The Boston Society for Architecture's 2023 Rotch Travelling Scholarhip is awarded to Stephanie Lloyd

Since it was founded in 1883, the Rotch Travelling Scholarship honors the work and legacy of Benjamin Smith Rotch for his commitment to cultivating an "appreciation for the value of foreign travel in stimulating young architects’ imagination through contact with great buildings of the past." After his passing in 1882, Rotch's children established the Rotch Travelling Scholarship to continue the promotion of "architectural education through foreign travel." Said to be one of the "oldest of its kind in the United States," the Rotch Travelling Scholarship, organized through the Boston Society for Architecture, has developed into an annual two-stage design competition that "results in one person, deemed the Rotch Scholar, traveling the world for six months studying architecture — and we pick up the tab," shares the organization. The first stage of the competition's selection process undergoes a 72-hour, weekend-long preliminary design competition. Then finalists from the competition are selected to move on and compete in the second stage. This consists of a 10-day competition that ends in a final design presentation to a selected jury. This year's competition theme, "Memory and Continuance," asked participants to "explore how design creates a dialogue between the history of a place and the new imaginaries that shape its future." After an extensive series of reviews and presentations, this year's jury has selected London-based designer, researcher, and educator Stephanie Lloyd as the winner. Read more about Lloyd's preliminary and final competition entry below. Preliminary Competition EntryFramework, Embodied: A low-carbon addition to the Leon Electric BuildingRead the full post on Bustler