Sunday, April 23, 2017

Congratulations on your inspiring architectural designs

Thank you everyone who participated this year! This year we awarded 24 prizes to 19 students. That doesn't mean that the other boards were not masterpieces. Architecture, just like any other design related industry such as art, fashion, and graphics, is a very subjective trade. Every person, or judge in this case, has a preference in style, materials and spatial arrangements. This creates an emotional attachment to a particular design and it is one of the architect's tasks to convey that sentiment to the judge, client and/or occupant. For those other 45 students who have a passion for architecture, don't let this discourage you and try again next year.



Material Innovation Award:
Young Architects Forum

Judges:
Erin Curley, Daniel Ebert, Tim Swartz




First place - Elizabeth Finney
[Penta Career Center]


Second place - Max Kokensparger
[Oak Harbor High School]

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AWARD
Northwest Ohio Chapter of USGBC
Judge:
Farah Wissinger

First Place - Alexa Carlozzi
[St. Ursula Academy]



Second place - Corey Juhasz
[Penta Career Center]



Third Place - Tyler Frendt
[Anthony Wayne High School]





DIGITAL MEDIA AWARD
Bowling Green State University Architecture Department
Judge:
D. Scot MacPherson



First place - Blade Lee
[Penta Career Center]




Second place - Max Kokensparger
[Oak Harbor High School]


AIA TOLEDO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AWARDS:
Judges:
John McCarty (National Museum of the Great Lakes)
Martin Schwartz (Lawrence Technological university)
Audie Bates (AIA Toledo)
Jim Sarks (AIA Toledo)

Junior High
First Place - Sydney Burns
[St. Ursula Academy]
Freshman / Sophomore

First Place - Congyu (Jeff) Luo
[Maumee Valley CDS]

 

Second Place - Kofi Korentang Ohene-Larbi
[St. Francis de Sales]


Third Place - Josephine Miller-Davis
[Anthony Wayne]
 
Honorable Mention - Donovan Tipton
[Start High School]
 
Honorable Mention - Vanessa Hudson
[Start High School]
 Juniors
 

First place - Nicole Dibling
[Perrysburg High School]



 
Second place - Austin Roth
[Anthony Wayne High School]


Third place - Blade Lee
[Penta Career Center]



 
Honorable Mention - Chris Fletcher
[Perrysburg High School]





Honorable Mention - Tyler Frendt
[Anthony Wayne High School]


Seniors

First place - Max Kokensparger
[Oak Harbor High School]






Second Place - Zach Fitch
[Anthony Wayne High School]



Third place - Corey Juhasz
[Penta Career Center]




Fourth Place - Donavon March
[Penta Career Center]

 
Fifth - Cody Allen
[Penta Career Center]

Honorable Mention - Ian Riddle
[Penta Career Center]

Thank you to all of our donors, advisors, and  instructors and look forward to seeing you next year.




Monday, April 17, 2017

And the winner is...


…going to be announced on Wednesday, April 19th at 5:00 PM at One Seagate in downtown Toledo. Thank you everyone who participated (64 entries from 10 schools) and hope to see you at the banquet on Wednesday. We are also very excited to once again be bringing in 10 schools of architecture from 3 states to our Awards Ceremony.  They will have tables set up with information about their program and university.  This is an excellent opportunity for the students to learn about the different schools of architecture in our region.  They will be set up during the board viewing and potentially after the award presentations.

