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Paris, 25 February 2009 |
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 The UIA Korean Section, the Federation of Institutes of Korean Architects (FIKA), organises on a yearly basis, together with the School of Architecture and Architectural Engineering at Hanyang University in Korea (HYU) and the National University of Singapore (NUS), the “International Architectural Olympiad”.The purpose of this confrontation of projects by high school students in Korea and Singapore is to highlight the talent of young people who wish to become architects, and to provide the public with an opportunity to better understand architecture, urban planning, the environment and its resources.This initiative also reveals the creativity, the hopes and the dreams of the young students who aspire to create a new society through architecture. The Olympiad, that seeks toraise the awareness of young people to architecture and the built environment has, since the outset, received the support of the International Union of Architects. The students who registererd for the fourth session were received by the two Universities in May 2008, and had four hours to design an architectural project on a common theme. One of Italo Calvino’s ‘Invisible cities’: Sophronia, thin city, was chosen as the source of inspiration for the young architects of tomorrow whose projects had to be realised as models. This session met with a lively success with the participation of 658 young students: 398 from Korea and 260 from Singapore. Prize winners WINNERS IN KOREAGrand Prix Moon, Jeong-Im - project Section Awards of Excellence Lee, Se-Jin - project Proportion & Concentration Jang, Yeon-Soo - project Changeable & Unchangeable Jang, Soo-Jeong - project - Durable & Flexible
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4th International architectural olympiad in Asia.