Winners of the 2022 Marco Frascari Prize in Architecture for Drawing
March 30, 2022
The 2022 Marco Frascari Prize in Architecture recognized two winners each for the first, second, and third prize categories at an awards ceremony on March 29.
The results are “a mark of the high calibre of the work submitted,” said Interim Director Frederica Goffi. “The international jury was unanimous in the recognition of the work. Congratulations to all those whose work was acknowledged by the jury.”
The recipients are Master of Architecture students, except for Devon Moar, who is in the Master of Architectural Studies program.
First Prize: Devon Moar and Corina Amarioarei ($2,500 each)
Second Prize: Ania Romanowska and Shaheer Saad ($1,500 each)
Third Prize: Kaleigh Jeffrey and Thompson Cong Nguyen ($1,000)
“I was very pleased to see 26 excellent entries in the Marco Frascari Prize this year, which emphasizes hybrid drawings merging handwork and digital craft in conveying micronarratives in architecture research at the graduate level,” said Goffi.
She noted that Devon Moar’s submission earned him an invitation from Niall Hobhouse — founder of Drawing Matter — to expand his writings on his first prize entry and publish it along with his drawings on the Drawing Matter archive website.
“I am grateful to the jurors, Dr. Suzanne Ewing (University of Edinburgh), Niall Hobhouse (Drawing Matter), John Cook (ASAU), and Adriana Ross (ASAU), for being with us on March 29, which would have marked the birthday of Marco Frascari (1945-2013),” said Goffi.
“The collective readings that emerged from their discussion were enriching and opened up the significance of architectural drawings as material artifacts communicating ideas and thoughts.”
This year’s competition invited students to use drawings as demonstrations offering clues of micro-stories and narratives in development. Recipients must have demonstrated excellence in the practice of hand-drawing and have developed a critical understanding of the craft and role of drawing in architecture. Submissions may also have included hybrid drawing (hand/digital).
“It’s brilliant to have a prize like this that focuses on drawings,” said Ewing.
The prize was endowed in 2013 by Dr. David Azrieli in memory of Marco Frascari, former director of the Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism.
First Prize #1 Trash Towers Corina Amarioarei
Today there is no remaining marine environment free of plastic waste. Trash Towers collect the plastic, compress it into brick-like building blocks, and stack it above or below its main structure to create large towers of plastic. As the towers approach the shore, their size and multitude are impactful, putting a scale to the damage we have inflicted on our oceans. It would take thousands of Trash Towers to eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.