First Prize: Team 35. Image courtesy of Ideasbe
The Concordia University Research Chair IDEAS-BE has announced the prizes for the 2016 international competition by the initiative CoLLaboratoire for the design of an augmented solar powered bus shelter which will be built on the Loyola campus of Concordia University.
This competition was open to young designers and was anonymously judged by respecting the principle of anonymity, part of a series of activities conducted by CoLLaboratoire, a not-for-profit organization based in Montreal. Projects from Canada, France, Brazil, the United States and Iran were submitted to a jury that was presided by Cheryl Gladu, doctoral candidate with an expert jury composed of: professors Cynthia Hammond, Carmela Cucuzzella, Andréas Athienitis, David Theodore and Jean-Pierre Chupin as well as Jennifer Dorner, director of the FOFA Gallery. “Contrary to the famous aphorism by architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner who did not recognise the bicycle shelter as architecture, this competition was grounded on the conviction that a bus shelter can, and should be as architectural as a cathedral or even a museum,” said Carmela Cucuzzella.
The winning project will have the opportunity to collaborate directly with researchers from Concordia University, as well as other professional bodies in order to realize the concept for the beginning of 2017 on the Loyola Campus of Concordia University. 
“This unique competition offers a rich...