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INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION

RENDER CHALLENGE

RESULT ANNOUNCEMENT!

FOREWORD

Presentation skills are just as important as designing; one of the best mediums to present your architectural designs is through rendering. Architectural rendering aims to create life-like experiences of the buildings before they are built. Rendering aids the designer to convey ideas, an image that represents the designers' imagination most realistically.

Archiol’s 2021 Render Challenge received 113 entries, Scroll down to see the finest of architectural graphics from participants from all over the world.

Top Three

FIRST PLACE WINNER

Jiaman Xu, Ruiheng Zeng & Xiaoxin Wang

China

SECOND PLACE WINNER

Antonella Marzi, Chiara Marzi & Marta Dituri

Italy

THIRD PLACE WINNER

MiroslavNaskov

United Kingdom

FIRST PRIZE WINNER

Forest fires

Jiaman Xu, Ruiheng Zeng & Xiaoxin Wang

China

"Strong concept addressing a real world problem in an imaginative image. One can smell the smoke hovering over the forest. We get a peek at the inner workings of these towers of refuge. I can hear Ravel’s “Bolero” as fauna spiral to safety in the shelters."

"A modern mythology that explores a design concept for the times and of the times."

SECOND PRIZE WINNER

Ice Towers

Antonella Marzi, Chiara Marzi & Marta Dituri

Italy

"The motion of the water against the rocky shoreline and concrete companionway; the icy blue countering the washed out landscape; and the light force striking the towers reinforce a dynamic image of form v. nature."

"A modern exploration for the possibility of human life under the sea in a resource deprived world.."

THIRD PRIZE WINNER

The Forest House

MiroslavNaskov

United Kingdom

"A timeless design softly touching the topography with a romantic realism.."


SPECIAL MENTION

HONOURABLE MENTION

Niu Yifan

"Simultaneously futuristic and nostalgic without being dystopian.
The future is “looking up.”
Strong use of empty space to enhance the dynamic of the image.
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"Linking economic, environmental and societal goals. This concept is thought provoking and imaginative."


HONOURABLE MENTION

Zhixiang Xia

"This dark, sinuous image visualizes the mystery of the brain as a physical space. I would like to see more of the sparks of light–implying the working of the mind. The portrayal of people is fixed and solid; they might have been portrayed more like spirits in contrast to the metallic surfaces of the brain.
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"An interesting concept that explores the loop typology between thought and design."


HONOURABLE MENTION

Tim Chen

"This work powerfully paints an image of a dusty bustling hive of life and activity on an inhospitable red planet. My only concern is that with this large of a community on Mars, why does it look so much like a manufacturing facility or chemical plant? I think there was an opportunity to imagine a new architecture on the red planet.
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"A thoughtful exploration for ‘life on Mars’."

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SHORTLISTED ENTRIES

Reality is merely an illusion _ Aditya Bhole

Echoes of Nirvana_ Chang Wu

In the middle of Mediterranean sea_ Patricija Gjugjaj

Parallel 2077_ Lingfang Shao

House on a Pavilion _ Tanvi Daga

What is a vertical city _Xinyu Li

_ Davide Cannone & Ilaria Impagnatiello

The Blurred Forest _ HAOXIAN CAI

Residential Energy Gathering Ring _ Wenqi Fan

Non-To-Scale Megastructures: Where Man Meets the Machine _ Mohamad Alamin Younis

Gaotai Residential _Bó Hú & Yixuan Yang

“parts of a whole”_ Lingjing Shi

A roundabout near the entrance of a small city_ Ioulianos Angelos Karantzios

_ Shreyash Gupta

_ Florian Mladek

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