Maelys
Garreau, who recently completed Stage 3 Architecture studies in the Mackintosh
School of Architecture at The Glasgow School of Art, has scooped two of the five
prestigious RIAS-A&DS student awards.
Garreau, who recently completed Stage 3 Architecture studies in the Mackintosh
School of Architecture at The Glasgow School of Art, has scooped two of the five
prestigious RIAS-A&DS student awards.
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| Maelys Garreau: Catch-up – an institution for children who have been in hospital which would help them catch-up on creative development that they might have missed. The proposal won two of the five RIAS-A&DS student awards. |
Maelys won
both the A&DS Best 3rd Year
Student Award and The RIAS – Andy MacMillan Drawing Award for her
response to a brief to create an Institute of Creative Learning on the GSA’s
new Highlands and Islands Campus near Forres. Her work was unveiled at GSA Degree
Show last month and is now on show at The Lighthouse along with the other
winning and shortlisted projects.
both the A&DS Best 3rd Year
Student Award and The RIAS – Andy MacMillan Drawing Award for her
response to a brief to create an Institute of Creative Learning on the GSA’s
new Highlands and Islands Campus near Forres. Her work was unveiled at GSA Degree
Show last month and is now on show at The Lighthouse along with the other
winning and shortlisted projects.
The Glasgow
School of Art is developing a Highlands and Islands campus in a group of Grade
A Listed Italianate Buildings on the Altyre Estate near Forres. Stage 3
Architecture students were set a brief to design an Institute of Creative Learning on the site. Maelys’
response to the brief was Catch-up – an institution for children who had been
in hospital which would help them to catch-up on creative development that
they might have missed.
School of Art is developing a Highlands and Islands campus in a group of Grade
A Listed Italianate Buildings on the Altyre Estate near Forres. Stage 3
Architecture students were set a brief to design an Institute of Creative Learning on the site. Maelys’
response to the brief was Catch-up – an institution for children who had been
in hospital which would help them to catch-up on creative development that
they might have missed.
“The open and
remote environment allows for freedom of creative expression in movement and
play,”
explains Maelys. “It allows for the use
of all the senses in the ways that children face challenges and adapt to them.”
remote environment allows for freedom of creative expression in movement and
play,”
explains Maelys. “It allows for the use
of all the senses in the ways that children face challenges and adapt to them.”
“This is a sophisticated approach
to creating architecture for children, immersively approaching the building
through the eyes of a child”, said the judges in awarding her the Best 3rd Year Student
Award..
to creating architecture for children, immersively approaching the building
through the eyes of a child”, said the judges in awarding her the Best 3rd Year Student
Award..
Of her set of drawings which won her a second award the judges said: “This is a superbly seductive set of
drawings which are immersed in creating a vision of a future seen through a
child’s eyes. They have great charm but no hint of childishness. It is a
sophisticated collection of very beautiful images which generate convincing
architecture.”
drawings which are immersed in creating a vision of a future seen through a
child’s eyes. They have great charm but no hint of childishness. It is a
sophisticated collection of very beautiful images which generate convincing
architecture.”
“Maelys was an exceptional and determined
student who has developed a strong and very individual response to the complex
societal question of the importance of ‘learning’,” says Katherine Li, Stage 3
Architecture tutor at The Glasgow School of Art. “She evolved an
architectural proposition which takes the child’s view of learning, allowing
them to embark on an educational journey of delight, discovery and
enchantment. Her design is sophisticated, believable and beautifully
presented.”
student who has developed a strong and very individual response to the complex
societal question of the importance of ‘learning’,” says Katherine Li, Stage 3
Architecture tutor at The Glasgow School of Art. “She evolved an
architectural proposition which takes the child’s view of learning, allowing
them to embark on an educational journey of delight, discovery and
enchantment. Her design is sophisticated, believable and beautifully
presented.”
Ends
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Notes for Editors
Jointly held by A&DS and RIAS the annual student
awards recognise academic projects from the five Scottish Schools of
Architecture. Awarded are the RIAS Rowand Anderson Silver Medal (5th
Year student), the A&DS award for best 3rd year Student, the A&DS Urban
Design Award, the A&DS Sustainable Design Award and the RIAS Andy Macmillan
Drawing Award.
awards recognise academic projects from the five Scottish Schools of
Architecture. Awarded are the RIAS Rowand Anderson Silver Medal (5th
Year student), the A&DS award for best 3rd year Student, the A&DS Urban
Design Award, the A&DS Sustainable Design Award and the RIAS Andy Macmillan
Drawing Award.
The A&DS and RIAS Scottish Student Awards for
Architecture Exhibition are on show in The Lighthouse, Glasgow until 25
September 2016.
Architecture Exhibition are on show in The Lighthouse, Glasgow until 25
September 2016.
This year’s judges were:
Iain Connelly, PPRIAS, President RIAS
2013-15
2013-15
Sandy Robinson, Principal Architect,
Scottish Government
Scottish Government
Christophe Egret, Studio Egret West,
London
London
Karen Anderson, Chair, Architecture and
Design Scotland
Design Scotland