Pune, Sep 30: Vivek Wanarase, a student of VIT’s PVP College of Architecture, has won the sixth edition of the Drawing Board Competition.
The Drawing Board, an international competition for Architecture and Design students, is organized every year by Rohan Builders, a renowned real estate developer from the city, and Mindspace Architects, a Bengaluru-based architecture firm.
Jaswanth N S and Rabin Veniel R from the CARE School of Architecture, Trichy was the first runner-up, while the team of Pune’s BNCA College of Architecture comprising of Ankita Khalate, Shreya Joshi and Maitraiyee Prabhudesai won the third position in this Competition.
Cash prizes worth Rs 50,000, Rs 35,000, and Rs 25,000 were given to the winner, first runner-up, and the second runner-up, respectively, along with the certificates.
This year’s design challenge was related to one of the longest-standing traditions of Maharashtra — ‘Wari’.
This year the Competition had close to 700 participants, including Architecture students from more than 20 countries like the USA, Thailand, Spain, Philippines, Malaysia, Italy, Indonesia, Ethiopia, England, Egypt, Dubai, China, Canada, Bangladesh, Argentina, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, and India.
Winner Wanarase had created a module that was focussed on creating camps/places to stay for the pilgrims during the Wari, which can go along as the Wari progresses to its destination.
He also incorporated the various aspects of architecture from the Yadav era as far as the Gram Panchayat office and the water bodies at Velapur are concerned. (UNI)