, USA; Habitat for Humanity Global Village Program, Lesotho
Olbia Social Centre, Antalya, Turkey; Aga Khan Award 2001
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IS THE MOST NEEDED PROJECT IN YOUR TOWN THAT, WHEN BUILT, WOULD BETTER THE SOCIAL SITUATION FOR A POPULATION IN NEED? PLEASE FULLY AND CLEARLY DESCRIBE THE PROJECT AND WHY YOU FEEL IT IS SO IMPORTANT.
This year's BERKELEY PRIZE is dedicated to those teams and individuals around the world who have committed themselves to the application of the ideals of social architecture to built projects.
First Prize: Erica Moore and Sara Navrday, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Second Prize: Matthew Clarke, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
Third Prize: Talha Khwaja, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, U.S.A
Fourth Prize: Budoor Bukhari, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
First Prize: Budoor Bukhari, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Johannesburg, South Africa
Honorable Mention: Gabriela Sorda, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
2007 Prize Website
Women's Center, Rufisque, Senegal; Hollmén Reuter Sandman Architects
YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE SPECIAL WAYS THAT WOULD ALLOW CHILDREN TO UNIQUELY BENEFIT FROM THE RICHNESS OF THE CITY IN WHICH YOU LIVE. WHAT IS YOUR BEST IDEA? DESCRIBE YOUR THOUGHTS IN THE FORM OF A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD PERSUADE THE CITY TO AGREE TO ACCEPT AND HELP PAY FOR THE IDEA.
Growing Up in Cities (GUiC), a UNESCO-MOST Program
First Prize: Qurratulain Poonawala, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan
Second Prize: Ashween Ramhotar, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Third Prize Team: Carol Bellows and Sebastian Rake, University of Oregon, Eugene, U.S.A
Third Prize: Andrew Amara, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
First Prize: Andrew Amara, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; The World Urban Forum/Habitat +30
Runner-Up:Dustin Tobias, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Milan, Italy
WHAT MAKES A PLACE TRULY PUBLIC? GO OUT INTO A COMMUNITY THAT YOU KNOW WELL AND FIND AN EXCEPTIONAL, BUILT EXAMPLE OF ONE SUCH PLACE. IN MOST LIKELIHOOD, AMONG OTHER ATTRIBUTES, THIS PLACE WILL EMBODY THE TRADITIONS OF LOCAL CULTURE AND BE A REFLECTION OF THE WORLD AT LARGE. DESCRIBE THIS PLACE IN A WAY THAT MAKES IT A COMPELLING DEMONSTRATION OF HOW OTHER PLACES MIGHT REMAIN SIMILARLY VITAL TO THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES. BE BOTH EVOCATIVE AND SPECIFIC IN YOUR TRIBUTE TO THIS PLACE.
Forum UNESCO
First Prize: Brian Knight, Southern California Institute of Architecture, USA
Second Prize: Sarah Schaefer, Dalhousie University, Canada
Second Prize Team: Kamana Dhakhwa and Swasti Bhattarai, Institute of Engineering, Nepal
Third Prize: Andri Haflidason, University of Strathclyde, UK
First Prize: Hadas Rix, The Technion, Israel; International Union of Architects/Union Internationale Des Architectes XXII World Congress, Istanbul, Turkey 2005
Street Vendor, Mexico City, Mexico
GO ABOUT YOUR CITY AND INVESTIGATE FOR YOURSELF THE SITUATION OF THE DISPLACED AND THOSE WHO ASSIST THEM. BASED ON WHAT YOU FIND, WHAT ARE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BETTERING THE SITUATIONS OF THOSE DISPLACED PERSONS THAT YOU BELIEVE COULD BE HELPED? WRITE ABOUT YOUR DISCOVERIES IN THE FORM OF A PERSUASIVE ARTICLE FOR AN INFLUENTIAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER.
