A number of candid images courtesy of Dr Daniel Phohasky showing Team Dandelions developing their winning team entry into the Inaugural LSAA Student Competition in 2024.
Using flexible rods as boundary form defining elements for one structure they also developed a ball joint using 3D printing technology.
In addition to producing a 3D Prototype the team had to submit their concepts in an A1 sized poster.
We are pleased that seven teams of students have responded to the Inaugural LSAA Student Awards. Teams are from the Melbourne based organizer institutions as well as overseas teams.
These teams are:
Team Dandelions - First Prize - Swinburne University, Melbourne
Team Members: Adam Nuske, Harry Tweedale, Antonios Koufidis. Tutor: Daniel Prohasky.
Team X-Bamboo - Second Prize - RMIT University, Melbourne
Team Members: Kang Liu, Jinbang Liang, Chih-I Lin, Yuzhe Zhu. Tutor: Nic Bao
Team 404.5 - Third Prize - Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen
Team Members: Changrong Hu, Meichen Shang, Qianxi Kong, Qiaoyang Chen. Tutors: Yuqian Liu, Ting Cao.
Professor Brendon McNiven leads the Melbourne School of Design (MSD), Architectural Engineering Masters Course. Mark Burry AO is the Founding Director for Swinburne University of Technology’s ‘Smart Cities Research Institute’. Roland Snooks is a Professor at RMIT University, and director of the architectural practice Studio Roland Snooks.
Dr Daniel Prohasky is an architectural engineer and roboticist passionate about translating research towards accelerating the scaled adoption of exciting, resourceful and low-carbon architecture. Dr Sofia Colabella is an architect and Lecturer in Architectural Design at the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning of The University of Melbourne, with a PhD in Architectural Technology. Peter Lim is a director of Tensys and working in the field of lightweight structures, complex geometries and space frames for the past 35 years.
Download an A2 Conference Poster as well as an A4 Conference Flyer
The LSAA was founded at the University of NSW back in 1981. The recent Conferences have been hosted at a number of Universities in Melbourne (Monash and Swinburne) and UTS in Sydney.
Swinburne, The University of Melbourne and RMIT are creating the Inaugural Student Design Award at the 2024 event.
The Inaugural Student Award is being sponsored by Tensys and MakMax - thank you
Draft Details of the Design Brief, Rules for Teams and the delivery product follow on here (July 2024)
You can download a PDF of the document HERE
Note: Registrations closed August 9 2024, Submissions closed August 26 2024 - expect to see results soon (28Aug)
This new award is open to small teams of students currently enrolled in a tertiary institution to develop and present a conceptual design that embodies the principles of lightweight structure and emphasises sustainability and the need to address social and climate change issues. This year's event raises awareness of the human-environment-future relationship.