Project Award for Students
1st Prize A

Theatre for Magicians, National Botanical Gardens in Rome
Layout: Sara Shafiei, University College London

For this design, TECU® Brass is etched to create several detail models to illustrate the use of the material on the façade, and demonstrate the overall appearance of the building. The detailed pattering on the façade allows for light to filter through the skin, creating a ‘glowing’ magical theatre in the hills, enticing visitors inside. The project delves into the relationship of new architectural interventions in order to produce a style rich in textures, mixing baroque influences with the precision of 21st century modes of creating.

"Art and magic are combined in this layout to offer a precisely detailed enterprise in architecture. A very impressive approach full of fantasy." (Excerpt from the Jury’s appraisal)