Our top three winners truly set a new benchmark for excellence this year, each mastering a unique facet of the project brief to capture the highest podium honours. One standout champion dominated through seamless visual communication and absolute originality, consistently exceeding the brief’s requirements with entirely fresh, tailored work. Another top-tier contender earned exceptional marks for its rigorous iteration and data-driven decision-making, translating comprehensive environmental analysis into a highly functional, well-aligned spatial layout. Finally, our third winning project captivated the panel with its beautifully developed spaces and a profound understanding of room interdependencies, backed by flawless final proposals and justifications. Together, these visionary teams represent the pinnacle of innovation, layout design, and technical execution defining this year’s competition.
Tough Crowd – Singapore
Members: Peren Ben Rylee Dalangin | Cayden Khong Tim Yeow | Glyn Lee ZhiYi | Choco Liew
University: Singapore Polytechnic
This project truly stood out due to its clear and consistent
communication. The work was entirely original, with absolutely no elements reused from previous projects. Throughout the process, the team consistently demonstrated how they were meeting the brief, ultimately fulfilling and exceeding all requirements.
1st place project
ZEN – India
Members: Karthik M | Karthik K | Kalaiventhan R
University: Thiagarajar College of Engineering
Overall, this project was highly successful, delivering exceptionally well-developed spaces and a strong understanding of room interdependencies. Scoring was particularly high in iteration & data-driven decision making’ as well as final proposal & justification.
BIM OFFICERS – Brazil
Members: José Roberto Borges | Batista Filho | Sofia Lais Costa Santana | Pedro Monteiro Teixeira
University: Universidade Senai Cimatec | Universidade Federal da Bahia
This project was a top-tier contender scoring exceptionally high in concept design quality, environmental performance & analysis, and iteration & data-driven decision making. The analysis was translated effectively into a functional spatial layout that aligned very well with the project brief.