ARC 410 + ARC 510
ARC410f - DE034 Winner w/ $250 Split Prize
Linea Skura & Sasha Terpilovkaya
“A Glimpse of Eden”
Studio Professor, Jesus Robles
This project was appreciated for a profound emotional and sensory impact. It stood apart from other submissions in its ability to move beyond form and function to explore cultural and spatial narratives rooted in place.
Rather than relying on conventional architectural logic, the design evokes a powerful, poetic response that prioritizes atmosphere, story, and experience.
Through the metaphor of the berry, the designer weaves a compelling story that unfolds spatially, transforming cultural investigation into architectural form.
The project skillfully engages with the poetics of light, using it not only as a design element but as a lens through which to understand and express the architecture's more profound meaning.
The project's restraint is most compelling: the built architecture recedes in favor of the broader experience—the garden, the site, the light. This self-awareness and humility as a designer—allowing the architecture to support rather than dominate—demonstrates maturity and vision. The result is a project that feels grounded in its intention, even as it challenges expectations and embraces abstraction.
ARC 498
ARC498 - DE044B Winner w/ $1,000 Prize
Hasan Hashem
Metaphysics of Light Studio
“Light of Presence”
Studio Professor, Christopher Domin
This project presents a refined spatial strategy in which light becomes a central design element, both conceptually and experientially. The designer demonstrates a clear intent in how light is introduced, manipulated, and celebrated within the architectural intervention, reinforcing the project's overarching ambitions.
Contextually, the project is deeply rooted in its Seattle location. It shows a thoughtful engagement with the site and existing conditions, offering a sensitive and meaningful insertion that respects and amplifies the qualities of the existing spatial fabric. The proposal thoughtfully balances the preservation of contextual character with creating new spatial experiences.
The concept models and light studies are beautifully executed and clearly inform the final architectural solution. The result is a spatial composition that honors and enhances the existing structure through minimal yet deliberate interventions.
Intervention that articulates a balance between public and private realms—opening into an urban public space at one end, and transitioning into a quieter, introspective zone housing a prayer room. This duality is handled with subtlety and sophistication.
The project's spatial resolution—particularly the negotiation of two distinct geometries within the existing shell—is skillfully addressed in the floor plan. The continuity of the design logic, especially in the treatment of light from initial studies through to final execution, lends the project a rare sense of coherence and completeness.
With minimal moves, the design does precisely what it needs to do—and no more—conveying a sense of restraint, clarity, and resolution that makes it feel whole.