Ohio: Bowling Green State University, Miami University, Kent State University, Ohio State University, University of Cincinnati

Michigan: Lawrence Technological University, University of Michigan, University of Detroit Mercy

Indiana: Ball State University and University of Notre Dame 










Parking is available at the Vistula Garage at Summit and Cherry, across from One Seagate; the entrance on Superior Street at Orange. This parking facility is linked via underground concourse to One Seagate and the Imagination Station. Parking rates do apply for this event: ½ hour or less=$1; 4 hrs=$6.00; 24 hrs= $8.00.


https://parksmart.org/parking_locator.htm






 










Event Schedule

5:00 PM

Viewing of Student Entries, Appetizers Available,

Table Displays of various Architecture Programs from regional Colleges & Universities;

6:15 PM

Speakers

Ellen Kennedy, Education Manager; Great Lakes Historical Society

Will Wittig, AIA, Dean of the School of Architecture; Professor of Architecture; University of Detroit Mercy

 

6:45 PM

Presentation of Awards
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Instructors, if you did not participate this year, this is an excellent opportunity to view the students’ work, talk to other participating instructors and students, and get a better idea of what all is involved in the competition.

All award-winning boards will be kept by AIA Toledo for future presentations and will be returned at next year’s kick-off meeting, or through other arrangements with the HSDC committee.  All non-award-winning boards should be taken home after the awards ceremony.
Thank you to all the instructors and advisors for another great program. Winners will be posted soon after the ceremony.

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Project Completion and Parent Release Form



The competition is coming to an end next week and we can’t wait to see what the students have envisioned for the future exhibition hall. The boards can be dropped off Wednesday March 22nd between 3:00-5:00 at the AIA Toledo office where we had the kickoff meeting at 521 West Woodruff Avenue. Please have TWO copies of the parent release form filled out legibly and sealed in an envelope attached to the back of the boards.


Congratulations on making it another year teachers and advisors, hope everyone enjoyed the program this year!

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Rendering Day - BGSU - February 24th


Are the students struggling to make the materials look visually correct?
Are they ready to throw the computer out the window due to technical difficulties?
Are they looking for help putting their visions in the program?

WELCOME TO ARCHITECTURE!

Bowling Green State University architecture students are willing to give up some of their time from their busy studies to help your students.

BGSU is hosting the annual Rendering Day to help the students to perfect their designs before the final deadline. Remember scholarships are up for grabs for the winners. Students should bring flash drives, tablets, laptops, prints, images or even just a sketch pad to learn techniques and tricks of the trade.

When:
Friday, February 24th from 12:00-2:00

Where:
Park Avenue Warehouse Building, Park Avenue, Bowling Green, OH 43403.
Parking:
One-day parking permits will be available upon arrival.  Buses will need to park off-site.  Instructions will be given upon arrival.


Bing Map

Please contact the HSDC committee via email if you plan on attending with your student count and mode of transportation by Friday February 17th so plans can be made accordingly.

See you there and looking forward to seeing a sneak peek at the visions for the Exhibition Hall!







Images from last years event





Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Rendering Day Date Change


After surveying everyone, February 24th worked much better for a majority of everyone’s schedules, so the date has been moved from February 17th to February 24th.  More details to follow shortly, but we wanted to get the date out to everyone so that you can plan accordingly.

Friday, January 20, 2017

2017 Program RFI's

What is an RFI? A Request For Information is a common formal method for a contractor to gather data, clarifications and design intent information from the design professional or client. Like any project we have had a couple questions about the program intent. Here is a list of the questions and answers for further direction or clarification.


Question:

I know the digital site plan is coming but I wanted to clarify something. Site plan on program sheet is labeled at 1" = 100', but description elsewhere indicates it is 1" = 50'. I am fairly certain the latter is correct?

Response:

The Site plan should be 1”=100’-0’. AutoCAD file has been provided here:HSDC AutoCAD site


Question:

I have some students that would like to add a catering staging area / small kitchen area near the gallery space.  In addition, they are asking about storage for tables and chairs, etc. for the gallery space.  Lastly, some students are planning on raised platforms, etc. and will need elevators to access those spaces (FYI)

Lastly, can the boats be of varying sizes?  Some of the students are having difficulty planning the circulation space around 2700 SF of boats.

