San Diego’s NewSchool of Architecture and Design Wins Two of Five Top Awards at Statewide Competition: Cal Poly Design Village 2014

San Diego—April 15, 2014—A team of NewSchool of Architecture and Design (NSAD) students earned two out of five awards at the prestigious Cal Poly Design Village 2014 competition April 11-13 in the categories of “People’s Choice/Most Contagious” and “Most Habitable.” NSAD has a long tradition of winning top honors at the annual event, which draws architecture and design students from all over California.

The teams developed entries based on this year’s design competition’s theme of “Biologics.” The winning structure, called “The Rotation of Living,” was inspired by the shape of a cell. The resulting wheel-like design was made of wood sheets, steel tubes and solar panels to generate energy for the LED lighting. Members of that team, which won the two awards, were: Guillermo Menjivar, Salvador Vicente, Aipeng Fang and Juan Cruz. Two other NSAD teams participated in the event. One of the teams  – consisting of Alex Angeline, Daniel Facanha, Mallory Boyd and Paula Sigala – created a design inspired by the structure of a sunflower using cables, steel tubing, and seat belt material to create mesh “petals.”  Another team built a pyramid-like structure designed to adapt to changing needs, notable for engineering elements such as a leveling mechanism created from chair springs. That team consisted of Ryan Stangl, Devin Lee, Andrew Schiffer, and Guy Hartwig.

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