b'FEATUREDESIGNING WITH STEELThe 2019 Architectural Student Design CompetitionBy Richard Woodbury THE CANADIAN INSTITUTEof Steel Construction recentlyA N T H R O P I Q U EannouncedthewinnersofitsArchitectureStudentDesignAN URBAN WETLAND PAVILION IN TECHNOPARC, MONTREALCompetition, which has run annually since 2001. Competitors are required to design projects meeting certain criteria, with the key point being the use of steel. The competition is open to students studying architecture at a Canadian school. Heres a glimpse at the three winning projects from this years competition.AWARD OF EXCELLENCE: AnthropiqueWhen Ryerson University students Rita Wang and Shengyu Cai were working on their submission, they decided to take on whats been called the most-pressing issue of our time: climate change.The pair proposed Anthropique, an urban wetland pavilion in Technoparc, Montreal. The site is one of the few urban wetlands in the city and is located close to the citys downtown and to the Issue: Anthropogenic Climate Change in MontrealThis year, Montreedalsiso moneesoufb tshtea bntiigagl ecsotn vsiecqtimuesn ocfe tsh,e s iuncehv itaasb fllyo iondc.r eWaesitnlagn gdslo bpalal yw aanrm einssge pnrtoiabl leromle,Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. 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It appea e seen as t hthee l oswurefar cseu rofaf cnea dcinogmsp, rwisheedr eo tfh cel ucsirtceursla toifo nc oislu limbensra -tethde. level would allow researchers to study the water ecosystem, while thef sourr fvaicsieto o WETLANDS- staggered, dynamic surfaces for birds!upper surface could be used for bird watching, field trips or informalSITE PLAN 1:2000 CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAM CONCEPTpublic lectures. AWARD OF EXCELLENCE:ANTHROPIQUEThe pavilion has a translucent look to it that blends seamlessly into itsRita Wang and Shengyu Caisurroundings. Ryerson University It gives a certain level of transparency that would allow people from the inside to look out and people from the outside to also see whats going on within the structure, says Wang. that in both in 2017 and 2019, states of emergency were declared in For this years competition, students were tasked with creating athe city over flooding concerns.pavilion solely made of steel. This could be the new normal and were expected to see more Throughout history, architects have designed small independentextreme precipitation due to global warming, which will continue structures, pavilions, that marked the landscape, says the competitionto impact rivers [and there will be more] urban flooding, she says.requirements. They often displayed formal and sculptural qualities,Wang and Cai invested a lot of time and effort in the project. havingtoaddressmanyviewpoints.Theyactedasadestination,One of the challenges they faced was the huge amount of research terminating an axis or as a window, framing a scenery. needed for a site-sensitive design, says Cai.Wang and Cai received the Award of Excellence for thisSince we chose a site far away from our residence, we had to years competition. dig hard in Google to gather the GIS data and technical drawings, Wang says they chose the Technoparc as a location because ofCai wrote in an email from Copenhagen, where he is now doing his flooding that Montreal has experienced in recent years. Considerco-op placement. We asked our friends in Montreal to take site 30|FALL 2019 ADVANTAGE STEEL'