The Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA), in collaboration with Brooklyn-based fabrication house FLATCUT_ recently announced the winners of this year’s ACADIA 2011 Design + Fabrication Competition. The competition challenged designers to create new forms in the categories of furniture, partition and lighting using innovative materials and digital fabrications applications. The winners brought not only ingenuity to their designs, but a sense of beauty and functionality that excited the jury. More images and information on the competition winners after the break.
The final jury, which chose 3 winners from 15 finalists, included award-winning architects: Tod Williams of TWBTA, Chris Sharples of SHoP Architects, Tom Wiscombe of Emergent, Dror Benshetrit of Studio Dror and Thomas Christoffersen from BIG. FLATCUT Founder Tomer Ben-Gal served as technical advisor. “I think the struggle between the process and the product is interesting,” said Tod Williams. “Largely the entrants were caught up in the issue of the process, but each of the winners was also thinking about what it would look like and be and feel in space; there was a sensual desire that was pushing it.”
