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SUNLIGHT IN ARCHITECTURE

INTERNATIONAL ESSAY COMPETITION

SUNLIGHT IN ARCHITECTURE

RESULT

SUNLIGHT IN ARCHITECTURE

Editorial reflection

Sunlight in Architecture is a 2021 Architecture Conceptual design Competition, organized by Archiol. Sunlight is one of the most important and powerful design elements. How can the different types of natural light be used in architectural design? Using different types of natural light, such as diffused, direct, reflected, and zenith create conceptual design.
The competition, Sunlight in Architecture was looking for conceptual design submissions on the importance of the sunlight in architectural design.
Scroll down to see our winners and top 20 shortlisted entries:

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Jury Panel

Distinguished architects from around the world evaluate submissions with rigorous professional standards and creative insight.

01  First Place

Winner

The relationship between sunlight and architecture

Tongkuai Ni

02  Second Place

Remarkable

Light through the ground

Xiaotian Liu & Zhiyuan Xin

03  Third Place

Exceptional

Engraving the light within

Shi Zhang & Xuefeng Li

Special Mention

Exceptional

Honourable Mention

Ideal Sunlight in Urban Kampung: Natural Lighting Strategies for High Density Housing Area

Nabila Vandhya Bachtiar , Nisrina Dewi Salsabila & T. Najlaa Taqiyyah Syahirani

Honourable Mention

Shadow Play In Myriad Families

Chen Shuxin, Cai Hairuo, Ma Xiaoxing

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Celebrating Potential

Shortlisted Entries

Innovative ideas that stood out among hundreds of entries and earned a place in the final shortlist.

Rangyuan Yao & Xiantong Wu | Swan Song - a poem before dying

Shadi Keighobadi | Sunlight in Architecture

Evidence Phiri | “Organistic” Light

Jiawei Liang |Measurable and unmeasurable

Ning Ma, Yujie Zhai & Sitong Gong | A volume of the village

Mahesh Dhanasekaran | Mysterious Innocence

Pedro Oscar Pizzetti Mariano, Martín Gabriel Ordenes Mizgier & Gabriela Pinho Mallmann | Kûaravem Ybytu House

Wafik Naasri | Reflections

Benjamin Fowler | Facsimile Pavilions

Ricardo Zavaleta |Dancing Colors Pavillion

Kirill Chebotarev | The toroidal house

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