Laura Martin + Cormac Maguire – voted number 1
[L-R] Deirdre McKenna [UCD], Max Cannon [Holy Rosary], Laura Martin [Winner], Emmett Scanlon [UCD], Paddy McEvoy [RoanKabin]
We are delighted to announce that Laura Martin and Cormac Maguire, recent graduates of Queens University Belfast, have won top prize in the Learning Space competition. Laura, who presented the project on behalf of herself and Cormac was voted into first place by the staff and students of Holy Rosary Primary School.
St. John Walsh, a thesis student in UCD Architecture and Sarah Williams, a recent graduate from DIT, Dublin were runners up.
In total E1000 in prize money was awarded to the three winners, kindly donated by our sponsors Roankabin. Furthermore the winning pair will be offered
- A three month [minimum] fully salaried [pro-rata] position for an architect in the architectural research section of RoanKabin.
We would like to thank RoanKabin for the generous participation in this workshop and for offering support to graduate architects and this difficult time.
Presentations made today
St. John Walsh, UCD, presenting his primary school project to 5th and 6th class students at Holy Rosary today.
Selection of work from the workshop
Vote for your favourite vision of the school today!
Staff and students will review and vote for their favourite school proposal today from the four shortlisted projects. Details of the results will be added later.
Presentation of Work to School tomorrow
The work of the Learning Space workshop will be presented to students and staff of Holy Rosary Primary School tomorrow, Thursday from 2pm. Roankabin will also be there. 4 projects have been shortlisted for the prizes, and these will be decided tomorrow!
New Year – new start
We will be awarding the prizes for the Learning Space workshop in January 2010! Details to follow shortly!
Good Luck!
Good luck to all the participants in the final days of completing the work for submission on Friday.
Sponsorship + prizes
We are delighted to announce that Roankabin have come aboard as sponsors for this stage of the workshop. They have provided us with the following prizes for the workshop.
- A three month [minimum] fully salaried [pro-rata] position for an architect in their architectural research section
- A prize fund of €1,500, a minimum of €500 of which will be given out at this stage as prizes with a maximum of €1,000 being awarded to participants to assist further development of the work during the Autumn.
We would like to thank Roankabin for their support and we look forward to our continued collaboration with this company!
Combined with other possible financial support, we are hopeful that some of the ideas that emerge from this workshop might be developed in further detail in time for the exhibition and publication of the NOW WHAT? workshops in Autumn.
Submission Requirements
Learning Space Competition Submission Requirements:
Submissions should consist of:
2 x A2 physical sheets (bearing no names or insignias)
1 x physical model
1 x A4 sheet, in a sealed envelope. This sheet should contain a brief written explanation of the project.
Any text on the drawing sheets should be absolutely minimal, and should be formatted in 13pt Helvetica or Arial.
Entries must be submitted before 3pm, Friday August 14th 2009 (to the office, School of Architecture, Richview)
Each entry should be labelled on the back only with a random 2letter+3digit code of your choosing (for example GY753) which should also be written onto a separate sheet with your name and contact details, and submitted within the sealed envelope.
Any questions please email us at learningspaceworkshop [at] gmail.com
Good luck!
Sponsorship news!
Details of our prizes and sponsorship will be annouced at the beginning of the workshop meeting today. We are delighted with the level of commitment we have from our new sponsor!
