News Release
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David O’Reilly’s, A Mausoleum for Vatnajokull, one of seven winning designs
at 2013 International Archiprix
David O’Reilly’s, A Mausoleum for Vatnajokull, one of seven winning designs
at 2013 International Archiprix
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Latest Cohort of Stage 3, 4 and 5 Architecture students at the
Mackintosh School of Architecture to show work at Degree Show from 8 – 15 June
2013.
Latest Cohort of Stage 3, 4 and 5 Architecture students at the
Mackintosh School of Architecture to show work at Degree Show from 8 – 15 June
2013.
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| David O’Reilly, A Mausoleum for Vatnajokull 1 |
David O’Reilly, a recent graduate from
the Mackintosh School of Architecture (MSA) at the Glasgow School of Art, has
won a prestigious Hunter Douglas Award at 2013 International Archiprix, it has
been announced. Around 300 projects were submitted for International Archiprix
2013. David O’Reilly was one of only two UK representatives to make the 25-strong
shortlist and is joined by graduates from China, Germany, Poland, Spain and
Chile as award winners. The announcement was made by Architect,
academic and a best-selling novelist Lesley Lokko and Aleksey Muratov
editor-in-chief Project Russia Magazine of Archiprix International / the Hunter
Douglas Award at the festive ceremony at the Central House of Artists in
Moscow.
The biennial
International Archiprix showcases the best graduation projects in architecture, urban design and landscape architecture from across the globe with
the outstanding designs winning prestigious Hunter Douglas Awards.
O’Reilly’s design, A
Mausoleum for Vatnajokull, was
inspired by the way transient moments have left permanent markers in the landscape.
It proposes a permanent building set within the changing
landscape of Vatna, Iceland’s largest glacier. The building, which would form
an observatory for tourists and locals alike, would also enable documentation
of alterations in natural phenomena within the Jokulsarlon Lagoon at the foot
of the glacier. It would equally be an observatory of the past, what O’Reilly
describes as “a form of relic” containing ice core samples over 1,000 years
old.
Mausoleum for Vatnajokull, was
inspired by the way transient moments have left permanent markers in the landscape.
It proposes a permanent building set within the changing
landscape of Vatna, Iceland’s largest glacier. The building, which would form
an observatory for tourists and locals alike, would also enable documentation
of alterations in natural phenomena within the Jokulsarlon Lagoon at the foot
of the glacier. It would equally be an observatory of the past, what O’Reilly
describes as “a form of relic” containing ice core samples over 1,000 years
old.
A visit to the proposed
building would be a total sensory experience: entry via a hallway of ice sending
shivers down the spine; walls of rock with grooves carved by the high pressure
of water and glacial melt allowing the visitor to reach out and touch nature; light
reflected and refracted, dancing on ceilings, splitting into spectrums of
colour; glacial melt mimicked with ice cold cascading water drawn from the Jokulsarlon
Lagoon.
building would be a total sensory experience: entry via a hallway of ice sending
shivers down the spine; walls of rock with grooves carved by the high pressure
of water and glacial melt allowing the visitor to reach out and touch nature; light
reflected and refracted, dancing on ceilings, splitting into spectrums of
colour; glacial melt mimicked with ice cold cascading water drawn from the Jokulsarlon
Lagoon.
Leading Scottish architect,
Graeme Massie, who was David O Reilly’s tutor at the Mackintosh School of Architecture
says, “winning a Hunter Douglas Award is a wonderful
achievement, but nothing less than David deserves. His thesis project on
the shore of Jökulsárlón in Iceland investigated themes of landscape and
memory, and throughout the year he demonstrated great passion and commitment to
the project. I whole-heartedly congratulate David on his success so far and
hope to see him fully rewarded following the next stage of the Archiprix
assessment.”
Graeme Massie, who was David O Reilly’s tutor at the Mackintosh School of Architecture
says, “winning a Hunter Douglas Award is a wonderful
achievement, but nothing less than David deserves. His thesis project on
the shore of Jökulsárlón in Iceland investigated themes of landscape and
memory, and throughout the year he demonstrated great passion and commitment to
the project. I whole-heartedly congratulate David on his success so far and
hope to see him fully rewarded following the next stage of the Archiprix
assessment.”
The 2013 cohort of Stage 3,
4 and 5 Architecture Students will show work in the Mackintosh School of
Architecture Degree Show from 8 – 15 June 2013.
4 and 5 Architecture Students will show work in the Mackintosh School of
Architecture Degree Show from 8 – 15 June 2013.
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Issued by the Glasgow School of Art. For further information contact:
Lesley Booth: 0779 941 4474 or press@gsa.ac.uk
Notes for Editors
- Mackintosh School of Architecture Degree Show at the Glasgow School
of Art is open to the public 8 – 15 June 2013. Saturday / Sunday
10am-5pm, Monday–Thursday 10am-9pm; Friday 10am-7pm.
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Universities worldwide are
asked to nominate their best graduation projects for the biennial Archiprix
International.
Universities worldwide are
asked to nominate their best graduation projects for the biennial Archiprix
International.
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Applications were received
from Portugal, Japan, Chile, Australia, USA, China, Uganda, Norway, Russia and
even Iraq with the entries ranging from very small and local to futuristic
large-scale schemes, from ready-to-build to theoretical.
Applications were received
from Portugal, Japan, Chile, Australia, USA, China, Uganda, Norway, Russia and
even Iraq with the entries ranging from very small and local to futuristic
large-scale schemes, from ready-to-build to theoretical.
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International Archiprix is
held every two years. In 2005 the exhibition and awards were held in Glasgow.
International Archiprix is
held every two years. In 2005 the exhibition and awards were held in Glasgow.