The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the
winner of the 2017 RIBA President’s Medal for Research for the best research
project, submitted to the RIBA President’s Awards for Research, also revealed
this evening.
The 2017 RIBA President’s Medal for Research was presented
to Dr Edward Denison of the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL – for the
second time – and Guang Yu Ren, an independent researcher based in the UK, for
their project: Ultra
Modernism in Manchuria.
The
paper explores ‘Ultra-Modernism’, an ideological term employed to describe
Japan’s encounter with modernity and its distinction from western
precedents/constructed cannons, deemed historically and intellectually
impartial.
‘Ultra-Modernism’
refers to the speed and intensity of the development of the north-eastern
region of China formerly known as Manchuria before the Second World War, when
Japan’s attempts to build an empire throughout the 1930s prompted the
construction of over one hundred towns and cities in a new state they named
Manchukuo.
The medal
winner was selected from winners of the 2017 RIBA Research Awards, in four
categories: Cities and Community, Design and Technical, History and Theory, and
the Annual Theme which this year was ‘Housing’.
The
winners of the 2017 RIBA President’s Awards for Research are:
History and Theory:
Dr Edward Denison, Bartlett School of
Architecture, UCL, UK
Guang Yu Ren, Independent Researcher, UK
Ultra Modernism in Manchuria
Design and Technical:
Dr Steven Coombs, Welsh School of Architecture,
Cardiff University, UK
The Development of the Building Envelope Using
Welsh-Grown Timber: A study Through Prototyping
Cities and Community:
Jane Manning, George Garofalakis, Antony
Rifkin & Geoff Noble, Allies and Morrison
LLP, UK
London’s Local Character and Density
Annual Theme: Housing:
Dr Dima Albadra, Prof David Coley & Dr Jason Hart, University of Bath, UK
Toward Healthy Housing for the Displaced
Dr Kat Martindale,
RIBA Head of Research and Innovation, said: “We were delighted to receive
submissions from around the world again indicating the diverse landscape of
architecture research across academia and practice. It made for a competitive
and fascinating shortlist and our congratulations go to tonight’s winners and
medallists Dr Edward Denison and Guang Yu Ren.”
The 2017 President’s
Awards for Research received 51 submissions from 11 countries. The 2017, RIBA
President's Awards for Research Book of Abstracts is available here: RIBA
President's Awards for Research, Book of Abstracts, 2017
The theme and dates
for 2018 President’s Awards for Research will be announced in February.
