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Special & Honourable Mentions

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Special Mention

Design Title

Honourable Mention

TaeYoon Kim

Design Title

Mullae Residency

Honourable Mention

Nikola Jaster & Nina Wiśniewska

Design Title

Home Re-Grown

Nikola Jaster
Third-year Architecture student at Poznań University of Technology, currently undertaking a year-long Erasmus+ exchange at Politecnico di Bari, Italy. Through academic and design experience in both Poland and Italy, she has developed a strong interest in analysing architectural context and integrating design concepts with the historical and cultural characteristics of a place. Her work focuses on establishing a clear relationship between form, function, and context, with an emphasis on thoughtful and site-responsive design.
Her interests include adaptive reuse, public space design, and the role of architecture in shaping social interactions and local identity. She approaches each project as an opportunity to explore how contemporary design can respond sensitively to existing urban and cultural environments while addressing present-day needs and challenges.

Nina Wiśniewska
A third-year Architecture student at Poznań University of Technology. Her interest in design developed from a long-standing passion for drawing and visual arts. As part of the Erasmus programme, she studied at Politecnico di Bari in Italy, where she gained experience working with architecture embedded in diverse contexts.
She also draws inspiration from photography and experimental artistic practices.
In her design work, she is particularly interested in innovative spatial solutions, the relationship between architecture and its users, and the search for a balance between functionality and strong formal expression. In her projects, she seeks solutions that respond both to users’ needs and to the character of the site.

Honourable Mention

Lee Woo Geon

Design Title

Container House HongKong

Lee Woo Geon graduated from the Department of Architectural Engineering at Kyungguk National University (formerly Andong National University) and served as a commissioned officer in the Republic of Korea Army.
He believes that architecture plays an important role in shaping cities and improving people's lives.
Good architecture, in his view, is not defined by iconic forms but by its ability to answer a fundamental question: why it belongs in a particular place.
His interests extend beyond architecture to urban design and urban policy, and he aspires to contribute to creating sustainable and meaningful urban environments through his work.

Honourable Mention

Natchanund Thanaritiroj

Design Title

Parallel Lodge

Natchanund Thanaritiroj is an architecture student from Thailand passionate about the interlocking between design and construction. She executes concepts guided by the fundamental understanding of material properties, joint assembly, and site context. She continues to investigate design components that strengthen adaptive reuse alternatives, considering the novel fast-paced growth in sustainable design and technology.

Honourable Mention

Irimia Roxana-Andreea, Ionita Mihai Bogdan

Design Title

TOTEM_tectonic modular system

Andreea Irimia
architect
Andreea Irimia is an architect and a graduate of the Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism in Bucharest, class of 2017. Her diploma project was exhibited and published in professional contexts, receiving recognition from an international jury.
With over nine years of experience in architectural design, she has worked both in Romania and abroad. As a co-founder of AEK Design Studio, she has been actively involved since 2018 in all stages of the design process, from concept to implementation.
In recent years, she has focused on the study of experimental architecture using prefabricated modular elements, a research direction validated through awards and nominations at both national and international levels.

Bogdan Ioniță
industrial designer
Graduate of the Interior Design Faculty at the Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism, he also studied at the Umeå Institute of Design, continuing his education abroad where he gained extensive experience in industrial design and production.
Throughout his work, he employs design methodologies that extend beyond commercial practice into social projects, driven by active civic engagement.
His professional experience, patented and completed projects, and strong pedagogical skills have shaped both his practice and academic career. He is currently a Lecturer and PhD at the Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism, where he has led Product Design studios for 2nd, 3rd, and 5th-year students. He also teaches courses in Furniture History, Introduction to Graphic Design, Visual Identity, and Design and Advertising (Strategic Design).