Prize winning students with their lecturers, (L-R) Associate Lecturer Daniel Ryan, students Marinel Dator and Katie Yeung, and Dr Glen Hill.
Two University of Sydney Master of Architecture students have won first prize in the Barcelona 2011 International Architecture Competition, beating 500 other entries. Marinel Dator and Katie Yeung's design, titled The Hanging Cloud: Lightweight Living for Barcelona incorporates a reinterpretation of Antoni Gaudi's inverted hanging model, with the tower broken down into light suspended elements. The challenge for the competition consisted of designing a 100-metre tall, "zero-ecological impact" tower-hostel that would create a new landmark for Barcelona opposite the city's Museum of Contemporary Art, which was designed by renowned architect Richard Meier. The external faƧade of the Dator and Yeung winning design was eliminated to create a physically and visually permeable form. "We developed a concept that created something aesthetically and spatially unique, and ran with it. We made sure that the clarity of the concept was strong and never lost during the process," said Marinel. The winning design utilises locally produced terracotta columns to collect and preserve water at a constant temperature to create thermal comfort, and vibro-wind panels on the columns and pods to capture wind vibrations to create energy.
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