2016 Gehry Prize Winners Announced
The 2016 Graduate Thesis Weekend culminated at the graduation ceremony on Sunday, September 11 with the awarding of the Gehry Prize by SCI-Arc Director Hernan Diaz Alonso to two students for Best Graduate Thesis: Patrick Geske and Huijin Zheng. Merit Graduate Thesis Awards were given to Daniel Hapton, Elena Larionova, Kenji Hattori, Anhuar Farah Made Jaber, Christian Kisereu, Majeda Alhina, Oscar Abrahamsson, Paul Krist and Polina Alexeeva.
Graduate Thesis Project "Coincidentally" by Gehry Prize winner Patrick Geske
Graduate Thesis Project "Coincidentally" by Gehry Prize winner Patrick Geske
Graduate Thesis Project "Coincidentally" by Gehry Prize winner Patrick Geske (Advisor: Elena Manferdini)
Graduate Thesis Project "Coexistence/Coherence" by Gehry Prize winner Huijin Zheng
Graduate Thesis Project "Coexistence/Coherence" by Gehry Prize winner Huijin Zheng
Graduate Thesis Project "Coexistence/Coherence" by Gehry Prize winner Huijin Zheng (Advisor: Hernan Diaz Alonso)
The weekend’s events included reviews of the 81 thesis projects with over 50 critics including SCI-Arc faculty and invited guests. Critics included Thom Mayne, Francisco Pardo, Jennifer Siegal (M.Arch ’94) Jeffrey Kipnis, Didier Faustino, Dominique Jakob, Brendan MacFarlane, Barbara Bestor (M.Arch ’94), Pippo Ciorra, special thesis advisor Brett Steele and Graduate Thesis Coordinator Florencia Pita. The thesis projects will remain on view throughout the school until Friday, September 16.
Graduate Thesis review of Polina Alexeeva with a jury featuring SCI-Arc Director Hernan Diaz Alonso, David Ruy, Casey Rehm, Thom Mayne, Brendan MacFarlane, Peter Noever, Tom Gilmore, Meejin Yoon, Ben West, Barbara Bestor, Neil Denari, Ming Fung, John Enright, Liam Young, and Benjamin Bratton.
Graduate Thesis review of Kenji Hattori with a jury featuring Florencia Pita, Anna Neimark, Axel Friedman, John Enright, Ciro Najle, Donal Bates, Dominique Jakob, Aandrea Stang, and Peter Testa.
Graduate Thesis review of Anhuar Farah with a jury featuring Florencia Pita, Marcelyn Gow, David Ruy, Coy Howard, Frances Anderton, Axel Friedman, Didier Faustino, Jennifer Siegal, Dominique Jacob, Antonino Saggio, Tom Wiscombe, Michael Young, Francisco Pardo, Hazem Ziada, Marcelo Spina, and Fabrizio Gallanti.
Graduate Thesis review of Oscar Abrahamsson with a jury featuring Elena Manferdini, Anna Neimark, Andrew Zago, Dwayne Oyler, Sylvia Lavin, Birgit Lohmann, Pippo Ciorra, Donald Bates, Bruno Juricic, Ciro Najle, Jordan Kaufmann, Steven Lauritano, Kristy Balliet, Todd Gannon, Craig Hodgets, and Hazem Ziada.
Graduate Thesis review of Gehry Prize winner Huijin Zheng with a jury featuring SCI-Arc Director Hernan Diaz Alonso, David Ruy, Casey Rehm, Thom Mayne, Brendan MacFarlane, Peter Noever, Tom Gilmore, Meejin Yoon, Ben West, Barbara Bestor, Neil Denari, Ming Fung, John Enright, Liam Young, and Benjamin Bratton.
Graduate Thesis review of Gehry Prize winner Patrick Geske with a jury featuring Elena Manferdini, Anna Neimark, Andrew Zago, Dwayne Oyler, Sylvia Lavin, Birgit Lohmann, Pippo Ciorra, Donald Bates, Bruno Juricic, Ciro Najle, Jordan Kaufmann, Steven Lauritano, Kristy Balliet, Todd Gannon, Craig Hodgets, and Hazem Ziada.