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IE School of Architecture & Design have sponsored the “Class of 2011” award at the Architect of the Year Awards organized, last Tuesday November 15^th  by Building Design at the Brewery in London.

For the first time this year, the six chosen graduates of the Class of 2011 were invited to compete for a fully funded year-long scholarship to the IE School of Architecture & Design in Madrid, to study on a new master’s business programme geared towards starting and managing an architectural firm.

Juan Lago-Novás Domingo, Director of the School, selected Cara Shields of the University of Strathclyde, who developed a project in collaboration with fellow student Marianne Keating for the phased development of a flood-prone village in rural north-west Bangladesh.

The scheme incorporated a disaster-relief building and training centre, arranged around a series of social spaces, entirely constructed from indigenous materials. The pair have since been out to work with the local villagers to design a community centre — incorporating a school, clinic, library and a space where the community can gather, discuss and play — and are currently looking for funding to realise the project. www.stabilisingthedelta.co.uk

IE School of Architecture, patrocinador del Architect of the Year Awards, organizado por la revista Building Design 

El pasado martes 15 de noviembre tuvo lugar en Londres la entrega de los Architect of the Year Awards, organizado por la revista BD. IE School of Architecture & Design, patrocinó el premio a la clase del 2011, para el mejor proyecto universitario, que fue entregado a Clara Shields de University of Strathclyde, por Juan Lago-Novás, director del Master in Architectural Management & Design. 

El premio consiste en una beca para la próxima edición del MAMD en febrero 2012, el programa de máster de IE University orientado a la creación y la gestión de una empresa de arquitectura. 

Juan Lago-Novás Domingo seleccionó como mejor proyecto universitario al presentado por Clara Shields la Universidad de Strathclyde, que desarrolló un trabajo junto con su compañero de estudios Marianne Keating para el desarrollo gradual de un puebloen riesgo de inundaciones en la zona rural del noroeste de Bangladesh. El plan incorpora un edificio para el alivio de desastres y un centro de formación, organizados en torno a una serie de espacios sociales, enteramente construido con materiales autóctonos.  

Clara Shields y Marianne Keating  han estado trabajando desde entonces con la población local para diseñar un centro comunitario, integrado por una escuela, una clínica, una biblioteca y un espacio donde la comunidad pueda reunirse, discutir y jugar. Actualmente, ambos están buscando financiación para realizar el proyecto www.stabilisingthedelta.co.uk

IE SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN

DesignDisplay: Student Design Competition: http://designdisplay2011.blogspot.com/

Competition Details

1. Introduction  

Architecture is invading the lower level. The architecture studio is ours, and we´re about to take over “La Cueva,” the brick-vaulted lounge adjacent to the studio. We will be using that space for pinups, reviews, juries, meetings, etc. and we need a series of moveable partitions that will allow multiple groups to use this space simultaneously, while also providing resilient surfaces for pinning up material.  

Your job: to design these partitions. The winning entry will be constructed by the Facilities department. Up to three honorable mentions will also be awarded. You may work individually or in teams. Good luck!

2. Program  

The partition design should be economical, flexible, structurally stable, and durable, and must meet the following criteria:
A. Panels must incorporate wheels or other simple mechanism for movement.  

B. Panels must comfortably allow for the display of at least four horizontal A1 sheets or two vertical A0 sheets on both two of the primary faces. 

C. Panels must be able to be stored, when not in use, in or around “La Cueva” and should occupy the minimum amount of space possible when stored.  

D. Panels must be tall enough to provide a division of space.

3. Presentation Format  

Please submit at least the following material, on a maximum of 4 A3 sheets:  

A.  Plan, scale per individual criteria.  

B. Elevation, with scale figure, scale per individual criteria.  

C. Diagram of organization of multiple panels in “La Cueva” during review periods.  

D. Construction Details as necessary and relevant.  

E. Multiple perspectives as necessary to communicate intent.  

F. A brief text, explaining the nature of your proposal.
 

Please also submit a model of the proposed panel design at a scale per individual criteria.
All material should be submitted to Mar Vega in the Architecture office, no later than 12:00 on Monday 5 December.  

The competition is anonymous. You should choose a title for your project, and it should appear on all presentation boards. Along with your submitted material please include a sealed envelope with your project title and the names and email addresses of all project authors enclosed.
 

Please send any questions you may have regarding the competition to: david.goodman@ie.edu. All questions will be answered on the competition blog: www.designdisplay2011.blogspot.com

4. Schedule  

Wednesday, 16 November:                       Competition Launched, Q & A Period Opens  

Wednesday, 23 November:                       Question and Answer Session Concludes  

Monday, 5 December:                              Submissions Due: 12:00h 

Thursday, 8 December:                            Competition Jury, Winners Announced 

Spanish Version

If you have been looking for sometime into how to begin your own business but have no idea how to do it, this is the project for you. Infoempleo.com, in collaboration with the Spanish Ministries of Education and Employment and with some of the most important companies in Spain, presents EmprendeGO: a contest in which those with the most innovative ideas are supported further in order to develop the entrepreneurial spirit.

Contestants can win up to €100.000.  In order to participate, the project has to be presented by a Spanish person, but otherwise it is open to all students from IE University. 

For complete information please visit www.emprendego.com

Concurso de ideas para emprendedores 

Si llevas tiempo dando vueltas a una idea para poner en marcha tu propio negocio pero no sabes cómo hacerlo, este proyecto es para ti. Infoempleo.com, en colaboración con el Ministerio de Trabajo y el Ministerio de Educación y algunas de las empresas más importantes de España,  pone en marcha EmprendeGO, un concurso de ideas innovadoras que pretende fomentar y ayudar a la figura del emprendedor. 

Puedes obtener hasta 100.000€. El proyecto ha de ser presentado por una persona de nacionalidad española, pero está abierto a todos los estudiantes de IE University. 

Más información en: www.emprendego.com

 Noticia relacionada: EmprendeGO premiará a 30 emprendedores con 100.000 euros

The Graham Foundation has awarded funds to IE University School of Architecture towards the publication related to the recent International Architectural Education Summit co-organized by UCLA and IE School of Architecture and held in Madrid and Segovia in June 2011. Read more…

Guatemalan Daniel España and Spaniard Lucas Marmol are 19-year-old freshmen at the IE University’s bachelor’s program in business administration in Segovia, Spain, who have chosen to step outside their comfort zones. Both students are participating in a social impact project at their university — a two-month study program during which students provide community service outside the borders of their campuses. 

Read interview: https://kwhs.wharton.upenn.edu/2011/08/teaching-coaching-and-dreaming-in-the-slums-of-kenya/

(Spanish Version) 

Knowledge@Wharton High School, diario on line para estudiantes interesados en averiguar más acerca del mundo de los negocios, publica una entrevista a los alumnos del Bachelor in Business Administration de IE University, Daniel España y Lucas Mármol. Los dos jóvenes han participado en el proyecto empresarial de impacto social (Social Impact Project) de nuestra universidad, un periodo de prácticas de dos meses pensado para que los alumnos presten un servicio a la comunidad fuera de las fronteras del campus. 

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