First Prize: Angela Nyka, Iowa State University, USA
Second Prize: Barak Levy, The Technion, Israel
Third Prize: John Rea, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, USA
Honorable Mentions: Dylan Sauer, University of Cincinnati, USA
Sandra Thomson, Dalhousie University, Canada
Adriano Pupilli, University of Sydney, Australia; Forum Barcelona 2004
Barcelona, Spain, Antonio Gaudi, architect, Casa Vicens (1879-1888)
WHEN ARCHITECTS STRIVE TO CREATE LASTING MONUMENTS, SOME BECOME PART OF THE SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL HERITAGE OF OUR AGE. THESE SUCCESSES SEEM TO EMBODY THE MOST SOCIALLY IMPORTANT VALUES OF A CITY, REGION, COUNTRY, OR EVEN THE WORLD. OTHER ATTEMPTS ARE ONLY THE REFLECTION OF THE VANITY OF THE DESIGNER OR CLIENT AND PASS INTO OBLIVION. WORSE, THEY BECOME A PERMANENT BLIGHT ON THE ENVIRONMENT. AS AN ARCHITECT, SPECIFICALLY, HOW CAN YOUR WORK SIMULTANEOUSLY EMBODY THE SOCIAL VALUES OF ONE PLACE, A PARTICULAR CULTURE, AND UNIVERSAL HUMAN CONCERNS?
First Prize: Philip Tidwell, Washington University, St. Louis, USA
Second Prize: Karen Weise, Yale University, USA
Third Prize: Ema Bonifacic, Architectural Association School of Architecture, UK
Third Prize: Priyanka Shah, Rizvi College of Architecture, India
Noero: Soweto Careers Centre Soweto, South Africa
THROUGHOUT HISTORY, THE STREET HAS SERVED AS A MEDIATOR BETWEEN OUR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIVES. THE PHOTOGRAPHS BELOW ARE VIVID EXAMPLES OF HOW THIS OCCURS. WITH RAPID CHANGE OCCURRING TODAY IN EVERY CULTURE, THE TRADITIONAL SOCIAL VALUE OF THE STREET IS ALSO UNDERGOING CHANGE AND IN MANY INSTANCES IS LOSING THIS HUMAN ELEMENT. AS AN ARCHITECT, HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THIS ISSUE?
First Prize: Thomas-Bernard Kenniff, University of Waterloo, Canada
Honorable Mentions: Ray Harli, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
Trevor Lewis, University of Oregon, USA
Nadia Watson, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
CONSIDERING WHAT HAS BEEN, AND CONTEMPLATING WHAT MIGHT BE, WHAT PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES SHOULD GUIDE ARCHITECTS COMMITTED TO THE CONCEPT THAT ARCHITECTURE IS A SOCIAL ART?
First Prize: Christopher Holmes, Faculty of Architecture Dalhousie University
Second Prize: Ashley Paine, School of Architecture, Interior and Industrial Design Queensland University of Technology
Third Prize: Alix Ogilvie, College of Architecture and Planning Ball State University
Honorable Mentions: Department of Architecture, School of Architecture Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John Sharpe, Facility of Built Environment Queensland University of Technology
Sara Stevens, Architecture Department Rice University
Aldo van Eyck, Municipal Orphanage, Amsterdam (after 1960)
WHAT ROLE CAN ARCHITECTURE PLAY AS A SOCIALLY RESPONSIVE ENDEAVOR IN THE FUTURE? DISCUSS IN LIGHT OF YOUR EXAMINATION OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY, THEORY AND YOUR STUDIO DESIGN EXPERIENCE.
Professor Stanford Anderson
Benjamin Clavan
First Prize: Nathan Koren, Arizona State University, Nan Ellin and Leslie Van Duzer, Sponsors
Second Prize: Andres Stebelski, Cornell University, Felicia Davis, Sponsor
Third Prize: Janette De Leon, University of Southern California, Achva Stein, Sponsor
Third Prize: Charles Fadem, Cornell University, Felicia Davis, Sponsor
2000 Prize Website
DOES THE "NURSING HOME", AS AN ARCHITECTURAL VEHICLE FOR THE LONG TERM CARE OF THE ELDERLY, WORK WELL AS A HUMANE ENVIRONMENT? IF SO, WHAT ARE ITS BEST AND WORST FEATURES?
Benjamin Clavan
Andrew Fischer
Raymond Lifchez
W. Mike Martin
Karin Payson
Michael Pyatok
Wendy Tsuji
Richard Whitaker
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1998-1999 Prize Website
