Student project among AZ Awards winners
September 5, 2025
Master of Architecture student Mu Qu Jennifer Liu is among the winners of the 15th edition of the AZ Awards annual competition, hosted by AZURE magazine.
A group project titled Tempo, by Liu and University of Manitoba students Nikki Elim Ng and Natalie Cole Bajet, won the A+ Student and People’s Choice award categories. The AZ Awards Gala took place on June 19 in Toronto.
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Envisioned for the Empordà Wetlands of Catalonia, Spain, the project proposes an eco-village designed for community interaction. It features 20 housing units, markets, and floating farms, as well as a town hall, school, multi-faith building, and biogas facility.
“They’re creating a sustainable village and showing it in different kinds of moments,” said AZ Awards juror Amelle Schultz. “It’s focusing on the right things — and beautifully. The elevations are really elegant and convey the ideas clearly.”
Liu is in the final year of the three-year Master of Architecture program at the Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism.
Earlier this year, the project by the three-person team also won first prize in an international competition to design a floating house in a sensitive wetland area.
