PrizeTrip to Tokyo Olympics Stadium
& meeting Kengo Kuma
Winners Declared
Winners
1st Prize
TEAM
Co-Living in the Ballard Estate Precinct
MEMBERS
Vittal Sridharan, Amay Gurkar, Kartik Gala
COUNTRY
India
2nd Prize
TEAM
CLT Homing
MEMBERS
Alexander Grasser, Alexandra Parger
COUNTRY
Austria
3rd Prize
TEAM
0001+1 Bits
MEMBERS
Mukul Gupta, Sahar Gohari
COUNTRY
India
Student Award
Team
Housing on Cooling Tower
MEMBERS
Yogesh Kumar, Harsh Kumar
COUNTRY
India
Team
Oblique Ville
MEMBERS
Ahsan Javed, Osama Zia Khan
COUNTRY
India
Special Mention
TEAM
Gone with the Wind
MEMBERS
Anubhav Saxena, Abhinav Ramesan, Eish Ahlawat, Soumyadeep Das, Saavi Natekar, Abhinav Gupta
COUNTRY
India
Honourable Mentions
Team
Pragmatic Utopia : Designing with CLT
MEMBERS
Saylee Bhogle
COUNTRY
India
Team
Wood and Pune
MEMBERS
Bhairumal Sutar, Purven Shah
COUNTRY
India
Team
SECRET ROOFTOP GARDEN
MEMBERS
Elizaveta Khaziakhmetova, Guzel Khakimova, Ilnar Akhtiamov, Rezeda Akhtiamova
COUNTRY
Russian Federation
Team
STEP UP
MEMBERS
Sonali Rane, Aniruddh Sharan, Mantavya Agarwal, Sharon Sabu
COUNTRY
India
Team
SAVOUR THE LIGHT
MEMBERS
Ilnar Akhtiamov, Rezeda Akhtiamova, Anna Guseva, Olga Sinelnikova, Vladislav Krayushkin, Adelina Abdullina, Marat Khafizov.
COUNTRY
Russian Federation
Team
Rooftop Habitat
MEMBERS
Artur Akhunov, Adelina Gubaidullina, Dilyara Nurislamova, Ilnar Akhtiamov, Rezeda Akhtiamova
COUNTRY
Russia
Finalists
Team
Terra Permeable
MEMBERS
Akshay Mhamunkar, Yangchuan Tian
COUNTRY
Spain
Team
The ‘House of Cards’
MEMBERS
Leo Rani, Daniel Duncan, Ewan Duffin
COUNTRY
United Kingdom
Team
The Urban Tree
MEMBERS
Swapnil Shinde, Dipak Chim
COUNTRY
India
Team
Revitalizing Mumbai
MEMBERS
Akshay Mahale, Sandeep Saive, Anuj Jain, Parth Mistry
COUNTRY
India
Team
Aangan
MEMBERS
Jonathan Paljor, Jiang Yi
COUNTRY
India
Team
Habitat Zero
MEMBERS
Abhinav Sujit, Mansa Nandini Manimozhi, Sujit Kumar, Migom Doley,
COUNTRY
India
Team
Cross Laminated Timber (Culture, Life + Time)
MEMBERS
Dhruv Shah, Sneha Dhanuka
COUNTRY
India
Team
CH-MOD
MEMBERS
Adelina Addullina, Diana Kalimullina, Ilnar Akhtiamov, Rezeda Akhtiamova
COUNTRY
Russia
WORKSHOP A
Orientation to Cross Laminated Timber
Date & Time
13th February 2021, Saturday,
11:00 AM – 01:00PM (IST)
The first CLT Workshop will attempt to orient cross laminated timber to participants. The workshop will discuss merits of using CLT as the primary building product in the industry. Apart from discussing CLT Merits and its consideration in MEC Projects, the workshop will also discuss Innovative Architectural examples of buildings designed with CLT in the world. The following case studies of work done in Japan will be elaborated on –
- CLT Park Harumi
- Park Wood Takamori
- Shimojishima Airport Terminal
- Odori Nishi 1-chome Project
- Shinjuku Senri Model House
The Second part of the workshop will discuss the possibilities of exploring CLT as the primary construction material for low-rise houses in India. The house has been a site for much architectural innovation through history. India has long standing traditions of timber house construction from the hot and moist climates of Kerala to the colder climes of Assam and Himachal Pradesh. The stand alone house remains deeply aspirational in evolving economies like India where concrete and steel remain the primary construction material. These houses are increasingly built in fragile ecosystems as ascendant classes seek respite from the city in nature. Our ecological challenges necessitate new strategies towards carbon neutrality for this popular typology. This workshop seeks to explore possibilities of using CLT as a primary construction material for private house building in India.
