SUBMISSION DEADLINE: JUNE 10, 2020

2020 Steel Competition

Urban Food Hub & Open

Schedule

June 10, 2020

Registration

June 10, 2020

Submission Deadline
(Extended)

Summer 2020

Winners Announced

Fall 2020

Publication of Summary Book

Winners of the 2020 Steel Competition

The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) have selected the recipients of the 2020 Steel Design Student Competition. The competition recognizes eighteen exceptional projects, in two categories, that explore a variety of issues related to the use of steel in design and construction.

Category I: URBAN FOOD HUB

1st Place: FOOD MACHINE

Students: Hatem Bouassida and Antoine Hurez
Faculty: Jacques Plante and Richard Pleau
School: Université Laval

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2nd Place: FROM AGRIHOOD TO AGRIHUB

Students: Callum Nolan, Ethan Paddock, Colin Willams, and Patrick Stephen
Faculty: Terri Boake
School: University of Waterloo

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3rd Place: PESCE PLAZA

Student: Jacob Lyons
Faculty: Kristopher Palagi, Soo J. Jo, and Tara Street
School: Louisiana State University

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Honorable Mention: SHANGHAI FOOD BRIDGE

Students: Yifan Zhou, Connie Kwan, and Sydney Foster
Faculty: Clark Llewellyn
School: University of Hawai’i at Manoa

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Honorable Mention: HOOPLA

Students: Briley Houston and Phillip Minton
Faculty: Kevin Stevens
School: University of Tennessee-Knoxville

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Honorable Mention: SHANGHAI FOOD BASKET

Students: Bingjie Li, An Guo, Angus Lin, and Janica Domingo
Faculty: Clark Llewellyn
School: University of Hawai’i at Manoa

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Honorable Mention: BANDES DE CULTURE

Students: Alice Corrivault-Gascon and Dominique Arseneault
Faculty: Jacques Plante and Richard Pleau
School: Université Laval

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Honorable Mention: HONGKOU HUB

Students: Wenzhu Li, Feifan Chen, Richard Robinson, and Bruce White
Faculty: Clark Llewellyn
School: University of Hawai’i at Manoa

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Honorable Mention: TRANSCEND

Student: Allison Loth
Faculty: Timothy Gray
School: Ball State University

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Category II: OPEN

1st Place: W FOR WILL

Students: Rui Li and Fei Hu
Faculty: Fei Wang
School: Syracuse University

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2nd Place: HART ISLAND OSSUARY

Student: Tatiana Estrina
Faculty: Vincent Hui
School: Ryerson University

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3rd Place: URBAN ROOTS

Students: Ashkan Radnia, Gavin Reeb, and Spencer Sparagna
Faculty: Kyoung-Hee Kim and Liz McCormick
School: University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Honorable Mention: ADAPTIVE INFRASTRUCTURES

Student: Jacob Bodinger
Faculty: Margarida Yin
School: California Polytechnic State University

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Honorable Mention: PACK INSTINCT

Student: Imani Jackson
Faculty: Erik Hemingway
School: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Honorable Mention: INCREMENTAL ARCHITECTURE

Students: Megan Gotsch and Philip Riazzi
Faculty: David Franco, Daniel Harding, and Dustin Albright
School: Clemson University

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Honorable Mention: CDC 2.0

Student: Kade Brandon
Faculty: Pasquale De Paola and Kevin Singh
School: Louisiana Tech University

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Honorable Mention: FUSION

Student: Pablo Garcia
Faculty: Christopher Welty
School: Kennesaw State University

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Honorable Mention: THE HOODOO

Students: Alena Nagornaia, Solanda Magnuson, Elitsa Vutova, and Amy Tang
Faculty: Thomas Fowler and Kevin Dong
School: California Polytechnic State University
Partners: Leo Chow, FAIA, SOM and Mark Sarkisian, PE, SE, LEED, SOM

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Participating Schools

The competition had over 900 participants from the following schools:

Auburn University, Ball State University, Boston Architectural College, California College of the Arts (CCA), California Polytechnic State University, Carnegie Mellon University, Clemson University, Diablo Valley College, Howard University, Illinois Institute of Technology, Keene State College, Kennesaw State University, Kent State University, Louisiana State University, Louisiana Tech University, Morgan State University, New York Institute of Technology, Oklahoma State University, Pontifical Catholic, University of Puerto Rico, Prairie View A&M University, Princeton University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Roger Williams University, Ryerson University, Savannah College of Art and Design, Southern Illinois University, Syracuse University, Texas A&M University, Texas Tech University, Thomas Jefferson University, Tulane University, Université de Québec à Montréal, Université Laval, University At Buffalo, SUNY, University of Calgary, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Colorado Denver, University of Hartford, University of Hawaii At Manoa, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, University of Maine at Augusta, University of Michigan, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, University of Oklahoma, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, University of Texas at Arlington, University of Toronto, University of Washington, University of Waterloo, Virginia Tech, Woodbury University

Competition Partners

Edwin Hernández
Programs Coordinator
ehernandez@acsa-arch.org
202.785.2324

Eric Wayne Ellis
Senior Director of Operations and Programs
eellis@acsa-arch.org
202.785.2324