2021 Napkin Sketch Awards
Winners Announced for the ALA 2021 Building Bridges Napkin Sketch Contest!
View the Award-Winning Sketches Below.
The Napkin Sketch Contest was an opportunity for licensed architects, architecture associates, architecture students, and suppliers to the built environment, to showcase their design expertise. A panel of experts judged the 5-inch by 5-inch sketches based on creativity, originality and technical skill. Participants were tasked with designing a bridge.
View the winning sketches below, along with notes from our esteemed judges.
Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all the participants.
Winners:
LICENSED ARCHITECT AWARDS CATEGORY
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| Tomoo Fujikawa, ALA, Fujikawa Johnson Gobel Architects "The jury was taken by both the simplicity and complexity of this submission. The simple, suspension bridge with bamboo slats as a deck above what appears to be a grove of bamboo trees allows the viewer to speculate on just how high above the valley floor the bridge really is. One juror remarks that this sketch has a traditional Japanese print aesthetic to it." |
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| RUNNERS UP | |
| Thomas Hickey, Thomas Hickey & Associates "The jury really wanted to recognize both the whimsical and graphic interpretation and execution inherent in this submission to convey the concept of bridge." |
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| Michael Henning, Pappageorge Haymes Partners "The jury was really impressed with the elegant line work displayed in this submission." |
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| Jason Soderlund, RQAW "The jury recognized the incredible sense of distance from countryside to major city in the distance that is captured in this submission. Certainly a view that millions of commuters by rail and automobile can relate to." |
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NON-PROFESSIONAL AWARDS CATEGORY
| FIRST PLACE | |
| Somnath Mukherjee, Hight Jackson Associates "The jury lauded this submission as a true work of art with the creation of great depth and beautiful use of color." |
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| Somnath Mukherjee, Hight Jackson Associates "The jury enjoyed the incredible 'sense of movement' through the multi-conical bridge elements and the complementary use of color." |
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STUDENT ARCHITECT AWARDS CATEGORY
| FIRST PLACE | |
| Jishnu Pramela Mariappan, VIT University "The jury lauded this submission as being a 'true sketch' that was executed with few lines to capture the essence of a steel truss bridge with masonry tower at its anchorage on the shore. The term 'less is more' certainly applies here." |
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| RUNNERS UP | |
| Leonardo Argueta, Joliet Junior College "The jury commended the use of letters that spell out 'bridge' in the design of the piers, which are often an overlooked component of a bridge." |
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| Yogesh Kumar, VIT University "The jury enjoyed that this sketch paid homage to one of the great historic bridges in our country - the Brooklyn Bridge." |
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| HONORABLE MENTION | |
| Alton Richardson, Joliet Junior College "The jury recognizes the use of the unique definition of 'bridge'- that being a critical element of string instruments." |
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Thank You to Our Judges:
Sketches were judged by an outstanding panel of educator-practitioners who have more than 100 years of service as faculty members at Ball State University's College of Architecture & Planning.
Chair: Tony Costello, FAIA, Irving Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Architecture & Principal, Costello+ Associates
Lohren Deeg, Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Member of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators
Harry Eggink, RA, Professor of Architecture
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