Foreword
The Unknown is an architectural rendering competition organized by artuminate in association with archiol, this competition received 137 entries from around the world.
Scroll down to check the winning entries.
Jury
Top 3
FIRST
Purva Jain
United States
SECOND
Huang Jiayu & Zhang Yumeng
China
THIRD
Yue Wu
China
FIRST PRIZE WINNER
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Pixels Exploded
Purva Jain
United States
Purva Jain
Purva Jain
JURY COMMENTS
"You don't mention it, but in a world where architects are now designing for the metaverse... whatever that is... our concepts for our digital / physical worlds need to transcend the real and enter into the unknown. The way you have articulated your idea in text and image sits well together and begins to form the idea for me of what our future digital spaces may become? See where this research may take you, its produced a nice aesthetic and way of thinking + writing."
-Lawrence Daykin
SECOND PRIZE WINNER
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Jellyfishing village
Huang Jiayu & Zhang Yumeng
China
Huang Jiayu & Zhang Yumeng
Huang Jiayu & Zhang Yumeng
JURY COMMENTS
"Your idea is morally and ecologically loaded, and an interesting concept - I am confused as to whether your solution would be ecologically beneficial to the ocean as a whole - but perhaps that is the unknown, this is the question your project asks, are we finding the right balance between human and nature?
Great visual with a good balance between 2D and 3D - I like that your visual encompasses a concept and not a completed project."
-Lawrence Daykin
THIRD PRIZE WINNER
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The Unknown
Yue Wu
China
Yue Wu
Yue Wu
JURY COMMENTS
"Unfortunately when we look at the world of plants they ARE made up of complex + ordered assemblages - there is a lot of documentation to this point. Research your concept in greater depth. However your area of study is unique and i like where you are going, the visual does communicate this well and draws me in - i would like to know more, how can this project grow?"
-Lawrence Daykin
SPECIAL MENTION
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JURY COMMENTS
Honorable Mention
Geunho Min
Abhishek Gandhi
Fan Shengwu, Wang Zelun & Lin Manqian
HONOURABLE MENTION
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New Organic Urbanism & Architectural Thins in the Unknown Area.
Geunho Min
Geunho Min
Geunho Min
JURY COMMENTS
"I love your 1950's space exploration collage aesthetic, and you make a good point that new architectures are built from exploration, but i wonder if you could communicate this message more effectively without entering into the fantastical world of floating cities seen in movies?"
-Lawrence Daykin
HONOURABLE MENTION
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A City
Abhishek Gandhi
Abhishek Gandhi
Abhishek Gandhi
JURY COMMENTS
"Nice renderings - is this a city or a science park though?
This could easily support research / text about the idea of utopia or distopia - youre right, why are cities so grey? is this an unknown, or something we can dig deeper into and propose methods of making our current cities less grey?"
-Lawrence Daykin
HONOURABLE MENTION
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The air purification unit at the intersection
Fan Shengwu, Wang Zelun & Lin Manqian
Fan Shengwu, Wang Zelun & Lin Manqian
Fan Shengwu, Wang Zelun & Lin Manqian
JURY COMMENTS
"You identify a huge problem, and propose a well considered and radical solution - however your render doesn't quite capture the message for me. Well documented and well executed though."
-Lawrence Daykin
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