AZURE_2014_07_08.pdf

awards
of merit
A+ Student
award
1
people’s
choice
winner
2
1 VÄÄrtus jewellery
Designer: Rowan Liivamägi,
Emily Carr University of Art + Design,
Vancouver, British Columbia
An elegant take on medical aids,
this collection of customizable
3‐D‐printed jewellery helps people
with arthritis perform basic daily
tasks. The key chain, for example,
helps to unlock doors, while the ring
buttons shirts and operates zippers;
and the double ring keeps a pen
or pencil anchored between fingers
and thumb to help with writing and
drawing. The sculptural items, in a
variety of materials and colours, are
designed to take away the embarrassment
often associated with
arthritic aids and instead empower
users to develop a unique sense of
self. rowanliivamagi. com
2 revitalizing bamyan
Designer: Safira Lakhani, University
of Waterloo, Ontario
Bamyan, in central Afghanistan, suffers
from an extremely arid climate,
causing it to rely heavily on foreign aid.
Yet this impoverished town can take
ownership over its land resources by
storing more water from snow melt.
This fundamental idea animates Safira
Lakhani’s proposal, which centres
on the implementation of light-timber
frames throughout the land to capture
snow melt and allow it to trickle down
into new underground cisterns.
Along this snow fence route, Lakhani
en visions greenhouses and multi-
generational homes that would honour
the local vernacular – and make the
community proud – by paying homage
to traditional mud brick courtyards
and cave typologies.
84 jul ⁄ aug 2014 az awards annual azuremagazine.com