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Mecanoo gives ’’Model making award’’ to two students at Manchester School of Architecture

United Kingdom Architecture News - May 30, 2015 - 12:36   4228 views

Mecanoo gives ’’Model making award’’ to two students at Manchester School of Architecture

Mecanoo launched a new initiative in education term at Manchester School of Architecture in UK and will reward two students with ''Model making award' that focuses on the high quality of models, material qualities and the communication of space in architecture.

Two prizes will be awarded with one for BA 3rd Year students and one for 6th Year MArch Students. Prizes will be awarded at the end of year show on June 12th. Representatives from Mecanoo will be in attendance and along with UoM and MSA staff will judge the winners.In addition to the award for your portfolio, sponsorship from Mecanoo and ourselves will provide a cash prize of £500 per winner. Models will be judged on their overall quality, choice of scale, material choices, chosen methods and the models effectiveness at conveying your design features. 
Francesco Veenstra, partner in charge of UK projects, said that “Model making is integral to the design process at our headquarters in Delft and we place a great deal of value in students who can demonstrate a love for the physical crafting and communication of space in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design. 
As such, Mecanoo is proud to sponsor an award which recognises high quality model making skills at Manchester School of Architecture – a school in a city which has become our UK home. We hope that this prize will encourage final year students to push that little bit harder to make their models as experimental, pragmatic (and beautiful) as possible!”
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