UP Mindanao architecture student wins Gold Award in Asia Young Designer Award

“Neokamaigen” an architectural design by UP Mindanao 4th year BS Architecture student Prince Lu won the “Gold Award” in the Architecture category of the Asia Young Designer Award-Philippines competition on the theme “Forward: Challenging design boundaries”. The design met the competition criteria for concept and presentation, color, innovation, critical and forward-thinking-ness, and sustainability.

According to design contestant Prince Lu, “Neokamaigen is a design for a settlement that is built to save people from the threat of rising sea levels due to climate change. It takes its inspiration from the chameleon lizard that has the ability to change its appearance, where, similarly, the design of Neokamaigen adapts to the surrounding environment in order to provide for survival.”

According to the contest website at http://www.youngdesigneraward.ph, the Gold Award has a cash prize, a 6-month internship with leading architecture firms in the Philippines and Malaysia, a learning program to compete against designers from 14 other countries, and a chance to be part of an all-expense paid 6-week learning experience at Harvard University Design Discovery. A cash prize also goes to the school.