Sustainable Architecture/Traditional Wisdom

Essay Prize Question
How could a lost social tradition in your culture, once elegantly expressed through sustainable architectural design or building practices, be revived and why should it be?

Dedication
The 2009 BERKELEY PRIZE is dedicated to those who work to encourage the creation of buildings and open spaces guided by the principles of sustainable architecture and informed by the built traditions of their indigenous culture.

Essay Prize Jurors
Gail Brager
Charles Davis
Thomas Fisher
Ahmad Hamid
John Ochsendorf

Essay Prize Winners

First Prize: Neelakshi Joshi, Birla Institute of Technology, MESRA, Ranchi, India

First Prize: Sharayah Jimenez, University of Arizona, USA

Second Prize: Hajir Alttahir, Manchester School of Architecture, UK

Second Prize: Tyler Rozicki, Dalhousie University, Canada

Travel Fellowship Winners and Destination

First Prize: Hajir Alttahir, Manchester School of Architecture, UK; Article 25 Build, Maputo, Mozambique or Lesotho

Second Prize: Dominic Mathew, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India; Auroville Earth Institute, Auroville, India

Third Prize: Tyler Rozicki, Dalhousie University, Canada; Rebuilding of the Cotswold Canals, Gloucestershire, UK

Related Links
2009 Prize Website
2009 Poster

Chartwell School / Michale David Rose