2015 Rotch Studio winner

We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2015 Rotch Travelling Studio, Associate Professor Gustavo Crembil, and Ph.D. candidate Mae-Ling Lokko, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Recipient

Gustavo Crembil, Associate Professor and Ph.D. candidate, Mae-Ling Lokko, School of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Institution

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Destination

Accra, Ghana

Jury

Jury Chair
Joshua Simoneau AIA
’08 Travelling Scholar

Tim Love AIA
Utile/Northeastern University School of Architecture

Robert Miklos FAIA
designLAB architects

Studio

Gustav has practiced architecture in South America and the United States. A Fulbright scholar, his projects include collaborations with disfranchised communities in both regions. Currently an Associate Professor of Architecture, he has been developing a particular focus in contemporary craft, initiating design studios on incremental housing, post-development contexts. Mae-Ling is a doctoral candidate from Ghana who research over the last four years has focused on the development of high performance building integrated material systems from waste agricultural by-products in conjunction interdisciplinary collaborators and manufacturing partners.

Old Accra: Upcycling of Agrowaste, is an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural design-and-build studio that investigates the development of modular proto-architectural structures (canopies, kiosks) made of local waste agricultural by-products. The broader goal is the design of strategies at multiple scales that directly engage both cultural patrimonies and modern-day aspirations to drive architectural and social innovation.

Full studio submission