2010 Cavalier Bremworth Design Awards
Mike Hartley and Nick Sayes from Daniel Marshall Architects are
the winners of the Open Section of the 2010 Auckland Architecture
Association Cavalier Bremworth Design Awards, picking up $5000 and
a trophy for their efforts. The awards recognise the
best in unbuilt architecture and received a record number of
entries in 2010, their 19th year.
With an entry called "The Path to Dwell on", Hartley
and Sayes created a playful and thoughtful solution that sought to
organise a pathway among various functional amenities on a Waiheke
property. Digital modelling of the site's topography,
and the existing intuitively-created pathways, allowed them to find
the 'path of least resistance'. Using takeaway coffee cups as
the formwork to prepare concrete 'cobbles' the pair estimates it
will take some 11,000 caffeine fixes to create 50m² of concrete
pathways.
Winner of the student section Yumian (Dino) Chai impressed
judges with his design for the Sir Keith Park Aviation Museum
at MOTAT. An intricate model demonstrated a very
organic structure with a strong ground linkage for the three simple
components, achieving a complex geometry. A $3000 prize and
trophy was awarded.
Highly Commended trophies were awarded to two student
entries. Yosop Ryoo won for an entry called
"Being in Painful Circumstances' based on the notion of a
meeting house on the border between dislocated families between
North and South Korea. The large and detailed submission
captivated all who viewed it.
Huirui Wang and Ruoyu Wang were joint winners of the second
Highly Commended award. Their entry - Red Line - was
commended for their drawing technique to carry the idea of
reactivating the history of Oakley Creek along a recreational
pathway.
Commended awards were given to Simon Twose in the Open Section
for 'My Bro's House, and to Matt Deeb in the Student Section for
'Live and Work infill'.
This year's judging panel included Rachel Neeson and Nick
Murcutt from Neeson Murcutt in Sydney, Jon Craig, founding partner
of Craig Craig Moller, and Richard Naish, founding partner of RTA
Studio in Auckland.
The awards were held at the St Paul St Gallery in Auckland and
attracted a good mix of professional architects and architecture
students. The event was preceded by a lecture from
judges Rachel Neeson and Nick Murcutt.