The Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture is proud to announce the student and faculty winners of the 2022 SoA Awards Program. The annual awards recognize undergraduate and graduate students, and faculty, with funding support. Learn more about this year’s winners below. More information about the awards is available on the SoA Awards page.
Thank you to EPIC Metals for presenting the SoA Awards Reception following the ceremony, and to our donors for making these awards possible.
2022 SoA Awards Committee:
Meredith Marsh (Chair)
Omar Khan
Joshua Bard
Steve Lee
Please join us in congratulating the winners on their tremendous accomplishments, and thanks to all of those who participated in this year’s competitions!
Undergraduate Student Awards
EPIC Metals Competition
The EPIC Metals Corporation sponsors this competition for third-year B.Arch students to design an innovative object utilizing metal deck systems. The project brief for the 17th annual design competition was to design a SoA Assembly and Prototyping Pavilion (SoAPP) to complement shops and maker facilities while rendering more visible the activities and work of the school to the campus community. The pavilion is intended to provide open-air covered space to support the production and testing of architectural prototypes and assemblies. SoAPP will be sited along the western quadrant of the CFA parking lot where it can leverage proximity to the SoA Shop and material and equipment access through the parking lot.
Jury: EPIC Metals: Michael Schuyler; Praxis II Studio Faculty: Jeremy Ficca,
Gerard Damiani, Erica Cochran Hameen, Katie LaForest, Jeff King
First Place: Brian Hartman & Colin Walters
Project: SoAPP Gateway
Award: $1,000
Second Place: Tory Tan & Jerry Zhang
Project: EP Pavilion
Award: $800
Third Place: Jai Bhatnagar & Shenyuan Li
Project: Fine Arts Pavilion
Award: $600
Honorable Mention: Gabrielle Benson & Hannah Haytko-DeSalvo
Project: SoAPP
Measuring & Monitoring Services, Inc. Internship Fund
This award provides financial support to undergraduate students who wish to undertake a summer internship or related program under the guidance of established professionals.
Jury: Omar Khan (Chair), Bill Bates, Erica Cochran Hameen, Stuart Coppedge,
Victoria Acevedo (NOMA/BCJ)
Winner: Susie Kim, B.Arch ‘23
Internship: Architectural Internship at Gensler
Award: $3,200
Deller Prize in Sustainable Architecture and Real Estate
This award encourages architecture students to pursue non-traditional career paths, specifically to grow their skills in the specialty of design, construction, and sustainability under the umbrella of the real estate business.
Jury: Omar Khan (Chair), Dana Cupkova, Valentina Vavasis, Laura Garófalo,
Tamara Dudukovich
Winner: Ankitha Vasudev, B.Arch ‘23
Award: $4,500
Payette Prize in Building Science
This award recognizes the accomplishments of a B.Arch student that has achieved exceptional performance by integrating the fundamentals of building science in their design work.
Jury: Omar Khan (Chair), Nina Baird, Vivian Loftness, Azadeh Sawyer
Winner: Madeline Cotton, B.Arch ‘23
Award: $4,500
David Lewis Community Engagement Design Scholarship
This award provides financial support to a student who demonstrates a commitment to working within diverse communities through participatory architectural design processes and who demonstrates commitments to social justice and community service.
Jury: Stefan Gruber (Chair), Sarosh Anklesaria, Stefani Danes, Ray Gastil, Christine Mondor, An Lewis
Winner: Shanice Lam, B.Arch ‘22
Award: $2,500
Burdett Assistantship
This award supports a B.Arch student pursuing their first professional degree in architecture for projects and activities that will enhance their future work. The winner “shall possess love of their subject, integrity, patience, fairness, and respect for others.”
Jury: Omar Khan (Chair), Eddy Man Kim, Hal Hayes, Laura Garófalo
Winner: Olivia Werner, B.Arch ‘22
Proposal: Mediated Worlds: An Exhibition of Transformative Bodily Interfaces
Award: $4,000
The SoA recognizes design excellence through the Fourth-Year Design Awards program. Fourth-year B.Arch students are invited to submit a digital portfolio and a personal statement positioning their work in relation to the year’s theme. The 2022 theme is
WORLD MAKING, which asks, how are worlds made, experienced and contested?
Ralph H. Burt Jr. and Alva L. Hill Scholarship
This award provides financial support to a B.Arch student whose work focuses on sustainable environments, performance-based design, and systems integration throughout the design process.
