The UIA is pleased to announce the results of the Second Edition of the UIA Innovation in Architectural Education Award (2022-2023), organised jointly by the UIA Education Commission and the UIA Sustainable Development Goals Commission. Established in 2019, the Award celebrates innovation across cultural and geographic boundaries and promotes inspiring pedagogical practices contributing to the creation of sustainable environments. Open to colleges, schools, departments, and programmes of architecture worldwide, the second edition of the UIA Award for Innovation in Architectural Education recognises excellence in architectural and urban design education, focusing on innovative pedagogies that foster contributions to realising the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals across the five UIA regions, while reflecting their broad diversity. The jury, chaired by Deniz Incedayi (Turkey) and consisting of Martha Thorne (United States/Spain), Howaida Al-Harithy (Lebanon/Saudi Arabia), Michael J. Crosbie (United States), Hermie Delport (South Africa) and Efthalia-Thaleia Grigoriadou (Greece), met on 14 April 2023 to evaluate 15 submissions from 12 countries on 4 continents shortlisted out of over 35 registered participants. It recognised entries on the basis of two key criteria: 1) excellence in pedagogical practice and 2) excellence in addressing sustainable development goals. The Jury awarded 4 entries: Region 1: Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg (Sweden) Design Activism Beyond Sustainability - Architectural Education based on Collaborative and Radical Pedagogy “The programme places emphasis on knowledge progression and skills application in a variety of relevant contexts through experience-based learning and the development of hyper-local solutions for real-world problems.” Region 2: Department of Architecture, Gazi University, Ankara (Turkey) Active Collaboration in Architectural Design Studio: Enhancing Knowledge Networks for Excellence in Pedagogical Practice “Through a community service commitment, this is an impactful studio focusing on retrofitting and adaptive reuse as integral components of sustainability with interesting well-articulated cases addressing various scales of existing built environment stock.” Region 4: Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing (China) Building with Earth: A Mutual-educational Approach towards Sustainable Rural Revitalization Empowered by Traditional Wisdom “With a very sound pedagogical approach the programme engages with a variety of players coming from different backgrounds and disciplines to work directly with the villagers where everyone learns.” Region 5: Architectural Engineering & Technology AET Programme, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo (Egypt) Sustainable Community Design and Social Development: Activating Spaces within Green and Healthy Corridors “The studio work is tied to action research with a great variety of tools and techniques that include assessment, gaming, negotiation, observations, and communication. Students look for unused opportunities in their city in which to intervene, such as vacant land and medians.” The jury further identified 1 entry to be commended for its inspiring proposal that successfully considers the relationship between the natural and the built environment with equality embedded as a key design parameter, and awarded an Honourable Mention to: Region 4: Department of Architecture, School of Architecture, Tianjin University, Tianjin (China) Designing with Nature and Equality “The fact that this programme is over a decade old speaks to how much of an influence it has had on shaping a sustainable future. Heavily anchored in scientific research the international component of the programme makes its impact global, as does the interdisciplinary approach.” The award-winning projects will be exhibited at the UIA Education Commission Exhibition during the 28th UIA World Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark. Find out more about the Award and view the jury report on our website. |