Planning students’ design for garden city wins
award
Two Urban Planning students from The
University of Auckland have won a prize at the prestigious
International Federation of Housing and Planning (IFHP)
Congress, held in London last week. The IFHP is celebrating
its centenary year and a highlight of their celebrations was
an international student competition.
Ying Liu and Yuqing
Zhou, who are both fourth-year Bachelor of Planning
students at the School of Architecture and Planning were
awarded one of three prizes for their entry based on the
theme Garden Cities for Tomorrow-reinterpreting Garden City
principles for the challenges of the 21st Century.
Ying
and Yuqing’s entry focused on retrofitting Mangere. Their
work updated Garden City principles to include visionary
responses to the 21st century challenges of climate change;
social justice; delivering healthy places whilst responding
to demographic pressures; and the transformation to a green
economy.
Three other Urban Planning student teams from The
University of Auckland also made it though to the finals,
having been judged to be in the top 15 entries from around
the world. The work of all four Auckland teams was on show
during the IFHP Congress. The only other university with
multiple teams in the top 15 was University College London,
with three teams.
“It is a tremendous achievement
by our Urban Planning students. Ying and Yuqing’s placing
amongst the top three prize winners is tremendous. Having
four teams placed in the top 15 finalists shows the calibre
of our urban planning programme, staff and students” says
Dr Elizabeth Aitken Rose, Head of School of Architecture and
Planning.
Ying Liu and Yuquing Zhou both flew to the UK to
accept their award at a ceremony held at the University
College in London.
The IFHP Centenary Congress was
dedicated to cities and human settlement issues. The
Congress’s overall theme A tomorrow for cities – for
people, by people, was attended by more than 800 delegates
from the built environment profession, including
practitioners, policy makers, academics and students, from
across the globe.
The University of Auckland’s National
Institute of Creative Arts and Industries comprises the
School of Architecture and Planning, Elam School of Fine
Arts, the Centre for Art Studies, the School of Music and
the Dance Studies Programme.
Ying Liu and
Yuqing Zhou with Richard Weaver (from the IFHP) accepting
their award at the IFHP Congress in
London.
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