Architecture Drawing Prize
The overall winner of the third annual Architecture Drawing Prize is Anton Markus Pasing with his work entitled ‘City in a box: paradox memories’.
Working in the fields of experimental architecture, prototype design and fine arts, German architect Anton Markus Pasing has been awarded the prize for best digital drawing as well as being crowned the overall winner of The Architecture Drawing Prize. ‘City in a box: paradox memories’ represents an unknown city full of stories, closed in a large box. Until the box is opened, the city is in an ‘intermediate state’, it is both real and non-existent at the same time. The artist added: “I prefer the digital method for creating my work, because it allows me to achieve complex representations as well as being able to illustrate narrative aspects more clearly. I don’t aim to generate answers with my images, but to use them to ask questions or tell simple stories.”
Narinder Sagoo, Senior Partner at Foster + Partners and one of the judges of the prize commented that, “I thought the level of depth, the confidence in composition, the pure symmetry and strong perspective really emphasised the simplicity of the notion of the box. You want to look at the drawing for days on end.” Manuelle Gautrand, fellow judge and founder of Manuelle Gautrand Architecture added that the judges “were always searching for a bold mix between concept and emotion in a drawing. It is also important to balance digital and handmade with sensitivity, to give a sort of poetry to it. A drawing can really have the ability to take you on a beautiful and unexpected fictional trip.”
The prize, which will be awarded at the annual World Architecture Festival (WAF), held this year in Amsterdam, is curated by WAF, Sir John Soane’s Museum and Make Architects and sponsored by Hare. It embraces the creative use of digital tools and digitally produced renderings, while recognising the enduring importance of hand drawing.
Gary Simmons, Chief Engineer at William Hare commented that “The Group are honoured to be sponsoring The Architecture Drawing Prize, celebrating the important art and skill of architectural drawing.”
This year The Architecture Drawing Prize saw a total of 126 entries representing 23 countries, showing the truly international nature of the prize. The majority of the entrants were architects (24%) and students (20%).
The judges chose winners across three categories: hand-drawing, hybrid and digital, with the overall winner chosen from the winners of the individual categories. The other two category winners are Jerome Xin Hao Ng, student at The Bartlett School of Architecture in London for ‘Metabolist of a Dementia Nation’ in the hybrid category and Anna Heringer of German architectural practice Studio Anna Heringer in the hand-drawn category for ‘Masterplan Rudrapur, Bangladesh’.
Jerome Xin Hao Ng’s drawing shows an alternative vision for Singapore’s Golden Mile Complex, a landmark residential block and important icon of 1970s Metabolism facing potential demolition. In this vision the building is saved, preserving Singapore’s threatened urban infrastructure; allowing new and existing residents to forge new memories, whilst giving space for the past to breathe.
Ken Shuttleworth, Founder of Make and judge of the 2019 Architecture Drawing Prize commented that, “A previous overall winner of The Architecture Drawing Prize, Jerome Ng also impressed this year’s judges with his extraordinary ability to introduce life, detail and observational skills to his work as well as joy and an exceptional eye for colour. A very deserving winner of the hybrid category once more.”
Anna Heringer’s work shows the masterplan of Rudrapur, Bangladesh embroidered over an upcycled sari blanket representing the high level of sustainability in the area; ponds bamboo is the main material for housebuilding and people use their gardens for food production. Highlighting this approach, the women of Rudrapur stitched together vernacular and modern mud-bamboo structures to prove that quality of life is based on creativity and elevating the existing, not on material consumption.
Owen Hopkins, Senior Curator of Exhibitions and Education at Sir John Soane’s Museum and judge said that “Anna Heringer’s entry shows that drawing itself is a very malleable thing. It shows drawing doesn’t have to be pen or pencil on paper. It can be any form of line-making. Drawing can be a wholly collaborative act. Heringer’s winning entry embodies the real possibilities drawing has for collaboration and engagement.”
The judging panel for this year included artists Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell from Langlands and Bell; Ken Shuttleworth, Founder of Make Architects; Narinder Sagoo, Senior Partner at Foster + Partners; Paul Finch, Programme Director of the World Architecture Festival; Owen Hopkins, Senior Curator of Exhibitions and Education at Sir John Soane’s Museum in London; Manuelle Gautrand, Founder of Manuelle Gautrand Architecture; Christian Schittich, writer, consultant and architect and Gary Simmons, Main Board Director at William Hare Group.
The winners and commended works will go on display at a dedicated exhibition at the Sir John Soane’s Museum in London between Wednesday, 15th January and Sunday, 16 February 2020. At WAF, in December, the winners will be exhibited on the drawing prize stand and the commended drawings viewed via an interactive video screen. Each of the category winners will present their work on the Festival Hall stage on Thursday 5th December 2019. The overall winner will be presented with their trophy at the Gala Dinner on Friday 6th December 2019.
