The UIA Architectural Education Commission launched an international competition for research into creativity in architectural teaching. Organised by the Federation of Institutes of Korean Architects (FIKA), it was open to architects and graduate students of architecture and urban design. Awarded contributions will be presented during the UIA Congress in Tokyo (25 - 28 September 2011).

1st Prize

• Tammy Gaber and Ann Shafer
  American University in Cairo, Egypt
  The Power of Suggestion: Modelling Traditional Methods to Teach Heritage Awareness in Architectural Education

2nd Prize

• Christine McCarthy
  Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand
  The Speed Crit - Redesigning the Design Crit
• Graeme Bristol
  University of British Colombia, Vancouver, Canada
  Human Rights in Architecture Education

3rd Prize

• Bahar Beslioglu
  Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
  The Transmission of Accumulated Inmaterial Senses in Architectural Education
• Melinda Benko
  Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
  Context - Sensitive Approach to Architecture
• Xing Ruan
  University of New South Wales, Australia
  Rethinking Architectural Design Teaching: the significance of ‘parti’ and ‘poché’

Mentions

• Nina Konovalova, Russian Federation
  Triad ‘emptiness-interval-shade’ in modern Japanese architecture
• Verónica Iglesias-Garcia, Harold Martínez-Espinal, Hilda Graciela Ortíz-Moya
  Hernando Reyes-Nieto
  Universidad del Valle – Universidria Melendez, Cali, Colombia
  Protection of natural and cultural diversity through design education
• John G. Hunt
  University of Auckland, New Zealand
  Preparing Architecture Students for Design as Research: - confronting the challenge of explanation, argumentation and the growth of architectural knowledge
• Francis Carter
  University of Cape Town, South Africa
  Pedagogic Structuring of Architectural Knowledge: Principles for Modelling the design Curriculum.
• Piet Louw & David Dewar, South Africa
  Redefining the Curricula for Spatial Design Education.

Information
www.uia-researchcompetition1.org