2023 Student Competition shortlist revealed

Climate Responsive Retrofit: University Design Challenge 2023 is led by Timber Development UK in partnership with AECB, BE-ST, NMITE, Edinburgh Napier University, Passivhaus Trust. With Software from Trimble, the Passive House Institute and AECB.

70 students and recent graduates from 27 universities across the UK participated in the challenge. Representing a variety of built environment courses, including architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, quantity surveying and project management, the participants joined one of ten multidisciplinary teams to develop and submit their proposals.

 

Several team entries were longlisted, and four teams have made the shortlist for the live judging event on 14 July 2023.

 

The Shortlist

With design features ranging from green roofs to glulam extensions, charred timber façades to biophilic interiors, the final proposals demonstrate an imaginative and impressive array of fabric-first and environmentally integrative thinking.

Congratulations to the four shortlisted teams, listed below, representing some of the incredible emerging talent of built environment students in the UK:

Team 1: Numaan Amar, University of Birmingham Joseph Meehan, University of Bristol El-Amin Ahmed, University of Cambridge Tanchho Lawati, UCA Canterbury Siara Wong, University of Nottingham Matthew Lindars, University of Birmingham Tsveta ‘Ettie’ Karagyozova, University of Sheffield	Team 2: Irene Dumitrascu-Podogrocki, Newcastle University Shweta Salvankar, Cardiff University Deepak Sadhwani, Cardiff University Dafyn Llewelyn Richards, Plymouth University Martin Juricek, Heriot-Watt University Daniel Green, London Metropolitan University
Team 5: Arjun Prema, Edinburgh Napier University Chantal Barnes, University of Westminster Graduate Jiar Sadiq, Edinburgh Napier University Muneeb Khan, Robert Gordon University Graduate Shifana Kunnathedath, University of the Arts London	Team 9: Craig Robertson, Edinburgh Napier University Tim Danson, University of Brighton Caroline Vosburgh, Edinburgh Napier University Vicky Rogers, Plymouth University Augustin Quarez, University of Bath Alice Davyson, Edinburgh Napier University Prince Lemoha, Robert Gordon University

 

The university design challenge breaks down barriers between professions and educates and encourages participants to use timber widely and well.”

Tabitha Binding, Head of education and engagement, Timber Development UK.

 

 

Judging & awards finale

The competition will culminate with a live event on 14 July at NMITE’s Skylon Campus at the Centre for Advanced Timber Technology. Shortlisted teams will present their final proposals to the professional judging panel, which includes architects, engineers, cost consultants and council representatives. Judging will be followed by an awards ceremony to celebrate the winning projects.

 

The brief

Addressing the urgent need to reuse and upgrade existing buildings, this year’s university design challenge has focused on the essential but challenging realm of retrofit. Transforming a small community building, Widemarsh Cricket Pavilion, to meet the needs of the community, be low in carbon, and produce more energy than it consumes. Student teams were tasked to design, engineer, landscape, specify and cost a retrofit scheme, to EnerPHit or AECB standards, for an existing timber frame building in Hereford.

 

Further Information

2023 Student Competition 

#TDChallenge23

TDchallenge23 webinar series

Passivhaus Student Engagement

Previous Passivhaus Student Competitions

Passivhaus Retrofit

21st June 2023

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