Commenting on this year’s competition, Paul Finch, the Programme Director of WAF said: ‘The judges were hugely enthusiastic about the quality of drawings this year. The 12 commended and the category winners are all first-class examples of both traditional and digital skills, this made choosing the overall winner a hard task. The geographical spread of entries was very encouraging, as was the significant proportion of younger architects and students taking part. We look forward to exhibiting the 15 best entries in Amsterdam at this year’s world Architecture Festival in December, and at Sir John Soane Museum between 15th January and 16th February.’
List of commended entries
Digital category
Jessica D’Toste, University of Manitoba, Canada – Museum of Oblivion Memory I Section
Yat Chi Tse, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UK – Perspective of various designs for Hong Kong Palace Museum as if they were models in a site office
Daniella Yaneva, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners. UK – Fireplace, Down House 2099
Hand-drawn category
Man Yan Lam, Condition Lab, School of Architecture CUHK, Hong Kong – Disappearing Hong Kong
Denis Andernach, Bau Eins Architekten, Germany – Stelzenhaus III (stilt-house)
Ben Johnson, UK – Scovergni Chapel – Worksheet
Michael Lewis, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, UK – Drawing Architecture
Louis Sullivan, Kohn Pedersen Fox, UK – Ark City, viewed from flood level, passing through London
Sarah Delanchy, Urban-Agency Architects, France – Odlums quarter, masterplan for a museum and art hub at Dublin port
Danni Tian, Descrise Studio, China – Descriptive Synthesis; Spatial Fluidity
Hybrid category
Felix Cheong, Felix K. Cheong Works, Canada – The Sea Vault
Laurie Chetwood, Chetwoods, UK – The Phoenix Towers
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About World Architecture Festival (WAF)
WAF is where the world architecture community meets to celebrate, learn, exchange and be inspired.
WAF is the world’s largest annual, international, live architectural event. It includes the biggest international architectural awards programme in the world, dedicated to celebrating excellence via live presentations to an audience of high-profile delegates and international juries.
The 2019 World Architecture Festival (WAF) comprises:
– A thematic conference programme (this year based on the theme ‘Flow’)
– Electronic gallery of all Award entries
– Exhibition area- Live judging of finalists’ projects
– Architectural tour programme
– Networking and social events including partner fringe events
– Gala Awards Dinner
INSIDE World Festival of Interiors runs alongside WAF, with its own awards and conference programme. Delegates have access to both events.
WAF and INSIDE are organised by EMAP, publishers of The Architectural Review and The Architects’ Journal.
For more details on World Architecture Festival 2019 please visit www.worldarchitecturefestival.com or @worldarchfest #WAF2019
About Make
Make is an award-winning international architectural practice with a reputation for challenging convention and pursuing design excellence. The practice brings projects to life across a broad range of sectors and locations, pushing for innovation in each one, whether it’s a small community-led scheme or a landmark new structure. This approach has produced designs for several noteworthy arts and culture projects, including a dynamic exhibition space for emerging artists in Hong Kong. Over the past decade Make’s work has been enhanced by the talent and commitment of many other members of the creative sector, including artists like Kenny Hunter and Catherine Bertola – collaborations that have produced an array of beautiful, inspiring public works of art. Make’s founder, Ken Shuttleworth, has also been recognised for his skilled draughtsmanship over the years, earning him the nickname “Ken the Pen.”
About Sir John Soane’s Museum
Sir John Soane’s house, museum and library at No. 13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields has been a national museum since the early nineteenth century. On his appointment as Professor of Architecture at the Royal Academy in 1806, Soane (1753-1837) began to arrange his books, classical antiquities, casts and models so that students of architecture might benefit from access to them. In 1833 he negotiated an Act of Parliament to preserve the house and collection after his death for the benefit of ‘amateurs and students’ in architecture, painting and sculpture. Today, Sir John Soane’s Museum is one of the country’s most unusual and significant museums with a continuing and developing commitment to education and creative inspiration.
Sponsor:
WAF is proud to work with Founder Partner, Grohe, and headline partners ABB, Busch-Jaeger and Miele.
The Architecture Drawing Prize 2019 sponsor is William Hare Group.
About William Hare Group
The William Hare Group is an international organisation, providing value engineered structural steel solutions to the world’s most innovative and sustainable construction projects.
The Group is a private, family-owned business with origins in the United Kingdom dating back to the 1880’s. The Group are honoured to be sponsoring The Architectural Drawing Prize, celebrating the art and skill of architectural drawing.