Study Architecture 
ProPEL Winners
2022 Steel Competition
The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 Steel Design Student Competition. The competition recognizes fourteen exceptional projects, in two categories, that explore a variety of issues related to the use of steel in design and construction.
CATEGORY I: TOWARDS A NEW MONUMENTALITY
21ST CENTURY DEMOCRATIC PUBLIC SPACE
This category asks students to creatively and critically consider novel approaches towards a new monumentality and the conception and creation of democratic public spaces for the twenty-first century. Students are invited to submit design proposals that will address a plurality of publics and generations, and that, as agents for culture and dialogue, can serve to question, illuminate and encourage new kinds of public engagement, aiming to make the world a better place.
CATEGORY II: OPEN
STEEL DESIGN
Offers architecture students the opportunity to select a site and building program using steel as the primary material. This competition category permits the greatest amount of flexibility for any building type.
Category I: Towards a New Monumentality Jury
Julian Bonder
Roger Williams University
Amanda Dean
Walter P Moore
Mark Gardner
Parsons School of Design
Category II: Open Jury
Mohamed Ismail
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Soo Jeong Jo
Louisiana State University
Eric Lumpkin
Thornton Tomasetti
Participating Schools
The competition had over 900 participants from the following schools:
American University of Sharjah, Ball State University, Boston Architectural College, California Polytechnic State University, City College of New York, Howard University, Iowa State University, Kennesaw State University, Louisiana State University, Louisiana Tech University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, North Carolina State University, Oklahoma State University, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Portland State University, Prairie View A&M University, Pratt Institute School of Architecture, Rochester Institute of Technology, Ryerson University, Savannah College of Art and Design, Southern Illinois University, Syracuse University, Texas A&M University, Texas Tech University, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Universidad Privada de Santa Cruz de la Sierra, University of Houston, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, University of Memphis, University of Nebraska Lincoln, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University of New Mexico, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, University of Texas at San Antonio, 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
