Cal Baptist Student Among AIA COTE Top Ten for Students

Fairmount School of Art and Ecology, Andriani Sugianto.

Andriani Sugianto, an M. Arch. student at California Baptist University, is among the 2021 winners of the AIA COTE Top Ten for Students Competition.

A partnership between the AIA Committee on the Environment and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, “The competition recognizes ten exceptional studio projects that demonstrate designs moving towards carbon-neutral operation through creative and innovative integration of design strategies such as daylighting, passive heating and cooling, materials, water, energy generation, and sustainable systems. The program challenged students to submit projects that use a thoroughly integrated approach to architecture, natural systems, and technology to provide architectural solutions that protect and enhance the environment.” You can see all of the student winners here.

California’s newest professional degree program, Cal Baptist’s M. Arch. was first accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board in 2018 and received an 8-year continuing accreditation in 2021. Faculty advisor for Sugianto’s project was Assoc. Prof. Caleb Walder.

Jurors for the competition were Anannya Das, M. Arch. student, Iowa State University (who has since joined WRNS Studio, San Francisco, as a Junior Designer); Raymond Huff, Director/Associate Professor of the Clemson Architecture Center in Charleston, South Carolina, and Partner in Huff+Gooden Architects; Yasemin Kologlu, Design Principal, SOM, New York; Kate Simonen, Professor and Chair, Department of Architecture, University of Washington, and Executive Director, Carbon Leadership Forum; and Nader Tehrani, Dean, School of Architecture, The Cooper Union.

Fairmount School of Art and Ecology, Andriani Sugianto.