UIA announces Great Green Wall student ideas competition winners

The International Union of Architects (UIA) has announced the results of the Great Green Wall challenge, the official student competition of the 29th UIA World Congress of Architects that is set to take place in Copenhagen between July 2nd and 6th of next year.  Five prize winners and nine honorable mentions were selected out of a group of more than 150 entries that were evaluated by the jury in the Danish capital between December 6th and 8th.  This year’s brief called for students to design a dwelling for up to 25 people located in the Sahel-Savanah desert region known as the Great Green Wall (or GGW) that stretches from Dakar, Senegal, to Djibouti. According to a press announcement, “The members were impressed with the overall quality of the entries and the awareness of climate change as well as the innovative approaches demonstrated in every scale.”  The group was led by 1st prize winner Altynai Isaeva from Kyrgyzstan’s Kyrgyz State University of Construction and Architecture (KSUCTA) for the project "Sustainable housing for Africa" located in Sauga, Burkina Faso. It was followed by Harvard GSD student Yuto Takenaka's "Dandelion ARC Journey." Each will be invited to attend and be displayed at the Congress in Copenhagen next year. Scroll down to see more about the select group of prize winners. 1st prize ($5,000): "Sustainable housing for Africa" in Sauga, Burkina Faso by Altynai Isaeva from the Kyrgyz State University of Construction and Architecture (KSUCTA) Read the full post on Bustler