Winner: Xiaoyu Kang, B.Arch ‘23
Award: $2,200
Jury: Laura Garófalo (Chair), Eddy Man Kim, Hal Hayes, Jeremy Ficca, Dana Cupkova, Gerard Damiani, Tommy Yang
Luther S. Lashmit Traveling Scholarship
This award recognizes design excellence and supports international travel and research.
Winner: Jackson Lacey, B.Arch ‘23
Award: $5,000
Jury: Laura Garófalo (Chair), Eddy Man Kim, Hal Hayes, Jeremy Ficca, Dana Cupkova, Gerard Damiani, Tommy Yang
Louis F. Valentour Traveling Scholarship
This award recognizes design excellence and supports international travel and research.
Winner: Madeline Cotton, B.Arch ‘23
Award: $9,000
Jury: Laura Garófalo (Chair), Eddy Man Kim, Hal Hayes, Jeremy Ficca, Dana Cupkova, Gerard Damiani, Tommy Yang
John Knox Shear Award
This award recognizes exceptional design and representation as demonstrated through studio work.
Winner: Franklin Zhu, B.Arch ‘23
Award: $10,000
Jury: Laura Garófalo (Chair), Eddy Man Kim, Hal Hayes, Jeremy Ficca, Dana Cupkova, Gerard Damiani, Tommy Yang
Stewart L. Brown Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship recognizes professional promise in terms of attitudes and scholastic achievement.
Winner: Ankitha Vasudev, B.Arch ‘23
Award: $9,000
Jury: Select members of the Pittsburgh AIA Chapter: Bea Spolidoro (Fisher ARCHitecture), Dina Snider (Strada Architecture LLC), John Ryan (DesignGroup)
graduate Student Awards
Ralph H. Burt Jr. and Alva L. Hill Scholarship
This award provides financial support to a M.Arch student whose work focuses on sustainable environments, performance-based design, and systems integration throughout the design process.
Jury: Sarosh Anklesaria (Chair), Jonathan Kline, Azadeh Sawyer, Matthew Huber
Winner: Hardik Makrubiya, M.Arch ‘22
Title: PLAYSCAPE: Inclusive Early Childhood Education Center, The Children's Institute of Pittsburgh
Award: $2,200
Burdett Assistantship
This award supports a M.Arch student pursuing their first professional degree in architecture for projects and activities that will enhance their future work. The winner “shall possess love of their subject, integrity, patience, fairness, and respect for others.”
Jury: Omar Khan (Chair), Eddy Man Kim, Hal Hayes, Laura Garófalo
Winner: Kashmala Imtiaz, M.Arch ‘22
Proposal: Material Transition and its Socio-Cultural Impact – The Case of Azad Kashmir
Award: $4,000
George W. Anderson, Jr. Award
This award recognizes graduate students who demonstrate through their work an exceptional level of attention to detail or dedication to beneficially impacting the community.
Jury: Joshua Bard (Chair), Daniel Cardoso Llach, Erica Cochran Hameen, Dana Cupkova, Jeremy Ficca, Stefan Gruber, Sarosh Anklesaria, Ramesh Krishnamurti, Joshua Lee,
Vivian Loftness
First Place: Jamie Ho, MSBPD ‘22
Title: Biophilic Design Strategies in Dialysis Clinics to Improve Patient Health Outcomes
Award: $2,500
First Place: Kashmala Imtiaz, M.Arch ‘22
Title: Material Transition and its Socio-Cultural Impact – The Case of Azad Kashmir
Award: $2,500
Second Place: Tabeer Tariq, M.Arch '23
Title: Architecture of Empathy: A Cancer Care Home
Award: $1,000
Second Place: Chengzhi Zhang, MSCD ‘23
Title: Biophilia Informed Internet of Things Design
Award: $1,000
Gindroz Prize for Summer Travel and Study in Europe
This award was established to enrich lives and enhance education through travel and the study of traditional architecture, urbanism, and music in Europe.
Jury: Omar Khan, Denis Colwell
Winner: Meghan Pisarcik, B.A. '21, M.Arch '24
Proposal: Drawing Portugal: Architectural Experience Captured by Hand
Award: $15,000
Faculty Award
Isabel Sophia Liceaga Discretionary Fund
This award supports faculty-led projects that critically engage students and advance the mission and reputation of the School of Architecture.
Jury: Omar Khan, Mary-Lou Arscott, Kai Gutschow, Erica Cochran Hameen
Winner: Francesca Torello
Title: Virtual Fresco: Vault Mapping
Award: $2,000