Together with the Italian Embassy, British Embassy, AIF Foundation and UNESCO, Hanoi National University of Civil Engineering (NUCE) successfully organized the WIA2021 Awards - “Waste Into Art 2021” and launched its first Workshop WIA2021 with the theme of “Plastic into creative”.
Panoramic view of the ceremony
“I am excessively ecstatic when the contest has attracted a huge number of participants including students and lecturers of NUCE. I firmly believe that the Jury is very surprised and impressed by the ideas and ability of young people to convey meaningful messages through these entries." – said Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Hoang Giang at the beginning of the ceremony.
The Vice-Rector also thanked the partners for accompanying in organizing the event. In detail, the UNESCO Office in Vietnam, the Italian Embassy, the British Embassy in Hanoi, and the AIF Foundation work closely together to run the WIA2021 contest.
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Hoang Giang, Vice Rector of the University gave the opening speech
In the finale, the Jury Council unanimously selected 04 official prizes as follows:
Non-majored department:
- 1 First Prize: KITE PAVILION option (code TT296)
- 1 second prize: REMIND PAVILION option (code MR162)
- 1 Third Prize: HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE Option (code HA123)
Semi-majored department
- 1 First Prize: THE BOTTLE CHAPEL (code MK111)
Representatives of the Organizing Committee and Sponsors took commemorative photos with the awarded teams
The award ceremony of the contest ended successfully, recognizing the contributions of students. They are young architects full of talent and enthusiasm. They together join hands to solve public problems. Simultaneously, contesters also take this opportunity to meet experts and sponsors, listen to their feedback and suggestions for better improvement, increasing practicalization which is the main purpose of the contest.
International Relations Department - NUCE
Some pictures of the ceremony:
Mr. Paolo Epifani - Deputy Ambassador of the Italian Embassy in Hanoi made a speech
Ms. Isabelle de Lovinfosse - Southeast Asia Head of Strategy for COP 26 attended via zoom from Singapore
Mr. Christian Manhart - Chief Representative of UNESCO Viet Nam Office gave a speech
Dr. Nguyen Cao Lanh - Dean of Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Hanoi University of Civil Engineering
Mr. Paolo Epifani - Deputy Ambassador, Italian Embassy in Hanoi and Assoc. Dr. Nguyen Hoang Giang - Vice Rector, NUCE presented prizes to the group of contestants. Congratulations TT296 team with the KITE PAVILION project for successfully outperforming other 50 entries to win the first prize in the student class of the contest.
