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Jinkai Initiative Shelter Competition Report and Proposals
This is a campaign enlisting and unleashing the creative talents of Nigerian Architecture students to empower, up skill and rehouse internally displaced person (IDPs).
Published by Jinkai Initiative
Jinkai Initiative Shelter Competition Report and Proposals
This is a campaign enlisting and unleashing the creative talents of Nigerian Architecture students to empower, up skill and rehouse internally displaced person (IDPs).
Published by Jinkai Initiative
Jos, Plateau State, NigeriaThe competition attracted a plethora of compelling, creative and professionally executed design solutionsfrom students in Nigeria’s Architecture schools. In reviewing submissions, it was clear to the jury that studentshad listened to the call, and in response had rallied skills, understanding, innovation and inspiration to developtheir solutions. An overarching feature of the submissions was a desire to connect people and place -- to honourtradition, to relate to the land, to bring comfort, to use local materials, to celebrate culture, to investigate thefuture, and to create ‘home’ above shelter. The task of judging the many submissions proved daunting, in partdue to the high quality of the work and in part due to the passion, heart and soul clearly embedded in thesolutions. In the end the jury identified three winners and several honourable mentions. All competition entrieswere intriguing, captivating and meritorious. Those identified by the jury as top in the pool were distinguishedthrough the strength of their designs, through the balance & harmony of their planning, through the ingenuityof their architecture, and through their ability to meet the formidable competition demands around the pursuitsof affordability, sustainability and liveability.While our initial plans were to hold a festive award ceremony in Abuja where we could personally meetand congratulate the future architects who designed these great projects with such imagination, dedication,enthusiasm and talent, our well laid plans were turned upside down by a global pandemic. Instead of conveningin a conference hall in Nigeria we gathered digitally in a Zoom room, honoured with the presence of manydignitaries and graced with the company of the winning student teams. While the ceremony was not what wasoriginally envisioned during Ema and Brian’s early coffee talks, it nonetheless served to duly honour the talentedstudents and generously showcase the amazing design work of the Jinkai Shelter Competition.To conclude I return to where I started -- that is, the difficult times in which we live. The world is inmany ways unfair, unjust, inequitable, and increasingly uninhabitable. Our futures can feel bleak, our journeyscan feel hard, and our hearts can feel heavy. However, while there are dark clouds over our heads, the sun shinesbrightly above them. The excitement, ability, dedication and drive of the Nigerian Architecture students presentsreal cause for optimism and hope. The Jinkai Shelter Competition, through the vision of Dr. Emmanuel Gye andthe wherewithal of his team of international Architects, served as a wonderful vehicle to let talent shine and toreveal to all of us the achievements that can be realized when clever young people are provided opportunities to‘show their stuff ’. Kudos!Dr. Brian R. Sinclair, PhD DrHC FRAIC AIA (Intl)Professor of Architecture & Former Dean, School of Architecture, Planning + LandscapeUniversity of Calgary, CanadaPresident - sinclairstudio inc.brian.sinclair@ucalgary.ca | brian.sinclair@sinclairstudio.cahttps://ucalgary.academia.edu/DrBrianRSinclairJINKAI Initiative Shelter Competition2
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The competition attracted a plethora of compelling, creative and professionally executed design solutions
from students in Nigeria’s Architecture schools. In reviewing submissions, it was clear to the jury that students
had listened to the call, and in response had rallied skills, understanding, innovation and inspiration to develop
their solutions. An overarching feature of the submissions was a desire to connect people and place -- to honour
tradition, to relate to the land, to bring comfort, to use local materials, to celebrate culture, to investigate the
future, and to create ‘home’ above shelter. The task of judging the many submissions proved daunting, in part
due to the high quality of the work and in part due to the passion, heart and soul clearly embedded in the
solutions. In the end the jury identified three winners and several honourable mentions. All competition entries
were intriguing, captivating and meritorious. Those identified by the jury as top in the pool were distinguished
through the strength of their designs, through the balance & harmony of their planning, through the ingenuity
of their architecture, and through their ability to meet the formidable competition demands around the pursuits
of affordability, sustainability and liveability.
While our initial plans were to hold a festive award ceremony in Abuja where we could personally meet
and congratulate the future architects who designed these great projects with such imagination, dedication,
enthusiasm and talent, our well laid plans were turned upside down by a global pandemic. Instead of convening
in a conference hall in Nigeria we gathered digitally in a Zoom room, honoured with the presence of many
dignitaries and graced with the company of the winning student teams. While the ceremony was not what was
originally envisioned during Ema and Brian’s early coffee talks, it nonetheless served to duly honour the talented
students and generously showcase the amazing design work of the Jinkai Shelter Competition.
To conclude I return to where I started -- that is, the difficult times in which we live. The world is in
many ways unfair, unjust, inequitable, and increasingly uninhabitable. Our futures can feel bleak, our journeys
can feel hard, and our hearts can feel heavy. However, while there are dark clouds over our heads, the sun shines
brightly above them. The excitement, ability, dedication and drive of the Nigerian Architecture students presents
real cause for optimism and hope. The Jinkai Shelter Competition, through the vision of Dr. Emmanuel Gye and
the wherewithal of his team of international Architects, served as a wonderful vehicle to let talent shine and to
reveal to all of us the achievements that can be realized when clever young people are provided opportunities to
‘show their stuff ’. Kudos!
Dr. Brian R. Sinclair, PhD DrHC FRAIC AIA (Intl)
Professor of Architecture & Former Dean, School of Architecture, Planning + Landscape
University of Calgary, Canada
President - sinclairstudio inc.
brian.sinclair@ucalgary.ca | brian.sinclair@sinclairstudio.ca
https://ucalgary.academia.edu/DrBrianRSinclair
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