INSTRUCTORS -
ITO Yasutaka, MEC Industry Co., Ltd
Mr Ito is Vice President of MEC Industry Co., Ltd. He joined Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd in 2005 and has been with Mitsubishi Estate Residence since 2011. As part of Mitsubishi Estate Housing Planning Department, he initiated the CLT Unit, becoming its Unit Leader, before establishing the new company. He has been instrumental in building its sales promotion activities and is passionate about expanding to the Global market including India.
NAGURA Yoshiyuki, Mitsubishi Jissho Sekkei Architects.
Mr Nagura has a Masters in Architecture from Waseda University. He is a chief architect of Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei Design Department II and has dual responsibility with Mitsubishi Estate Business Promotion Office CLT Unit and MEC Industry. His most recent work using CLT is CLT PARK HARUMI. In 2019, he was also a member of designing team of Tokyo Olympic Village, PARK WOOD office Iwamotocho, Ascott Marunouchi Tokyo and Takanawa Forum, Kojimachi PARK HOUSE. He has won many awards, Wood Design Award-Forestry Agency Secretary Award Good Design Award by Japan Institute of Design Promotion, Ministry of the Environment Energy Saving Lighting Design Award Grand Prix and others
ABE Yusuke, Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd
Mr Abe graduated from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science in 2004. He has been involved in the structural design of housing wooden buildings from medium to large scale at a major housing manufacturer. In November 2020, he joined Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd., concurrently serving as the CLT Unit of the Related Business Promotion Office and the Planning and Sales Department of MEC Industry Co., Ltd. He is involved in the technology and product development of wood-based building materials such as CLT.
Kapil Gupta, Serie Architects.
Kapil graduated with honours from Sir JJ School of Architecture in 1996, Mumbai followed by postgraduate studies at the Architectural Association, London. He was a Director at the Urban Design Research Institute, Mumbai between 2003 and 2008, where he led India’s first entry to theVenice Architecture Biennale in 2006. He has served as a visiting critic at numerous schools in India and been on several jury panels for competitions and design awards including Archiprix in 2010. He was the Charles Correa Design Chair at the Goa School of Architecture for 2020. Kapil leads and manages Serie’s project portfolio in India with projects ranging across housing, commercial and institutional sectors. He is closely involved with the development of projects from inception to completion. He has written on the challenges of south Asian urbanisation and is currently involved with ecological and land regeneration strategies in India as a response to climate change.
The workshop is conducted by MEC Industry Co. Ltd., Mitsubishi Jissho Sekkei Architects and Serie Architects.
WORKSHOP C
Understanding CLT design and engineering in Indian Context.
Date & Time
27th February 2021, Saturday,
11:00 AM – 01:00PM (IST)
The workshop explores possibilities of using CLT as a primary construction material for low-rise housing and mid to high-rise buildings in India. Kanchenjunga Apartments and Tube House, a few of the many classic architectural landmark designed by Charles Correa have been chosen as case studies for demonstration. The workshop will focus on re-designing these building to explore innovative building systems using Cross Laminated Timber. Further on a detailed carbon footprint analysis comparing the existing (concrete) and the proposed (CLT) will be discussed.
INSTRUCTORS -
Prof. Gurdev Singh, Aakar Design Consultants.
Prof Gurdev Singh is a graduate from CEPT University, Ahmedabad. He is not only an Architect but also a Designer, Teacher and a Builder (Someone who builds with his hands), with 45 years of professional and teaching experience in different institutions in India and Australia. He has received 'A LifeTime Achievement Award' in Teaching, by Australian Institute of Architects ACT Chapter, in special recognition of contribution to Architecture education. He also held the position of the Dean of School of environmental Design and Architecture NUV (2011 - 2018). Currently he is Interested in exploring new lightweight materials and technologies.
Manjunath BL, Manjunath and co. Structural Consultants.
