The Sheffield School of Architecture and Sheffield Society of Architects (SSA) are delighted to bring the 2017 RIBA President’s Medal exhibition to the city for the very first time.
The President's Medals are the RIBA’s oldest awards and are regarded as the most prestigious international awards in architectural education. The exhibition is a fascinating insight into the world of architecture and the projects on display are at the fore-front of creative design, delivered with exceptional artistic skill. Work in the exhibition is from students from architecture schools across the world and includes:
The RIBA Silver Medal winner, for work at Part 2 or Masters level, awarded to Daniel Hall (The Cooper Union, New York, USA), for ‘Cycles of Toolmaking: An Optic, Tactile, Haptic, Material, Scalar and Pedagogic Study’ based in the ceramic town of Mashiko, Japan. The project proposes a place for learning which responds to the attitudes towards land use, extraction of clay, ceramic craft, agriculture, and water infrastructure, to replace a school damaged in the 2011 Tohoku earthquake.
The RIBA Bronze Medal, for best design project produced at RIBA Part 1 or equivalent, by Kangli Zheng (University of Nottingham), for ‘Castle in the Sky’. A response to London’s housing crisis, proposing an alternative model: flexible room boxes plugged into the available space above London’s terraces. In these communities in the sky, the space is defined by its occupants, who can replace and customise architectural typologies such as residential homes, co-housing spaces, storage properties, and shared public gardens.
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a global professional membership body that serves its members and society in order to deliver better buildings and places, stronger communities and a sustainable environment. The RIBA President’s Medals were established in 1836 and are the RIBA’s oldest awards. In 2017, the RIBA President’s Medals awards attracted the highest number of entries in its history: 293 design projects and dissertations were submitted by 97 schools of architecture located in 34 countries.
Please book your place for the launch event here.
Launch Event
Friday 20 April
6pm - 8.30pm
Open to the public
21 April - 4 May
Monday to Friday 1pm - 6pm
Saturday 28th April 10am - 3pm
