NARRATIVE
NARRATIVE AWARD 2021
NARRATIVE WINNER MICHAEL REN SAMUEL WEN
NARRATIVE WINNER MICHAEL REN SAMUEL WEN
Fitzroy Food Institute by Michael (Luyuan) Ren & Samuel Wen
Winner of Narrative Award 2021
University of Melbourne, Australia
‘Composite drawing containing 1 plan, 2 sections, 2 elevations, 4 views, 6 diagrams, 1 detail and 2 call-outs. The project is about a dumpling institute that deviates from a traditional, orientalist attitude towards Chinese culture.’
Judges’ comments
“Ren and Wen’s drawing is a sublime example of a successful composite drawing, combining a total of eighteen drawings to form one cohesive and immersive piece.” The judges were inspired by the jointly created imagery, commending the authors’ collaborative endeavours in creating such an impressive piece.
“The drawing successfully and coherently unites a vast amount of information together to create an image that you want to continue exploring, finding more details each time you look. It’s rare for a drawing to convey this level of information without it getting lost in itself and becoming illegible. Ren and Wen’s work is truly an impressive example of a composite drawing that exudes its narrative through and through.”
HIGHLY COMMENDED ANA KOMNENIC
HIGHLY COMMENDED ANA KOMNENIC
Overthought by Ana Komnenic
Highly Commended for Narrative Award 2021
‘While it is human nature to think things through when making a decision or evaluating a situation, it becomes overthinking when you can’t get out of your own head. Trapped in your mind and unable to get out of it. Every thought feels like a complex book and one’s head can suddenly feel like a claustrophobic library.’
Judges’ comments
“Komnenic’s piece ‘Overthought’ is the definition of a narrative drawing. It perfectly encapsulates its story and makes for an emotive and evocative visual narrative that we can all relate to in our own ways.” The judges applauded the power of Komnenic’s imagery in portraying the underlying meaning and emotion. “I can really empathise with the figure within the piece, I can almost feel their emotion amongst the endless towering walls of thought, as if I were a lost child in a supermarket.”
HIGHLY COMMENDED FATIMAH ISHMAEL
HIGHLY COMMENDED FATIMAH ISHMAEL
The Ascent by Fatimah Ishmael
Highly Commended for Narrative Award 2021
University of Greenwich
‘The blind spot - a sanctuary in Fengdu ghost city, China, for the overly surveillanced.’
Judges’ comments
The judges praised the architectural propositions in reinforcing the narrative that flowed through Ishmael’s series of imagery. “Ishmael’s imagery is testament to someone who really understands and utilises architectural tectonics as a tool and mechanism to embed and communicate narrative.” The judges enjoyed the proposed ‘sanctuary’ where the inhabitant could escape and experience tranquillity, without opaque walls, within an overly surveillance world. “It’s refreshing to see architecture that is embodying its narrative and purpose without a need for the imagery to do anything more than observe the built response.”
COMMENDED DANIEL JANSEN HARIANTO
COMMENDED DANIEL JANSEN HARIANTO
Smoked County Relish by Daniel Jansen Harianto
Commended for Narrative Award 2021
Soegijapranata Catholic University
‘Emerged in the early 70s, the fish smoking method has been raised and grew as a popular method to process dishes in Central Java, Indonesia. Various techniques have delivered a delicious taste of food and contributed to the historical value of the place towards holistic visitors.’
COMMENDED XINZE SEAH
COMMENDED XINZE SEAH
Traversing Dreamscape London by Xinze Seah
Commended for Narrative Award 2021
The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
‘Forced to leave London, snippets of London have become reinterpreted within my home in Singapore. As student life continued in isolation in Singapore, I cope with this new reality by traversing my memories of London.’
SPECIAL MENTION AHMED TAREEF
SPECIAL MENTION AHMED TAREEF
EDEN "The Impossible City" by Ahmed Tareef
Special Mention for Narrative Award 2021
‘The impossible city of Eden is a placeless parallel virtual world for the locked down people with unusual physical boundaries only to enhance the living experience of what they had in the now forbidden “Out There”. Ed's asylum, where he found life. The drawing tries to capture Ed's joy and confidence in his "New World". The city is formulated by implementing the impossible boundaries to the “normal” urban fabric that we are used to and how it was changed by these new physical boundaries (Shifting gravity - infinite space - perception variation).’
SPECIAL MENTION ZHIJIE JIN YIHAN WANG
SPECIAL MENTION ZHIJIE JIN YIHAN WANG
The Alley by Zhijie Jin and Yihan Wang
Special Mention for Narrative Award 2021
University of Southern California
‘District Mercury could be where we are headed: an urban core of multimodal transportation that sees submarines joining helicopters and drones in the sky and highways puncturing through skyscrapers.’
