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Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge
1-5 Scroope Terrace, Cambridge CB2 1PX, UK
December 7th, 2006
Winners of the RIBA President's Research Awards announced 7 December 2006
The winners of the inaugural RIBA President's Research Awards were announced last night in an awards ceremony at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The awards, which aim to celebrate and increase the profile of architectural research were announced at the RIBA President's Medals Awards 2006 in association with Atkins at the RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London W1. The annual awards have two categories, Outstanding PhD every year, and either Outstanding University-led Research or Outstanding Practice-led Research in alternate years.
Dr. Wendy Pullan of the University of Cambridge won the award for Outstanding University-led Research with her work, Conflict in Cities: Architecture and Urban order in Divided Jerusalem. The research, funded by the ESRC, concerns urban development in Jerusalem, exploring in particular the security wall that traverses the countryside in the region and the main road that runs towards Damascus gate.
The judges' citation for the winner of the Outstanding University-led Research follows: This research, funded by the ESRC, concerns urban development in Jerusalem exploring in particular the security wall that traverses the countryside in the region and the main road that runs towards Damascus gate. This is a ground-breaking interdisciplinary study involving researchers from both Israel and Palestine as well as the UK. The work contributes to a growing discourse on conflict in cities, arguing strongly that architecture plays a key role in negotiating difference. It combines insightful theoretical commentary, social critique from evidence gathered through interviews, and architectural and spatial analysis gained from a study of the use of urban sites, along with visual representations in the form of photographs and maps. The project is a highly significant piece of work that demonstrates the relevance of academic research and architectural interventions to social and cultural interactions within a geo-political framework.
The judges, chaired by Jane Rendell, Director of Architectural Research at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, comprised: Richard Coyne, University of Edinburgh, Architecture Department; Andrew Ballantyne of the University of Newcastle, School of Architecture; Brian Ford, Head of School of the Built Environment, Director of the Institute of Architecture, University of Nottingham; and Simon Allford, AHMM and RIBA Vice President for Education. The judges were impressed by the quality and diversity of the entries in both classes.
Winners of the RIBA President's Research Awards announced 7 December 2006
The winners of the inaugural RIBA President's Research Awards were announced last night in an awards ceremony at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The awards, which aim to celebrate and increase the profile of architectural research were announced at the RIBA President's Medals Awards 2006 in association with Atkins at the RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London W1. The annual awards have two categories, Outstanding PhD every year, and either Outstanding University-led Research or Outstanding Practice-led Research in alternate years.
Dr. Wendy Pullan of the University of Cambridge won the award for Outstanding University-led Research with her work, Conflict in Cities: Architecture and Urban order in Divided Jerusalem. The research, funded by the ESRC, concerns urban development in Jerusalem, exploring in particular the security wall that traverses the countryside in the region and the main road that runs towards Damascus gate.
The judges' citation for the winner of the Outstanding University-led Research follows: This research, funded by the ESRC, concerns urban development in Jerusalem exploring in particular the security wall that traverses the countryside in the region and the main road that runs towards Damascus gate. This is a ground-breaking interdisciplinary study involving researchers from both Israel and Palestine as well as the UK. The work contributes to a growing discourse on conflict in cities, arguing strongly that architecture plays a key role in negotiating difference. It combines insightful theoretical commentary, social critique from evidence gathered through interviews, and architectural and spatial analysis gained from a study of the use of urban sites, along with visual representations in the form of photographs and maps. The project is a highly significant piece of work that demonstrates the relevance of academic research and architectural interventions to social and cultural interactions within a geo-political framework.
The judges, chaired by Jane Rendell, Director of Architectural Research at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, comprised: Richard Coyne, University of Edinburgh, Architecture Department; Andrew Ballantyne of the University of Newcastle, School of Architecture; Brian Ford, Head of School of the Built Environment, Director of the Institute of Architecture, University of Nottingham; and Simon Allford, AHMM and RIBA Vice President for Education. The judges were impressed by the quality and diversity of the entries in both classes.