Architecture student from Boykin wins second place in international design competition

Published: April 6, 2011

CLEMSON — Nate Boykin, a Clemson University graduate student in architecture from Sumter, won second place in the international School of Tomorrow Student Design Competition for his entry “FORMative Interaction.”

The competition included more than 200 submissions from around the United States, Canada and overseas and was sponsored by the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) and Kawneer North America.

“Submissions were evaluated based on their originality and appropriate use of Kawneer architectural aluminum building products and implementation of sustainable and universal accessibility design principles for development of both building and site,” according to Yuriy Napelenok of the American Institute of Architecture Students.

First-, second- and third-place cash prizes were awarded, along with three honorable mentions. All award-winning designs will be displayed at the AIAS Forum 2011 in Phoenix, Ariz., in December and featured at the 2011 American Institute of Architecture Convention and Design Exposition in New Orleans in May. Winning entries also will be published in the spring 2011 issue of “Crit: Journal of the AIAS.”   

Boykin developed the project — an elementary school design — in fall 2010 as part of a second-year architectural design studio under the direction of Peter Laurence, graduate director and assistant professor of architecture at Clemson.

“Design competitions are an excellent way for our students to test their skills and talents against their peers around the country and around the world, and our students have made us all proud by winning a number of high-profile competitions in recent years,” Laurence said.

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American Institute of Architecture Students
The AIAS is an independent, student-run organization that serves as the official voice of architecture students in North America.

Kawneer North America
Kawneer North America offers architectural aluminum building products and systems for the commercial construction industry.

Clemson University School of Architecture
Architecture has been taught at Clemson University since 1913. In addition to the program in historic Lee Hall on the main campus, the School of Architecture has programs in Charleston; Barcelona, Spain; and Genoa, Italy. Clemson University was named a top 20 graduate architecture program in the United States for the fourth year in a row by “DesignIntelligence” magazine.