Manjunath BL is an engineer based out of Bangalore. He heads his own practice in the city since 1994, having built up a portfolio of works and sketches that encompasses some of the most exciting buildings being built today where he is seen (primarily) as a conceptual co-author as much as a consultant/collaborator. In his own words, the work of his practice stems from a "Vision for the role of engineering in design and of design in engineering shaped by humanistic, rather than simply technical principles." In this talk, he will focus on the trajectory of his practice and working methods as well as his evolving stance as a structural Engineer involved in the complex and multi-layered task of a building.
Rushita Vora
Rushita Vora is an architect, currently living in Los Angeles, USA. She will graduate with a Masters in Building Science in May 2021. She is currently completing her thesis, where she's evaluating the embodied carbon footprint for different timber structural systems. She has worked in the BIM industry in the USA and as an architect in India.
Dedicated to Late Ar. Charles Correa
This Workshop is conducted by Aakar Design Consultants in collaboration with Manjunath & Co.
WORKSHOP B
Innovation with Mass Timber, a house and a tower.
Date & Time
20th February 2021, Saturday,
07:00 PM – 09:00PM (IST)
A presentation of student projects made out of Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) as a part of "Mass Timber and the Scandinavian Effect" studio led by Jennifer Bonner and Hanif Kara of the Harvard Graduate School of Design. The projects speculate on the structural and aesthetic possibilities of a CLT panel on two different scales - a house and a mid-rise tower in Raleigh, North Carolina. A group of 6 Harvard Graduate School of Design Students will be discussing their studio project which explores innovative use of CLT to design a house and a high-rise tower. The following projects will be discussed –
- A Taller Pile of CLT
- Balloons and Booleans
- Kissing Stack
- 300 Panels, 400 Cuts, 400 Bandages
- CLT = Cross Laminated Tower
- Table Stack
INSTRUCTORS -
Anna Goga, Harvard GSD
Anna Goga is an architect from Russia currently working in Diller Scofidio + Renfro in New York. She holds a Bachelor and Master Degree in Architecture with a distinction from the Moscow Architectural Institute and a Master Degree in Architecture from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Goga is a recipient of the James Templeton Kelley Prize.
Aryan Khalighy, Harvard GSD
Aryan Khalighy is a designer and writer from Tehran, Iran. He has been a part of several research projects, focusing on the intersection of contemporary digital culture and the vernacular masonry architecture of Iran, producing 1:1 scale installations and pavilions. Aryan's professional experience in the U.S. includes collaborations with Howeler + Yoon architects, Paul Lukez architects, and Jennifer Bonner/MALL. He is currently doing research on rethinking the future of architectural pedagogy and learning spaces for his master's degree thesis advised by Mohsen Mostafavi at Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Benson Chien, Harvard GSD
Benson Chien received his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Southern California. He is currently at the Harvard Graduate School of Design pursuing his Masters in Architecture. Prior to Harvard, Benson worked at offices in Los Angeles and New York, including five years at Bjarke Ingels Group. While at BIG, he has worked on various architectural projects and competitions from Google offices to World Trade Center 2.
Kyat Chin, Harvard GSD
Kyat Chin is an architectural designer, currently based in Boston, Massachusetts. Kyat will be completing his Master in Architecture degree program at Harvard Graduate School of Design in the spring of 2021. Prior to Harvard, Kyat worked as a designer for architecture firms in Shanghai, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Kyat holds a Bachelor in Architecture from the California State Polytechnic University of Pomona.
Edgar Rodriguez, Harvard GSD
Edgar Rodriguez is a Mexican architect and designer living in Providence, Rhode Island where he is currently working as an architect at Ultramoderne. In 2014 he co-founded Operadora, an architecture and design practice based in Mexico City. Rodriguez holds a Bachelor of Architecture with Honours from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and a Master in Architecture degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
Ed Han Myo Oo, Harvard GSD
Ed Han Myo Oo is from Yangon, Myanmar, and just completed his MArch thesis at the GSD that reimagines a heritage building in downtown Yangon as a hub for knowledge preservation. His interests include researching nation-building projects, particularly how post-Independence Modernist architecture in India and Bangladesh has been appropriated by its users over time.
The workshop is conducted by students who participated in the "Mass Timber and the Scandinavian Effect" led by Jennifer Bonner and Hanif Kara at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.