University Challenge 2019 winners
TRADA’s University Challenge 2020 in the UK will ask students to design sustainable community housing from timber in multi-disciplinary groups of six. Sixty students from 30 universities will descend on Cardiff University’s School of Engineering Queen’s Buildings for an intense ‘charrette style’ challenge 17–19 February 2020. Source: Timberbiz
The students will form 10 multi-disciplinary teams to compete for generous cash prizes and the prestige of winning the TRADA University Challenge.
The competition, which brings together final year undergraduate students of architecture, architectural technology, engineering, quantity surveying and landscape architecture related courses, is about creating opportunities for students to interact with timber industry forerunners and design professionals while gaining valuable practical experience.
Timber is increasingly the material of choice for innovative designers and often lends itself to ground-breaking design when utilised alongside technological developments. This year students will be challenged to look at timber in a brief which challenges their preconceptions – both about timber and its potential, and conventional social housing.
The University Challenge is one major part of TRADA’s larger University Engagement Program, which aims to inspire the architects and engineers of the future to design iconic buildings and engineering solutions in wood.
