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Monday, 27 February 2006 | Levent OZLER
Light of Tomorrow: A Chance to Dream
International VELUX Award 2006 for Students of Architecture closes for registration on 10 February. One of the jury members of the award is Omar Rabie. He looks forward to seeing a lot of ideas from the participants in the award.
The jury of the International VELUX Award 2006 comprises Kengo Kuma, Reinier de Graaf, Róisín Heneghan, Douglas Steidl, Per Olaf Fjeld, Massimo Buccilli and Omar Rabie. Omar Rabie sees the award as an opportunity for students to try rewarding ways to learn design.
- I am sure that I will see a lot of interesting and varied ideas. That is what students are capable of doing. It is an inevitable result of the meeting between the very imaginative student mind and the very open theme of "Light of tomorrow" that can be interpreted in many different ways and on totally different scales. So with almost no constraints, students will have a chance to dream. In stead of playing with forms, they will design by experimenting with the impact of light on spaces, forms, systems, and life. They will start their design from a different point, and this will affect their understanding of architecture and design and their design proces, says Omar Rabie.
Under the theme "Light of tomorrow" it is the aim of the International VELUX Award 2006 to pay tribute to daylight and to strengthen the role of daylight in building design. The open theme of the award encourages students to work with daylight - not just as a design component or external factor but as a central architectural issue.
- Competitions are the hope and the chance of any talented young designer who believes in him- or herself. Let's face it; life with its practical demands usually is not very easy for the pure, dreamy, talented, and maybe idealistic students. I see competitions as one of few shortcuts that might enable students to jump over some of the first difficult stages of their professional life. It is a winning experience. In fact, I see competitions as one of the most provocative and consequently rewarding ways to learn design. Especially if the designer closely study and analyze the other ideas after the competition results are announced, explains Omar Rabie.
At their meeting in June the jury will assess the projects according to idea and concept, experimental thinking and discussion. The total prize money is €30,000. Students who want to participate in the award must register before 10 February on http://www.VELUX.com/A to submit their project before 5 May 2006. The announcement and celebration of the winners is scheduled for October 2006.
The International VELUX Award for Students of Architecture takes place every second year and is part of VELUX continuous effort to establish close relations with building professionals - not least architects and educational institutions.
Please find more information about the award at http://www.VELUX.com/A
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