Autodesk's Student Competition Fuels Green Design

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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Autodesk has rewarded green, innovative concepts with its Build Something Student Design Challenge, which sought student creations related to industrial design, architecture, civil and mechanical engineering and 3D animation.

Andrew Southwood-Jones of Australia's Narrabundah College took first place for architecture and the general grand prize for his UniCube model. The UniCube is a prototype campus residence he developed using building information modeling and integrating green building techniques like renewable construction materials, solar panels and a rainwater collection and reuse system.

The industrial design and sustainable design grand prize went to Roland Cernat, of Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd in Germany, who designed a zero-emission glider plane based on Cradle-to-Cradle principles.

In the civil engineering category, Antonio Lorio of Italy's Universita La Sapienza di Roma won for his 3D design of a roadway infrastructure that preserves existing architectural excavations.

"Depletion of natural resources. Climate change. Global population explosion. These are some of the major problems facing our planet today, and as a result, the architecture industry is returning to a holistic view of design, ethics, balance, and democracy," said Jana Revedin, founder of Jana Revedin architects and design challenge judge. "We encourage young architects to be inquisitive, passionate and humanistic generalists who find a special, personal way to produce a sustainable architecture design, representing a long-term, environmentally friendly investment."

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