Response:

Additional spaces for a staging area / small kitchen area or storage space for the gallery are all acceptable provided they fit within the overall square footage of the gallery space.  Raised platforms with elevators or lifts are acceptable.  The boat sizes were given to us by the Great Lakes Historic Society, but they are average sizes.  Deviation from these sizes should be minimal.




Please let us know if you have any more questions or clarifications.

Friday, January 13, 2017

2017 HSDC Program - Exhibition Hall

Welcome back and thank you for participating in the 67th annual High School Design Competition. This year we worked with the Great Lakes Historical Museum to develop a program for an approximately 10,500 SF exhibition hall neighboring their new building, courtyard and harbor in the Marina District on Front street.

We hope you enjoy the challenges of this program and please contact us if you have any questions. responses will be posted on this blog as well as emailed out to the teachers.

2016 Award Recipients

Congratulations to the 2016 award recipients.
 

 
Young Architects Forum (YAF) Material Innovation Competition
FIRST PLACE
($100 Cash Prize, Award Certificate and Book Prize)
Abby Kitcher (Perrysburg High School)

 
HONORABLE MENTION
($50 Cash Prize, Award Certificate and Book Prize)
David H. (Newt) Ziegler III (Maumee Valley Country Day School)
 

 
NWOC-USGBC Sustainable Design Competition

 
FIRST PLACE
($400 Cash Prize and Award Certificate)
Alexa Carlozzi (St. Ursula Academy)

 

 
SECOND PLACE
($200 Cash Prize and Award Certificate)
Joseph Miller-Davis (Anthony Wayne High School)


 
THIRD PLACE
($100 Cash Prize and Award Certificate)
Jordan Micham (Northview High School)

 

 
BGSU Digital Media Competition
 
FIRST PLACE
(Rhino Rendering Software License & Award Certificate)
Jordan Micham (Northview High School)

 
SECOND PLACE
(Rhino Rendering Software License & Award Certificate)
Corey Juhasz (Penta)
  
Junior High Architectural Competition

 
FIRST PLACE
($100 Cash Prize, Award Certificate and Book Prize)
Josephine Miller-Davis (Anthony Wayne High School)

 
HONORABLE MENTIONS
(Award Certificate and Book Prize)
Carter S. Lutes (Fassett Junior High School)
Allison Borland (St. Ursula Academy)
Andrew J. Hughes (Fassett Junior High School)

 

Freshman / Sophomore Architectural Competition

FIRST PLACE
($300 Cash Prize, Award Certificate and Book Prize)
Ashley Dibling (Perrysburg High School) 

SECOND PLACE
(Award Certificate and Book Prize)
Christopher Fletcher (Perrysburg High School)

THIRD PLACE
(Award Certificate and Book Prize)
David H. (Newt) Ziegler III (Maumee Valley Country Day School)

 
Junior Architectural Competition

FIRST PLACE
($500 Cash Prize, Award Certificate and Book Prize)
Anthony Coronado (Penta)


SECOND PLACE
(Award Certificate and Book Prize)
Abby Kitcher (Perrysburg High School)

THIRD PLACE
(Award Certificate and Book Prize)
Max Kokensparger (Oak Harbor)

HONORABLE MENTION
(Award Certificate & Book Prize)
Drake McClair (Penta)

 
Senior Architectural Competition
 
FIRST PLACE SENIOR
($3,000 American Institute Of Architects-Toledo Chapter Scholarship, $750 Cash Prize, Award Certificate and Book Prize)
Jordan Micham (Northview High School)



SECOND PLACE SENIOR
($1,600 American Institute Of Architects-Toledo Chapter Scholarship, Award Certificate and Book Prize)
Morgan Adams (Penta)

THIRD PLACE
(Award Certificate and Book Prize)
Drew Thomford (Perrysburg High School)

HONORABLE MENTION (FOURTH PLACE)
(Award Certificate and Book Prize)
David Smith (Perrysburg High School)

 
HONORABLE MENTION (FIFTH PLACE)
(Award Certificate and Book Prize)
Connor Elmore (Penta)